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In Gaza
Noam Chomsky
In this talk at the University of Arizona’s Center for Middle East Studies, Professor Noam Chomsky discusses his sole visit to Gaza in 2012.
Israel & Palestine: The Challenge Ahead
Edward Said
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict appears at once intractable and unsolvable. The cycle of outrages affecting both communities seems endless. The much-vaunted peace process is in shambles. In this program, Edward Said proposes a radical solution that cuts through the current impasse with a promise of reconciliation and peace for both peoples. Recorded at the Association of […]
Angela Davis 3-pack
Angela Davis
Includes:
- Radical Lessons: Then & Now
- Beginnings: Movements of Possibility
- Transnational Solidarities
The Problem of the Media
Robert McChesney
Poor, black, and suffering Americans. These are the images that flashed across TV screens in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Reporters asked why there was no help for people who couldn’t afford to evacuate. And columnists wrote of a shocked and outraged America, an America which had finally discovered its own poverty and racism. For […]
Terrorism: No Easy Answers
Arundhati Roy
There are myriad types of terrorism. But the focus is highly selective. 200,000 Indian farmers killing themselves because of debt or 4,000 children dying every day around the world because of no access to clean water are not considered. Nor are massacres of Muslims in the Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra or of Sikhs […]
Marx in Soho
Howard Zinn
Marx in Soho, written in 1999 by historian Howard Zinn (1922-2010), is a one-man play on the life of Karl Marx. Zinn stated that he wrote the play to “show Marx as few people knew him, as a family man, struggling to support his wife and children.” The play depicts Marx resurrected to defend the […]
A Journalist From Mars
Noam Chomsky
Introductions by FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, founder Jeff Cohen and TV talk show host Phil Donahue. In a great talk, Chomsky in his usual biting manner brings a Martian journalist to Earth to report on the war on terrorism. The results are both illuminating and humorous. The Martian notices a prevalent media convention. […]
Malcolm X and the Struggle for Black Liberation
William Sales
Malcolm X is one of the towering figures in the struggle for black liberation. He has been identified as an articulator of the rage of black youth and a symbol of pride and defiance. But he was much more than that. Malcolm X was a major thinker and theoretician of black liberation. In the year […]
Democracy 3-Pack
Steven Levitsky, Timothy Snyder, Michael Parenti
Includes:
- Polarization Can Kill Democracy
- The State of American Democracy
- Democracy
Barsamian/Kronos Quartet in Concert
David Barsamian
David Barsamian gave a spoken word performance accompanied by the Kronos Quartet in concert. “Beyond Zero: 1914 – 1918″ presented a musical meditation marking the centennial of “the war to end all wars.” He continues an innovative political/musical collaboration with Kronos begun in 2006 that has featured Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali and others in venues from […]
Climate Change: Tipping Point
Bill McKibben
Glaciers are retreating at a rapid rate. Within just a few years there will be no more snows on Kilimanjaro. Glaciers in the Andes, the Rockies, and the Himalayas are all shrinking. The polar ice shelves are fracturing. Sea level is rising. The permafrost is melting. Millions of people worldwide are at risk. A major […]
School of the Assassins
Father Roy Bourgeois
The U.S.-run School of the Americas, located at Fort Benning, Georgia, is a training academy for the Latin American military. In recent years, SOA has attracted large- scale demonstrations and arrests. What brings protesters? SOA has produced a string of death squad killers who specialize in the murder of non- combatants, including children, priests, nuns […]

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