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The Health Care Crisis
Steffie Woolhandler
Nearly every developed country in the world provides its citizen with access to medical care. In the United States, one-third of the population has no medical insurance or is underinsured. Many of these people are effectively kept from receiving needed medical care as profit-driven hospitals, clinics and HMOs routinely turn them away. During the recent […]
The Spanish Civil War
Milt Wolff
The Spanish Civil War (1936-39) was a prelude to WWII. German and Italian forces backed General Francisco Franco. Anti-fascist Americans volunteered to fight in Spain as part of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. The Luftwaffe bombing of Guernica inspired the Picasso masterpiece. Orwell, who fought with the Republic wrote Homage to Catalonia. Neruda, who was there as […]
Sovereignty, Racism and Human Rights: The Case for Indian Self-Determination
Robert Williams
The history of native peoples in this hemisphere after the arrival of European settlers is one of catastrophe and genocide. Millions of Indians were killed, their lands stolen and their culture destroyed. Today, indigenous peoples are organizing and asserting their rights. The struggle is enormously difficult, but it is being waged on many fronts, particularly […]
What is Sufism?
Peter Lamborn Wilson
Sufis and Sufism are terms bandied about. There are romantic images of whirling dervishes and mystics deep in esoteric practices. But who are they and what do they do? Sufis are said to strive to be in the world but not of it. Genuine Sufis are usually hidden. Peter Lamborn Wilson critically discusses Idries Shah, […]
Return to the Nuclear Crossroads: Resistance at Rocky Flats
David Wilson
This special two-part program produced by David Wilson received the NFCB’s Golden Reel Award for 1998’s best documentary. It explores the history of protest at Rocky Flats nuclear weapons production facility from the early 1970s through the present, using rare archival tape and recent interviews to relate stories and music of many of the nation’s […]
Black Empowerment
Cornel West
Cornel West declares, “A specter of despair haunts America. Wealth inequality and class polarization are escalating. This bleak portrait is accentuated among African Americans. The fragile black middle class fights a white backlash. And the besieged black poor struggle to survive. Nearly thirty years after Dr. King’s murder, black America sits on the brink of […]
Race Matters
Cornel West
“The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line,” wrote W.E.B. Du Bois in The Souls of Black Folk in 1903. Reality and events clearly validate the continuing accuracy of that observation. Racial conflict range from the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles to black-Jewish tensions in New York. Race is […]
Hidden Economic Indicators
Marilyn Waring
A country’s Gross National Product is often presented as a measure of the economic well-being of its citizens. But how economists calculate GNP is not clearly understood by most people. Current methods of calculation measure only the cash-generating capacity of an economy, not its productive capacity. This equation not only misrepresents the economic well-being of […]
In Conversation
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut was a cultural icon. His observations on the destructiveness and dehumanization of the 20th century, distilled by his rich imagination and quirky view of events and their time frames, make for delightful reading and listening experiences. His irreverence is palpable, as is his disdain for Bush administration. Asked by a journalist for an […]
State of the Nation
Gore Vidal
Building Coalitions: Bridging Difference
Urvashi Vaid
A well-funded conservative movement has shown the power of coalitions. Progressives have had difficulty uniting across divisions of race, class and gender. What are the obstacles to bridging difference and how can they be overcome? What are the ingredients for creating broad-based coalitions? Keynote Address of International Women’s Week. Recorded at the University of Colorado […]
Virtual Equality: The Gay & Lesbian Movement
Urvashi Vaid
One’s sexual preference or orientation has been elevated to a hot-button political issue. Anti-gay initiatives and amendments are introduced in various state legislatures and city councils. Self- appointed protectors of public morality, citing theological texts, rage against the evils of homosexuality. Despite vilification, stereotyping and sometimes violence, gays have emerged from the closet, never to […]

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