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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 […]
Imperialism, War, and Journalism
John Pilger
“The first causality when war comes is truth,” warned Senator Hiram Johnson in 1917. Those words resonate strongly today. When the country goes to war, the corporate media are virtually cheerleaders. Journalists extol the noble virtues and intentions of U.S. state power. There’s a time-honored system of you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. If […]
The Palestinian Perspective
Edward Said
On Palestine, Edward Said says, “Americans are ignorant of the facts.” Palestinians have been demonized and their concerns and realities have been either distorted or dismissed. They have been stereotyped as terrorists and fanatics. The American intellectual community has been virtually silent on Israeli human rights abuses and violations of international law in the occupied […]
Single Payer Health Care
Bernie Sanders
The health care debate is in full swing. The statistics are well known. Tens of millions of Americans have no coverage at all; many more have huge gaps in their benefits. The Clintons crisscross the country promoting their managed competition plan. Others offer varying counterproposals. One alternative is the Canadian model. Canada has a single […]
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 […]
Israel/Palestine Primer 3-Pack
Peter Beinart, Gabor Maté, Richard Forer
Includes:
- Protest, Zionism & Gaza
- History, Trauma & the Lack of Empathy
- Israel, the U.S. & Palestine
Social Justice, Racism and the Environmental Movement
Winona LaDuke
Robert Frost once wrote, “The land was ours before we were the land’s.” Indigenous peoples of North America might take exception to that. They were on the land millennia before European settlers arrived. The ensuing conquest and devastation drenched the hemisphere in blood. But native peoples survive and endure. Much can be learned from them. […]
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 […]
Challenging the Duopoly
Ralph Nader
Voter turnout in the U.S. continues to plunge. The conventional explanation for the lack of interest is that the citizenry is apathetic. They’d rather be watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. A more radical analysis is that people are fed up with choices like Clinton-Dole or Gore-Bush. Many see them as guys in suits […]
The Reagan Legacy
Daniel Schorr
The Reagan era casts its shadow into today. Much of the reputation of the 40th president has been carefully crafted and edited. Daniel Schorr was there covering the Reagan presidency. He has some trenchant observations about Reagan, his policies, and their impact and influence.
Language and the Cognitive Sciences
Noam Chomsky
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 […]

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