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The War on the Poor
Randy Albelda
Now that Clinton has ended welfare as we knew it, where do we go from here? The sixty-year-old federal program to assist the needy is history. The attack was fueled by rhetoric about “dependency” and “social pathology.” The question persists, however, Why does the richest country in the world have so many poor people and […]
Toward a New Economic Model
Michael Albert
The unquestioned assumption in all discussions about the economy is that there is only one system, and it’s the best. The free market – capitalism – rules. But is everyone for a system which is producing unprecedented concentrations of wealth and inequality? As the rich line their pockets and the average Joe struggles to make […]
Third World Dependency
Eqbal Ahmad
interview
The Boulder Interviews
Eqbal Ahmad
2 CDs These far-reaching and fascinating interviews demonstrate Ahmad’s enormous acumen, ability and knowledge and develop the ideas in “The Amherst Interviews” and “Distorted Histories.” Topics: Arab and Jewish stereotypes; Muhammad Iqbal and the Sufi poetry tradition; conflicts in Sri Lanka and the Balkans; pathologies of power in postcolonial states; resistance strategies to neoliberalism; the […]
Distorted Histories
Eqbal Ahmad
Interview. 4 CDs Among the many topics covered during these wide-ranging discussions with David Barsamian are India and Pakistan’s nuclear arms race; the U.S. attack on Afghanistan & the Sudan; the demonization of Islam; Osama bin Laden; state terror vs. individual and small-group terror; Iran; Israel and Zionism; V.S. Naipaul; globalization. Recorded at Hampshire College.
From Bandung to Mexico: The Decline of the Third World
Eqbal Ahmad
Interview by David Barsamian
Islam, Arab Middle East, Israel, etc.
Eqbal Ahmad
Interview by David Barsamian
Roots of the Gulf Crisis
Eqbal Ahmad
Eqbal Ahmad examines the origins of the current Gulf crisis. He presents an indigenous perspective that provides valuable insights into Saddam Hussein’s actions, the politics of oil, the role of the U.S. media, Israel and the Palestinian issue. Ahmad is a passionate and incisive speaker. His analysis is virtually excluded from mainstream media coverage. As […]
Mexico After NAFTA & Chiapas
Adolfo Aguilar
For most North Americans and Europeans, Mexico is a vacation spot. It is Acapulco, Cancun, mariachi bands and Aztec and Mayan pyramids. These tourist poster images were shattered by the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas. It was a particularly rude jolt to Presidents Clinton and Salinas, who during the NAFTA debate promoted Mexico as a picture […]
The Re-emergence of Fascism in Europe and Its Links to Postwar U.S. Policy
Philip Agee
Fascist movements are increasingly active throughout Europe and the former Soviet Union. Areas of the Balkans are “ethnically cleansed.” Asians are attacked in Britain. Arabs are assaulted in France. Turks are murdered in Germany. While the targets of racism and hate have mostly changed, the rhetoric of vituperation is basically the same. What is startling […]
The Warfare State
Philip Agee
Former CIA officer Philip Agee contends that U.S. foreign policy is driven by the need for crises in order to justify military spending thus creating a warfare state. The spector and threat of overseas enemies and turmoil is a method, Agee argues, of preventing genuine democracy and reform of the domestic system.
The Clash of Barbarisms
Gilbert Achcar
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter’s national Security Advisor and frequent talk show guest, contends that the main task facing the managers of American empire is “to prevent collusion and maintain dependence among the vassals, keep tributaries pliant and protected, and to keep the barbarians from coming together.” Pax Americana, America uber alles is the order of the […]

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