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Women’s Power
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva talks about the central role of women in resistance struggles in India and throughout the Third World. She says, “On the other side of India in Orissa there was a movement. The women’s slogan is, soil is our goddess, it’s our religion.” She adds, “A new steel plant is coming up. This really […]
Co-ops: Economic Democracy
Nathan Schneider
One day, a few years ago, I was walking in San Francisco’s Mission district and looked up and saw a sign that said: “Arizmendi Bakery. Worker owned and operated.” This piqued my curiosity. I went inside to find out more. I learned that Arizmendi was the name of the priest who, in the 1950s, help […]
The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism
William Greider
The global economic landscape is being radically transformed. Traditional boundaries disappear as huge transnational corporations move virtually at will in search of cheap labor and resources. One financier boasts, “Now capital has wings.” While things may be rosy for some corporations, there are signs of alarm. George Soros, the billionaire speculator, warns in Atlantic magazine […]
Afghanistan: Past & Present
Rangina Hamidi
Afghanistan, land of the Afghans, more than two millennia ago, this may surprise you, was a major center of Buddhism. Situated on the fabled Silk Road this mountainous landlocked country has an old and rich history and culture with great poets like Raabia Balkhi, Khushal Khattak, and most renowned of all, Rumi. Afghanistan has been […]
Media, Knowledge and Objectivity
Noam Chomsky
Telephone interview
Orientalism Revisited
Edward Said
Edward Said looks at various issues facing the Palestinians and the persistence of Orientalism in slightly different garb. He says of his birthplace Jerusalem, “that it has a kind of universality to it. Jerusalem is the center of the world. It has a unique status and an extraordinary exfoliating power which has been betrayed by […]
Asphalt Nation: The Paving of America
Jane Holtz Kay
The “Open Road” is part of the mystique of American culture: hit the highway in your car and travel the great, big country. There is plenty of road to drive – about two and a half million miles worth. We have more cars in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world and some of […]
Israel: The Strategic Asset
Noam Chomsky
Interviewed by David Barsamian.
World Bank, GATT, Free Trade
Noam Chomsky
Interviewed by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.
Reflections on Exile
Edward Said, Christopher Hitchens
Rachel Corrie, Solidarity & Palestine
Edward Said
A fiery and eloquent presentation to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s annual meeting. Said says, “One shouldn’t be surprised that Americans, in the main, have a very low opinion of Arabs and Palestinians” because “citizens of this country are fed an atrociously biased diet of ignorance and misrepresentation by the media. All the established main media […]
U.S. Grand Strategy: Global Rule by Force
Noam Chomsky
The New Imperial World Order is officially underway. The National Security Strategy document lays it all out. Bush has told the world, It’s our way or the highway. The U.S. reserves the right to attack anyone at any time. Like the empires of old, the U.S. clothes its aggressive intentions in the name of peace. […]

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