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Iraq War & Occupation: Consequences for the Middle East
Rania Masri
The U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq will have a profound impact on all Middle Eastern countries. Bush wants to install democracy in Iraq. It’s a new version of the old domino theory, that democracy will somehow replicate itself among the sheiks, amirs, and despots of the region. The introduction of a huge U.S. military […]
Armenian Survivors Project – Araxie Barsamian & Anahid Katchian
Two CDs.
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 […]
Globalization: The Race to the Bottom
Jeremy Brecher
The international economy has been transformed by the growth of transnational corporations. Three hundred of them now own about one-quarter of the productive assets of the world. Of the top 100 economies, 47 are corporations. Businesses lay off workers here and then they subcontract the work to low-wage, non-union Third World countries. A major consequence […]
The Global Media System
Robert McChesney
The wave of media mergers and takeovers has created a global system of near awesome dimensions. What many people see, hear and read is produced and controlled by a handful of private multinational corporations. Critics, such as Robert McChesney, contend that monopoly control of media threatens the communication needs of democratic societies. Recorded at the […]
The Poetry of Maria de Zayas
Maria de Zayas
Maria de Zayas is Spain’s first feminist poet and novelist. Her work had a wide influence and impact. This program features readings in Spanish and English as well as commentary from Prof. Yvonne Barrett of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Part of David Barsamian’s Pyrenees to the Andes series funded by the Colorado Endowment […]
Native American Sacred Architecture
Peter Nabokov
What is the relationship between sacred geography and architecture? Peter Nabokov explores the Native American worldview in its reverence for land and water as spiritual geography. He gives the example of Taos Blue Lake and its significance in the cosmology of the Taos Pueblo Indians. Then he discusses architecture which he says, “is an important […]
Race: Creating a National Conversation
Lani Guinier
The O.J. Simpson trial and the Million Man March once again revealed not only the centrality of race, but its polarizing power. Public discourse is marked by recrimination and finger-pointing. Demagogic politicians and talk show hosts advance their agendas by playing what is called the “race card.” Crucial issues of equality and fairness are buried […]
Pakistani Bombshells
Pervez Hoodbhoy
For more than half of its existence, since its formation in 1947, Pakistan has been ruled by the military. A poet lamented, “Now each day is fair and balmy, Everywhere you look: the army.” The country hasn’t done much better with civilian leaders. Almost all of them have been notoriously corrupt. Today, another general, Pervez […]
The Creation of Hope in Public Education
Herbert Kohl
Public education is a political issue. Schools and curricula are ideological targets. Funding is a football. Schools decline and parents worry. Conservatives promote voucher programs as an alternative. Defenders of public education say vouchers will undermine the traditional vision of democratic schooling for all and will lead to more inequality, stratification and segregation. Recorded at […]
The Politics of Family Values
Frances Fox Piven, Richard Cloward
“Family values” is a political football thrown all over the field. It’s a rich vein of rhetoric mined by politicians who can’t seem to finish a paragraph without denouncing “deadbeat dads” and “welfare moms.” What are the underlying impulses that drive both Democrats and Republicans in making family values such a contentious issue? How do […]
Hidden Economic Indicators
Marilyn Waring
A country’s Gross National Product is often presented as a measure of the economic well-being of its citizens. But how economists calculate GNP is not clearly understood by most people. Current methods of calculation measure only the cash-generating capacity of an economy, not its productive capacity. This equation not only misrepresents the economic well-being of […]

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