BUSH, GEORGE, 1924-
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Bushwacking in the 90’s / Daniel Sheehan.
Talk which uses insights from the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings to point to the similarities between the Republican and Democratic parties, pointing out that “liberal” Democrates are conservative, and that reactionary Republicans (such as Bush, Hatch, and Dornan) are not normal conservatives. The real political alternative, he argues, is the united Black/feminist/progressive coalition which was…
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United States foreign policy and world politics in the 90’s / Noam Chomsky.
Noam Chomsky, noted MIT linguist and foreign policy analyst, presents an overview of 500 years of European colonialism. Starting with the voyages of Christopher Columbus, Chomsky examines Euramerican expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia. He focuses much of the discussion upon United States foreign policy under Ronald Reagan and George Bush.
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Journalists in an environment of oppression / Molly Ivins.
Speech by journalist and writer Molly Ivins on the failure of those in the media to retain their independence and objectivity in the face of increased oppression. One problem is the restricted ownership of media outlets which contributes to limiting information, sins of ommission, and trivialization of the voices of dissent. She uses her own…
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Journalists in an environment of oppression / Molly Ivins.
Speech by journalists and writer Molly Ivins on the failure of those in the media to retain their independence and objectivity in the face of increased oppression. One problem is the restricted ownership of media outlets which contributes to limiting information, sins of ommission, and trivialization of the voices of dissent. She uses her own…
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The Two faces of George Bush.
Documentary from interviews on the conflicts between the personal and the public George Bush. Examines his life and career in both the domestic and foreign policy spheres of government. Explores his perspectives on Civil Rights, women’s issues and rights, environmental concerns, the battle against drugs, immigration, his actions as chief of the CIA, creation of…
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The Need for an “Iron John” in the disfunctional state / Robert Bly ; interviewed by Pam Burton.
Robert Bly, author of the bestselling book Iron John, discusses issues of masculinity which is addressed in his book. He pays particular attention to how the Gulf War typifies the cultural assumptions of masculinity: from the press blackout of returning bodies as compared with the way ancient warriors were honored; George Bush as the alcoholic…
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Gore Vidal : down to the deadline / produced by Charles Bell and Pam Burton.
Gore Vidal speaks about President Bush’s actions in the Persian Gulf, and analyzes the United States as a country in which representative democracy has become ornamental, while important decisions are made by the “National Security State.”|GORE VIDAL : DOWN TO THE DEADLINE / produced by Charles Bell and Pam Burton. – Vidal discusses President Bush’s…
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The Gulf war : what is the way out / Milton Viorst.
Milton Viorst, a correspondent for the New Yorker magazine, provides an historical perspective of the Persian Gulf region. He details United States objectives, Israeli objectives, the Iran-Iraq war, and the Iran-Contra affair. He also provides an alternative portrait of Saddam Hussein, and contrasts George Bush’s intransigence to John F. Kennedy’s flexibility during the Cuban Missile…
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State of the state / Michael Parenti ; produced by Pam Burton.
Parenti talks about the end of the Cold War, the current threat of war in the Persian Gulf, the global imbalances between the have and have nots, the savings and loan scandal, the hypocracy of George Bush, and the power elite.|STATE OF THE STATE / Michael Parenti| produced by Pam Burton. – Parenti talks about…