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Global Economic Apartheid
John Cavanagh
A new world economic order is being fashioned by global corporations. With few restraints and controls, they are able to move capital, jobs and factories to Mexico, China, Honduras and Bangladesh. Of the 100 largest economies in the world, 51 are corporations. Wal-Mart is bigger than 161 countries.
Poetry Reading
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka reads some of his best poems including: Wise One, Reflections, The Premium, Class Struggle in Music, Black Music, Wailers, Sounding and How to Beat Reagan. The event concludes with Allen Ginsberg introducing writer and poet Simon Ortiz of the Acoma Pueblo. Mr. Ortiz leads a Native American chant. Recorded at Naropa Institute.
A Case for Reasonable Doubt
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Radio documentary produced by Noelle Hanrahan from the film produced by John Edginton and co-produced by Sarah Teale for Otmoor Productions broadcast HBO and channel 4 (UK)
U.S. Policy in the Mideast and Beyond
Seymour Hersh
Iraq: Eyewitness to War
Kathy Kelly
US diplomacy has evolved into, “You do what we say, or else.” Gung-ho machismo is the order of the day. Bush intones, “Bring ’em on.” And “There will be no retreat.” The president announces that by invading and occupying Iraq the world is safer. Can anyone believe this? Sure. If you only watch corporate TV […]
Afghanistan: Endless War
Norman Solomon
Operation Enduring Freedom, the name of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan is looking more like Operation Enduring Disaster. The New York Times reported, “General McChrystal’s plan is a blueprint for an extensive American commitment to build a modern state in Afghanistan, where one has never existed, and to bring order to a place famous for […]
Maid to Order
Barbara Ehrenreich
Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.
17th Annual State of the World Address
David Barsamian
David Barsamian’s Annual State of the World Address has been a regular event hosted by Thom Peters and the So, You’re a Poet Reading Series since September 11, 2001.
Debate with Keith Maskus on NAFTA
Kristin Dawkins
NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, is a pact between the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Negotiated by the Bush, Mulroney and Salinas administrations, NAFTA if approved, will reduce tariffs and other trade barriers and modify investment rules. NAFTA supporters contend that itwill create new jobs and stimulate economic growth in all three countries, as […]
Free Trade: NAFTA and GATT
David Morris
Free trade constitutes one of the most important and explosive issues of this era. NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and GATT, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, are the two major instruments of an emerging global economic order. Advocates of free trade contend that it will generate economic growth and create jobs. […]
The Clash of Barbarisms
Gilbert Achcar
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter’s national Security Advisor and frequent talk show guest, contends that the main task facing the managers of American empire is “to prevent collusion and maintain dependence among the vassals, keep tributaries pliant and protected, and to keep the barbarians from coming together.” Pax Americana, America uber alles is the order of the […]
Harvard Trade Union Program
Howard Zinn
2 CDs Recorded at Harvard.

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