United States — Military policy.

  • Neil Sheehan / interviewed by Neal Conan.

    N.Y. Times reporter who obtained and released the Pentagon Papers discusses his career.

  • The Pretorian Guard in the Gulf / John Stockwell.

    John Stockwell, former CIA station chief in Angola, gives a talk about American militarism from both a political and social context. He traces the legacy of American warfare, with 15 wars and over 200 instances of violence in our 200 year history. He argues that Americans need wars, hwere good and evil are defined in…

  • Hidden aspects of the new world order / Philip Agee.

    Talk by Philip Agee, former CIA operative and author of Inside the Company, who talks on how the Gulf War serves to maintain the United States war economy. He expresses a vision of the U.S. without a war economy, how we entrapped Hussein into the Gulf War, the effects of war upon our country, and…

  • The Good war? / John Stockwell.

    Talk by former CIA agent John Stockwell. He examines the Gulf War, 1990-1991, within the history of American foreign policy and the reasoning of National Security. He discusses what he sees as the phony drug war, the 15 major wars conducted by the United States in the past 50 years, the desire for quick wars…

  • 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|…

  • 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…

  • The Media as propaganda / Noam Chomsky.

    Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics at MIT, speaks about how commercial media misrepresents events in Central America. He discusses Reagan Administration clandestine military operations, and how the United States public opinion influences foreign policy.|THE MEDIA AS PROPAGANDA / Noam Chomsky. SERIES: The Other Americas Radio – Chomksy, a noted linguist, speaks about how commercial media…

  • The Right turn of U.S. foreign policy / Noam Chomsky.

    Talk on how the 1980’s “jingoist consensus” evolved as the dominant elite groups in American society in an attempt to recoup their position after Vietnam. Exploration of three components of Reaganism: 1) transfer of resources from poor to rich, 2) increased intervention, subversion and terrorism, 3) the public subsidy of high technology industry through the…

  • The Dark side of U.S. foreign policy / John Stockwell.

    Stockwell, the highest ranking CIA official to go public, speaks from his experiences in the Congo, Vietnam, and the CIA war in Angola. His talk focusses upon the CIA-Reagan administration’s covert wars, and the ideology which fuels them. Question and answer session follows the talk.

  • American politics in a post-cold war environment : spending the peace dividend / Daniel Sheehan ; introduced by Bill Davies.

    Talk by legal advisor for the Christic Institute, Daniel Sheehan, about developments in American foreign and domestic politics. He examines: Constitutional rights; the Savings and Loan bailout costs compared to the Gulf War, 1990-1991; the failure of the judicial system as seen by Seacourt’s 2 year suspended sentence for Iran-Contra crimes; the crucification of the…