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Gay People, Straight News
Edward Alwood
At the Democratic National Convention in the year 2000, gay rights activists organized under the motto, “We’re a movement, not a market.” As the motto implies, visibility does not equal rights. Three years later queer culture appears more popular than ever with TV programs like Will and Grace, Boy meets Boy, and Queer Eye for the Straight […]
Cracks in the Empire
Tariq Ali
When the British occupied Iraq after World War I, they were not greeted with celebrations. A revolt began almost immediately. It was brutally suppressed. Shaken by the uprising, Lord Curzon, the Foreign Secretary came up with a plan to run Iraq. He said we must create an “Arab facade ruled and administrated under British guidance […]
Bush in Babylon
Tariq Ali
Babylon, one of great centers of the ancient world, is in present-day Iraq. The U.S. now rules Babylon and beyond. Its invasion of Iraq is old wine in new bottles. It is an imperial power conquering a weaker state using sanctimonious rhetoric, fear mongering and outright mendacities. The Bush regime launched an aggressive war. There […]
Imperialism: Then & Now
Tariq Ali
Joseph Schumpeter in a 1919 essay entitled “The Sociology of Imperialisms,” wrote, “There was no corner of the world where some interest was not alleged to be in danger or under actual attack. If the interests were not Roman, they were of Rome’s allies, and if Rome had no allies, then allies would be invented. […]
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 that produces unprecedented concentrations of wealth and inequality? As the rich line their pockets and the average Joe struggles to make ends […]
Third World Dependency
Eqbal Ahmad
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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 […]

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