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Attack Iraq: A Debate
Katha Pollitt, Peter Berkowitz, Rashid Khalidi, Raymond Tanter
Thomas Jefferson held that a “little rebellion” is the “medicine necessary for the sound health of government.” Fast forward a couple of hundred years and we have George Bush dismissing as irrelevant massive worldwide demonstrations against the impending attack of Iraq. Debate in the mainstream media avoids substantive content. It is mainly limited to discussions […]
Home Economics: The Sweat Off Her Brow
Phoebe Schellenberg
Even though the Commerce Department puts the value of housework to the U.S. economy at $1.46 billion, women at home with children are not working hard enough to register in the hearts and minds of Congress, who still equate staying home with being lazy. Oddly enough, if a mother gets a job outside the home […]
Mad Cow USA
John Stauber, Sheldon Rampton
Mad cow disease. Could the nightmare happen here? Since its outbreak in Britain, concerns have arisen about the disease spreading to the United States. Although Europe has banned most of the feeding practices linked to mad cow, animal cannibalism—the feeding of animal remains to animals—continues more extensively in the U.S. than anywhere in the world. […]
The Quran
Fred Denny
Interviewed by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.
Pakistan & Afghanistan: Descent into Chaos
Ahmed Rashid
The chickens are coming home to roost for the United States in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alliances with warlords, corrupt politicians, double-dealing intelligence agencies and military dictators have led to disastrous outcomes. Pakistan and Afghanistan are joined at the hip. They share bonds of kinship, culture, languages and religion. There are large Pakhtoon populations on both […]
Nike in Indonesia: Just Do It!
Jeff Ballinger
Interview by David Barsamian
Restoring the Planet
Frances Moore Lappe
Part of the success of humans as a species can be attributed to the formation of social groups. These groups worked together & provided security & community for its members. Our society has largely become an entity that no longer nourishes the individual. The planet is now exploited & polluted for the financial gain of […]
Drug Wars: Origins & Solutions
Alfred McCoy
Declarations of drug wars in the United States have become ritual incantations. Presidents go on television brandishing bags of drugs, putatively purchased a few blocks from the White House, and warn that narcotics are “the gravest threat facing the nation.” Congress appropriates money. Media specials are broadcast. The public is mobilized. A few dramatic arrests […]
McCarthyism Then and Now
Sender Garlin
Joe McCarthy (1908-1957) was a fiery demagogue who exploited and contributed to the anti-Communism hysteria of the 40s and 50s. He accused the Democratic Party of “twenty years of treason.” He said, “Those who wear the label Democrat, wear it with the stain of a historic betrayal. The Democrat Party stands for government of, by […]
An Armenian Journalist in Turkey
Etyen Mahcupyan
Agos is an Armenian bilingual weekly newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established in1996. It has both Armenian and Turkish pages as well as an online English edition. Its founder and chief editor Hrant Dink was assassinated outside Agos offices in 2007. Etyen Mahcupyan remembers Dink and his work and legacy. He talks about […]
Debate 3-Pack
Michael Chertoff, David Gibbs, David Cobb, James Bopp, David Swanson, Pete Kilner
Includes:
- Debate on Humanitarian Intervention
- Citizens United Debate
- Is War Ever Justifiable?
Noam Chomsky 3-Pack
Noam Chomsky
Includes:
- Threats to Peace & the Planet
- The Decision That Has To Be Made

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