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Lies, Damn Lies & Public Relations
John Stauber
Public relations is a multi-billion dollar industry. There are now more PR agents than working journalists, and the gap is widening as Madison Avenue continues to expand. PR wizards sometimes not only spin the news but actually invent it. They organize campaigns to influence public opinion and shape legislation that benefits their corporate patrons.
The Aftermath of the Gulf War
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs Recorded at Tiverton High School.
Patriotism, Civil Liberties & Terrorism
Ira Glasser
“He that is not for us is against us” proclaimed the Federalist Gazette of the United States, immediately after President Adams passed the Alien & Sedition Act of 1798. This act had the power to jail critics of the president and government policies. Editors of newspapers and Congressmen were thrown in jail for their opinions. […]
CIA: Age of Glasnost
John Stockwell
The Heights of Macchu Picchu
Pablo Neruda
The Heights of Macchu Picchu (Alturas de Macchu Picchu) ranks with Neruda’s finest poems. Macchu Picchu, the Inca city high up in the Peruvian Andes is one of the most beautiful and astonishing archaeological sites in the world. Neruda went there and was inspired to write his epic poem. He breathes life into the ruins. […]
Neruda: Life and Work
Pablo Neruda
This sound portrait of Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) traces his Nobel Prize-winning career and includes readings from his memoirs and some of his greatest poems from his masterwork Canto General, including bilingual readings of “La Huelga,” “Los Dictadores,” “Reciben Ordenes” and “La United Fruit Company.” You also hear Victor Jara, Inti-Illimani, Maria Farandouri and Quilapayun singing some […]
Race 3-Pack
Michael Eric Dyson, Jeffery Robinson, Eddie Glaude, Cornel West
Includes:
- Chaos or Community?
- The South, Slavery & the Lost Cause
- James Baldwin’s Legacy
Cable News Confidential
Jeff Cohen
The advent of CNN, the first 24/7 news channel in 1980, was hailed as a revolutionary development in media. It was soon to be followed by others. The results have not been encouraging. Most of the so-called news consists of fluff pieces on celebrity deaths, divorces, marriages, adoptions, babies, affairs and kidnappings. Recall Fox’s Geraldo […]
History & Memory
Noam Chomsky
A two-part interview conducted on May 9 and May 12, 1995. Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at MIT.
Sea Shepherds
Paul Watson
They fire chocolate pies and stink bombs from cannons. They also sink docked ships. They’ve dismantled the illegal Icelandic whaling industry and have been attacked by the Norwegian Navy. Governments and the corporate media call them terrorists, but these activists call themselves the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their sole mission is to defend marine wildlife.The […]
Testimonies from Iraq War Veterans
Winter Soldier
The Winter Soldier investigation originally took place in Detroit in 1971. Vietnam War veterans testified about war crimes they had committed or witnessed. In 2003 the United States invaded Iraq on false pretenses. Not one of the many allegations to justify the attack was true. In an endless war and occupation no one has been […]
One Step Ahead of the Landlord
Howard Zinn
Join Howard Zinn as he talks about his background, formative experiences and the path he took. He says, “I grew up in the slums of Brooklyn, a working class family. My parents were immigrants. My father came from Austria, my mother from Asiatic Russia, Siberia. I remember moving all the time. We were always one […]

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