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Welfare, Scapegoating & Human Rights
Loretta Ross
This program is a provocative analysis that answers the question of why welfare reform is a national obsession and why so many middle-class people who are only a paycheck away from poverty participate in dismantling the very safety net they might need. According to international law and the UN, human rights and welfare are closely […]
CIA Coup in Guatemala
Philip Roettinger
Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.
The Food Revolution
John Robbins
Two-thirds of the products on supermarket shelves now contain genetically engineered ingredients that are not labeled. Do corporations have a responsibility to inform consumers about what’s in their food? With livestock shot full of hormones and antibiotics to combat the disease generated in filthy crowded factory farms, and with much of soybean and corn genetically […]
Diet for a New America
John Robbins
Vegetarianism is increasingly in the forefront of public consciousness. For health, environmental and moral reasons, more people are choosing meatless diets, and they are no longer considered quirky. Restaurants offer vegetarian options. Salad bars are popping up everywhere. A revolution in eating is evolving. In this spirited presentation, John Robbins lays out his philosophy of […]
Target Iraq
Scott Ritter
The U.S. is holding military aid hostage, and for ransom they want immunity in the International Criminal Court. This deal, put forward by Bush, would halt military aid to countries unless they agree not to use the Court to try Americans for war crimes. The International Criminal Court, the ICC, was created to try individuals […]
Free Trade vs. Fair Trade
Mark Ritchie
Genetic Engineering
Jeremy Rifkin
Genetic engineering is being trumpeted as one of the greatest scientific developments in history. GE is not only revolutionizing agriculture but it is unlocking the secrets of life itself. Its proponents predict that it will cure diseases and feed the world. What does it mean when the natural world is replaced by laboratory experiments and […]
Rubbish: What Garbage Tells Us About Ourselves
William Rathje
Whether it comes in the form of papers, bottles, cans, phone books or diapers, our collective trash constitutes a serious environmental problem. Landfills get bigger and bigger. Trains crisscross the land and barges roam the seas in search of dumping sites. There is much to be learned about our culture and patterns of consumption from […]
Afghanistan & Pakistan: Countries in Crisis
Ahmed Rashid
Afghanistan and Pakistan, neighboring states, are both in a precarious situation. In Afghanistan, the leader is Hamid Karzai and in Pakistan it’s Pervez Musharraf. They face huge internal problems. Both have been targeted for assassination. In Afghanistan, the Taliban are regrouping. Attacks are on the increase. Drug trafficking, largely curbed during Taliban rule, is way […]
Jihad
Ahmed Rashid
The 19th century American satirist, Ambrose Bierce, observed that Americans learn geography by where their troops are at war in the world. Get out your maps and locate the five republics of Central Asia. Since the U.S. war on Afghanistan, the area has gained new prominence. Three of these countries border Afghanistan. The U.S. has […]
East Timor, Indonesia and the U.S
Jose Ramos-Horta
East Timor is an island east of the fabled Bali and north of Australia. It was invaded by Indonesia in 1975. The ensuing occupation has resulted in the greatest proportional genocide since the Holocaust. The U.S. was a long-time ally of the Suharto-led Indonesian dictatorship. The East Timorese, with increasing international support, are continuing their […]
Death Row: Into the Belly of the Beast
Sister Helen Prejean
Gandhi said, “An eye-for-an-eye leaves everyone blind.” None seem so blind toward capital punishment as Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, China and the U.S., the only five countries to withhold their votes from a moratorium on the death penalty. An Amnesty International investigation concluded that the death penalty in the United States is applied arbitrarily and […]

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