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The Battle for Saudi Arabia
As'ad AbuKhalil
Saudi Arabia is a most unusual country. Its oil reserves are the largest in the world. It is run like a privately owned business operated by the Saud family. Hundreds of princes and their hanger ons preside over a nation without a constitution. Patriarchy, misogyny, oppression, censorship, religious intolerance characterize this feudal regime. Since Saudi […]
Brave New India: Uprisings
Arundhati Roy
India is hot. Its meteoric rise as an economic power with a growing number of millionaires and billionaires is a great success story. Not quite. Politically, India has gone from its Nehru-inspired non-alignment to aligning itself with Washington. Its priorities mirror its mentor’s. 19% of the country’s budget goes to the military while education gets […]
The Struggle for Freedom
Eric Foner
Few concepts are as emotionally and politically charged as freedom. It is the guiding principle of almost all nation states. But the word is hardly dry on paper before the struggle for its application and very definition begins. Over the course of history, freedom has been a living truth for some and a cruel mockery […]
Beyond Seattle: What Is To Be Done
Robin Hahnel
The World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle not only drew trade officials from 135 countries but also tens of thousands of protesters representing non-governmental organizations, labor unions, environmental groups, farmers and citizen activists. The demonstrators shook the streets and rocked the corporate suites. The WTO ministers couldn’t decide on anything, and the talks collapsed. Was […]
The Worlds Within the World
Eduardo Galeano
Within Latin America’s thriving tradition of historical fiction and poetic journalism, no writer has chronicled as much of the last five centuries, nor with as much popular appeal, as Eduardo Galeano. His classic work The Open Veins of Latin America has sold over a million copies. It narrates the exploitation of innocents, from Columbus to […]
Reel Bad Arabs
Jack Shaheen
Hollywood is good at stereotypes. Simple struggles of good versus evil, heroes against villains, can be a safe bet for box office success. Those stereotypes can have a strong impact in the real world. Film is a powerful force for shaping our imagination and our perception of reality. For decades, one of Hollywood’s favorite villains […]
Digital Age 3-Pack
Jeff Chester, Kathryn Montgomery, Maureen Webb, Shoshana Zuboff
Includes:
- Commercial Surveillance Culture
- Hackers and Democracy
- Surveillance Capitalism
The Middle East: Realities and Fantasies
Noam Chomsky
Hostages, terrorists, oil, the Gulf War, Lebanon, occupation, annexation, the intifada, Israel, the Palestinians, the peace process are the defining and emotionally charged terms and images that saturate our eyes and ears. Chomsky says,”Now, Europe is accepting that the Monroe Doctrine has been extended to the Middle East. That’s U.S. turf. We run it.” He also reviews the dismal media […]
Corporate Crime Wave
Ralph Nader
David Barsamian interview at KGNU Radio
The New Delhi Interviews
Arundhati Roy
Interviewed by David Barsamian.
IRAN 3-Pack
Ervand Abrahamian, John Ghazvinian, Nader Hashemi
Includes:
- U.S. & Iran: Four Decades of Hostility
- Hidden History of U.S.-Iran Relations
- Retargeting Iran
War on Iraq: A Dissenting View
Howard Zinn
Respected historian Howard Zinn joins AR’s David Barsamian in conversation for this live feed. Zinn’s extensive historical and current perspectives combine to provide critical insight on the situation in Iraq and the world. His breadth of knowledge and engaging style make this a program not to be missed.

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