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Poems & Commentary on El Salvador
Carolyn Forché
This is one of the most powerful and moving poetry readings you’ll ever hear. Carolyn Forche, with a great voice and sense of timing, begins with a poem about growing up in rural Michigan. She travels from San Diego to Spain and then recites poems and commentary from her time in El Salvador including The […]
The State of Insecurity
Noam Chomsky
Security, security. Can’t get enough of it. Paradoxically, the more we have of it the less secure we feel. The latest weapons and massive military spending are never enough. Since 9/11 the term is bandied about. There is the huge bureaucracy, the Department of Homeland Security. Within it is the TSA, with its 60,000-plus employees […]
Mirrors
Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano dedicates this talk to “the disappeared” but not solely the victims of military dictatorships in the Southern Cone in the 1970s. He combats pervasive historical amnesia. Delivered at a packed Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe for the Lannan Foundation, Galeano presents work found in his 2009 book Mirrors: Stories of Almost […]
A Calendar of Human History
Eduardo Galeano
When looking into the past, the great historian Howard Zinn said, “We never get ‘just the facts.’” We often get glaring omissions and distortions. History is always a selection from an infinite number of facts. And what is selected is based not just on one’s personal interest but on race, class, gender, and other factors. […]
Subaltern Studies
Ranajit Guha, Partha Chatterjee, Nicholas Dirks, Edward Said
2 CDs Panel discussion featuring leading scholars in Subaltern Studies: Ranajit Guha, Partha Chatterjee and Nicholas Dirks. Moderated by Edward Said. Recorded at Columbia University.
Afghanistan: Beyond the Propaganda
Kathy Kelly
The pretext of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001 was the September 11 attacks. Washington announced it was pursuing Osama bin Laden. But very quickly the Bush administration changed its objective to include the overthrow of the Taliban regime in Kabul. That mission switch precipitated the longest war in U.S. history. Washington and […]
2014 Harvard Trade Union Program
Noam Chomsky
Since the early 1990s Noam Chomsky regularly lectures at the Harvard Trade Union Program. Annually it brings together union leaders and organizers from all over the world. He answers questions about such issues as the attack on working people and unions, education, the eco-crisis, etc. The session starts with his comments on the Mondragon cooperative […]
The Poetry of Yevtushenko
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
This program features Yevtushenko reciting his poetry (in Russian) as well as English translation, music and commentary. Recorded at the University of Colorado.
The Poetry of Rumi
Rumi
2 CDs An overview of the life and work of Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, 13th-century Persian poet, jurist and theologian. This inspirational program includes poetry in verse and song as well as biographical commentary. Recorded at KGNU.
An Evening With Abbie Hoffman
Abbie Hoffman
2 CDs A wide-ranging and often humorous talk. Recorded at the University of Colorado.
The Wall Street/White House Axis
Nomi Prins
When the financial history of this era is written it will scarcely be believed. Never have so many been ripped off by so few. There is an insidious alliance between Wall Street and the White House. It is a pernicious development in the annals of power. That partnership shapes and controls the economy. And should […]
The National Security Beast
Jeremy Scahill
The national security beast is a terrifying behemoth that extends its tentacles across the globe. Like a many-headed hydra it grows and grows. It has an insatiable appetite for weaponry. For example, in late 2013, the navy launched the Zumwalt, the largest destroyer ever built. It came in for a cool $3 billion. But that’s […]

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