Barsamian, David.
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Ed Asner on social change / interviewed by David Barsamian.
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From genocide to resistance : the next 500 years / Winona LaDuke ; produced by David Barsamian.
Talk by Winona LaDuke, founding member of Women of All Red Nations and the Black Hills Alliance. She is also President of the Indigenous Women’s Network. Ms. LaDuke presents the negative view of the Columbus Quincentennial by the Native American community. She shows how the arrival of Columbus marked the start of massive death and…
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Pablo Neruda / produced by David Barsamian.
A documentary on the Nobel prize-winning poet from Chile. Includes excerpts from his memoirs, four poems recited in Spanish with English translation, Neruda reading from Alturas de Macchu Picchu, and sung versions of his poems by Inti-Illimani, Victor Jara and Quilapayun. Narrative by Laura Marshall and Jose Urrutia.|PABLO NERUDA / produced by David Barsamian. –…
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The Question of Palestine : Edward Said / produced by David Barsamian.
Talk by the noted English professor from Columbia University, New York. He addresses the Palestinian perspective of the Middle East situation: historical dimensions of the Palestinian question; why Palestinian concerns have been ignored; and how Palestinians have become equated with terrorists.|THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE : EDWARD SAID / produced by David Barsamian. – Talk by…
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Conversion from a war economy : Seymour Melman / produced by David Barsamian.
A talk by Seymour Melman, in which he traces how and why the United States’ ability to be competitive in the world market has been eroded by its concentration upon a military economy since World War II. He argues that conversion is the only solution, and that evolving US-USSR relations make it imperative that this…
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Roots of U.S. intervention in Central America : Noam Chomsky / produced by David Barsamian.
Chomsky, a noted linguist, traces the systematic pattern of United States intervention in Central America which, he contends, has promoted and served twin goals: 1) making the region safe for United States investments, and 2) thwarting independent development of the region. The political, social and personal consequences of these policies have been disastrous for the…
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The Gulf crisis, the question of Palestine, and United States policy / Edward Said ; produced by David Barsamian.
Edward Said, author and Old Dominion Foundation Humanities Professor at Columbia University, gives a talk on Middle East politics and United States policy. He describes the matrix in which Saddam Hussein evolved, the United States involvement in the Middle East, and ways to resolve the Iraq Gulf crisis and the Israeli/Palestinian issue. Said contends that…
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Chomsky on United States Gulf policy / Noam Chomsky ; produced by David Barsamian.
Noam Chomksy, author and Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy and MIT, explains why diplomacy is shunned and sanctions are not given a chance to work. He argues that United States prefers to use force. He also exposes the hypocrisy and double standards of U.S. foreign policy toward Iraq.|CHOMSKY ON U.S. GULF CRISIS / Noam Chomsky|…
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Roots of the Gulf crisis / Eqbal Ahmed ; produced by David Barsamin.
Eqbal Ahmed, editor and Professor Politics at Hampshire College, talks about internal and external origins of the Iraq Gulf crisis: Saddam Hussein’s ambition, the legacy of British imperialism, the politics of oil, the role of the media, Iraeli-Palestinian issue, and the United States goals in the region. His information and analysis are ignored in the…
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History of United States Mideast policy : motives and consequences / Joel Beinin ; produced by David Barsamian.
Talk by Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East history at Stanford University and member of the Jewish Committee on the Middle East. He examines the turbulent and complex relationship between the United States and the Middle East since World War II. He also traces the origins of U.S. involvement, the crucial politics of oil, the…