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The LA Interviews
Arundhati Roy
Interviewed by David Barsamian.
Brazil: Economic Miracle or Disaster?
Ken Silverstein
Allen Ginsberg and Friends
Allen Ginsberg
Questions & Answers teleconference with Staff, Students, and Community
Noam Chomsky
Free Tibet
Tenzin Tsundue
Tibet is the inspiration behind the idea of Shangrila, paradise on earth. Scholars can debate the veracity of that. But today Tibet, in the words of the Dalai Lama, its spiritual leader, is “hell on earth” and “these 50 years have brought untold suffering and destruction to the land and people of Tibet. Today, the religion, culture, language and […]
Ancient Meso-America
David Carrasco
3 CDs Ancient Meso-America 1st CD: Myths of Meso-America – Explores some of the myths which guided and inspired the Aztecs and their precursors the Mayans, Toltecs and Olmecs. 2nd CD: The Peoples & Cultures of Pre-Colombian America – Focuses on the peoples and cultures of the region and their sophisticated and complex urban centers. 3rd […]
Sanctions in Iraq: A Human Rights Catastrophe
Denis Halliday
The U.S. and its allies supported Saddam Hussein during the 1980s. He fell quickly out of favor with his 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The result was the Gulf War and the imposition of sanctions. The human cost of these sanctions has been staggering. Millions of Iraqis are without food, clean water and medicine. At least […]
Labor in a Globalized Economy
Frances Fox Piven
The pundits say globalization is the wave of the future. If you’re against it, says Tom Friedman of The New York Times, then you are part of a “Noah’s ark of flat earth advocates.” Workers are the cogs in the global economy. Yet when it comes to the media, labor is an afterthought. Programs like […]
Media and Politics
Daniel Schorr
Egypt: Culture and History
Fred Denny
Pharaohs, the Sphinx, Cleopatra and the pyramids are the popular images Egypt evokes. Few countries have a more storied past. Called “The Gift of the Nile” it has played a pivotal role in the cultural, religious, economic and political life of the Middle East. This program explores aspects of the country’s long history from Coptic […]
Russian Studies Two-Pack
Stephen Cohen, Todd Chretien
Includes:
- Reheating the Cold War
- Red October: The Russian Revolution
Not One More Mother’s Child
Cindy Sheehan
It is a striking phenomenon in the United States that with all the privileges and advantages most citizens enjoy there is a sense of apathy and powerlessness. The refrains of, “What can I do? or “I’m just one person” are rather commonplace. With a largely depoliticized culture individuals are left to decide on whether to […]

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