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| 05/25/08 Noam Chomsky: US Government Foreign Policy, Unintentional Murder Inc. Sponsored by No More Victims, an organization that works to obtain medical sponsorships for war-injured Iraqi children, their families and communities in the US. One of the most effective means of combating militarism is to focus on direct relief. This is an excerpt from the event. To obtain the complete audio / DVD contact Roger Leisner directly at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com. 1. Noam Chomsky (46:47) |
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| 05/02/08 Michael Lowy: Global Justice and Ecosocialism Michael Lowy is an historian, a sociologist, a mediator and a leftist activist. He has written widely on political philosophy and intellectual history. He teaches at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France. Some of his books are THE MARXISM OF CHE GUEVARA, MARXISM AND LIBERATION THEOLOGY and THE THEORY OF REVOLUTION IN THE YOUNG MARX.This is an excerpt from the event. To obtain the complete audio / DVD contact Roger Leisner directly at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com. 1. Michael Lowy (26:20) |
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| 04/25/08 Max Elbaum, Stephen Zunes, Ellen Frank Max Elbaum is a War Times editor, a writer of monthly columns for Washington's Wars and Occupations and the author of Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals turn to Lenin, Mao and Che. He talks about where we stand today in the Middle East and at home / US Foreign Policy and Military Spending. Stephen Zunes is a Middle East contributor for Foreign Policy in Focus and a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco and Chair of its Middle East Studies program and the author of Tinderbox: US Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism. He talks about the political and military lay of the land in the countries of the Middle East. Ellen Franks is a Visiting Professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, a Senior Economist at The Poverty Institute and a contributor to Dollars and Sense. She talks about the US Domestic Crisis and the war. This is an excerpt from the event. To obtain the complete audio / DVD contact Roger Leisner directly at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com. 1. Max Elbaum (26:19) 2. Stephen Zunes (28:09) 3. Ellen Frank (16:33) |
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| 04/24/08 Noam Chomsky: Modern Day American Imperialism, Middle East and Beyond Noam Chomsky is in top form in this speech. He gives a comprehensive historical tour of American Imperialism, from its earliest days of Manifest Destiny, to the current manifestations. This is an excerpt from the event. To obtain the complete audio / DVD contact Roger Leisner directly at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com. 1. Noam Chomsky (1:02:46) |
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| 4/20/08 Malik Rahim & Robert King: Reflections on Race and the environment in Post-Katrina Louisiana Malik Rahim was a co-founder of the Louisiana Black Panther Party. Today Malik continues struggling for social and ecological justice in his community. Robert King is the only free member of the Angola 3. He spent 29 years in solitary confinement in Angola Prison inLouisiana for a crime he did not commit. He was completely exonerated and released in Feb 2001. Since his release, King has worked to free two other former Black Panthers, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace, who are still incarcerated at Angola. They were also framed, even though extensive proof of their innocence has been established. Gary Young is a journalist for the Guardian of England. Recorded by Roger Leisner at Cooper Union in NY City. These are excerpts from the event. To obtain the complete audio/DVD contact Roger Leisner directly at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com. 1. Malik Rahim and Robert King (7:03) 2. Malik Rahim and Robert King (5:49) 3. Malik Rahim and Robert King (7:10) 4. Malik Rahim and Robert King (1:22) 5. Gary Younge (15:22) |
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| 4/09/08 Noam Chomsky: Thinking Outside the Bomb Youth and securing a Nuclear Free Future Recorded by Roger Leisner at the Cabot Intercultural Center at Tufts University in Medford, MA. This is an excerpt from the event. To obtain the complete audio / DVD contact Roger Leisner directly at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com. 1. Noam Chomsky (38:54) |
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| 4/03/08 Noam Chomsky and Omar Baddar: The Middle East The so-called "success" of the Surge and the impact of the Israeli lobby (AIPAC) in American politics. This is an excerpt from the event. To obtain the complete audio / DVD contact Roger Leisner directly at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com. 1. Noam Chomsky and Omar Baddar (36:29) |
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| 4/2/08 Norman Finkelstein: Palestine - 60 years of dispossession and displacement Norman Findelstein is a political scientist and author, specializing in the Holocaust and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He has written sharply critical academic reviews of several prominent writers and scholars whom he accusses of misrepresenting the documentary record in order to defend Israel's policies and practices. Recorded by Roger Leisner at M.I.T. in Cambridge, MA. This is an excerpt from the event. To obtain the complete audio contact Roger Leisner directly at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com. 1. Norman Finkelstein (59.31) |
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| 12/2/06 A poetic tribute to Daniel Berrigan Following the recording of this event, Liam Rector committed suicide, Jason Shinder developed untreatable and incurable cancer and Roger Leisner almost died of pneumonia in January 2007. Poetry is hell. Recorded by Roger Leisner at the Friends Meeting House in Cambridge, MA. This is an excerpt from the event. To obtain the complete audio contact Roger Leisner directly at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com. 1. Poetic Tribute to Daniel Berrigan (37:09) |
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| 3/7/08 Lance Tapley: Human Rights in Maine's Prisons Lance Tapley of the Portland Phoenix speaks about how human rights of prisoners are constantly denied and violated. Recorded by Roger Leisner at the Meg Perry Center in Portland, Maine. This is an excerpt from the event. To obtain the complete audio contact Roger Leisner directly at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com. 1. Lance Tapley (49:45) |
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| 1/28/08 Noam Chomsky: The impact of the Iraq War Noam Chomsky speaks about the impact of the current US war in Iraq and whether we are heading toward unending war in the Middle East. This is an excerpt from the event. To obtain the complete audio contact Roger Leisner directly at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com. 1. Noam Chomsky (35:31) |
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| 11/3/07 Dave Zirin: Socialism and Sports Dave Zirin writes about sports related matters from a left wing point of view. Here he addresses the question whether sports helps or hurts the revolutionary movement. Recorded by Joe Friendly at Columbia University. This is an excerpt from the event. To obtain the complete audio contact Roger Leisner directly at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com. 1. Dave Zirin (25:30) |
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| 11/28/07 A Discussion of the 60th Anniversary of the UN Palestine Partition resolution of 11/29/47 Recorded by Roger Leisner at the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA. These are excerpts from the event. To obtain the complete audio contact Roger Leisner directly at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com. 1. Noam Chomsky (15:09) 2. Nadim Rouhana (14:59) 3. Beshara Doumani (14:21) |
