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Satirical Verses
Edward Dorn
Satire has long been a favorite device of artists seeking to subvert by making fun of those in power, be it church, state, king or landlord. If they are especially good at it, they can be banished, like cartoonist Thomas Nast, or novelist Salman Rushdie. But poetry has never wielded enough influence to bring down […]
Masks & Realities
Ariel Dorfman
Why has Chile, a country with a small population, produced so many world class writers, musicians and poets? Ariel Dorfman explains: “It’s a place where the best and the worst things can happen. It’s a land of great mysteries, of many contrasts.” He then goes on to give his personal background and inspirations that have […]
The Politics of the Christian Right
Sara Diamond
The Christian Right is a growing social force. It has built an extensive network of media and cultural institutions and has moved—in a major way—into politics. In some states, it dominates the Republican Party. As part of a grassroots campaign, the Christian Right has targeted electoral races ranging from school boards to Congress. It has […]
Corporation Nation
Charles Derber
Corporations have steadily amassed economic and political power in the U.S. The unchecked growth of corporate power has had a huge impact on the public interest. Charles Derber brilliantly diagnosis the problem and proposes a cure. Fans of Richard Grossman’s analysis will appreciate this one.
Hope for the ’90s
Dave Dellinger
Recorded at the World Fellowship Center.
Free Trade for Whom?
Kristin Dawkins
Interview by David Barsamian
Gene Wars: The Politics of Biotechnology
Kristin Dawkins
Rapid and radical developments are occurring in laboratories that will shape the future. Genetic engineering and biotechnology hold promise and peril. New varieties of plants and plant-derived medicines are being literally invented by multinational corporations. Anything that can be genetically engineered can be patented and monopolized. The biotech industry says the new strains of products […]
Debate with Keith Maskus on NAFTA
Kristin Dawkins
NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, is a pact between the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Negotiated by the Bush, Mulroney and Salinas administrations, NAFTA if approved, will reduce tariffs and other trade barriers and modify investment rules. NAFTA supporters contend that itwill create new jobs and stimulate economic growth in all three countries, as […]
G-7/GATT/NAFTA
Kristin Dawkins
David Barsamian interviews Kristin Dawkins, senior fellow and policy analyst with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in Minneapolis. The discussion centers on the GATT and NAFTA trade agreement negotiations and their implications for democracy in the US and around the world. The so-called regulations proposed by these agreements are really transnational corporations’ agenda […]
The New Face of Conquest: GATT and NAFTA
Kristin Dawkins
GATT, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, are the broadest and most far-reaching trade pacts of this era. GATT, on a global level, and NAFTA, on a regional one, will structure and determine North/South economic relations in the 21st century. Advocates claim the agreements will generate […]
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, […]
Race, Crime & Punishment
Angela Davis
The U.S. has a “love affair with incarceration,” says England’s respected Guardian newspaper. Spanking-new prisons dot the landscape. The prison population has risen 500% since 1972, while the population on the whole only rose 28%. African Americans constitute most of the inmates. They receive longer and harsher sentences than whites. In addition, blacks are disproportionately […]

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