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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 […]
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 […]
Democracy 3-Pack
Steven Levitsky, Timothy Snyder, Michael Parenti
Includes:
- Polarization Can Kill Democracy
- The State of American Democracy
- Democracy
Race, Rights & Rifles
Alexandra Filindra
Guns, Guns, Guns. In the United States gun violence and shootings in schools, supermarkets, and malls are widespread and have almost become routine. The country is flooded with weapons. Americans may be the most heavily armed people on earth. Fascination with guns has its roots in the American Revolution when notions of patriotism fused with […]
Bushwhacked
Molly Ivins
Special interests? Crony Capitalism? No way! Not in the Bush White House. You might consider the following developments. There have been massive tax cuts for the already super wealthy. Big drug companies and the HMOs frame health policy. Oil and gas companies design energy policy. Corporations close to Bush and Cheney get lucrative Iraq contracts. […]
The Pen & the Sword
Edward Said
Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at Columbia University.
Arundhati Roy 3-pack
Arundhati Roy
Includes:
- Fascism & Resistance in India
- What Have We Done to Democracy?
- Modi’s India
Washington’s Messianic Mission
Noam Chomsky
All empires have fantasies and inspiring rationales to justify their domination. They hide behind words like freedom, democracy and liberation to mask their real intentions. The U.S. empire operates in the same way. Washington’s messianic vision is being delivered out of the barrel of a gun. Arundhati Roy, the Indian writer and activist calls it […]
Frankenfood: Genetically Altered Cuisine
Marc Lappe, Britt Bailey
While cloned sheep and biomedical applications of DNA technology make headlines world-wide, the genetic modification and corporate takeover of our food supply is a quiet revolution. In the U.S., genetically altered foods are exempted from normal FDA and EPA testing of their effects on human health and the environment. Complete labeling is not required. You […]
Collateral Language: War & Propaganda
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky examines the use of language during wartime. Reports in the corporate media reveal another victim of the invasion of Iraq: language. The use of words is a powerful tool in shaping public opinion. In military briefings repeated by the media, we have “collateral damage” instead of civilian deaths. There was no assassination attempt […]
Priorities: Indochina
Noam Chomsky
A philosophical talk on freedom and responsibility given while Indochina was burning under a massive U.S. assault. He talks admiringly about Randolph Bourne and his essay “The Twilight of the Idols.” It was Bourne, writing around WW1, who said “War is the health of the state.” Chomsky observes that some intellectuals gravitate to power resulting in the “degrading of political […]

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