Podcast appearances and mentions of David Barsamian

Noam Chomsky calls the Israel, U.S., and Palestine relationship a “Fateful Triangle.” He says,“ In no other region of the world are the problems so likely to lead to devastating regional conflict.” He adds, those problems “have only been aggravated by the irrationality and intolerance that has dominated discussion in the U.S. It will be unfortunate if this state of affairs persists,” he warns. Alas, Chomsky wrote those words more than 50 years ago. The U.S. has given Israel hundreds of billions in aid over the years. In addition, Washington provides crucial diplomatic, political and military support. Internationally, because of Gaza both the U.S. and Israel are increasingly isolated. General Moshe Yallon, former Israeli chief of staff and defense minister, says Israel is committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing. Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at the Boulder Public Library.

What's going on in the United States? People are asking that question not only in this country but around the world. Ralph Nader says “The twin swelling heads of empire and oligarchy are driving our country into an ever-deepening corporate state, wholly incompatible with democracy and the rule of law. America was not designed for kings and their runaway military pursuits. The media rolls over and fails to hold officials accountable.” So, what is to be done? Historically it's always been citizens, overcoming differences, finding common ground, coming together and making progressive change. It can happen. As Nader says, “It's in the hands of the people. Interviewed by David Barsamian.

In times of war the corporate media play a salient role in shaping public opinion. There are worthy and unworthy victims. Muslims, Arabs, and Iranians generally fall into that latter category whereas Washington and its allies are worthy victims that we support and empathize with. The current phase of the Gaza war did not begin on October 7 as the media repeat ad nauseum. But to dig into the underlying causes and provide context and history rarely occurs because it would undermine the dominant propaganda. Thus the Norah O'Donnells, Wolf Blitzers,  Lester Holts and other corporate news anchors don't question the embedded assumptions and simply mimic, with few exceptions, the dominant official line. Interviewed by David Barsamian.

Blaming the victim is as old as the hills. It occurs when the victim of a crime or tragedy is held at fault for the harm that befell them. In other words, you had it coming to you. The great scholar Edward Said ruefully remarked that the Palestinians were the victims of the victim hence it was very difficult for them to generate support. Said quoted Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, the “conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion…than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea.” From the Palestinian perspective in the wake of the Holocaust, they were paying for the crimes of Europeans. Interviewed by David Barsamian. Recorded at Boulder Public Library's Canyon Theater.

The conflict between Israel and Palestine is in a new and extremely deadly period with many thousand dead, wounded and displaced. The battleground is the narrow coastal enclave of Gaza, home to over two million Palestinian Arabs. Often called the world's largest open-air prison it is ruled by Hamas and has been subjected to an Israeli blockade since 2007. On October 7 Hamas launched a horrific attack on Israel killing some 1,200, taking over 200 hostages and triggering the latest Gaza-Israeli war. While the media focus on the Hamas attack and the Israeli response there is scant background or history. A closer examination reveals the conflict's deep-rooted causes. If they are not addressed the cycles of violence will continue. As Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis says, “We have to do the hard work of looking at context.” Interviewed by David Barsamian.

The anti-Communist hysteria rampant in the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s is often called the McCarthy period. But the red-baiting and persecution started even before McCarthy was elected to the Senate in 1946. The notorious House Un-American Activities Committee led the crusade to ferret out alleged Communists in the U.S. They struck gold when they took on Hollywood, not because they actually found Communists but because of the public's media-fed fixation on movie stars. Perhaps the most interesting case involved the great director Elia Kazan who felt he had to name names and cooperate with HUAC. In this program Victor Navasky raises interesting moral choices and questions. His discussion of the actor Lee J. Cobb is most moving. Interview by David Barsamian and S.K. Levin. Recorded at KGNU.

In South Dakota, in 1973, hundreds of Native American activists led by members of the American Indian Movement occupied the Pine Ridge Reservation village of Wounded Knee— which was also the site of a notorious massacre in 1890 in which federal troops killed 300 Lakota men, women and children. The months-long action in 1973 helped galvanize the movement for Indigenous rights which continues today. As the great historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz says, U.S. “policies involving Indigenous peoples have consistently been designed to disadvantage the Indigenous, locking them into suppressed social status and codifying dependence on the U.S. government.” Despite a history of oppression and genocide and continued discrimination Native Americans are organizing and resisting. A younger generation of Indigenous activists offers the promise of not just survival but for a resurgence of Indigenous societies and a renaissance of traditional culture. Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at the University of Denver.

I interviewed Khurram Parvez in Srinagar, Kashmir in February 2011. When I returned to India that September to follow up on reporting on the mass graves in Kashmir, I was denied entry by the Indian government. I've been banned from India ever since. Sadly, this interview is still relevant. Since August 2019 the Hindu nationalist regime ruling India has imposed even harsher conditions on Kashmiris and eliminated what little autonomy they had. This story needs to be told. But the G20 won't hear it. Its tourism officials are visiting Kashmir in late May in what will be an orchestrated photo-op extolling the valley's natural beauties and comparing Kashmir to paradise. Kashmir is off the media radar screen. India has carefully controlled the narrative. Interview by David Barsamian.

