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Raga Bisweshwari
Debu Chaudhuri
Raga Bisweshwari is a creation of maestro Chaudhuri. This late night raga begins with an alap, introduction to the raga, followed by masitkhani (slow) and razakhani (fast) gats, compositions in teental of sixteen beats. Then maestro Chaudhuri performs the popular evening raga, Desh. The performance concludes with a dhun, a light classical form, in raga […]
Raga Lalit
Debu Chaudhuri
Lalit is a beautiful early morning raga and a speciality of maestro Chaudhuri. In this recording he performs masitkhani (slow)and razakhani (fast) gats, compositions, in teen tal, 16 beats. Lalit is followed by raga Shahana Bahar, a late night melody. The gat is in ektal of 12 beats. Maestro Chaudhuri concludes with an evocative dhun, […]
Stopping Fascism
Chris Hedges
One dictionary defines fascism as, “A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism.” The first fascist party was founded by Mussolini in Italy in 1915. Its etymology is traced to the Latin word meaning a bundle of rods […]
Moral Imperatives
Chris Hedges
What are individuals to do when faced with a moral imperative? And society at large? Philosophers since ancient times have been wrestling with this question as it involves issues of ethics and conscience. When we see an injustice do we remain passive and silent or do we intervene to try and stop it. Is it […]
Extraction Industries & Sexploitation
Chris Hedges
The scourge of male violence against women will not end if we dismantle the forces of global capitalism. The scourge of male violence exists independently of capitalism, empire and colonialism. It is a separate evil. The fight to end male violence against women, part of a global struggle by women, must take primacy in our […]
Captain Ahab & U.S. Empire
Chris Hedges
The demonic Captain Ahab in Melville’s epic novel Moby Dick represents a quest for power and domination that is a death wish. Hubris will doom Ahab and his Pequod crew, all perish except for Ishmael. Is there a larger lesson to be learned? Is the United States much different? The U.S. with its obsessive drive […]
Sufism in the West
Leonard Lewin
This program is a general introduction to Sufi theory and practice. Idries Shah, a leading Sufi guide says, “Sufism is not a religion. It is a system of knowledge.” An old teaching from the Middle East has applicability in the West. Leonard Lewin, a subtle and senior student of Sufism who explains its basic ideas […]
Democracy
Michael Parenti
Discussions about democracy probably start in Athens about 2500 years ago. A truism is society is democratic to the extent that its citizens play a meaningful role in managing public affairs. Democracy is located within the capitalist economic system infamous for producing colossal inequality. There’s no level playing field, as great income and wealth translate […]
Raga Behag
Debu Chaudhuri
Cultural Revolution
Amiri Baraka
Six Contemporary Sufi Themes
Leonard Lewin
“Sufis are aiming to introduce ideas and manners of thinking which are novel for this culture and which will enable humankind to find a way through this extraordinary complex morass and to survive and to survive intelligently.” – Leonard Lewin The Use of Analogy in Understanding New Ideas – Part I Recorded in Boulder, CO on […]
Journalism: Truth or Propaganda
Jeremy Scahill
“An informed democracy will behave in a responsible fashion,” said Jefferson. And what happens to democracy when one of the major pillars of information, journalism is under attack from the highest office in the land? We live in an era where the president openly singles out journalists by name and denounces them. And when he’s […]

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