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Oil, Power, and Empire
Larry Everest
Throughout history, wars have been started for many reasons: wealth, power, politics, religion and love, to name a few. Recent conflicts are no exception, with oil being the paramour in the battle and occupation of Iraq. But does it make sense to wage war to control a commodity that is finite? With oil supplies predicted […]
Imperialism & the New World Order
George Galloway
It was Bush the Elder who proudly proclaimed “a New World Order” after the First Gulf War. Some at the time expressed skepticism saying it was the old world order dressed up in new clothes. It was imperialism in the guise of globalization. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the U.S. was the sole […]
The Myth of the Liberal Media
Jeff Cohen
One of the central tenets of contemporary political discourse is that the media are liberal. Well-paid pundits from wealthy conservative foundations and think tanks produce a steady drumbeat alleging liberal bias. What’s curious about this view is that there’s virtually no evidence to support it. The media are owned by a few large corporations. They […]
Gagging Democracy India-Style
P. Sainath
India, the world’s most populous country, is ruled by Narendra Modi who is the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the BJP. He first became prime minister in 2014 and has been reelected twice since though in 2024 with much lower margins. Before coming to power in Delhi he was chief minister of the state […]
Chomsky in Pakistan
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky interviewed in Islamabad by Pervez Hoodbhoy, one of Pakistan’s top scientists/activists (see AR’s Pakistan, Islam & the US) . Among the topics covered are The “NYTimes” and Bertrand Russell; objectivity; what the US response to 9/11 should have been; India-Pakistan relations; and what form should international integration take.
India: States of Resistance
Vandana Shiva
Washington and its echo chambers in the media like Thomas Friedman never cease to extol the virtues of so-called free trade. So-called because it is heavily dependent on taxpayer subsidies. While well-paying jobs disappear in the United States and wages are stagnant, citizens fork over billions of dollars to top corporations to export their products. […]
The Drug War, Colombia & U.S. Policy
Noam Chomsky
The Case for Vegetarianism
Howard Lyman
In August 1997, E. coli bacteria in hamburgers resulted in the largest meat recall in U.S. history. More than 25 million pounds of beef were pulled from the market. Major chains such as Burger King, Wal-Mart and Safeway halted sales of suspect patties. Despite this incident and others, meat-eating remains a central part of many […]
Science of Coercion: Psychological Warfare
Christopher Simpson
During the Cold War, a battle raged for control of people’s minds. U.S. military, intelligence and propaganda agencies saw mass communication as an instrument of persuasion and domination. To achieve their goals, they enlisted top professors and universities. The legacy of that relationship between the government and the academy was profound, and it continues today. The academic studies provided an […]
Robbing People Blind: U.S. Economic Policy
Noam Chomsky
Wall Street is on a roll. Profits are going through the roof. Yet, paradoxically workers just had their worst year on record. The US leads in the dubious category of income inequality. Of all the industrialized nations, not one has as great a gulf between the rich and poor as the US, and the situation […]
Race, Power & Prisons Since September 11th
Angela Davis
In 1992, an all-white jury acquitted 4 white police officers after they brutally beat Rodney King, a black man, as he lay prone on the ground. The United States was sitting on a racial tinderbox. Fueled by enormous inequality between whites and people of color, it erupted. L.A. burned. 55 people died, 2300 were injured, […]
Barbara Ehrenreich 3-pack
Barbara Ehrenreich
Includes:
- Kicking People When They’re Down
- Nickel & Dimed: Women, Welfare & Work
- A Progressive Vision for Social Change

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