On this edition of Free City Radio, we hear from author, activist and long time host of the program Alternative Radio. In this exchange David speaks about the urgent need to call for negotiations surrounding the war in Ukraine. David speaks about this in the context of the sustaining tensions within progressive social activist movements around the world on how to respond to the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine. In this exchange Dave speaks about the importance of supporting non-militarized responses going forward. Info on Alternative Radio: https://www.alternativeradio.org Music is by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !

The multiple problems facing the U.S. can no longer be swept under the rug. Modest so-called reforms are not sufficient given the magnitude of the crises we face from imperialism and militarism to war and the climate emergency. Our dollar-driven politics is corrupt. We need system change not cosmetic change. Individually, we can do small things but connecting with kindred spirits in organizations can make a difference in not only overcoming isolation but can lead to changes in consciousness and positive initiatives. One such organization is Code Pink. Founded in 2002, it is a women-led grassroots non-profit working to end U.S. wars, support peace and human rights and redirect our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs. Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.

The future of humankind and the planet are in danger from the twin existential threats of terminal nuclear war and climate catastrophe. The response? The Biden administration is following through on Pentagon plans to “modernize” its nuclear arsenal. Instead of eliminating these weapons of mass destruction, we are upgrading them. And the clock is ticking louder and louder on the climate emergency. The response? A massive new oil drilling project in Alaska. Seem illogical? Not really. These are the kinds of outcomes you can expect when lunatics run the asylum. Interview by David Barsamian.

Autocracy: concentrated power in the hands of a few. The U.S. is linked to a network of Arab autocracies led by sultans, emirs, and military dictators who are called “allies” and “partners.”  Politics and economics make for strange bedfellows. Perhaps none is stranger than the one with the feudal regime of Saudi Arabia. The Washington/Riyadh axis goes back to 1945 when FDR met King Saud on a U.S. destroyer in the Suez Canal. The deal was struck. The U.S. would protect the Saud monarchy and in return, American corporations would have access to Saudi oilfields. In the decades since ties between the two countries have remained close. Today, the U.S. has been supporting the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has resulted in almost 400,000 dead and millions hungry. Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at the Middle East Studies Association annual conference.

The Middle East is in turmoil. The hope and promise of the 2011 Arab Spring are now a distant memory. The toppling of the decrepit Mubarak regime in Egypt was greeted by many Egyptians with joy. But that elation didn't last long. Since 2014, Egypt is ruled by General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Sisi has changed his uniform for an Armani suit. If you criticize him and his regime you can easily land up in jail or worse. There is something like 60,000 political prisoners in Egypt. In terms of freedom of the press, Egypt ranks 168th out of 180 countries. That doesn't seem to bother Washington. Cairo is a major recipient of U.S. aid and is a lucrative market for Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Northrup Grumman weapons sales. Meanwhile, off the radar screen is the ongoing Saudi/UAE bloodbath in Yemen. Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at the Middle East Studies Association annual conference.

The warnings about the climate emergency are coming in fast and furious, yet public awareness and political action remain at a low level. The latest report is from the World Meteorological Organization, a UN agency. Its director said, “The impacts of climate change” are "often felt through water—more intense and frequent droughts, more extreme flooding, more erratic seasonal rainfall and accelerated melting of glaciers—with cascading effects on economies, ecosystems, and all aspects of our daily lives." There is an urgent need for collective action to avoid irreversible tipping points. Meanwhile, The Guardian reports, fossil fuel corporations “are making astronomical amounts of money.” Politically, the mitigation measures taken so far are woefully inadequate. People are distracted. They know more about the World Cup than the climate crisis. Interviewed by David Barsamian.

Since mid-September, tens of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets across the country to protest the government's treatment of girls and women and in particular mandatory dress codes. These historic demonstrations center on women's socio-political rights and democratic governance in Iran. The government has brutally responded. Hundreds have been killed, including children. Many thousands have been arrested. Despite the regime's violent crackdown, protests have only widened. Demonstrators are shouting "Death to the Dictator." The Islamic Republic of Iran, now in its 43rd year, has never faced such sustained and widespread opposition. Can it remain in power? The slogan of the protest movement is Zan, Zendegi, Azadi/Woman. Life. Freedom. Interviewed by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.

"Azadi!"—Urdu for "Freedom!"—is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against Indian occupation. Abroad, New Delhi promotes itself as the world's largest democracy. At home, the picture is quite different. India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the BJP, led by Narendra Modi espouses Hindutva, Hindu nationalism. It promotes Islamophobia and stifles dissent. What it wants from largely Muslim Kashmir is submission. To ensure that it has deployed hundreds of thousands of troops making the Himalayan region the most densely militarized zone on earth. Kashmir is an unresolved issue dating back to the partition of India in 1947. For decades Kashmiris have been in revolt against Indian rule. Many tens of thousands have been killed. Many more have been displaced. What do Kashmiris want? Azadi. Interviewed by David Barsamian.

Afghanistan, land of the Afghans, more than two millennia ago, this may surprise you, was a major center of Buddhism. Situated on the fabled Silk Road this mountainous landlocked country has an old and rich history and culture with great poets like Raabia Balkhi, Khushal Khattak, and most renowned of all, Rumi. Afghanistan has been called “the graveyard of empires.” Just ask the British, the Russians and the Americans. Today, it is ruled by the Taliban, notorious for their rigid brand of Islam. The situation in the country is bleak. It is under sanctions. Hunger and poverty are widespread. Violence, though reduced, continues. Education for girls is limited. Ahmed Rashid, author of the bestseller Taliban warns, “Unless the Taliban are prepared to moderate their policies Afghanistan will remain the fulcrum of unrest and turbulence in Central Asia for years to come.” Interviewed by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.

