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Beyond Politics as Usual
Ralph Nader
Two out of three Americans say they are fed up with politics as usual as represented by the traditional parties. In 1996, Ralph Nader accepted the nomination of the Green Party to run for President. He gave one of the most memorable and dynamic acceptance speeches in memory. Recorded at UCLA.
Washington Rules
Ralph Nader
There is an extraordinary confluence of corporate and political power in the nation’s capital. The right-wing surge, called a revolution by some, seems to be predicated on the notion of: Take from the needy and give to the greedy. The wallets of the big boys are bulging as they climb into their Lear jets. Back […]
Corporate Power: Profits Before People
Ralph Nader
“Hats off! It was a heck of a year,” trumpets Fortune magazine. “Productivity gains and relentless restructuring generated impressive profits for the Fortune 500.” Sounds great, doesn’t it? But there’s a disturbing paradox: while corporate profits are soaring, people are getting poorer. Workers are putting in longer hours and earning less. Poverty rates and inequality […]
GATT: Global Corporation
Ralph Nader
GATT is the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. The 100+ member Geneva-based organization sets international tariff and trade rules.The so-called Uruguay round of GATT was concluded in December 1994. GATT has a profound impact on the global economy. It provides the framework of an emerging economic order. Yet far more media attention is paid […]
Dissolving Plutocracy
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader spoke at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Plutocracy evolves as power concentrates itself when citizens neglect to exercise their civic power daily. Nader cites examples of plutocracy in the United States: the savings and loan rescue by the FDIC, secret defense contracts, and other forms of corporate welfare. The public assets that […]
WTO Debate
Ralph Nader
2 CDs The World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Seattle generated an enormous amount of media attention, controversy and some of the biggest protests in decades. WTO supporters say that free trade, the unimpeded flow of goods, services and capital, results in broad economic and social benefits. The elimination of trade barriers lifts poor people […]
Empire, Globalization & Religion
Chandra Muzaffar
The U.S. has deeply penetrated the Islamic world. And it’s not only Angelina Jolie movies, Britney Spears videos, McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken. American military bases and many thousands of troops straddle Muslim countries from Central Asia to the Middle East. And it’s no coincidence. Most of the world’s oil is in these regions. It […]
Free Trade: NAFTA and GATT
David Morris
Free trade constitutes one of the most important and explosive issues of this era. NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and GATT, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, are the two major instruments of an emerging global economic order. Advocates of free trade contend that it will generate economic growth and create jobs. […]
Ecocrisis
David Morris
Noted urban development expert and author David Morris presents an enlightening comparison between eco-crisis or sustainability as a global future. He addresses some of the most critical issues facing this country and the world today–deterioration of the planetary atmosphere and the greenhouse effect, the debt of the Third World, energy, garbage/recycling, plant-based fuels and plastics, […]
Humor & Progressive Politics
Michael Moore
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Downsize This!
Michael Moore
The award-winning director of Roger and Me and TV Nation takes you on an uproarious ride through the political landscape. No candidate escapes his brilliant wit. Throughout the humor and irreverence, Moore poses serious questions about the vulnerability of working people to corporate power and the political system.
Workers in a Lean World
Kim Moody
After years of reversals and setbacks, labor scored major victories with the successful UPS strike and the organization of workers at US Air. Abroad, workers in Canada, France, Korea and elsewhere are resisting the imposition of the neoliberal economic agenda encoded under the rubric of “globalization.” How workers respond internationally to sweeping changes like downsizing, […]

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