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U.S.-Middle East Policy
Noam Chomsky, Edward Said
2 CDs This is the historic joint appearance by two leading dissident intellectuals before a standing-room-only audience. Chomsky and Said analyze the effects of U.S. policy on the region and, in the case of Edward Said, on his own family history. Chomsky narrates the history of U.S. duplicity and exposes the notion of its being […]
World Orders
Noam Chomsky
Recorded at American University.
Critique of Danny Sheehan; NPR; and Costa Rica
Tony Avirgan
Interview by David Barsamian.
Keeping the Rabble In Line
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs
The 21st Century: Democracy or Absolutism
Noam Chomsky
Recorded at the University of Illinois.
The U.S. & Israel Strategic Alliance
Noam Chomsky
The Corporate Takeover of Broadcasting
Robert McChesney
Radio broadcasting emerged dramatically in the early 1920s. By the end of the decade the modern network-dominated, advertising-supported system had become established. By 1935 radio was entrenched economically, politically and ideologically, and it would provide the basis for the eventual development of television in the 1940s and 1950s. What is generally not known is that […]
Hear Me, Don’t Just See Me: An Indigenous View of Columbus
Leeann Tallbear
1992 marks the quincentennial of Columbus’s so-called discovery of America. Although he may be a hero for some Europeans and their descendents, the indigenous peoples of North and South America have a decidedly different perspective on the Italian-born Spanish explorer. The celebration of Columbus in parades and in history textbooks is being challenged.
In Pakistan
Begum Akhtar
When Begum Akhtar traveled to Pakistan in 1971 she made one of her greatest recordings. Hear her sing these classic ghazals written by the legendary Urdu poets Mirza Ghalib (1797-1869) and Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984). Bas ke dushwaar hai (Ghalib) Ah ko chaye ek umer (Ghalib) Chasm-e-maigoon zara (Faiz) Sham-e-firaq ab na pooch (Faiz) Phir […]
The BBC Interview
Noam Chomsky
Jim Crow & Jezebel Go To Hollywood
Cedric Robinson
The power of cinema to shape public perception is as old motion pictures themselves. In the late 19th century, Jim Crow was the term for a system of laws and policies designed to maintain racial segregation. Jezebel was a featured character in Southern literature at that time, an irresistible black woman seducing white men. The […]
How To Detect Biases in the Media
David Barsamian

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