Paul Cienfuegos is a national leader in the Community Rights movement, which works to dismantle corporate constitutional so-called “rights” and assert the people's inherent right to govern themselves. He has been leading workshops across the US since 1995. David Barsamian's internationally syndicated show 'Alternative Radio' has broadcast five of his speeches. Launched in October 2017, Paul is the founding director of Community Rights US. Paul has just published his first book, titled, How Dare We? Courageous Practices to Reclaim Our Power as Citizens. He lives in Portland, Oregon. More info at www.communityrights.us.

Hosts Xubi and Janet are joined by fellow radio hosts David Barsamian and Bob Kafka to discuss their experiences in public radio. Then, Abie Torres shares agricultural wisdom.

On this edition of Free City Radio David Barsamian, host of Alternative Radio, speaks on war in Ukraine and the military-industrial complex. A critical look at who benefits from war and also the historical context to the conflict between Russia and the U.S. A look at these contextual issues are not rooted in any attempt to minimize the urgency of focusing on the war crimes being committed against civilians in Ukraine, as have been documented by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, but is an attempt to provide historical context to the current war beyond the headlines. Additional David speaks about the persisting importance of thinking beyond the box in regards to mainstream media framings on war and imperialism. Music on this edition is an excerpt of DakhaBrakha's track Baby, a music ensemble based in Kiev, as performed on KEXP. Thank you to Frank Barat for sharing this track. Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff

Paul Cienfuegos is a national leader in the Community Rights movement, which works to dismantle corporate constitutional so-called “rights” and assert the people's inherent right to govern themselves. He has been leading workshops across the US since 1995. David Barsamian's internationally syndicated show 'Alternative Radio' has broadcast five of his speeches. Launched in October 2017, Paul is the founding director of Community Rights US. He lives in Portland, Oregon. More info at www.communityrights.us.

Subscribe to Quotomania on Simplecast or search for Quotomania on your favorite podcast app!Arundhati Roy was born in 1959 in Shillong, India. She studied architecture in New Delhi, where she now lives. She has worked as a film designer and screenplay writer in India. Roy is the author of the novel The God of Small Things, for which she received the 1997 Man Booker Prize. The novel has been translated into dozens of languages worldwide. She has written several non-fiction books, including The Cost of Living, Power Politics, War Talk, An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire and Public Power in the Age of Empire. Roy was featured in the BBC television documentary Dam/age, which is about the struggle against big dams in India. A collection of interviews with Arundhati Roy by David Barsamian was published as The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile. Her newest book, published by Haymarket, is Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers. Roy is the recipient of the 2002 Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Prize.From https://www.thenation.com/authors/arundhati-roy/For more information about Arundhati Roy:Previously on The Quarantine Tapes:Ruha Benjamin on Roy, at 26:46: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-129-ruha-benjaminDanielle Spencer on Roy, at 28:04: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-172-danielle-spencerNaomi Klein on Roy, at 42:25: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-158-naomi-kleinGeorge Prochnik on Roy, at 23:15: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-162-george-prochnikSarah Williams on Roy, at 24:43: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-016-sarah-williams“Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal'”: https://www.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca“The Prescient Anger of Arundhati Roy”: https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-prescient-anger-of-arundhati-roy“Arundhati Roy Sees Delhi as a Novel”: https://aperture.org/editorial/arundhati-roy-sees-delhi-as-a-novel/

Noam Chomsky discusses the brutal realities laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic—and the urgent need for an alternative to capitalism. Covid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in the current capitalist system. It represents both a crisis and an opportunity. Everything depends on the actions that people take into their own hands. Join Noam Chomsky for a conversation with E. Tammy Kim. Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. He is the author of numerous best-selling political works, which have been translated into scores of countries worldwide. Among his most recent books are Who Rules the World?, Requiem for the American Dream, and What Kind of Creatures Are We? Haymarket has published twelve of his classic works with new introductions, as well as his books Masters of Mankind, Hopes and Prospects, Intervenciones, On Palestine and Gaza in Crisis (with Ilan Pappé and Frank Barat), Optimism Over Despair and The Precipice (with C. J. Polychroniou), and Consequences of Capitalism (with Marv Waterstone). In spring 2022, Haymarket is publishing a new compilation of Chomsky's 1984–1996 interviews with David Barsamian, Chronicles of Dissent. E. Tammy Kim is a freelance magazine reporter, a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, and a co-host of the Time to Say Goodbye podcast, based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has appeared in outlets including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, Columbia Journalism Review, and The Nation. She previously worked on the editorial staff of The New Yorker and as a national features writer at Al Jazeera America. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This event is a partnership between Lannan Foundation and Haymarket Books. Lannan Foundation's Readings & Conversations series features inspired writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as cultural freedom advocates with a social, political, and environmental justice focus. We are excited to offer these programs online to a global audience. Video and audio recordings of all events are available at lannan.org. Haymarket Books is a radical, independent, nonprofit book publisher based in Chicago. Our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements and the education and development of a critical, engaged, international left. Lannan Foundation is a family foundation dedicated to cultural freedom, diversity, and creativity through projects that support exceptional contemporary artists and writers, inspired Native activists in rural communities, and social justice advocates. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/y8UciV-Frr8 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

The 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers has brought attention once more to Daniel Ellsberg. His action in 1971 in releasing the Pentagon Papers blew the lid off of Washington's mountain of lies and deceptions about Vietnam and ultimately led to Watergate and Nixon's resignation. In this never before broadcast program we go back into history as Ellsberg describes the origins of the Vietnam War. He traces early U.S. support for the French effort to retain control of its Indochina colony. He talks about U.S. nuclear weapons policy including threats against the Soviet Union as well as Eisenhower's offer of nukes to the French to stave off defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. The U.S. later totally supplanted the French and expanded the war to Laos and Cambodia. Ellsberg looks at the policy of supporting Diem's Saigon regime, first by Kennedy then Johnson. Interview by David Barsamian.

