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Canada: Pipelines, Politics & the Press
Robert Hackett
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a contradictory record when it comes to the climate crisis. On one hand, he declared a “national climate emergency.” On the other hand, he plucked down more than $4 billion in public money to buy TMX, the Trans Mountain pipeline which will carry dirty tar sands oil. James Hansen, […]
In Conversation
Arundhati Roy, Howard Zinn
This extraordinary event, recorded in Santa Fe right after Roy’s “Globalization & Terrorism” lecture, brings together for the first time, America’s great radical historian with one of India’s and the world’s most brilliant writers and social critics. Zinn interviews Roy on a variety of topics ranging from her battle with the Supreme Court of India […]
Generative Grammar
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs Chomsky begins by describing a formative experience in his early linguistics career. In 1946 he realized that The Bible was mistranslated. The Bible begins “In the beginning god created…“ That’s a mistranslation due to grammatical errors by Masoretic scholars who put the vowels in around the 8th century. Young Noam at 18 years old […]
In Defense of Public Broadcasting
Bill Moyers
The founding principles of public broadcasting urged that programming serve as “a forum for debate and controversy” and “provide a voice for groups that may otherwise be unheard.” Ever since its inception, public broadcasting in the U.S. has been a lightning rod for political attack. The Nixon administration was the first to launch the canard […]
In Conversation
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut was a cultural icon. His observations on the destructiveness and dehumanization of the 20th century, distilled by his rich imagination and quirky view of events and their time frames, make for delightful reading and listening experiences. His irreverence is palpable, as is his disdain for Bush administration. Asked by a journalist for an […]
Real History: Parts 1 and 2
Michael Parenti
Real History is a series of presentations by Michael Parenti on important and controversial topics, many of which have been shrouded in myth. Take the much venerated Founding Fathers. They were slave owners and wealthy men who wanted a system that favored their interests with democracy for the few. Or another example is how the […]
The Arrogance of Empire
Michael Parenti
The ancient Greeks wrote often about hubris, arrogance, as a fatal flaw. It brought down the mightiest of kings and kingdoms. Today, U.S. armadas rule the seas and its jets and satellites control the skies. Its power is unchallenged. However, as Buddhism teaches, no condition is permanent. The seeds of the America’s eclipse are being […]
The Slide to War with Iran
Nader Hashemi
The U.S. and Iran are on a collision course. The name-calling and saber rattling are ominous. The New York Times headline reads: “Iran Calls U.S. ‘Desperate and Confused.’ Trump vows ‘Obliteration.’” Is Iran going to commit suicide by attacking the world’s most lethal military? Washington is exerting what it calls “maximum pressure” on Iran and on anyone […]
Killing Rage: Ending Racism
bell hooks
The self-hatred among communities affected by racism manifests itself in a number of ways. Speaking specifically from an African American context, bell hooks discusses the contrasting psychologies of victim-hood and triumph and how at their extremes, both of these narratives may prove to be problematic. Providing and critiquing salient examples from both history, as well […]
Black History
Kwame Ture
History is often refracted through the narrow lens of those who own the cameras. To some, Black nationalist leaders of the 1960s like Malcolm X, Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis, and Stokely Carmichael were menacing ideologues. To others, they were icons in the struggle against white supremacy. All emphasized the need to discover and […]
Obama: The Continuity of U.S. Policy
Tariq Ali
From Cairo to Oslo to his Aug. 31, 2010 Oval Office address, Obama has delivered one uplifting homily after another. Each speech is replete with euphemisms generated by White House staff writers to describe America’s glowing mission in the world: “Our country has borne a special burden in global affairs,” “Our cause is just, our […]
What is Language?
Noam Chomsky
Every five years the International Permanent Committee of Linguists (CIPL) organizes The International Congress of Linguists (ICL). The Société Suisse de Linguistique (SSL) hosted the 19th congress in Geneva. The theme was The Language-Cognition Interface. Noam Chomsky gave this jocular keynote address in which he marches through evolving definitions of terms in the field of […]

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