United States — Social conditions.
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Voodoo economics and class welfare / Michael Parenti.
Voodoo economics, a term coined in 1980 by Republican Presidential candidate George Bush about his then opponent Ronald Reagan. Bush became Vice President and stopped mentioning Voodoo economics, but instead began to practice supply-side economics. Parenti describes the federal tax system as biased against the poor, and points out that Bush pushes for cuts in…
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Reshaping democratic structures / Noam Chomsky ; interviewed by Philip Maldari and Kris Welsh.
Noam Chomsky, noted linguist and political analyst from MIT, discusses United States foreign and domestic policies. He begins by comparing the Democratic and Republican platforms, cutbacks in education, and the realities which underlie the GATT and NAFTA agreements. The public is being excluded from the decision making process, Chomsky contends, with the global character of…
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Countdown, 1984 / moderated by Mama O’Shea ; produced by Furaha Hiyati.
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Is the United States a true democracy? / Helen Caldicott.
Talk by environmental and political activist Helen Caldicott on the international character of the environmental, political, and feminist movements. She begins by describing conditions in Australia, from the hole in the ozone, to the destruction of forests, to the impact of the nuclear accident at Chernobel. She goes on to discuss a Peace March and…
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King and the Wilmington Ten / Ben Chavis ; produced by Don Foster.