" Un elemento consustancial al sistema doctrinal imperante en Estados Unidos es la ficción de que todos formamos una familia feliz en la que no existen diferencias de clase, y que todos trabajamos juntos y en armonía. Pero eso es radicalmente falso. " -Noam Chomsky - El siguiente texto, forma parte del libro Las sublevaciones democraticas globales , libro de entrevistas de Noam Chomsky con David Barsamian. Bienvenidos a Astronauta del Misterio donde se busca contar con objetividad (pero también humor) teorías, relatos de conspiraciones, sucesos paranormales y de políticas universales para revelar los mitos, mentiras y realidades para junto contigo descubrir la verdad. Unete al Grupo https://www.facebook.com/groups/338181033837158/ Like en la FanPAGE https://www.facebook.com/AstronautaDelMisterio SIGUEME en: https://www.facebook.com/rodmontijo/ FB https://twitter.com/rodmontijo TW https://www.instagram.com/rodmontijo/ IG #AstronautaDelMisterio #RodMontijo #podcast

Today's Quotation is care of Arundhati Roy.Listen in!Subscribe to the Quarantine Tapes at quarantinetapes.com or search for the Quarantine Tapes on your favorite podcast app! Arundhati Roy was born in 1959 in Shillong, India. She studied architecture in New Delhi, where she now lives. She has worked as a film designer and screenplay writer in India. Roy is the author of the novel The God of Small Things, for which she received the 1997 Man Booker Prize. The novel has been translated into dozens of languages worldwide. She has written several non-fiction books, including The Cost of Living, Power Politics, War Talk, An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire and Public Power in the Age of Empire. Roy was featured in the BBC television documentary Dam/age, which is about the struggle against big dams in India. A collection of interviews with Arundhati Roy by David Barsamian was published as The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile. Her newest book, published by Haymarket, is Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers. Roy is the recipient of the 2002 Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Prize.From https://www.thenation.com/authors/arundhati-roy/For more information about Arundhati Roy:Previously on The Quarantine Tapes:Ruha Benjamin on Roy, at 26:46:https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-129-ruha-benjaminDanielle Spencer on Roy, at 28:04: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-172-danielle-spencerNaomi Klein on Roy, at 42:25: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-158-naomi-kleinGeorge Prochnik on Roy, at 23:15: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-162-george-prochnikSarah Williams on Roy, at 24:43: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-016-sarah-williams“Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal'”: https://www.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca“The Prescient Anger of Arundhati Roy”: https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-prescient-anger-of-arundhati-roy“Arundhati Roy Sees Delhi as a Novel”: https://aperture.org/editorial/arundhati-roy-sees-delhi-as-a-novel/

The news from India is grim. A Covid wave is sweeping the country, inflicting widespread misery and deaths. Government figures of Covid-related fatalities are widely seen as very much underreported. India may soon pass the U.S. as the global leader in deaths. Analysts say that the country wasn't prepared to handle the surge. Hospitals have been overwhelmed and there are acute shortages of oxygen, medicine and vaccines. The country is ruled by Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the BJP. It is a Hindu nationalist party. It has come under wide criticism for its handling of the crisis. Noted writer Arundhati Roy says, “It is hard to convey the full depth and range of the trauma, chaos and indignity that India's Covid catastrophe has inflicted. Meanwhile, Modi and his allies tell people not to complain.” Interview by David Barsamian.

China is one of the oldest cultures in the world with a rich history. The ancient Middle Kingdom is today's People's Republic of China. For several centuries prior to the creation of the PRC, China endured invasions, occupations, civil wars and famine. Today it is an economic powerhouse. Its influence is expanding across the globe. However, relations between Washington and Beijing have become increasingly confrontational. Secretary of State Blinken warned China not to upset what he called the “rules-based order” and “anyone who poses a challenge to that order, we're going to stand up and defend it." He noted China is acting "more aggressively abroad." At the same time, the Pentagon sends its warships off of China's coast and surrounds China with American military bases. Washington sees China as a threat to its hegemony. A new Cold War is brewing. 2CDs Interviewed by David Barsamian.

