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Civil Society in India and the US
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky is Interview by David Barsamian just after returning from a 1996 visit to India.
The Greenbelt Movement of Kenya
Wangari Maathai
The Greenbelt Movement of Kenya is an indigenous, grassroots environmental campaign with tree planting as its basic activity. Although its objectives are many and varied, the tree has been used as a focal point around which other environmental issues are discussed and brought to the attention of the public and decision makers. Interview by David […]
The Future of Civilization
Lester Brown
When it comes to climate change the operative word is “hot” with “record” and “unprecedented” closely following. UN conferences on climate do little beyond the powerful issuing grandiose proclamations about how green they are and then it’s back to their destructive policies. The Guardian, captures the hypocrisy, “governments turned their backs on the living planet, […]
Unmasking the NSA
Glenn Greenwald
Imagine a gigantic vacuum cleaner scooping up all electronic communications. That’s what the National Security Agency does. Think you are safe from NSA snooping? That you can hide behind clever passwords? Think again. The Agency has the capability to generate one billion password guesses per second. On top of that it can remotely activate your […]
Poetry Reading
Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder, Ed Sanders and Nanao Sakaki at Naropa University
Talk & Reading to Western Literature Association
Gary Snyder
Poetry Reading
Ernesto Cardenal
This program features some of Ernesto Cardenal’s most famous poems including: “The Arrival,” “Zero Hour,” Marilyn Monroe,” and “Ecology.” Some of the poems were recorded during Cardenal’s 1985 tour of the U.S. “Zero Hour” has original music composed by Bob Ellis. The poems are recited first in Spanish and then in English. Latin American poetry […]
Poetry Reading
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka reads some of his best poems including: Wise One, Reflections, The Premium, Class Struggle in Music, Black Music, Wailers, Sounding and How to Beat Reagan. The event concludes with Allen Ginsberg introducing writer and poet Simon Ortiz of the Acoma Pueblo. Mr. Ortiz leads a Native American chant. Recorded at Naropa Institute.
Community Rights
Paul Cienfuegos
Most citizens have political opinions. Many are involved in nonprofit community-based organizations. But the time-impaired average person remains politically disorganized and distracted. Collective political action nationally is often limited to mobilizing for wars and elections. Disengagement can seem the norm. Community organizers are bucking this trend. Local issues, be they environmental, fair wages, or municipalization […]
The Wrath of the CIA
Verne Lyon
Naked Capitalism
Richard Wolff
Through its myriad booms and busts, capitalism manages to roll with the punches and emerge standing. We are constantly told: it’s the only show in town. Do you want the old Soviet Union? No way. But can’t we imagine an economic system that is responsive to the needs of people and our precious planet rather […]
Occupy Boston
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky delivers Free School University’s Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture at Dewey Square in Boston during a peak moment in the Occupy movement of 2011.

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