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Editing the World
Alexander Cockburn
Alexander Cockburn spoke about how reality is twisted by the mainstream press and what we can do about it. He cited examples of media propaganda offensives including December 1987 accounts of Nicaraguan peace talks, Israel’s use of the military to police Gaza, and more. Cockburn urged people to challenge the present system of information control. […]
ISIS, Syria & Journalism
Idrees Ahmad
Ever since the uprising against the Assad regime in Syria began in 2011 the country and its people have endured one horror after another. The carnage has led to not only a quarter of a million dead, and many more wounded, but the worst refugee crisis in recent memory. Adding to the mix of chaos […]
Capitalism: Fantasies & Realities
Richard Wolff
The stories spun about the economy are more akin to fairy tales. The most popular one, endlessly repeated, is that if you work hard you’ll get ahead. Another is trickle down. Remember that one? The fat cats get fatter and you’ll benefit by getting the leftover crumbs. It’s a wonder after decades of breathtaking income […]
Hegemony or Survival
Noam Chomsky
Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at MIT.
Why Privacy Matters
Glenn Greenwald
In democratic societies, some things have long been considered sacrosanct. Such as the right to privacy. Not anymore. It is violated on a routine and systematic basis. States scream: national security or terrorism to justify their expansion of surveillance. In terms of the sheer scope of spying the USA puts the old USSR to shame. […]
Local Governance
Paul Cienfuegos
Rights exercised by large corporations have never been stronger in the United States. They respond to distant policy initiatives, lawsuits, and latent threats to their bottom lines with lightning speed and a full court press. Their lobbyists vet new regulations and bills with legislators. They kill bills. They write bills. The more glaring examples of […]
Love & Justice
Cornel West
From Tamir Rice to Akai Gurley the names of African American men and boys killed by police keep piling up. The lack of a grand jury indictment in the Michael Brown case in Ferguson sparked a protest movement with signs and shouts of “Hands Up. Don’t Shoot” and “Black Lives Matter.” The death of Eric […]
Death from Above: Drones
Marjorie Cohn
2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, which established the founding principle of modern law: presumption of innocence. Today that principle is largely a casualty of the so-called war on terrorism. Trials, evidence, juries. Who needs them when we have an Oval Office assassination program carried out by drones? These pilotless aircraft have […]
The Hidden Dr. King
Tavis Smiley
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr has been shrink-wrapped and formatted to be innocuous and non-threatening. Dream speeches, desegregation, voting rights, and Selma marches could be accommodated. But when he articulated a critique of the system as a whole then he became a danger to the establishment. That Dr. King has been largely obscured. At Riverside […]
Radical Compassion
Vandana Shiva
There was much fanfare as the leaders of the U.S. and China, the world’s largest carbon polluters signed what was trumpeted as an “historic” deal cutting greenhouse gas emissions. But the Center for Science & Environment in India denounced the agreement as “self-serving” and “business as usual.” Much more urgent action is required to avoid […]
Maid to Order
Barbara Ehrenreich
Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.
2007 Harvard Trade Union
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs. Recorded at Harvard.

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