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Creating a New Political Agenda
Bernie Sanders
More and more citizens are turned off by traditional party politics. Voter participation in elections, with a few exceptions, steadily declines. There is a palpable sense that the political system is not responsive to people’s needs. Like the national debt, the pile of domestic problems mounts. The time is ripe for a new political agenda. […]
India & Market Fundamentalism
P. Sainath
India, once colonized by the British, is now in danger of answering to a new foreign master. But this time it’s not a country that seeks to dominate it, rather it’s an economic system. The so-called free market has taken on an almost religious-like aura. Its evangelists sing its praises from the pulpits of the […]
The Question of Palestine
Edward Said
In this clear and concise lecture, Edward Said outlines the historical dimension of the “Question of Palestine” and its human component. He focusses on why Palestinian concerns have been ignored or belittled and how collectively Palestinians have been reduced to “terrorists.” Prof. Said is impassioned and his arguments are lucid and cogent. A valuable and […]
Rachel Corrie, Solidarity & Palestine
Edward Said
A fiery and eloquent presentation to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s annual meeting. Said says, “One shouldn’t be surprised that Americans, in the main, have a very low opinion of Arabs and Palestinians” because “citizens of this country are fed an atrociously biased diet of ignorance and misrepresentation by the media. All the established main media […]
U.S. War on Iraq
Edward Said
Palestine & the Universality of Human Rights
Edward Said
2 CDs Recorded on the eve of the attack on Iraq, Edward Said says the war will be a disaster and is motivated by “resources and strategic control.” He then moves to Palestine where “building a wall will not solve the problem.” While acknowledging the “hopeless situation that encloses us all” he concludes on an […]
The Palestinian Narrative
Edward Said
2 CDs Edward Said says, “It is imperative to see the Palestinian narrative if we are to arrive at a state that can roughly be described as peace.” He then criticizes the media for “a series of twisted ideological fictions designed not only to disguise but to obliterate reality.” On Palestine, liberals are guilty of […]
At the Rendezvous of Victory
Edward Said
2 CDs Sadly, the last in a series of interviews that David Barsamian did with Edward Said. The interview takes its title and inspiration from a poem by Aime Cesaire, Martinique’s great anti-colonial poet. A wide area comes under Said’s gaze and scrutiny. Among the topics covered are the role of culture in resistance, the […]
A Palestinian Perspective on the Conflict with Israel
Edward Said
The Palestinian viewpoint is rarely heard in the mainstream media and when it is, like on The O’Reilly Factor or Hardball, it is interrupted and cut off. Palestinians have been demonized and have become virtually synonymous with terrorist. They simply lust for the blood of innocents. There is little or no rational discourse. Context and […]
Origins of Terrorism
Edward Said
Columbia University Professor Edward Said talks with AR’s David Barsamian about the roots of terrorism to help give some understanding to the September 11th events. He integrates culture and politics in a unique way. He compares the U.S. to Captain Ahab and bin Laden to Moby Dick.
What They Want Is My Silence
Edward Said
Edward Said talks about the Al-Aqsa intifada, the biased U.S. media coverage and how the Holocaust is used as a weapon to intimidate critics of Israeli occupation and annexation policies. He describes the ongoing campaign to prevent him from publicly addressing Middle East issues and the scandalous behavior of the Freud Society of Vienna, which […]
Intifada 2000: The Palestinian Uprising
Edward Said
In September 2000 Palestinians launch an intifada, Arabic for “uprising.” Clashes erupt. The death toll rises. Overwhelmingly, the victims are Palestinian. What are the origins of the Palestinian revolt? Why has the highly praised peace process collapsed? Can the mainstream media in this country provide explanations? Not according to Edward Said. He says the media […]

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