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Deciphering Foreign Policy
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs Bernie Sanders, then Mayor of Burlington, opened up City Hall for Chomsky to decipher some of the standard tropes surrounding the selling of U.S. foreign policy to the American public and the world. Sanders called Chomsky “an important voice in the wilderness of intellectual life in America.” Chomsky, in the lecture section, comments […]
The Midnight Soldiers
Daniel Sheehan
The Midnight Soldiers, according to Daniel Sheehan, are a secret team of former CIA agents, retired military officers, anti-Castro Cubans, and others, with connections to the White House, who run guns, smuggle drugs, and carry out political assassinations. The Midnight Soldiers network has airlines, airstrips, depots, bank accounts, and all the trappings of a major […]
The U.S. Government’s Role in the Global Drug Trade
Daniel Sheehan
Recorded at the University of Colorado.
Palestine: It’s Time to Tell the Truth
Barbara Lubin
Barbara Lubin addresses the ongoing Palestine-Israel issue. She talks about the origins of the conflict going back to the 1917 Balfour Declaration. She discusses the Holocaust and the guilt felt by Europe and the U.S. She says, “The European Christian community was looking for a way to deal with the ‘Jewish problem.’” The focus was […]
A Global Warning
Tom Hayden
The winds of political change blow from all directions. For many decades they’ve blown hardest from the Right – a corporate-friendly, conservative agenda involving endless war and military spending and an evisceration of the public sector regardless of its impact on civil society and the environment. But some radical voices are saying, “Something is in […]
Imperialist Feminism
Deepa Kumar
When you hear imperialists making claims about their concerns for women’s rights, then you know something is really rotten in Denmark. The plight of women has historically been mobilized to suit the goals of empire. That continues to the present. One of the pretexts of the U.S.–led invasion of Afghanistan was “rescuing Afghan women.” Writing […]
Challenging the Bias
Jeff Cohen
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. […]

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