Howard Zinn speaks out!

From October 26, 2008, Bob McChesney interviews Howard Zinn

Zinn is an acclaimed historian and political scientist, and has been active in Civil Rights and anti-war movements in the United States for many years.
Source: Media Matters with Bob McChesney interviews Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States







From February 13th, 2009, Scott Horton Interviews Dahr Jamail

Dahr Jamail discusses the improved security in Baghdad, Iraq that comes from a police state fortified with concrete blast walls.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Dahr Jamail




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Jim Hightower on the Powers That Ought To Be

From June 01, 2008, Bob McChesney interviews Jim Hightower

Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the new book, "Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow." Hightower has spent three decades "battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks."
Source: Jim Hightower, national radio commentator

Chris Floyd interviewed by Scott Horton on February 13th, 2009

Chris Floyd discusses how the Obama administration maintains the Bush policy of using a "state secrets" privilege to prevent torture lawsuits.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Chris Floyd


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Taxi to the Dark Side

From March 02, 2008, Bob McChesney interviews Alex Gibney, 2008 Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature for his film Taxi to the Dark Side
Gibney received his first Academy Award nomination for "Enron: The
Smartest Guys in the Room," which he wrote, produced and directed.
Source: Alex Gibney, 2008 Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature for his film Taxi to the Dark Side

From February 20, 2009, James Harris and Josh Scheer interview John Isaacs, Executive Director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, who reports on the spread of nuclear weapons.
Source: Getting to Zero by Truthdig

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Hear Deepa Kumar on corporate media and Chris Hedges on Gaza

From January 04, 2009, Deepa Kumar talks to Bob McChesney on the limitations of the corporate media system. Deepa Kumar teaches and writes about the limitations of the corporate media system and the ways in which dissenting voices are marginalized from the public sphere.
Source: Deepa Kumar on the limitations of the corporate media system

From January 15, 2009, Chris Hedges on Gaza. Author and lecturer Chris Hedges talks about what is likely to come after Israel's assault on Gaza officially comes to an end.
Source: Chris Hedges On Gaza: January 15, 2009 by George Cadman





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