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Understanding the Middle East
Chris Giannou
Large parts of the Middle East today are engulfed in violence. Why? What historical factors shape the current conflicts? Take Iraq for example, a country in chaos. The U.S. has been intervening in Iraq non-stop for decades. What has it produced? Sectarianism and strife. Death and destruction. Actual U.S. policy in the Middle East is […]
Oil & Gas Wars
Michael Schwartz
Gas prices are falling. The price of oil per barrel is at its lowest level in several years. Why? We’re told the global economy is slowing down again. Europe is sluggish. Japan is in recession. China’s growth rate is weakening. But there may be other factors. The U.S. is producing a huge amount of oil, […]
Shattered Peace: Israel-Palestine
Josh Ruebner
Outrage follows outrage in Israel and Palestine. Yesterday’s atrocity is quickly forgotten as a new one occurs. There is a dizzying vortex of kidnappings, stabbings, killings of teenagers and rabbis, attacks on synagogues and mosques, rockets, invasions, bombings, curfews, collective punishment, and demolition of homes. Meanwhile, Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, contravening international law, […]
Race & Caste in the U.S.
Michelle Alexander
A string of shootings of young African Americans has generated national and international attention. While these killings are nothing new, the proliferation of cell phones, cameras and social media has raised public awareness of police brutality. Systemic questions are being asked. What is the role of racism? The numbers are depressingly familiar. The United States […]
UN Press Conference
Noam Chomsky
At an event organized by the Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People at the UN, Chomsky takes various questions from international journalists. He discusses moral choices. They “cannot be divorced from the tactical judgments of the consequences of actions.” We must take into account, addressing the BDS movement, the “impact on the […]
Capitalism vs. the Climate
Naomi Klein
“Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course. Human activities inflict harsh and often irreversible damage on the environment and on critical resources. If not checked, many of our current practices put at serious risk the future that we wish for human society and the plant and animal kingdoms, and may so […]
Nonviolence Works
Erica Chenoweth
No single event nor charismatic leader changes history. History changes when large groups organize around common goals. Events and leaders can help galvanize forces. But people power has a great track record. And, movements that rely on principles of nonviolence seem to succeed more often and create more lasting change than those engaged in armed […]
ISIS, the Kurds & Turkey
Noam Chomsky
ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, aka Islamic State, is now the latest threat to our security. Or so our leaders tell us and the media repeat. It has seized territory in Syria and Iraq. The U.S. has been meddling in the Middle East non-stop for decades. What has it produced? Wars, militias, […]
Decoding U.S. Propaganda
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs Who better to provide a glossary of propaganda than Noam Chomsky? He gives the actual definitions of such terms as crime, guilty, terror, international law and free elections. The media vacuum out background, context and history leaving people uninformed and bewildered, thus, easy prey to propaganda. But there have been some breakthroughs. For example […]
Barsamian/Kronos Quartet in Concert
David Barsamian
David Barsamian gave a spoken word performance accompanied by the Kronos Quartet in concert. “Beyond Zero: 1914 – 1918″ presented a musical meditation marking the centennial of “the war to end all wars.” He continues an innovative political/musical collaboration with Kronos begun in 2006 that has featured Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali and others in venues from […]
The Poetry of Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
The program begins with “Mack the Knife ” sung in German by Wolfgang Neuss, with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht. Hear “The Legend of the Dead Soldier” and other Brecht poems in German and English. With the participation of Hugo Schmidt, professor of German at the University of Colorado and co-editor of Poems by Bertolt Brecht; and […]
Counter-Poetics and Oppositional Action
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Amiri Baraka, Joanne Kyger, and Peter L. Wilson.

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