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Native America
Russell Means
Our very first program with the dynamic Russell Means is a moving and eloquent presentation on Native America. He recounts how consciousness has changed among indigenous people but among the white European settler descendants, the old enmity and prejudices remain. For example, he says, “The Pope is going to canonize Father Serra an Indian murderer […]
Iraq: A Failure of Intelligence
Ray McGovern
When is a lie a lie? What if the Bush Administration deliberately lied about the reasons to attack Iraq? What if intelligence was “cooked”? We know for certain that documents were forged and that outdated information was plagiarized off the Internet and then presented as evidence. Remember Colin Powell’s address to the UN before the […]
Consumerism & Global Climate Change
Bill McKibben
Summer is coming earlier every year, as global temperatures continue to rise. Ocean levels are rising, too, as polar ice caps melt away. Meanwhile, the U.S economic model, with its enormous dependance on fossil fuels, proliferates around the globe. Bill McKibben’s groundbreaking book, The End of Nature, brought global warming to public attention in 1988. […]
Livable Cities: Creating a Sustainable Urban Environment
Bill McKibben
Few cities in the U.S. are immune from the impact of urban sprawl. That quiet house with a yard, that piece of the country close to the city, comes with a high price as roads, subdivisions and shopping malls gobble up farmland and open space. Then there’s the commute. It’s not uncommon for people to […]
CIA: Deadly Deceits
Ralph McGehee
In this lecture, Ralph McGehee states, “The CIA is not now, nor has it ever been, a central intelligence agency. It is the covert action arm of the President’s foreign policy advisers. In that capacity, it overthrows or supports foreign governments while reporting ‘intelligence’ justifying those activities. It shapes its intelligence to support presidential policy. […]
Write What We Say, Not What We Do
Robert McChesney
Seems like journalist are letting the big stories fall through the cracks. Maybe they should start with simpler questions. How about who really won the 2000 Presidential election? Or what about the ties between President Bush and Enron? Cheney and Haliburton? Journalists, columnists, and pundits report what politicians and corporate moguls say…not what they do. […]
Public Broadcasting: Past, Present & Future
Robert McChesney
In 1967 the Carnegie Commission Report, the founding document for public broadcasting, stated unambiguously that the U.S. should have a non-commercial TV and radio system offering programming that serves as “a forum for debate and controversy” and “provide[s] a voice for groups in the community that may otherwise be unheard.” That same year, Congress passed […]
Media Matters: Monopolies, Pacifica, NPR & PBS
Robert McChesney
2 CDs Robert McChesney talks about the corporatization of the newsroom, monopolies and mergers, NPR, PBS and Pacifica. McChesney also explains the exponential growth of trash media at the expense of investigative journalism. Interview by David Barsamian.
Corporate Media & the Threat to Democracy
Robert McChesney
“Information,” Jefferson told us, “is the currency of democracy.” What is the impact on democracy when currency is owned, printed, packaged and distributed by a handful of megacorporations? Corporate control of media is at unprecedented levels. Bottom-line considerations dumb down the news and narrow the range of opinion. Politically, the powerful broadcasting lobby pretty much […]
The Global Media System
Robert McChesney
The wave of media mergers and takeovers has created a global system of near awesome dimensions. What many people see, hear and read is produced and controlled by a handful of private multinational corporations. Critics, such as Robert McChesney, contend that monopoly control of media threatens the communication needs of democratic societies. Recorded at the […]
The Corporate Takeover of Broadcasting
Robert McChesney
Radio broadcasting emerged dramatically in the early 1920s. By the end of the decade the modern network-dominated, advertising-supported system had become established. By 1935 radio was entrenched economically, politically and ideologically, and it would provide the basis for the eventual development of television in the 1940s and 1950s. What is generally not known is that […]
History of the Southeast Asia Drug Trade
Alfred McCoy

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