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The First Amendment Under Attack
Erwin Knoll
The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech and the press. Its language is clear and unambiguous. Nevertheless, in a political climate informed by fear and intolerance, it is being challenged more and more. Under the rubric of family values such books as Diary of Anne Frank and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are removed from […]
National Insecurity
David MacMichael
Interview by David Barsamian.
The Economics of Greed
Holly Sklar
The dramatic growth in income inequality and wealth is a defining feature of this era. Wages are stagnant, workers are laid off, profits zoom, CEOs rake in millions and the stock market soars. The economics of greed prevails. How does it happen? Holly Sklar explains how the political economy really works and what can be […]
Mirrors
Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano dedicates this talk to “the disappeared” but not solely the victims of military dictatorships in the Southern Cone in the 1970s. He combats pervasive historical amnesia. Delivered at a packed Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe for the Lannan Foundation, Galeano presents work found in his 2009 book Mirrors: Stories of Almost […]
The U.S. Government’s Role in the Global Drug Trade
Daniel Sheehan
Recorded at the University of Colorado.
PANDEMICS I 3-Pack
Nader Hashemi, Sonia Shah, Vandana Shiva, David Suzuki
Includes:
- Pandemics, Democracies & Dictatorships
- Outbreaks: From Epidemics to Pandemics
- The Pandemic Wake-up Call
On Du Bois, King & Gramsci
Manning Marable
Manning Marable on the life, work, and legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois, Dr. King, and Antonio Gramsci. Interviewed by David Barsamian. Recorded at Columbia University.
Historical Experiences with Multiculturalism
Edward Said
2 CDs. Recorded at Queen’s University.
Pillar of Fire: Martin Luther King
Taylor Branch
Taylor Branch’s Pillar of Fire covers the epic years of 1963 to 1965 in the civil rights movement. It is the second volume of his trilogy. Parting the Waters, the first book, was honored with the Pulitzer Prize. At Canaan’s Edge is the final tome. Notwithstanding his personal foibles, which Branch confronts and details, Dr. Martin Luther King looms more […]
Raga Desh
Debu Chaudhuri
This is one of the best recordings of classical Indian music you’ll ever hear. Before an appreciative audience, sitar maestro Chaudhuri explains the structure of Desh, an evening raga often performed during the monsoon season. He begins with a serene, alap, a slow, measured introduction to the raga. He flawlessly plays both Maseet Khani (slow) […]
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 […]
The Columbian Era: The Next Phase
Noam Chomsky
The European and U.S. cultural, political and economic conquest of the world characterized the 1492-1992 period. Today the United States, although weakened economically, remains the dominant military power. Surveying the past, Noam Chomsky outlines what the coming era may bring. He contends the the current global, political and economic situation is unstable and perilous. Impending […]

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