Milton Friedman is the godfather of modern conservative economics. A Nobel-prize winner, his ideas informed what is called the Chicago School. He laid the groundwork for Reagan-era neoliberalism with his landmark essay, “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits.” That’s pretty straightforward. Make as much money as you can. Society? It can take care of itself. In the decades since Friedman’s influential essay, concentrated monopoly corporate power has evolved into corporatism. What is it? Ralph Nader describes it as “the commercialization of just about everything at the expense of our civilization’s civic, spiritual, health, and safety values. It is crushing our democracy and corrupting our elections.” Interviewed by David Barsamian

Today on Sojourner Truth we rebroadcast a show from Alternative Radio, featuring a May 19, 2020 talk given by Naomi Klein and Arundhati Roy, moderated by Asad Rehman, and narrated by David Barsamian.  Naomi Klein is an aware winning journalist and columnist and Glory Steinem endowed chair in media culture and feminist studies at Rutgers University. She's the author of many books, including The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything, and On Fire; The Burning Case for a Green New Deal. She's co-founder of the climate justice organization, The Leap. Arundhati Roy is a world renowned writer and global justice activist. The New York Times calls her India's most impassioned critic of globalization and American influence. She's the author of the novels the God of Small Things for which she received the Book Arppise, and The Ministries of Utmost Happiness. A collection of her essays My Seditious Heart is published by Haymarket. Arundhati Roy spoke from New Dehli, Naomi Klein, from New Jersey. Naomi and Arundhati spoke about The Corona Virus, climate change, and The Green New Deal. What will tomorrow bring in the age of COVID-19? There is so much uncertainty. Arundhati Roy sees an opportunity. She writes, Whatever it is, coronavirus has made the mighty kneel and brought the world to a halt. And in the midst of this terrible despair, it offers us a chance to rethink the doomsday machine we have built for ourselves. Nothing could be worse than a return to normality. Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it.

Today on Sojourner Truth we rebroadcast a show from Alternative Radio, featuring a May 19, 2020 talk given by Naomi Klein and Arundhati Roy, moderated by Asad Rehman, and narrated by David Barsamian.  Naomi Klein is an aware winning journalist and columnist and Glory Steinem endowed chair in media culture and feminist studies at Rutgers University. She's the author of many books, including The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything, and On Fire; The Burning Case for a Green New Deal. She's co-founder of the climate justice organization, The Leap. Arundhati Roy is a world renowned writer and global justice activist. The New York Times calls her India's most impassioned critic of globalization and American influence. She's the author of the novels the God of Small Things for which she received the Book Arppise, and The Ministries of Utmost Happiness. A collection of her essays My Seditious Heart is published by Haymarket. Arundhati Roy spoke from New Dehli, Naomi Klein, from New Jersey. Naomi and Arundhati spoke about The Corona Virus, climate change, and The Green New Deal. What will tomorrow bring in the age of COVID-19? There is so much uncertainty. Arundhati Roy sees an opportunity. She writes, Whatever it is, coronavirus has made the mighty kneel and brought the world to a halt. And in the midst of this terrible despair, it offers us a chance to rethink the doomsday machine we have built for ourselves. Nothing could be worse than a return to normality. Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it.

Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos discuss growing tensions between Iran and the US in President Trump’s final weeks in office, and why a UK judge says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the US. David Barsamian talks about how Washington and Tehran can improve diplomacy.

Listen to the 22nd edition of Free City Radio. On this show I speak with designer, artist and activist Josh MacPhee on the recently published Celebrate People's History, The Poster Book of Resistance and Revolution. Josh speaks about the importance of poster art in documenting and giving voice to underreported social movement histories. Josh is a founding members of the JustSeeds Artists' Cooperative. Info on the recent book project: https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/celebrate-peoples-history-second-edition Also on this show we hear from David Barsamian, the host of Alternative Radio, about the recently published book "ReTargeting Iran" that explores the devastating impacts of U.S. led sanctions on the people of Iran, a point especially important to consider at a time of the COVID-19 pandemic that has deeply impacted Iran. This book was published in collaboration with City Lights, info: http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100037600 https://www.alternativeradio.org Music on this show by Max Cooper with the track Repetition and Afro Blue by John Coltrane. Free City Radio is a weekly podcast hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff

Before the internet was a thing, before social media ruled our lives and before there were a million podcasts talking about about left politics, David Barsamian brought the voices of radical thinkers like Noam Chomsky, Howard Zimm and Arundhati Roy into our lives through Alternative Radio. In this episode, we're over-the-moon excited to talk to Alternative Radio's (@AltRadio) founder David Barsamian (@BarsamianDavid) about his new book ReTargeting Iran, building Alternative Radio over the past 30+ years and working with Noam Chomsky. We discuss the importance of independent media and he tells us that Green and Red is "welcome intervention into the media landscape." We also talk about the politics around Iran, the middle east and his new book. And since it is the week of Noam Chomsky's 92nd birthday, we ask David to share some of his favorite recollections of the world's top public intellectual. David Barsamian is one of America's most tireless and wide-ranging investigative journalists. David has altered the independent media landscape, both with his weekly radio show Alternative Radio—now in its 33rd year—and his books with Noam Chomsky, Eqbal Ahmad, Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali, Richard Wolff, Arundhati Roy and Edward Said. David Barsamian is the winner of the Media Education Award, the ACLU's Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism, and the Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. His latest book is ReTargeting Iran. The book in a Q&A format about the continued demonization of Iran by the U.S., Barsamian enlists the expertise of five longtime observers: Noam Chomsky, Azadeh Moaveni, Trita Parsi, Ervand Abrahamian, and Nader Hashemi. Read more// Alternative Radio (https://www.alternativeradio.org/) Biden faces a race against the clock for U.S. to rejoin Iran nuclear deal (https://nbcnews.to/36MTING) Kirkus Review of ReTargeting Iran (https://bit.ly/37CI33w) ReTargeting Iran by David Barsamian (https://bit.ly/2JD8XAm) Also, follow us on any of these social media channels// Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Donate to Green and Red Podcast// Become a recurring donor at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR This is a Green and Red Podcast production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Isaac.

