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Climate change should be a catalyst for a major change, but we’re not treating it as a real emergency
We speak with two close colleagues and friends of the pioneering author, filmmaker and media reform activist Danny Schechter
Noam Chomsky with David Barsamian
The state of free speech in America today, Obama’s U.S. foreign policy, Israel and the rise of anti-semitism and more
Reaction to the news that President Obama has said the media “absolutely” overstates the threat of terrorism in comparison to the threat of climate change
Critics have long pointed out that the social media phenomena of the Selfie is rooted in vanity and narcissism. But scholar and cultural critic Henry Giroux says it is about much more
Interview on the origins and rise of the new leftwing Spanish party Podemos
Interview on a variety of topics
Interview about the Western backed resistance groups in Venezuela and how there is a coup happening in real time
Refusing to Pay Back Predatory College Loans
Interview on how the Goldstone report was ‘devastating’ in its conclusion that Israel was trying to punish and humiliate the citizens of Gaza
Norman Finkelstein’s address to the UCD Philosophical Society, University College Dublin, on the current state of the occupied territories
Less than a month after the anti-austerity Syriza party swept to victory in Greece, a major dispute has broken out between Greece’s new leaders and European finance ministers
Venezuela has been in the eye of a constant media storm. That storm is intensifying as a new opposition coup plot was thwarted
Many of the investments are being done in secret while politically connected Wall Streets firms — including Blackstone, the Carlyle Group and Elliott Management — earn millions in investment fees from taxpayers
Presentation by Leo Panitch, Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy at York University, Toronto
The hour and a half session addresses a wide range of matters, economics, theory, social arrangements, personal relations of struggle, and of course, Syriza’s future and prospects
It’s not your morality, it’s not your brain, it’s your cage. Addiction is an adaptation to your environment
Interview on the current state of Egypt four years after a popular uprising forced then dictator Hosni Mubarak to step down
Discussing the ECB and Greek debt talks
Spy Drone Can See What You are Wearing From 17,500 Feet
Noam Chomsky speaks on a variety of topics.
Interview on Syriza’s historic rise to power and the challenges it faces in trying to restructure Greece’s economy
National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden answered questions from Canadian students
Reaction to Syriza’s victory in the Greek election and a look at what their anti-austerity measures might mean for Europe
Discussing the corruption of politics
A lecture about the truth of World War One, the “bad war” the “wrong war”. He discusses the rise of the working class and Socialism, and the militarisation of Germany in an attempt to compete with the colonial empires
Discussing the corruption of politics with Russell Brand
The astonishing story of how whales keep the oceans alive – and alter the composition of the atmosphere
Writing the “Holocaust Industry” changed his life, isolating him academically and making him a target – but he felt he had to take on the subject to defend the legacy of his holocaust survivor parents
Interview about Charlie Hebdo since 1968, Islamophobia and the French response
From the Massacre in Paris to the U.S. Occupation of Iraq
Host Chris Spannos interviews radical leftist Michael Albert about comedian and actor Russell Brand’s controversial new book, “Revolution”
A discussion on the organizing work of the coalition of the Greek Left
Kelly and another activist were arrested after offering bread and an indictment against drone warfare
Answering questions like: “Do you believe the US or Israel will attack Iran?” and “Is there any hope for Bradley Manning?”
Chris Hedges tells Paul Jay about his criticism of the Iraq War and the events that led to him leaving the New York Times
Norman Finkelstein and Paul Jay discuss a full page ad in the NYT that says Israel is condemned by liberals for human rights violations while it defends gay rights, and less is said about the persecution of gays by Iran, Hamas and ISIS
President Barack Obama has said the United States is considering putting North Korea back on its list of terrorism sponsors
Interview on where Syriza came from, the significance of the current Greek elections, the effort to frame Syriza as extremists, and the party’s relations with Latin America and Greek social movements
Interview on the attack in Peshawar
A look at the root of police militarization and why even if military equipment is removed from police departments across the nation, militarization will not come to an end
An interview about the New York Times on Parenting and raising “moral children
Interview on the recent climate agreement between the US and China, the rise of ISIL, and the the movement in Ferguson against racism and police violence
On the occasion of Brooklyn for Peace’s 30th Anniversary Gala honoring Noam Chomsky, recipient of the Pathmakers to Peace Award. Interview by Dr. Partha Banerjee, labor educator and human rights activist
Speech on the Senate floor about a 12-step plan to combat the 40-year decline of the middle class and rampant inequality
An interview with author and professor Vernellia Randall about the Ferguson Grand Jury verdict, justice for Black America, and a look at the victims of Colombia’s civil war
On Ferguson, Police Brutality and Race
A look at a major correction the assistant prosecutors had to make to the grand jury in the Michael Brown case.
Ferguson Activist Speaks Out