World politics — 1945-
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Speech / by Nikita Khruschev.
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A Look at American foreigh policy during the Gulf crisis / Philip Agee.
Phone interview with Philip Agee, who discusses United States foreign policy decisions during the course of the war with Iraq. He argues that: the U.S. created the power of Saddam Hussein; Bush needed a long term crisis to replace the East-West conflict in Europe, and to help people ignore domestic troubles; Bush’s abandonment of sanctions…
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Setting the stage, 1949 : enter the Cold War
The mood of the Cold War era is explored in interviews with Jessica Mitford, Helga Lohr-Bailey, and Billy Allan, three political activists of the forties and fifties. Produced as part of the KPFA thirtieth anniversary retrospective programming group. Interviews conducted by Helen Mickiewicz, Laurie Garrett, and Paul Allen. Produced by Helen Mickiewicz.
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The Perpetual war.
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Is the cold war over? / Saul Landau.
Talk by Saul Landau, who argues that the cold war was based upon a lie of two competing systems. In reality, the conflict was between two competing ideologies. The communists could never compete with the capitalists, he asserts. The cold war has guaranteed continual global conflict since World War II, staged throughout the Third World.…
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Uncle Sam in the tropics : the new air of crisis / Tim Harding and Norma Chinchilla ; interviewed by Anita Frankel.
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Constancy and change in American-Arab relations : a speech / by King Hussein.
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Geo-politics on the horn of Africa / Tom Rarrah ; introduced by Adrian Jaspan.
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The Relation of Laos to Vietnam / Masamori Kojima ; interviewed by Ben Sweet.