Edward Said describes the matrix from which Saddam Hussein evolves, the U.S. involvement in the Middle East and ways to resolve not only the current Gulf crisis but the long-simmering Israeli-Palestinian issue. Said contends that U.S. policy and public attitudes are jaundiced by “hostility and ignorance towards the Arabs, Islam and their culture.” The media […]

Ben Bagdikian describes the growing concentration of media ownership in the U.S. and how it is increasingly determining the news we read, hear and see. He discerns a “steady pattern of the media looking the other way, of avoiding obvious causes and consequences, so as not to weaken or threaten the status quo.” He contends […]

Moderated by David Barsamian.  Features John Stockwell as well as Arthur Macy Cox (former OSS/CIA agent), Blase Bonpane (director Office of the Americas), Andrew Redding (World Policy Institute) and Ronald Klein (FBI-Intelligence Division). Recorded at the World Affairs Conference at the University of Colorado. 2 CDs.

After hustling to be a responsible employee and a smart consumer, is there any time, money, and energy left each week to be a good citizen? The global free market does a great job of creating a worldwide demand and desire for products and services, but does it simultaneously undermine the ability of civic society […]