Ralph welcomes Alternative Radio’s, David Barsamian, who presents the perspectives of leading scholars of the Middle East on the ongoing turbulent relationship between the U.S. and Iran in the book “Re-Targeting Iran.” And political cartoonist, Dwayne Booth, AKA “Mr. Fish” joins us for a provocative discussion about the state of political satire. Plus, Ralph answers listener questions!

David Barsamian 2003

David Barsamian 2003

About Occupy the Economy: Challenging CapitalismToday’s economic crisis is capitalism’s worst since the Great Depression. Millions have lost their jobs, homes and healthcare while those who work watch their pensions, benefits and job security decline. As more and more are impacted by the crisis, the system continues to make the very wealthy even richer. In eye-opening interviews with prominent economist Richard Wolff, David Barsamian probes the root causes of the current economic crisis, its unjust social consequences, and what can and should be done to turn things around. While others blame corrupt bankers and unregulated speculators, the government, or even the poor who borrowed, the authors show that the causes of the crisis run much deeper. They reach back to the 1970s when the capitalist system itself shifted, ending the century-old pattern of rising wages for U.S. workers and thereby enabling the top 1% to become ultra-rich at the expense of the 99%. Since then, economic injustice has become chronic and further corrupted politics. The Occupy movement, by articulating deep indignation with the whole system, mobilizes huge numbers who seek basic change. Occupying the Economy not only clarifies and analyzes the crisis in U.S. capitalism today, it also points toward solutions that can shape a far better future for all. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthmatters.substack.com

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In November 2019, The Progressive hosted an event entitled “Conversations on a Progressive Future” with Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian at Pima…

Via wikipedia: David Barsamian (born 1945) is an Armenian-American radio broadcaster, writer, and the founder and director of Alternative Radio, a Boulder, Colorado-based syndicated weekly public affairs program heard on some 250 radio stations worldwide. David spoke at the Vancouver Humanists Sunday meeting on October 20, 2019. Photo by Shahen books - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47219104

In November 2019, The Progressive hosted an event entitled “Conversations on a Progressive Future” with Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian at Pima…

In November 2019, The Progressive hosted an event entitled “Conversations on a Progressive Future” with Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian at Pima…

In November 2019, The Progressive hosted an event entitled “Conversations on a Progressive Future” with Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian at Pima…

In November 2019, The Progressive hosted an event entitled “Conversations on a Progressive Future” with Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian at Pima…

‘Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will.’

David Barsamian joins Tom Crane to talk about how mainstream media subverts democracy, empowers repressive regimes and how repressive governments silence the media. Barsamian is a co-author with Noam Chomsky […] The post Democracy and the Media appeared first on KKFI.

Rob Tobias interviews radio host, author, and speaker, David Barsamian about his show, Alternative Radio and importance of community radio and other current topics.

Dionne Bunsha is an award winning journalist and humanitarian author. She’s the author of Scarred: Experiments with Violence in Gujarat. She spoke in Vancouver on February 28 at the launch of Global Discontents, a new book of interviews between David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky.

Dionne Bunsha is an award winning journalist and humanitarian author. She’s the author of Scarred: Experiments with Violence in Gujarat. She spoke in Vancouver on February 28 at the launch of Global Discontents, a new book of interviews between David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky.

Friends of Community Media brought David Barsamian, host and producer of Alternative Radio, heard on KKFI every Wednesday at 9am, to St. Garabed’s Church in Kansas City on December 1st. […] The post David Barsamian appeared first on KKFI.

Andrea Anarchy and Person X were On Air Dec. 12 2017 and covered a wide range of topics including the class warfare manifested in the GOP Tax Bill, discriminatory hiring practices against women perceived to be overweight, the meaning of political economy, and our dreams for a radical 2018 political movement. We also played an excerpt from our interview with David Barsamian, host of Alternative Radio which focused on the need for a revitalized labor movement in the U.S. and offered advice for aspiring radio and print journalists. www.alternativeradio.org Wrapping up our show, we celebrated our favorite music and book releases in our Best of 2017. Andrea Anarchy took the time to make for our listeners a playlist of all our music favorites here: https://open.spotify.com/user/midwestmixtape/playlist/6h4u9L8Dog3vZme6r91Zab We also encourage people to check out the following books from 2017: October by China Mieville Guerillas of Desire by Kevin Van Meter Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown Against the Fascist Creep by Alexander Reid Ross Living A Feminist Life by Sara Ahmed LabourWave is an exploration of culture, politics, rebellion, and alternatives to capitalism recorded in Corvallis, Oregon. Contact us at corvallislabourwave@gmail.com

The following is an extended interview with host of Alternative Radio, David Barsamian. We discuss prospects for a new labor movement, corporate media, resistance, and solidarity in the age of rapacious capitalism. David Barsamian is the host of Alternative Radio out of Bolder, Colorado. For over 32 years AR has brought to listeners radical thinkers and organizers such as Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy, Tariq Ali, Vandana Shiva, Edward Said and many many more. Check out Alternative Radio on iTunes or at www.alternativeradio.org LabourWave is an exploration of culture, politics, rebellion, and alternatives to capitalism recorded in Corvallis, Oregon. Contact us at corvallislabourwave@gmail.com

This episode of Radio Active Magazine features an interview with David Barsamian recorded Thursday, Nov. 9 in anticipation of his visit to Kansas City and KKFI on December 1.  He has […] The post David Barsamian in KC Dec. 1 with new book appeared first on KKFI.

