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The Decline of democracy in the U.S., and the 1992 election / Ralph Nader.

Speech by noted consumer advocate and political critic on the current social, economic, and political crisis in the United States. He traces the decline in the quality and quantity of democracy, and why there has been the decline.

Keep the hope alive : the measure of character / Jesse Jackson.

Speech by Reverend Jesse Jackson which points to a fundamental lack of national vision in the American political system. Most United States cities are in fiscal crisis. There are no public works or public investment. Yesterdays middle class are todays working poor.

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.

r.1. Talk / Michael Parenti (66 min.) -- r.2. Question and answer session (23 min.).

Water on a duck / Oliver North ; interviewed by Larry Bensky.

Interview with Oliver North, former advisor to Ronald Reagan and main participant in the Iran-Contra scandal. He pleads lack of knowledge and 5th Amendment to specific questions concerning: Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Bolend Amendment, John Hull, the Kerry Commission, Manuel Noriega and Ronald Reagan.|WATER ON A DUCK / Oliver North| interviewed by Larry Bensky.

Black history : early African-American presences in America, and the historic role of African Queens / Ivan Van Sertima ; interviewed by Bari Scott and Paris Williams.

Dr. Ivan Van Sertima provides an historical view of Africa. He lists African achievements in medicine, mathematics and astronomy, and explains the transformation of the great African empires as a result of colonization. he goes on to documents parallels between African and Latin American civilizations: pyramids, papers, scripts, rituals, and royal paraphernalia.

Personal activism, environmental solutions, and ending war / Helen Caldicott.

Talk by Dr. Helen Caldicott, environmentalist, anti-nuclear activist and opponent to the Gulf War, 1990-1991.

The High cost of victory / Michael Parenti.

Michael Parenti, author of "Democracy for the Few," "The Sword and the Dollar," and "Make Believe: The Politics of the Entertainment Media," speaks on the United States reaction to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and the resulting Gulf War, 1990-1991.

Threats to our democracy / Noam Chomsky.

Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics at MIT, speaks about American concepts of Democracy, tracing the development of those ideas.

r.1. modern propaganda; the anti-war attitudes of 1916; slander toward Germans; liberal democrat participation in propaganda, such as Walter Lippman and Rhinehold Nebor; the breakup of the labor movement during the Great Depression; decline of unions and working class following World War II; Reagan's popularity vs.

Loving country of justice : U.S. militarism and the Gulf War / Ramsey Clark.

Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark speaks on the contradiction between the stated principles of American Democracy and the actions of the United States during the Gulf War, 1990-1991. He begins by pointing out how the celebrity status of T.E. Lawrence is false, and he actually sold out Iraq for English interests.

Debunking the new world order / Alexander Cockburn.

Talk by journalist Alexander Cockburn which examines the popular immage of the Gulf War and U.S. foreign policy in the cold light of the profound domestic troubles within the United States. He covers such issues as: high popular trust of the military; the S & L crisis and dropping real wages; the Gulf Waras scapegoat; the quick decision by the U.S.

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