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The Asian Tiger Economic Meltdown
Martin Khor
It began in the summer of 1997. First Thailand, then Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea. The Asian tiger economies went into a massive freefall. Businesses went bust, millions were laid off, stock markets and currencies collapsed. The crash was rather stunning, since just before things broke loose the tigers had been hailed by the International […]
Development and the Environment
Mansour Khalid
Development along current patterns guarantees further environmental degradation with potentially catastrophic consequences. The developed North enriches itself at the expense of the resource-rich South. The gap between the haves and have-nots widens. Caught in a vise is the environment. Is development compatible with environmental protection? Can the present destructive trajectory be changed? Recorded at the […]
The Human Face of the Global Economy
Charlie Kernaghan
When you go down to your nearest mall and shop for clothes, you are looking for the best price. If you can get a name brand, all the better. Few consider who makes that shirt, sweater or pair of jeans or sneakers. Evidence has mounted in the past few years that much of the clothing […]
Report from the Global Factory
Charlie Kernaghan
More and more U.S.-based corporations are “outsourcing” their production. The new sites of the global factory are in Indonesia, Bangladesh, Haiti, El Salvador and Mexico. Clothing, shoes, toys and sporting goods are often made by youngsters working in sweatshops, where wages are inadequate, hours are long and working conditions endanger safety and health. In this […]
Gold Mining: Environmental Destruction
Danny Kennedy
Gold is history’s most coveted and celebrated element. For the Pharaohs of Egypt it had mystical status, functioning as the ultimate secular sacred object. The quest for gold propelled Columbus, Pizarro and others into a genocidal frenzy. Today gold mining, a major industry, continues unabated. And more often than not, indigenous people are affected. In […]
World Bank/IMF: Fifty Years Is Enough
Danny Kennedy
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund together have more power to influence development in the Third World than do any other institutions on the planet. For the last fifty years, tens of billions of dollars have been loaned to the poorest nations with the ostensible purpose of improving their quality of life. The […]
Iraq: Eyewitness to War
Kathy Kelly
US diplomacy has evolved into, “You do what we say, or else.” Gung-ho machismo is the order of the day. Bush intones, “Bring ’em on.” And “There will be no retreat.” The president announces that by invading and occupying Iraq the world is safer. Can anyone believe this? Sure. If you only watch corporate TV […]
Wobegon Meets Alternative Radio
Garrison Keillor
An interview with the man from Lake Wobegon. Hear Keillor as you’ve never heard him before on pompous liberals, pious conservatives, NPR, PBS, talk radio and more. You won’t want to miss it. Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.
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 […]
The Legacy of Nuclear Weapons
Michio Kaku
The Cold War is over. The U.S. reigns supreme, yet it deploys 9,000 operational nuclear weapons. Price tag aside, the arms program has produced millions of tons of toxic and radioactive waste, massive damage to the environment and untold effects on human health. There is widespread contamination of land and water. Budget monies earmarked for […]
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
June Jordan
June Jordan talks about some of the issues the media do not cover in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For example, Israel receives billions in U.S. aid, while aid to all the countries of sub-Saharan Africa totals $700 million. She explains why the Palestinians have had such difficulty in making their case in the U.S. She thinks they […]
Poetry & Politics
June Jordan
June Jordan knows well the burdens placed upon the children of immigrants. It’s part of what gave her the courage and conviction to observe the world with the unblinking eye of a reporter and relay what she experiences with the heart of a poet. Her highly political work is a deeply personal call for tolerance […]

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