"Media, Propaganda and US Foreign Policy" featuring David Barsamian. Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Chomsky interviewer David Barsamian talk

David Barsamian

Chomsky interviewer David Barsamian talk

David Barsamian

Alternative Radio’s David Barsamian returned for the March 3, 2016 edition of  Tell Somebody, on the phone for a live call-in show. Just returned from a trip to Lebanon, he talked about that and took questions from callers as the show entered its final month. ​​Click on the pod icon above, or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" or "save link as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer. You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes Store or other podcast directory. If you have any comments or questions on the show, or problems accessing the files, send an email to mail@tellsomebody.us. Follow Tell Somebody on Twitter: @tellsomebodynow “Like” the Tell Somebody page on facebook:  www.facebook.com/TellSomebodyNow

Noam Chomsky with David Barsamian Lannan Foundation. March 18th, 2015.

David Barsamian created Alternative Radio to cover important stories neglected by mainstream media. In this podcast, he explains why he first pursued broadcasting, and how journalism can continue to be a source of social change. Topics include Alternative Radio, broadcasting, Armenian genocide, and using journalism to hold the government accountable. Created by Virginia Hamrick. http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/02/92/68/00001/Barsamian%20Podcastfixed.mp3

David Barsamian created Alternative Radio to cover important stories neglected by mainstream media. In this podcast, he explains why he first pursued broadcasting, and how journalism can continue to be a source of social change. Topics include Alternative Radio, broadcasting, Armenian genocide, and using journalism to hold the government accountable. Created by Virginia Hamrick. http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/02/92/68/00001/Barsamian%20Podcastfixed.mp3

Threats to the planet are growing in spite of legislation like the Clean Water Act and an agency named for Environmental Protection.  As global warming accelerates and carbon-fueled capitalism shows […] The post “Media, Capitalism and the Environment” with David Barsamian appeared first on KKFI.

David Barsamian, founder of Alternative Radio was in Kansas City on October 12, 2014 to speak on Media, Capitalism, and the Environment at the All Souls Forum.  I was able to sit down and talk to him for a few minutes right before his presentation. That conversation starts the October 16 edition of Tell Somebody. Next up, former CIA analyst and presidential daily briefer Ray McGovern thinks that it would be a travesty to give Pat Roberts another 6 years in the U.S. Senate, and wants to share with Kansans (and everybody else) some of the details of how Senator Roberts, as Senate Intelligence Committee Chair, helped Bush and Cheney politicize, distort and conjure up “intelligence” used to justify the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq.   Click on the pod icon above, or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" or "save link as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.   You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store  or other podcast directory. If you have any comments or questions on the show, or problems accessing the files, send an email to mail@tellsomebody.us. Follow Tell Somebody  on Twitter: @tellsomebodynow. “Like” the Tell Somebody page on facebook:  www.facebook.com/TellSomebodyNow

Alternative Radio host David Barsamian was at SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver for the 2014 Counter Culture Speaker Series.

On the September 5, 2013 edition of Tell Somebody, broadcast the day after The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to give President Barack Obama the power to a launch a military attack to punish Syria for using chemical weapons, and as debate heated up in the rest of congress and the public, Alternative Radio's  David Barsamian returned to the show to talk about Syria.   This page and the podcast are produced and maintained by Tell Somebody and may or may not reflect the edition of the show broadcast on the radio. Click on the pod icon above, or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer. You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or other podcast directory. If you have any comments or questions on the show, or problems accessing the files, send an email to mail@tellsomebody.us Click here to "like" Tell Somebody on facebook.  Follow Tell Somebody on twitter: @tellsomebodynow.

This episode of CJS(Archives) — the first in an ongoing series dedicated to presenting some of the best spoken word programming that has previously graced the airwaves on 88.5 FM in Edmonton — features an extended keynote address delivered by David Barsamian, the founder and producer of Alternative Radio. Barsamian spoke at the Edmonton Public […]

On the September 27, 2011, edition of Tell Somebody, David Barsamian, Director of Alternative Radio, tells how he was deported from New Delhi, India, apparently  because of his reporting of human rights abuses in Kashmir. Also on this show, a quick update on the city-owned nuclear weapons parts plant going up in Kansas City, Missouri.  How interesting that a financial services company called Oppenheimer is helping with the financing of a nuclear bomb plant! We round out the show with an excerpt from AMARC's Sylvia Richardson's keynote address at the national Grass Roots Radio Conference in Kansas City in August. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us 

Today's APEX, we bring you an update on the recent Indian court verdict of life imprisonment against noted human rights activist Dr.Binayak Sen. We also bring you music, the voice of Arundhati Roy in conversation with journalist David Barsamian and community calendar. The post APEX Express – December 30, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.

