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Banksta Capitalism
Arun Gupta
“We cannot rebuild this economy on the same pile of sand,” declares the president. But it seems that’s what going on. Obama’s treasury secretary says, “We have a financial system that is run by private shareholders, managed by private institutions, and we’d like to continue to do our best to preserve that.” That’s the stated […]
The Mainstreaming of Extremism
Arun Gupta
The rise of right-wing politics is sometimes traced to Barry Goldwater’s acceptance speech at the 1964 Republican convention. But perhaps a better place to start is the 1971 memo written by Lewis Powell, who would later be appointed by Nixon to the Supreme Court. Powell sent his memo to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He […]
The Use & Abuse of History
Howard Zinn
Thomas Carlyle, the 19th century English essayist, described history as a “distillation of rumor.” How is the past constructed? Who does the constructing? What is included, occluded and omitted? What values and attitudes are promoted? Is history, as some would contend, a collection of neutral observations amassed by disinterested scholars? History is in fact a […]
Role of the State
Noam Chomsky
With William F. Buckley on Firing Line
Noam Chomsky
William F. Buckley: the reason I do raise this — and I rejoice in your disposition to argue the Vietnam question, especially when I recognize what an act of self-control this must involve… Noam Chomsky: It does. It really does. Sometimes I lose my temper. WFB: Maybe not tonight… NC: Maybe not tonight… WFB: Because if […]
The Tyranny of Corporations
Noam Chomsky
From Corporate Rule to Civil Society
David Korten
In 1995, former international development insider David Korten published his influential book, When Corporations Rule the World. At the time, corporate globalization went largely unopposed. That has changed over the last few years as hundreds of thousands of people across the globe have taken to the streets to protest the growing power of transnational corporations […]
Climate Wars
Gwynne Dyer
An increase in just two degrees Celsius in average global temperature could trigger conflicts over scarce food and water. Scientists are predicting we will see in this century an increase in heat waves, floods, droughts, and storms 10 times more powerful than Katrina. As the planet gets hotter, glaciers will melt and there will be […]
Enablers of Empire
Tariq Ali
Every imperial system needs a specialized class of collaborators and informants. As Edward Said pointed out, a group of scholars and cultural workers gave gravitas and legitimacy to European conquests of centuries past. They were the instruments and the enablers of empire. Knowledge and power intersected with the former subordinated to the latter. Today, with […]
Expanding the Floor of the Cage
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs Interview.
CIA: Deadly Deceits
Ralph McGehee
In this lecture, Ralph McGehee states, “The CIA is not now, nor has it ever been, a central intelligence agency. It is the covert action arm of the President’s foreign policy advisers. In that capacity, it overthrows or supports foreign governments while reporting ‘intelligence’ justifying those activities. It shapes its intelligence to support presidential policy. […]
Naturalism & Dualism
Noam Chomsky

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