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How Welfare Became a Dirty Word
Linda Gordon
Although welfare takes up only a small part of the budget, it generates an enormous amount of political and media attention. One Beltway pundit says it’s “the most despised government program.” Talk show hosts feed their listeners a steady diet of rhetoric about welfare queens. Welfare recipients are stigmatized as lazy and dependent. The larger […]
Independent Media in a Time of War
Amy Goodman
Millions of people are taking to the streets around the world to say no to war. Half a million recently protested in New York City alone. But who are these people? Debate in the mainstream media often reduces them to Saddam-lovers, anti-American extremists and terrorist-sympathizers. Yet if you actually go out into the streets you […]
Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman
Democracy requires an effective system of communication that informs and engages the citizenry. Without broad-based, diverse media, the key issues of power and resource allocation are deflected and ignored. James Madison had a keen sense of this. He said, “A popular government without proper information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue […]
The Other Side of the News
Amy Goodman
The award-winning host of Democracy Now spells out the consequences of corporate control of the media in two riveting stories. First, she recounts her amazing encounter with mainstream journalists at the Overseas Press Club in New York. Then she discusses the past and present situation in Indonesia and East Timor, including her own harrowing eyewitness […]
Harvest of Empire
Juan González
The history of Latino immigration to the U.S. is at once a political can of worms and a rich cultural tapestry. The links between immigration and U.S. policies in Latin America are documented, and as Latino numbers grow, their effect on American culture and domestic policy is no longer confined to border towns. Salsa now […]
Chile: State of Siege
Francisco Gonzalez
A chilling eyewitness account of the terror in Chile in the wake of the 1973 coup. Branded as one of the ten most wanted men in Chile, Gonzalez describes his incarceration and the internal resistance to the Pinochet dictatorship. He says the U.S./CIA involvement was “decisive in the overthrow of Salvador Allende.” The UN and […]
Patriotism, Civil Liberties & Terrorism
Ira Glasser
“He that is not for us is against us” proclaimed the Federalist Gazette of the United States, immediately after President Adams passed the Alien & Sedition Act of 1798. This act had the power to jail critics of the president and government policies. Editors of newspapers and Congressmen were thrown in jail for their opinions. […]
The Future of Progressive Politics
Todd Gitlin
Opinion polls and surveys indicate broad discontent with the two existing political parties. Voter participation continues to nosedive. The 1996 election had the lowest turnout since 1924. Is there an opening for a new progressive-based politics? Todd Gitlin thinks so.
The Political Economy of Policing
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
At nearly two million Americans behind bars and counting, the United States leads the world in imprisoning its own population. Along with record levels of incarceration, there has been a boom in prison construction. An extensive prison-industrial complex is now an integral part of the economy. Private companies use prison labor to enhance their profits. […]
Southern Lebanon: 1982
Chris Giannou
Recorded at KGNU. Interview by David Barsamian.
Global Warming: The Heat is On
Ross Gelbspan
The first six months of 1998 were the hottest ever recorded, and July was the hottest month ever. Heat waves, floods and droughts are occurring all over the globe. Evidence piles up documenting global warming, yet in the U.S., there is denial and resistance. It’s fueled by a massive coal and oil industry-sponsored PR campaign. […]
The Life and Times of Joe Hill
Sender Garlin
Join veteran journalist Sender Garlin in an exploration of Joe Hill’s life, the legendary Swedish-born union activist and organizer and talented songwriter. Hill was executed in 1915 in Utah where he was framed on murder charges. His Last Will is famous: “My will is easy to decide For I have nothing to divide My kin […]

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