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An Armenian Journalist in Turkey
Etyen Mahcupyan
Agos is an Armenian bilingual weekly newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established in1996. It has both Armenian and Turkish pages as well as an online English edition. Its founder and chief editor Hrant Dink was assassinated outside Agos offices in 2007. Etyen Mahcupyan remembers Dink and his work and legacy. He talks about […]
Cutting Corporate Taxes
Richard Wolff
Corporations are riding high in the saddle. With their friends in Washington they are raking it in. That certainly is the case with the tax law passed by Congress in late 2017. If you look at the details it is warmed over trickle-down economics. While most workers will get crumbs, the big winners will be […]
Capitalism vs. Socialism
Richard Wolff
The great radical historian Howard Zinn once told me, half in jest, that one of the greatest disasters to befall socialism was when the Soviet Union put it in the official name of the country: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. I asked him to explain and he said, The USSR, which had little to […]
Trumponomics
Richard Wolff
Trumponomics. Wall Street likes what it sees in the 45th president. The stock market is way up. The reality TV star heads up one of the most pro-corporate administrations in U.S. history. After railing against elites Trump’s cabinet is loaded with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan honchos. Millionaires and billionaires are staffing key positions. It’s the […]
Corporate Media & U.S. Empire
Abby Martin
Renowned Indian writer Arundhati Roy once assured an American audience that the United States might enjoy a collective sigh of relief when it finally gives up on being an empire. But empires die hard. In response to eroding economic predominance, military spending in the U.S. has skyrocketed. Simultaneously, as if in response to legal matters that encircle […]
U.S. Interventions: A History of Excuses
Michael Parenti
U.S. intervention. Michael Parenti states, “A lot of people don’t know that there is such a thing. i.e. “the forceful violent intervening in the affairs of other countries. The U.S. has been the greatest interventionist force in the post-war era.” Washington has backed “some of the most notorious military autocracies in history;” “Over the last […]
To the People Who Live in Darkness
Michael Parenti
The battle to shape and control people’s minds is waged aggressively and forcefully by elites. Big bucks go toward molding the consciousness of working people. Antonio Gramsci, the great Italian Marxist and an influence on Michael Parenti, advocated for what he called “organic intellectuals,” i.e., a well-educated cadre who connects their knowledge with people and […]
Choosing the News: Who Sets the Agenda
Howard Zinn, Bill Schaap, Joanne Ball, Alexander Cockburn, Karl Mayer, William Styron, Terry Shaw, Wilbert Tatum
Corporate Control of Information
Herbert Schiller
In his classic work The Media Monopoly, Ben Bagdikian documents the continuing trend of media concentration in the hands of fewer and fewer corporations. The latest megamerger has Viacom taking over Paramount. Expanding corporate control of media poses serious social and political consequences to the functioning of a pluralistic democratic society. Major technological breakthroughs promise to […]
Who is An American?
Eric Foner
Definitions of who is an American have been constantly shifting for more than two centuries. Parameters expand and contract as the political winds vary. Historically, race and racism have been central factors in determining who is an American. With changing demographic and immigration patterns, what are the implications of this important issue for the 21st […]
Islam in Asia
Fred Denny
Interviewed by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.
The Quran
Fred Denny
Interviewed by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.

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