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From Corporate Rule to Civil Society
David Korten
In 1995, former international development insider David Korten published his influential book, When Corporations Rule the World. At the time, corporate globalization went largely unopposed. That has changed over the last few years as hundreds of thousands of people across the globe have taken to the streets to protest the growing power of transnational corporations […]
The Post-Corporate World
David Korten
The claim that capitalism is the embodiment of democracy and that open markets are the equivalent to freedom is constant and goes virtually unchallenged. The way the story goes is, unleashed from the oppressive hand of government regulation, the invisible hand of the market enables corporations to bring prosperity to all. In this period of […]
When Corporations Rule the World
David Korten
In this important and timely program, David Korten documents the devastating human and environmental consequences of the largely successful efforts of global corporations to reconstruct values and institutions everywhere to serve their narrow financial interests. The market system is blind to all but its own short-term gains. Korten suggest ways to create a just and […]
The Creation of Hope in Public Education
Herbert Kohl
Public education is a political issue. Schools and curricula are ideological targets. Funding is a football. Schools decline and parents worry. Conservatives promote voucher programs as an alternative. Defenders of public education say vouchers will undermine the traditional vision of democratic schooling for all and will lead to more inequality, stratification and segregation. Recorded at […]
The Gulf War
Erwin Knoll
Interview by David Barsamian.
The First Amendment Under Attack
Erwin Knoll
The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech and the press. Its language is clear and unambiguous. Nevertheless, in a political climate informed by fear and intolerance, it is being challenged more and more. Under the rubric of family values such books as Diary of Anne Frank and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are removed from […]
The Gulf War: Enough Lies to Last a Lifetime
Erwin Knoll
January marks the 10th anniversary of the Gulf War. By ordinary military standards it was hardly a war. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were killed while the American total was 150, and most of those were from friendly fire. The U.S. carefully managed and controlled the news in the Gulf War. The so-called free press […]
Economic Warfare: From Argentina to Iraq
Naomi Klein
Warfare does not only occur on battlefields. There’s another kind that is waged in corporate boardrooms and in the suites of the IMF and World Bank. Its lethality and casualties are different from conventional warfare. Workers lose their jobs or are forced to work for lower wages. Public services are rolled back and cut. Hard […]
No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies
Naomi Klein
The growth in the power and reach of multinational corporations can be traced to the idea developed by management theorists in the mid-1980s that corporations must primarily produce brands, as opposed to products. The Nikes and Hilfigers took the cue. Riding the wave of so-called trade liberalization, they moved manufacturing overseas to low-wage countries. They […]
Selma 1965
Martin Luther King
Archival sound from one of the most important actions of the Civil Rights movement. Features a 30-minute speech by Dr Martin Luther King, Jr on “The Pharaohs Never Give Up Easily.” Many consider the Selma to Montgomery marches, marred by state and local police attacks, as political and emotional peaks of the movement. The day […]
Famous Speeches & Sermons
Martin Luther King
4 of MLK’s most famous speeches: I Have Dream, I’ve Been to the Mountaintop, Drum Major Instinct & How Long? Not Long.
The Massey Lectures
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Jr called Canada “the North star.” CBC Radio invited King to deliver these lectures in November 1967 as part of the prestigious annual broadcasts. He called his discussion of race relations, the war in Vietnam, youth, and nonviolence as a tactic for social change “Conscience for Change.”

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