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The Debt trap / Cheryl Payer interviewed by Laurie Garrett

Cheryl Payer, author of “The Debt Trap” and member of the Rome Declaration Group, gives a critical analysis of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, how loans disrupt developing economies, solutions to world poverty.

August 24, 2025

The Economics of underdevelopment / produced by Maria Gilardin.

Excerpts from Fidel Castro speech at the United Nations, Oct. 12, 1979; an interview wiht Doug Dowd; and music.

August 24, 2025

The Brave new world order / Holly Sklar ; recorded by Bob DeBolt.

Talk on the American dream and a “Brave New World Order.” The United States, argues Sklar, has used the Cold War to justify long term economic, military and political intervention in the Third World. Since 1945 there have been 130 wars throughout the Third World, and the United States controls 40% of the global arms…

August 24, 2025

Third world debt crisis / produced by Judith Huyrley.

Seven speeches given at the 1987 conference which explore the relationships between the debt crisis of the 1980’s and various social and environmental issues.|THIRD WORLD DEBT CRISIS / produced by Judith Hurley. Seven speeches given at a 1987 conference “An Issue of Life or Debt,” which explore the relationshiop between the debt crisis of the…

August 24, 2025

Pacifica peace watch : 5 Mar. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax.

Daily news progam produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine events in the Middle East following te U.S. led coalition’s defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War, 1990-1991.|PACIFICA PEACE WATCH : 5 MAR. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax. Daily news program produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine…

August 24, 2025

Comprehending the Gulf War / Marvin Treiger.

Marvin Treiger, a psychotherapist, speaks about how people should relish the rage they feel about the Gulf War. He explores possible explanations of Iraqi actions and United States duplicity, such as: oil profits for late 1990; petrochemical costs in the Third World; floating Iraq-Kuwait border; Ramali oil field drilling by Kuwait; delinking Iraq from coast…

August 24, 2025

Imperialism, the arms race, and the Bush hypocrisy / Michael Parenti.

Talk on the ways in which the United States economic elite maintains its control through neo-colonial techniques over land, labor and markets in the Third World. We support friendly governments by arming their police, developing a global military machine to maintain the world order based upon capital. The impact of this policy upon the population…

August 24, 2025

U.S. foreign policy in the Caribbean / Michael Manly ; produced by Pam Burton.

Michael Manly, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, provides and overview of Caribbean politics. He explores the history, the parallels between Haiti and the Philippines, the Monroe Doctrine, Grenada, Nicaraguan elections, imperial economics, trade, and alternative Third World economics. Includes a question and answer session.|U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE CARIBBEAN : MICHAEL MANLY, 16 Apr. 1986…

August 24, 2025

The Christic view of the New World order / Daniel Sheehan.

Talk by Daniel Sheehan on Christic Institute research and legal action in opposition to illegal government activities. He provides a background of events from November 1989 to June 1990 which lead to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, and examines the motivation of various particpants. He also discusses Gorbachev’s dismantleing of the Soviet Union, how…

August 24, 2025

A Soviet scholar on Africa and Asia / with William Mandel.

On the economic and social development of Third World peasant countries. Call-in on Afghanistan.

August 24, 2025