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The End of Caring
Barbara Ehrenreich
The politics of the Clinton-Gingrich era have rewritten the social contract and have shredded portions of the safety net. The poor and needy are lectured about responsibility and character. The rich and powerful, with their subsidies, tax breaks and easy access to all branches and agencies of government, are doing quite well. The gap between […]
India: Field Notes on Democracy
Arundhati Roy
The ads on TV whisper “Incredible India.” And then you see images of temples, colorful textiles, yogis, tigers, and the Taj. It’s almost a cliche: India, with 1.2 billion people, is the world’s largest democracy. However, democracy is more than just elections. When you examine the actual policies of the Indian state you find a […]
Orwell’s World & Ours
Noam Chomsky
Recorded at the Z Media Institute.
From Death Row
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal is the most well-known death row inmate. In 1982 he was sentenced to death for the murder of a Philadelphia policeman. Numerous efforts, based on new and suppressed evidence, to secure Abu-Jamal a new trial have thus far failed. His case has sparked demonstrations and the formation of support groups throughout the world.
India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
Eqbal Ahmad
Islamic terrorism is always portrayed as being in a class of its own by Western media, seperate from the atrocities commited by violent nationalist movements in India and elsewhere. Eqbal Ahmad discusses examples of ways in which successive US governments have promoted this idea, and the implications it has had on the subcontinent. Also discussed […]
Modi, Hindutva & Kashmir
Mohamad Junaid
“India’s democracy is being systematically disassembled,” says renowned writer and activist Arundhati Roy. She adds, “Any kind of dissent is just smashed with an iron fist.” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party openly espouse Hindutva, a racist ideology rooted in a mythical past and fueled by magical thinking. It’s a supremacist […]
Neoliberalism & India’s Farm Crisis
P. Sainath
A hidden tragedy is unfolding in rural India: an epidemic of suicides has left more than more than 100,000 dead. And the toll is mounting. It’s certainly not the stuff of upbeat Thomas Friedman stories in “The New York Times” about cutting edge hi-tech computer software centers in gleaming glass towers. The farm crisis is […]
Undoing Corporate Rule
Richard Grossman
It can be easy to forget that the American Revolution was fought to rid the colonies of absentee control by not only King George but also the corporations chartered by the crown, like the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Carolina Colony, the Virginia Colony, etc. The Revolution converted these corporations into constitutional states. Richard Grossman shows […]
The Future of the Palestinians
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky denounces “the custodians of history who give the approved version” of reality. When it comes to Palestine he advises to “disabuse yourself of illusions and remember the facts.” He warns, “The depth of racism in Tel Aviv and Washington toward the Palestinians prevents a just solution.” Israel “is the state of the Jewish people […]
The Attack on the Constitution
Al Gore
Political leaders in the United States often refer to the Constitution in reverential tones with a touch of awe. The Founding Fathers, who crafted the document, are lauded for their wisdom and sagacity. But now that very base of the republic is under attack. Using September 11th as a justification, the Bush administration has made […]
The South and National Politics
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn takes exception to the title he was given for his talk. He says, “I don’t like to talk about Southern influence in national politics because it perpetuates a kind of mythology which I think is very prevalent in American thinking…and that is that we have a fine, decent, democratic, beautifully structured, lovely country […]
Pakistan: A Journalist’s View
Beena Sarwar
For the casual observer of international news Pakistan must be enigmatic, bewildering and scary. It’s a “hornet’s nest,” declares The Economist. Almost from its inception in 1947 Pakistan has been dominated by the three As: Allah, Army and America. The country of some 200 million people has been ruled either by military dictators or corrupt […]

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