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Corporate Coup d’Etat
Chris Hedges
Corporations constitute the most powerful force in society. Their influence has seeped into our classrooms, our newsrooms, our entertainment systems, our consciousness and crucially into our politics. Big money buys access to lawmakers. For sheer arrogance perhaps Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street investment giant, takes the cake. Its CEO Lloyd Blankfein, blithely advises citizens they […]
An Evening of Literature & Politics
Ariel Dorfman
Ariel Dorfman reads from Last Waltz in Santiago, Widows, The Last Song of Manuel Sendero, and My House is on Fire. Always in the background is Chile, a land of “short memories and long knives.” Recorded at City Center, with a brilliant introduction by Christopher Hitchens.
Democracy at Work
Richard Wolff
Cascading economic problems and crises, coupled with dysfunctional political responses, have plunged many societies into deepening turmoil. Capitalism, the dominant economic system of our time, has once again become the subject of criticism and opposition. A global capitalist system that no longer meets most people’s needs has prompted social movements to arise and coalesce in […]
Fifty Years of Linguistics at MIT
Noam Chomsky
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Incarceration Nation
Michelle Alexander
From the auction block to the cell block there is a trajectory from slavery to Jim Crow to the Drug War. The latter has resulted in mass jailings characterized by deep racial disparities. About one-third of young black men are likely to go to jail. The criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of […]
State Spying & Other Matters
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky puts the Edward Snowden revelations in the context of historical government spying. “If technology,” he says, “or other means of control and domination are available, then power systems are going to use them.” Chomsky relates the continuities between Bush and Obama in foreign and domestic policies. He examines Obama’s assault on civil liberties and […]
Reagan’s Wars in Central America
John Dinges
When Reagan became president the focus of U.S. foreign policy immediately shifted to Central America. Along with Haig, Kirkpatrick and other courtiers, the bogeyman of “Soviet influence” and the specter of “another Cuba” in the region was repeatedly invoked. The bogus dominoes of Southeast Asia had moved to the small, poor countries of Guatemala, Nicaragua, […]
Radical Intellectuals
Noam Chomsky
In this revealing personal account Chomsky relates formative childhood experiences. He wrote his first political essay at the age of 10. He recalls, “I’m just old enough to remember Hitler’s speeches on the radio. I didn’t understand the words but I couldn’t help but grasp the menacing tone and the cheering mobs. The first political […]
A Call to Action
Robert Jensen
“In times of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act,” said Orwell. There are a lot of truth tellers in these times: Bill McKibben, David Suzuki, Sandra Steingraber, Noam Chomsky and Maude Barlow. Of course their views are marginalized or omitted altogether from the dominant media. Warning signal after warning signal goes unheeded. […]
Malkauns
Debu Chaudhuri
What happens when a father and son, both sitar masters, collaborate in a jugalbandi, a duet? A powerhouse performance of Malkauns, the classic late night raga. Malkauns is an aadi raga, one of the original five ragas from which all other ragas derive. Its pentatonic scale make it particularly challenging for sitarists. The more than 50-minute recording of […]
Kaunsi Kanhra
Debu Chaudhuri
This recording features a majestic rendering of the late night raga Kaunsi Kanhra. A combination of Darbari and Malkauns raga, Sitar maestro Chaudhuri has a particular affinity for this raga and his performance is marked with great sensitivity. The meditative alaap, opening of the raga, almost 30 minutes, is followed by two compositions in teental, a 16-beat time cycle. […]
Israel, the U.S. & Mideast Policy
David Barsamian
U.S. policy in the Middle East has been predicated on control of oil and the maintenance of client states. Israel has been a crucial ally acting as a local gendarme. Threatening Iran with military attack has been a favorite playing card for both Washington and Tel Aviv. The threat of war is a clear violation […]

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