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Racism: Past & Present
Ron Daniels
Racism is a deep fissure that divides the country. It is persistent and pervasive. Evidence of racism is blatant, as in the burning of African American churches. And it’s also subtle, as in interpersonal relations. In this powerful and moving presentation, Ron Daniels gives the context and background of racism in America and what must […]
Language: Continuity & Innovation
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky outlines his theory that the human brain has an innate language faculty, and that part of this biological endowment is a universal grammar. Thus, all languages and the ways children learn them are remarkably similar. Recorded at Winona State University. 2 CDs Recorded at Winona State University.
The Pen & the Sword
Edward Said
Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at Columbia University.
Stuffed & Starved
Raj Patel
Stuffed and starved seems like such a paradox. There’s so much food. How can there be hunger and obesity? In supposedly the world’s wealthiest country, tens of millions of Americans are hungry. With the greatest economic collapse since the Great Depression those numbers will certainly increase. Issues of race and class are factors linking diet […]
Israel and the U.S.: The Client-Master Relationship
Noam Chomsky
Lecture followed by Q&A. 80 minutes of audio.
Propaganda: Laundering Narratives
Renée DiResta
Many people, when they hear the word propaganda, immediately associate it with Nazi Germany and torchlight parades or Putin reviewing the troops in Red Square. But propaganda has Roman Catholic church origins going as far back as 1622, when Pope Gregory issued a proclamation using the term to exhort the faithful to propagate the faith. […]
Crime, Gun Control, etc.
Noam Chomsky
interview/call-in
Politics & the Art of Deception
Molly Ivins
Bush and Company just gave the American public the best argument yet for publicly financing campaigns. Getting cozy with the rich is nothing new to president-select George W. Bush. But even he has reached new heights in his recently unveiled tax plan, which abolishes dividend taxes on investments. This direct appeal to what he calls […]
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 […]
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 […]
India-Israel Alliance
Azad Essa
Today, India and Israel have forged an alliance. It wasn’t always that way. India became independent in 1947. Its first prime minister, Nehru, positioned his country as a champion of the Palestinian cause. As the leader of the non-aligned movement, India’s stance on Palestine had great influence among other post-colonial nations. In the 1990s, that […]
Runaway Capitalism
Benjamin Barber
Our great leaders tell us what we already know, The economy is “sour.” But no worries. At the end of the day all will be well. Just keep on shoppin.’ Capitalism is the only game in town. Growth for growth’s sake, without any attention paid to its consequences, is producing what one Canadian scholar calls […]

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