David Barsamian, author, lecturer and founder of Alternative Radio (www.alternativeradio.org) returns to Tell Somebody to talk about the current mideast peace talks in Washington, the importance of independent media, and his friendship with the late Edward Said. Click on the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to this show, or right-click and select save target as to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store. Send comments or questions to mail@tellsomebody.us

David Barsamian, founder and director of the award-winning Alternative Radio program, just returned from a trip to India and Nepal, took some time to talk to Tell Somebody about his trip.  He tells of running into eminent Indian environmental activist Vandana Shiva at a protest on an overpass in India, of his return to Nepal for the first time in decades, and shares his observations on subjects ranging from PBS' Charlie Rose to some rather vacuous comments from a couple of members of the Kansas City Missouri city council that he heard on Tell Somebody. The bulk of the show is David Barsamian on fire, in a good way, but first a snip of audio from the same-day Public Citizen press conference on the hyper-activist Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United v FEC case and the non-sequitor dismissal of critics of the proposed new Kansas City nuclear WMD plant boondoggle by KCMO councilman John Sharp and councilwoman Kathy Jolly. Right-click on the mp3 filename below and select "save target as" to save a copy of the show to your computer. Tom Klammer send me an email! mail@tellsomebody.us

Alternative Radio director and founder David Barsamian sits down at his home in Boulder, Colorado to talk with Tell Somebody.   In a June article about Barsamian’s keynote appearance at a Canadian media conference, a Canadian news site, www.hour.ca writes that “Dating back to the 1980s, Alternative Radio, founded by Armenian-American journalist and author David Barsamian, has been a shining example of an independent media initiative that wields international scope while maintaining fierce independence and strong ties to social movements." "Radio is uniquely positioned to deliver intellectual content, particularly because a listener is not distracted by the image, as in TV or the Internet," says Barsamian. "I think that for ideas and serious talk, radio is the singular medium that can offer a real ability for listeners to really delve into the profound issues of our time." http://www.hour.ca/news/news.aspx?iIDArticle=17473 Barsamian is winner of the Media Education Award, the ACLU's Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism, the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Award and the Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. The Institute for Alternative Journalism named him one of its Top Ten Media Heroes. He is the author of numerous books with Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Eqbal Ahmad, Tariq Ali and Edward Said. His series of books with Chomsky, America's leading dissident, have sold in the hundreds of thousands and have been translated into many languages. Alternative Radio (www.alternativeradio.org) is heard on Wednesdays at 9am Central on KKFI, right after Democracy NOW. Tom Klammer www.tellsomebody.us mail@tellsomebody.us

British-Pakistani author, Tariq Ali, is one of the world's leading historians and speakers on South Asia, U.S. foreign policy and the so-called clash of civilizations. This past March, before an audience at the Left Forum in New York City, Alternative Radio's founder and host, David Barsamian, spoke with Mr. Ali. They talked about Pakistan's history, recent news events, and about what the future holds for the country. This is an excerpt of that conversation. Featuring: David Barsamian, Alternative Radio founder/host and author; Tariq Ali,renowned author and historian Executive Producer/Host: Tena RubioProducer: Andrew StelzerAssociate Producer: Puck LoIntern: Elena Botkin-LevyExecutive Director: Lisa Rudman The post Making Contact – May 26, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.

{col. writ. 10/7/07} (c) '07 Mumia Abu-Jamal There are forces in this country and in this world that are expending energy to ensure war with Iran. That's right -- Iran. Many of those forces were the same ones that suckered the nation into Iraq, with media - megaphoned fear- mongering. Iran has become the feared bogeyman of the hour; the latest in the simplistic media projection of 'bad guy.' And, just as in Iraq, the media's demonization of the leader becomes reason to destroy, attack, bomb, and occupy a nation. "He's a bad guy!" "He's a ruthless dictator!" Doesn't this sound familiar? Famed scholar and linguist, Noam Chomsky, interviewed recently by radio host David Barsamian, gives a powerful example of the impact of media upon us. Chomps explained: Take a classic example, Germany. Under the Weimar Republic, Germany was the most civilized country in the world, the leader in the sciences and the arts. Within two or three years it had been turned into a country of raving maniacs by extensive propaganda--which, incidentally, was explicitly borrowed from Anglo-American commercial propaganda. And it worked. It frightened Germans. They thought they were defending themselves against the Jews, against the Bolsheviks. And you know what happened next. {Fr.: Barsamian, David, Targeting Iran (San Francisco, Ca.: Open Media/City Lights, 2007),p.47} And speaking of brutal, ruthless dictators, the U.S. backed Shah of Iran used his secret police, Savak, to drench the earth with blood and terror. But, to the U.S., he was cool. Has the nation learned nothing from the Iraq debacle? The U.S. Senate recently passed a non-binding resolution supporting the partition of Iraq. It makes a certain diabolical sense; the U.S. bombed it, invaded it, overthrew its government, and replaced it with puppets of their liking -- all this, not now being successful, why not shatter it into threes? This argument is now being made, not by rabid neo cons, but by so-called 'liberal' Democrats. Why? Because imperialism is a truly bipartisan American project. The newest target may well be Iran, despite the fact that if Iran is indeed more influential today, it's because of the U.S. invasion, occupation, and near destruction of Iraq. In sum, Iran was strengthened by Iraq's fall. The U.S. has a Middle East policy driven by fear and ignorance. It is reactive, emotional, and driven by faith --not reason. Those are dangerous forces to justify war, and unworthy of a nation that considers itself a superpower. Super in power, but petty in reasoning. --(c) '07 maj