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Mad About Chomsky

Today we spend the hour hearing in-depth analysis of domestic and foreign policy over 4 decades by philosopher, political activist, author, and lecturer, Noam Chomsky. Chomsky is professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The year he will turn 80 years old, …

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John Pilger’s War on Democracy

What do Venezuela, Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, and Bolivia have in common? These Latin American countries are the focus of a brand new documentary by award winning film maker John Pilger called the War on Democracy. All these countries and more, have been …

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Poets and Philosophers, Rabble Rousers and Revolutionaries

Today we spend the hour listening to some remarkable audio history from the Pacifica Radio Archives, a treasure trove of recorded speeches, collected interviews and radio documentaries spanning decades of programming from the Pacifica Radio Network. The Pacifica Radio Archives …

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The Power of Nightmares

Yesterday, over a hundred people were killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan in the deadliest suicide bombing since the 2001 fall of the Taliban. A day earlier, 40 people were killed across the border in neighboring Pakistan’s northwestern tribal town of Parachinar. Meanwhile, in the Middle …

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Going Green: Everything’s Cool / Energy Crossroads

Twelve major corporations signed a declaration today with the World Wide Fund for Nature, pledging to help fight global warming. The Tokyo Declaration as it’s called, includes companies like Sony, Nokia, Nike, and Hewlett-Packard and calls for more than a 50 percent …

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The Power of Nightmares

Last week, the US military presented videos seized in Iraq apparently from Al Qaeda hideouts. The videos show fighters training children who could be as young as ten years old to kidnap and kill. The images were broadcast widely and came on the heels …

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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

Earlier this year, Americans paid tribute to the greatest civil rights leader in the nation, nearly 40 years after he was assassinated. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is one of the most revered figures in Black History, and indeed world …

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Senator Obama Goes to Africa

Key primary elections are being held in the battle-ground states of Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. At stake are 168 delegates that Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both hope to win to clinch the Democratic Party nomination. Obama is favored in …

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GUEST: Shahid Mahmood, former editorial cartoonist for Dawn, a national newspaper in Pakistan, now internationally syndicated with the New York Times Syndicate

Two suicide attacks in Pakistan, one on Saturday and one today, targeted political rallies in the lead up to parliamentary elections on February 19th. Violence has escalated since the assassination of former …

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GUEST: Gabriel Piterberg, Associate Professor of History at UCLA, author of the forthcoming book, “The Returns of Zionism.”

Israeli officials vowed today to intensify an armed offensive against Gaza with the hopes of bringing down Hamas within months. The Israeli government also hinted at renewing political assassinations as Vice Premier Haim Ramon noted that the …

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