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Araxie Barsamian Reads Three Armenian Stories
Araxie Barsamian
David’s mother tells three delightful stories in Armenian.
Remembering the Armenian Genocide
Peter Balakian
For Armenians around the world, “April,” to quote Eliot, is indeed “the cruelest month.” On April 24, 1915, the Turkish government launched a genocidal campaign of deportation and extermination, effectively ending the millennia-old Armenian presence in eastern Turkey. Amazingly, to this day Turkey denies the genocide. And the U.S. goes along with this charade. A […]
Election 2000: A Space Odyssey
Jim Hightower
The election season is upon us. The campaign coffers are overflowing. The pundits are pontificating and the pollsters are polling. But election 2000 is hardly creating a ripple of interest. Voter turnouts will probably set new lows. Democracy, such as it is, withers.
Renewable Energy
Ralph Nader
Renewable energy may be the key to a sustainable planetary future. Yet it is barely a topic for discussion. Fuel economy and energy efficiency are distant memories. With low gas prices, few are thinking about alternatives to fossil fuels. Ford’s new entrant into the booming sport utility vehicle market is the Excursion. It is 19 […]
LITERATURE 3-Pack
Arundhati Roy, Jorge Edwards, Kurt Vonnegut
Includes:
- Neruda & Modern Latin American Literature
- A Writer’s Place in Politics
- In Conversation
Fiction vs Nonfiction
Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen walks us through his adventures in non-fiction: from early writing for The New Yorker, and the daring act of writing Far Tortuga, through the investigative work on the case of Leonard Peltier resulting in the book In the Spirit of Crazy Horse. Recorded at the Novel in the Americas Conference held at the University of Colorado.
Bringing Democracy Alive
Howard Zinn
According to Howard Zinn, democracy is people on the move, doing something about issues they care about. But the media doesn’t report these kinds of activities. We’re taught to think that democracy is the three branches of government, and citizens going to the polls to vote. In reality, only great movements bring democracy alive, when […]
The Fate of the Earth
Helen Caldicott
The place we call home, planet earth, is in serious trouble. The warning signs are everywhere, from Somalia to Los Angeles, from deforestation to ozone depletion. The earth’s social and physical health is deteriorating. These crises, if not addressed and ameliorated, will render our abode increasingly unlivable. This program is a prescription for survival.
Breaking the Chains of Debt: Jubilee 2000
Njoki Njehu
Third World countries are reeling under staggering debt. The World Bank and the IMF impose punitive austerity programs which result in massive cuts in vital social services like education and health. Much of the debt was accrued by despots who lined their own pockets. Nearly half of the money due is from thirty destitute African […]
Subaltern Studies
Ranajit Guha, Partha Chatterjee, Nicholas Dirks, Edward Said
2 CDs Panel discussion featuring leading scholars in Subaltern Studies: Ranajit Guha, Partha Chatterjee and Nicholas Dirks. Moderated by Edward Said. Recorded at Columbia University.
The Poetry of Shen Mah
Shen Mah
The Armenian religious leader Torkom Manoogian, who wrote poetry under the name Shen Mah, reads his poems and is Interview by David Barsamian as part of his World Poetry series. Recorded at St Vartan Armenian Cathedral.
Creating a New Party: Learning from Canada
Elaine Bernard
In 1992 billionaire Ross Perot, running as an independent, received almost twenty percent of the presidential vote. Many Americans are clearly discontented with the traditional Republican and Democratic parties. Citizens, if they vote at all, often cast their ballots against rather than for candidates. Can a new party take root in the United States? Perhaps […]

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