All Programs — Page 41 of 169 — Alternative Radio

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 […]
Raga Behag
Debu Chaudhuri
Cultural Revolution
Amiri Baraka
Recorded at Naropa Institute.
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 […]
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 […]

x

Top