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Mercedes Sosa-Teatro Opera
Mercedes Sosa
Argentina’s great singer, recorded in concert singing some of her finest songs in Spanish including such classics as “Gracias a la Vida,” “Alfonsina y el Mar,” and “Cancion con Todos.”
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 cleric Torkom Manoogian, who wrote poetry under the name Shen Mah, reads his poems. Interviewed by David Barsamian as part of his World Poetry Series. Recorded at St Vartan Armenian Cathedral.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Sender Garlin
From the time she mounted a soapbox at the age of 15, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was a fiery advocate of social justice and the rights of working people. She was a charismatic speaker and journalist. As editor of The Labor Defender in 1930s she worked with Sender Garlin. She was the author of I Speak My Own Piece and the Alderson […]
The Terror Dream
Susan Faludi
9/11 was a double hijacking. First the actual event, and then the political hijacking engineered by an assortment of neocons, theocons, chicken hawks and born-again imperialists. Within weeks Afghanistan was attacked and occupied and plans were underway to invade Iraq, even though that country had nothing to do with 9/11. America, muscular and robust, fights […]
The Gulf War and the Media
Alexander Cockburn
Talk & Reading to Western Literature Association
Gary Snyder
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 […]
The Rise of the Religious Right
Chip Berlet
The Religious Right is a growing political force. Its members are committed to transforming the social and cultural landscape. They are highly organized and motivated. In a system dominated by the command of money, the Religious Right has plenty of power. Its adherents hold top positions at city, county and state levels. A significant part […]
You Got to Dance: Media & Politics
Molly Ivins
Ecocrisis
David Morris
Noted urban development expert and author David Morris presents an enlightening comparison between eco-crisis or sustainability as a global future. He addresses some of the most critical issues facing this country and the world today–deterioration of the planetary atmosphere and the greenhouse effect, the debt of the Third World, energy, garbage/recycling, plant-based fuels and plastics, […]
Water & Security: Challenges for the 21st Century
Sandra Postel
Water. It is essential to all plant and animal life. In developed countries, turn on a faucet and water flows with seemingly unending abundance. For those who have adequate access, water is so basic it’s easy to forget its importance. As world populations increase, tensions between nations which share rivers is growing. How to equitably […]

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