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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?
Technology, Spirituality & the Future of the Planet
Helen Caldicott
The planet is not in good shape. As a 1995 World Watch Institute report states: “Evidence that the world is on an economic path that is environmentally unsustainable can be seen in shrinking fish catches, falling water tables, declining bird populations, record heat waves and dwindling grain stocks, just to name a few.” In various […]
If You Love This Planet
Helen Caldicott
lecture, interview
The Fate of the Earth
Helen Caldicott
The place we call home, planet earth, is in serious trouble. The warning signs are everywhere, from Somalia to Los Angeles, from deforestation to ozone depletion. The earth’s social and physical health is deteriorating. These crises, if not addressed and ameliorated, will render our abode increasingly unlivable. This program is a prescription for survival.
A Compassionate Society
Helen Caldicott
Dr. Helen Caldicott cautions her audience that even though the Berlin Wall is down, our job is not over. She covers a wide range of issues related to the present environmental catastrophe: secret U.S. preparations for a preemptive nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, the dangers associated with Rocky Flats, the environmental consequences of the […]
Saving the Planet
Helen Caldicott
In this inspired and stirring lecture, Helen Caldicott, the Australian-born pediatrician says, “Saving the planet means we are going to have to change the way we live.” She points out that the United States with a small percentage of the world’s population uses a disproportionate amount of the world’s resources. Dr. Caldicott says, Changes in […]
Environmental Racism
Robert Bullard
The concept of environmental racism is a relatively new one. But that it exists is as certain as other forms of what might be called traditional racism. There is an increasing pattern of placing toxic waste dumps, hazardous materials and landfills in African American, Latino and Native American communities. If convenient sites can’t be found […]
Intellectuals and Social Responsibility
Dennis Brutus
Interview by David Barsamian
South Africa: Transition to Freedom?
Dennis Brutus
Eighty-one years after the African National Congress was formed to fight white rule, its leaders shook hands with the party that devised apartheid in an agreement which, at least on paper, will treat blacks as equals to whites. On November 18, 1993, Nobel Peace Prize winners Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk signed South Africa’s […]

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