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Corporate Control of Information
Herbert Schiller
In his classic work The Media Monopoly, Ben Bagdikian documents the continuing trend of media concentration in the hands of fewer and fewer corporations. The latest megamerger has Viacom taking over Paramount. Expanding corporate control of media poses serious social and political consequences to the functioning of a pluralistic democratic society. Major technological breakthroughs promise to […]
Mohamed Bouazizi & the Arab Revolts
Rami Khouri
After being humiliated by state authorities, Mohamed Bouazizi, an unknown street vendor in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouaziz, set himself on fire on December 17, 2010. Just a few weeks before, WikiLeaks published revelations confirming what virtually every Tunisian knew: The regime of Ben Ali was thoroughly corrupt and operated like a mafia family. […]
The BBC Interview
Noam Chomsky
Western Power and the Literary Canon
Edward Said
2 CDs Recorded at the University of Wisconsin.
Democracy & the Right to Know
Noam Chomsky
Iraq Under Siege
Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove
Iraq is under siege. A decade-long sanctions regime has caused massive suffering and hundreds of thousands of deaths. While Saddam Hussein and his cohorts live in luxury, the once-burgeoning middle class is wiped out. In addition, U.S & U.K. planes routinely bomb the country. An international movement is calling for the lifting of sanctions.
Peace in the Middle East
Noam Chomsky
Recorded at the University of Wisconsin.
The Human Face of the Global Economy
Charlie Kernaghan
When you go down to your nearest mall and shop for clothes, you are looking for the best price. If you can get a name brand, all the better. Few consider who makes that shirt, sweater or pair of jeans or sneakers. Evidence has mounted in the past few years that much of the clothing […]
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.
War and Democracy
Howard Zinn
“Truth is the first casualty of war,” a wise politician once said. Since Vietnam, the U.S. has tightly controlled the flow of information to the public. Grenada, Panama, the Gulf War and Yugoslavia were carefully orchestrated Pentagon briefings with high-ranking officers in front of maps talking about smart bombs and hard targets. For most of […]
African American Women in the Twenty-First Century
Angela Davis
African American women have been rendered invisible for much of history. Although they have held the torch for movements including black empowerment and women empowerment, they have been scarcely acknowledged, and often deliberately suppressed. “Who will speak for us, if we do not speak for ourselves?”, asks Angela Davis in this powerful 1989 talk to African […]
GATT: The Hidden Agenda
Herbert Gunther
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is the Geneva-based organization that sets international tariff and trade rules. It has been called “the economic teeth of the new world order.” Scant information is available and little attention is paid to the workings of GATT, yet its impact, particularly in agriculture, labor and the environment, […]

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