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Talking About Rape
Sohaila Abdulali
Rape. From Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein to Wall Street financier Jeffrey Epstein to NFL star Antonio Brown, this ancient crime is in the news. The #MeToo movement has enabled many women to tell their stories for the first time. Who can forget Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony under oath at the Brett Kavanaugh hearings? Forever, women […]
How TV Exploits its Audience
Sut Jhally
In a 1958 speech, legendary broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow said about TV, “This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and even it can inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise, it is nothing but wires and lights in a […]
The Grand Area
Noam Chomsky
A classic Chomsky for your “must have” list. “It is transparent,” Chomsky says, “in any society the main foreign policy directions flow or are heavily influenced by the distribution of power in the domestic society. It doesn’t mean the U.S. is worse than any country in the world. It means the U.S. is like every […]
Howard Zinn 3-pack
Howard Zinn
Includes:
- American Exceptionalism
- Three Holy Wars
- Second Thoughts on the First Amendment
On Power & Ideology
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky is at his best during this stand-and-deliver keynote address in Chicago. He discusses the persistent and largely invariant features of U.S. foreign policy — in the words of State Department planners, “the overall framework of order” — and its intimate relationship with domestic policy. Recorded at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago.
Roots of the Economic Collapse
Robert Scheer
Wall Street is making more money than ever. The four largest firms, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan Chase, wracked up huge gains and paid out billions in bonuses. The CEO of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, defended the bank’s massive profits, saying Goldman is, “doing God’s work.” And on Main Street? By almost […]
The Bush Wars & the New World Order
Michael Parenti
In 1991 George Bush proudly declared a “New World Order.” For many, it had the same Old World odor of imperialism. The U.S. was triumphant, having first invaded Panama and then crushed Iraq. With the demise of the USSR, a bipolar world suddenly became unipolar. Bush’s approval rating was over 90%, but a funny thing […]
Health & Wealth
Stephen Bezruchka
Health and longevity are based upon factors we can all acknowledge: genetics, lifestyle and luck among them. They are also largely taken for granted. But as Stephen Bezruchka explains, social class has a far more profound effect in the US than we realize, in ways we wouldn’t guess, even for the many of us who […]
Clash of Civilizations
Edward Said
Said refutes the work of Samuel Huntington, contending that Huntington’s much-touted book Clash of Civilizations, thinly disguised as cultural study, actually advances a divisive policy agenda. Said shuns these “driveby cultural studies” and challenges Huntington to a higher standard. Recorded at the University of Massachusetts.
Inside Kashmir
Mohamad Junaid
Kashmir, renowned for its incredible beauty, is the site of a decades long military occupation mostly hidden from worldview. Adjectives like “intractable” and “protracted” often precede Kashmir. What do the Kashmiri people want? The answer usually is “Azaadi. Freedom.” Angana Chatterji, the noted scholar, in her essay “Kashmir: A Time for Freedom,” writes, “‘Freedom’ represents […]
Monopoly Culture and Academic Freedom
Michael Parenti
“I’ve been kicked out of some of the best universities in the U.S,” declares Michael Parenti. He recounts how his political activism cost him jobs in Vermont and Illinois. Among the charges leveled against him were, “bad for the image of the university;” “anti-business attitudes;” and “unprofessional conduct” for refusing to pledge allegiance to the […]
Egypt in Crisis
Mohammad Fadel
The Egyptian Revolution, which in early 2011 overthrew the decades-old Mubarak dictatorship, stirred the imagination of the world. The so-called Arab Spring was in full bloom. Anything seemed possible. The region’s decrepit and feudal regimes were in danger of falling. Tahrir Square in Cairo became the symbol of liberation. But as Mao said, “A revolution […]

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