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Why does Washington need a war machine if the Cold War is over? / Noam Chomsky ; interviewed by Philip Maldari.

Phone interview with noted linguist and scholar of international relations concerning the United States' military presence around the globe. He argues that the United States will not feel safe until the Soviet Union is reduced to Third World status, and Third World intervention is no longer needed to maintain the stability of "friendly" governments.

Israel : yesterday and today / Noam Chomsky ; interviewed by Larry Bensky.

Noted linguist and scholar of international relations speaks about his experiences growing up in Israel, and the current state of the society and its politics. Chomsky tells of growing up on a Kibbutz in the early 50's, the dominant role of East German immigrants, the potentials for Arab-Jewish cooperation.

Looking on the bright side of life / Alexander Cockburn.

Talk which points out that leftiests are too pessimistic, for they only look for the bad news in the headlines. We do need to look at the brighter side of events. He examines developments in Poland and Africa to see how things have changed, both for good and bad, during the 1980's.

The Radio bridge : I / hosted by Aleksei Glibenko and Ray Couture.

Panel discussion between Soviet and Americans. Soviet participants include: Igor Philin, Secretary of the Soviet Peace Committee; Alan Kubatiev, Associate Professor Kiergev State University; Leonid Smitnogin, Associate Professor of GeographyMoscow University; Andrei Bogdanov, radio journalist VolgagradRadio/TV; Sergei Serovikin, psychiatrist from Kasan Tartar Republic.

Daniel Sheehan at Berkeley.

Sheehan, head counsel for the Christic Institute, discusses the status of their court cases involving government officials who were involved in the Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages trade, as well as the illegal military aid to the NicaraguanContras.|DANIEL SHEEHAN AT BERKELEY.

The La Panca bombing and the secret network / Martha Honey.

Talk before the Christic Institute on the roll of JohnHull, Robert Owen and Oliver North in Costa Rica's terrorism against Nicaragua. She particularly focuses upon their involvement in the bombing of journalists in La Panca, CostaRica.

Should the AFL-CIO oppose U.S. aid to the Contras / Ken Blaylock.

Excerpts from Blaylock's speech. A leader in the rank and file AFL-CIO movement in opposition to the Nicaraguan Contras, Blaylock explains the need for opposition and the activities to implement that opposition.

Traditional Indian from Peru / Nilda Alvarez Callavapa ; produced by Susan Lobo and Pat Collins.

Callavapa discusses her community at 12,000 feet above sea level: how many workers are born into debt on haciendas, the revival of complex weaving techniques, and other problems her community faces.

Long live Puerto Rico! : Que viva Puerto Rico libre! / Tinti Deya and Nitza Lopez ; interviewed by Amanda Bat Adamah ; produced by Still Mad Collective.

Discussion of the U.S. 2020 plan to depopulate Puerto Rico and turn the Island into a barren group of mines and military manufacturing. Discussed are the high rates of sterilization, the destruction of land, and the people's resistance to plan 2020.|LONG LIVE PUERTO RICO! : QUE VIVA PUERTO RICO LIBRE!

Bishop Desmond Tutu at Stanford / recorded by Frank Eichensehr.

Nobel Prize winner, Bishop Desmond Tutu, speaks on the evils of apartheid in South Africa and the actions Americans can take to help end the racist system.|BISHOP DESMOND TUTU AT STANFORD / recorded by Frank Eichensehr.

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