Monday, April 27, 2009

A Game as Old as Empire

Steven Hiatt
Ellen Augustine
Antonia Juhasz













From Mar 26th, 2007, editor and author Steven Hiatt leads a discussion of "A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption" with two of book's contributors, Ellen Augustine, Antonia Juhasz.

The authors tell how multinational corporations, governments, powerful individuals, banks, other financial institutions, and quasi-governmental agencies operate to enrich small elites and corporate coffers while often impoverishing masses of people and creating debt and dependency that economically enslave countries for generations.
Source: A Game as Old as Empire, Cody's Books

Scott Horton Interviews Chalmers Johnson from February 5th, 2009

Chalmers Johnson discusses the enormous and expanding U.S. defense budget amidst a general economic collapse.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Chalmers Johnson


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Monday, April 20, 2009

Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill speakout!

Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill from the Miami Book Fair on 11-15-2008

Naomi Klein is a Canadian journalist, author and activist well known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate globalization.









Jeremy Scahill is an American investigative journalist with expertise in global issues, most notably the recent rise of private military companies such as Blackwater.
Source: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism








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Monday, April 13, 2009

Tariq Ali talks about Pakistan

Conversations With History: Pakistan from 11/17/2008 on UCTV

Harry Kreisler welcomes writer and journalist Tariq Ali for a discussion of Pakistan and its relations with the United States. Source: Conversations With History: Pakistan




Scott Horton Interviews Matthew Alexander from December 3rd, 2008

Matthew Alexander, former U.S. military interrogator and author of the Washington Post article "I'm Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq" discusses how ethically conducted interrogations enabled the killing of a dangerous Iraqi. Source: Scott Horton Interviews Matthew Alexander


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