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The Tax Code: Class Warfare
Richard Wolff
People dread taxes. The tax code is a labyrinth few citizens dare to enter save for the rich and powerful who hire lawyers and accountants to figure out ways to game the system. One corporation paid $26,000 a year to maintain a post office box in Bermuda as its legal HQs. That little trick saved […]
Edward Said Memorial Lecture 2011
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs Edward Said Memorial Lecture. Recorded at the University of Adelaide, Australia.
Changing Contours of Global Order
Noam Chomsky
Speech given at the University of Deakin, Melbourne, Australia, November 4, 2011.
Revolutionary Pacifism: Choices and Prospects
Noam Chomsky
The speech was given upon the occasion of receiving the City of Sydney Peace Prize at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia on November 2, 2011. Chomsky gives an overview of the Anglosphere pre-1945 and post-1945. Recorded at the Sydney Opera House.
Kashmir: Buried Evidence
Angana Chatterji
Among the many issues plaguing South Asia, none is as violent and deeply contested as Kashmir. The major unresolved issue of the disastrous British partition of India in 1947, Kashmir has been the site of wars and the threat of wars, and probably the world’s longest and most extensive military occupation. India brooks no international […]
Unconventional Wisdom
Noam Chomsky
Conventional wisdom is a term one often hears. It is the generally accepted belief, opinion, or judgment, about a particular matter. In the U.S., the ruling political class and the media are major propagators of conventional wisdom. For example, when it comes to international law the U.S. exempts itself while holding its enemies to account. […]
Pakistan: A Journalist’s View
Beena Sarwar
For the casual observer of international news Pakistan must be enigmatic, bewildering and scary. It’s a “hornet’s nest,” declares The Economist. Almost from its inception in 1947 Pakistan has been dominated by the three As: Allah, Army and America. The country of some 200 million people has been ruled either by military dictators or corrupt […]
Fighting Corporate Personhood
John Bonifaz
Democracy, rule of the people, is in the ICU. The pulse, of the system of governance, begun in Athens, is fading. The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision declaring corporations are people and money is free speech may be the deathblow. But galvanized citizens are saying, Wait a second. The game is not over yet. Activists […]
The Prison Industrial Complex
Angela Davis
With more than 2.3 million people behind bars, the United States leads the world in prisoners, leaving far-more-populous China a distant second. More than one in 100 adults in the U.S. is locked up, an all-time high that is costing the states and the federal government tens of billions a year. Some states spend more […]
The War on Liberties
Susan Herman
Voltaire said, “It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.” In the decade of fear since 9/11 the government has constructed a vast apparatus of control and surveillance. Your most obvious experience is at the airport but it extends way beyond that. Big Brother is watching. Basic liberties are under attack all […]
Inside Kashmir
Mohamad Junaid
Kashmir, renowned for its incredible beauty, is the site of a decades long military occupation mostly hidden from worldview. Adjectives like “intractable” and “protracted” often precede Kashmir. What do the Kashmiri people want? The answer usually is “Azaadi. Freedom.” Angana Chatterji, the noted scholar, in her essay “Kashmir: A Time for Freedom,” writes, “‘Freedom’ represents […]
Occupy Wall Street & the Economic Crisis
Richard Wolff
By any standard, 2011 was a historic year of protest and revolution. In Tunisia and Egypt seemingly invulnerable regimes were toppled. In Wisconsin, citizens outraged over attacks on public workers, stayed at the state capitol building and camped and marched in the freezing cold. In August, more than 1,000 demonstrators were arrested protesting the Keystone […]

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