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Iran: Coups, Sanctions & the Threat of War
Christopher de Bellaigue
Operation Ajax was the code name for the CIA coup which destroyed democracy in Iran. In 1953, 60 years ago, the U.S. overthrew a populist government and put the Shah in power. Actions have consequences. The Shah was overthrown in 1979. Today, the U.S. and its allies have imposed severe sanctions on Iran. Military action […]
A Tribute to Eqbal Ahmad
Edward Said
Recorded at Hampshire College.
India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
Eqbal Ahmad
Islamic terrorism is always portrayed as being in a class of its own by Western media, seperate from the atrocities commited by violent nationalist movements in India and elsewhere. Eqbal Ahmad discusses examples of ways in which successive US governments have promoted this idea, and the implications it has had on the subcontinent. Also discussed […]
Portents of a New Century
Eqbal Ahmad
The 16th century began a 400 year period that transformed the world which brought great delight for a tiny minority of the world’s population. For the majority of humankind, it was a time of much anguish and tragedy. Eqbal Ahmad takes us through the 19th and 20th centuries from the World Wars to the Cold […]
I Have a Drone
David Barsamian
AR Director David Barsamian takes us around the world of U.S imperialism and rapacious capitalism. His vehicle: a discussion of the Obama Administration’s use of drone strikes. He places the drone program in a historical context of U.S. “rules of engagement.” Barsamian opens with a send up of King’s I Have A Dream speech, and closes in full-throated song based on “Home […]
Framing the Black Panthers
Jane Rhodes
The Black Panthers, founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966, made an extraordinary impact on politics and culture. They captured the imagination of a generation and achieved iconic status with their berets, clenched fists, leather jackets, guns and their trademark slogan, All Power to the People. Despite radical chic and achieving near celebrity […]
The Threat of Democracy
Noam Chomsky
The U.S. is the self-proclaimed global champion of democracy. But the term is used selectively. Take Hillary Clinton who was widely praised as an outstanding Secretary of State. At the height of the Tahrir Square uprising in Egypt protesting Mubarak’s 30-year dictatorship, she said, No country has done more for democracy in Egypt than the […]
Income Inequality
Chuck Collins
Income inequality has soared to the highest levels since the Great Depression. And the Great Recession has done little to reverse the trend. In the first full year of the so-called recovery, the top 1 percent of earners took 93 percent of the income gains. The IMF warns, “Some dismiss inequality and focus instead on […]
The Nature of Things
David Suzuki
Not that long ago most of us on planet Earth lived on the land, that is to say with nature. Today there are many more billions of us and we live in megacities from Cairo to Karachi and Mexico City to Beijing. Away from nature. We have largely distanced ourselves from the natural world. Concrete […]
The Climate Cliff
Bill McKibben
The most dangerous cliff we are facing is not a financial one but rather the climate one. The warming of the Earth’s temperature and what it portends is not just for penguins and polar bears but will have serious consequences for everyone. A new report commissioned by the World Bank says failure to respond aggressively to climate change will […]
Ending Corporate Rule
Paul Cienfuegos
Modern corporations trace their origins to the trading companies of imperial Europe more than three centuries ago. Their rise in power and influence has been a steady trajectory to the point where today they are the dominant institution in society. Governments have freed corporations from legal constraints through deregulation, and granted them even greater power […]
Radical Futures
Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis
2 CDs Angela Davis and Noam Chomsky address topics as wide-ranging as resisting the prison industrial complex and youth-led environmental initiatives. In a Hip Hop-flavored public event organized by Critical Resistance, two legends of the radical pantheon in America appear onstage together for the first time ever.

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