DeBolt, Bob.
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The history of my people : an autobiography of an indigenous Alaskan / Mary Lockwood ; interviewed by Bob DeBolt.
Mary Lockwood, a Native American writer and artist from Unalaklut, Alaska, discusses the history of her people and herself. She traces the 7,000 year history of her village and the traditional ways of dealing with the arctic environment. When Alaska became a State, her village was invaded by representatives of the United States government. Her…
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Sustainable agriculture and appropriate technology / Michael Moore ; interviewed by Bob DeBolt.
Michael Moore, a teacher of sustainable agriculture in Guatemela, discusses how sustainable agriculture uses natural resources for farming while returning to the soil and land what was taken. The approach takes the entire ecosystem into consideration, pointing out the high cost and long term harmfull effect of chemical pesticides. Moore calls for the use of…
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Healing ourselves and out world : diet for a small planet / John Robbins ; produced by Bob DeBolt.
Talk by John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America. He speaks about how he became concerned with what makes people really healthy, and how Euramerican culture is profoundly out of balance with nature. He argues that a meat-centered diet is hightening the energy crisis, water shortages, topsoil depletion, and deforestation. In addition, diets…
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Global debt as war against the poor / Susan George ; produced by Bob DeBolt.
Susan George, Associate Director of the Trans-National Institute and author of How the Other Hand Dies, and A Fate worse than Debt, speaks about the economic war between the United States and Third World nations. She examines the causes of the debt crisis, and its effect on the poor in Third World countries. The causes…
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Changing Guatemala’s agricultural economy : the highlandpeasant committee / Francisco Cali ; interviewed by Bob DeBolt.
Francisco Cali, co-founder of the Highland Peasant Committee (CCDA) discusses the increased repression of the 1990’s in Guatemala. Because of government pressure, the peasants grow non-traditional export crops instead of food, so that the country has to import corn and beans. As a result, 90% of the population lives in poverty. He calls for help…
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Promoting democracy : a disastrous United States foreign policy / Ralph McGehee ; interviewed by Bob DeBolt.
Ralph McGehee, former CIA agent and author of “My 25 Years in the CIA,” discusses United States foreign policy in developing countries. McGehee has come to see the governmental lies concerning Communism in Thailand and Vietnam, and how the United States has continually underestimated the popular support of Communism in those countries. He discusses the…
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Nicaragua’s austerity program : war against the poor / CharlesGray ; interviewed by Bob DeBolt.
Charles Gray, a long time peace and social justice activists who spent 3 years in rural Nicaragua, discusses the impact of the Chamorro government’s austerity program upon the poor. Basic food subsidies have been slashed, the infrastructure is disintegrating, and there is 61% undemployment and underemployment. The core of the problem is the government’s failure…