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Judaism
Ira Chernus
Interviewed by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.
September 11th and the National Insecurity State
Ira Chernus
Noted religious studies scholar Ira Chernus delves into the different stories that people, media, and government are creating to help explain the events of September 11th. Chernus addresses the question of how such violent acts can be done in the name of religion. His talks warns the listener about a new Cold War arising through […]
American Jews & Israel
Ira Chernus
The American Jewish community’s relationship to Israel can perhaps be characterized by devotion and great pride in Israel’s impressive accomplishments. But there is also some ambivalence. In late November, NPR reported that current Israeli policies were generating growing anger among American Jews. In particular, U.S. Jews are vexed by an Orthodox resurgence in Israel seeking […]
Chile: The Allende Years 1970-1973
Samuel Chavkin
This is a special program on the Salvador Allende Popular Unity government in Chile during the years 1970-1973. The election of the democratic socialist Allende on September 4, 1970 set off panic in Washington. Nixon ordered the CIA to topple Allende. He told CIA director Richard Helms he was “not concerned with the risks involved” […]
Genocide Denial
Israel Charny
The twentieth century is stained by death marches, gas chambers and killing fields. Genocide begins in Armenia, peaks in Europe and ends in Rwanda. It is difficult to refute the enormity of mass murder, yet deniers attempt to do so by revising and falsifying history. The Turkish government has taken denial to a new level […]
Global Economic Apartheid
John Cavanagh
A new world economic order is being fashioned by global corporations. With few restraints and controls, they are able to move capital, jobs and factories to Mexico, China, Honduras and Bangladesh. Of the 100 largest economies in the world, 51 are corporations. Wal-Mart is bigger than 161 countries.
Global Dreams: Imperial Corporations
John Cavanagh
A new global economic order is coming into focus. The political empires of old are being replaced by giant transnational corporations, TNCs. A 1993UN report says, “The universe of TNCs is large, diverse and expanding,”and that they “are increasingly potent features of the world economy.”Reflecting the mobility of capital, national boundaries are less and less […]
Another NAFTA: What a Good Agreement Should Offer
Jorge Castaneda
NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, was signed by leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico in December. It has yet to be enacted into law. Free Trade issues are critically important to the futures of all three countries, yet media coverage is spotty at best. NAFTA advocates herald it as a harbinger […]
Ancient Meso-America
David Carrasco
3 CDs Ancient Meso-America 1st CD: Myths of Meso-America – Explores some of the myths which guided and inspired the Aztecs and their precursors the Mayans, Toltecs and Olmecs. 2nd CD: The Peoples & Cultures of Pre-Colombian America – Focuses on the peoples and cultures of the region and their sophisticated and complex urban centers. 3rd […]
Desperate Passions and Direct Actions
Helen Caldicott
Our planet is becoming increasingly polluted and unalterably changed. Governments seem more intent on promoting and protecting corporate interests than those of the citizenry. While corporations experiment with our food supply and find more markets for their ever-expanding arsenals of chemicals, we bear the financial burdens of cleaning up the toxic soup. We also face […]
Why to Care About Y2K?
Helen Caldicott
Some computer programs, especially the older ones, might fail when the date changes to 2000. Because the programs were written to recognize only the last two digits of a year, such programs could read the digits 00 as 1900, potentially causing a whole range of problems affecting financial transactions, airline schedules and electrical grids. Other […]
Ecology & the Human Spirit
Helen Caldicott
On the eve of the 21st century, the planet faces a multiplicity of ecological crises, from global warming to deforestation to ozone depletion. The environment that sustains us all is threatened. What can be done, individually and collectively, to restore the well-being of the earth?

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