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Poems & Commentary on El Salvador
Carolyn Forché
This is one of the most powerful and moving poetry readings you’ll ever hear. Carolyn Forche, with a great voice and sense of timing, begins with a poem about growing up in rural Michigan. She travels from San Diego to Spain and then recites poems and commentary from her time in El Salvador including The […]
The Poetry of Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramon Jimenez
Features Jiménez poetry read in Spanish–including a reading by the poet himself–as well as in English translation. Prof. Yvonne Guillon Barrett of the University of Colorado provides commentary on his life and work. Produced and hosted by David Barsamian as part of his Pyrenees to the Andes Series on the poetry of Spain and Latin […]
Urdu Poetry
Shamim Kamal
Learn about the origins of one of the world’s richest languages and its incredibly rich poetic tradition. Hear some of the most famous Urdu poems written by Sauda, Mir, Momin, Zafar, Zauq and Ghalib. Hear the original Urdu with translation and then the poems, ghazals sung by Begum Akhtar, Mehdi Hassan, Mahendra Kapoor and Mohammad […]
Judaism
Ira Chernus
Interviewed by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.
First Amendment & Free Speech
Nat Hentoff
A spirited defense of the First Amendment, and in particular connecting it with censorship of student newspapers and their right to free expression. Hentoff approvingly quotes Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas, who says, “Students have fundamental rights and should not be seen as closed circuit recipients of only what the state wishes to communicate.” Hentoff […]
Reading at Naropa
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka reads at Naropa, 1984.
Labor in the Age of Globalization
Jeremy Brecher
Widespread support for the United Parcel Service strike may have signaled a resurgence of union activity. The United Auto Workers’ strike against General Motors was rooted in issues relating to globalization. GM is relocating factories to China, Brazil and Poland. Recorded at Tamiment Library, NYU.
MOVEMENT BUILDING – 3 Pack
William Barber, Jim Hightower, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Includes:
- Why Iowa Matters
- It’s Up To You
- The Power of Social Movements
Nike, Reebok & the Global Sweatshop
Medea Benjamin
The sneakers and clothes you are wearing are probably made in the Third World. More and more U.S. manufacturers have closed their domestic plants and shifted their production overseas. Corporate managers claim these moves are necessitated by an increasingly competitive global business environment. How and under what conditions are these goods being made? Who does […]
The Kurdish Question & Iraq
Nubar Hovsepian
This program focuses on the long-standing Kurdish question in relation to Iraq and across the greater Middle East. Hovsepian says, “The Middle East suffers today from problems created as a result of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of the modern state system.” The Kurds, like the Armenians, got the short end of the stick. […]
David Stannard talks in Boulder, 1995
David Stannard
David Stannard is a renowned historian. Recorded at the University of Colorado.
The Basques, Portrait of a People and Culture
Mikel Morris, David Barsamian
David Barsamian interviews Mikel Morris, author of a Basque-English dictionary. Several different types of Basque music are also featured in this program.

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