This program is a cutting-edge initiative of Global Research. It provides a global perspective on what is really happening in America and around the World - vital information unavailable in the mainstream, with noted guests sharing their expertise with listeners.
Topics discussed will include: the US military agenda in the Middle East, the presidential election campaign, the unfolding financial crisis on Wall Street, the dramatic hikes in gasoline prices, Israel-Palestine, law and justice, Al Qaeda and the "war on terrorism," what’s happening at the White House and on Capitol Hill, a review of social, economic and environmental issues, and other vital topics of national and international concern.
Date: DECEMbER 1st 2008 (11 AM - 1.00 PM, Central Time)
This Week's Guests: Ramzy Baroud and Richard Wolff
Host: Stephen Lendman Ramzy Baroud is a veteran Palestinian-American journalist and former Al-Jazeera producer. He also taught Mass Communication at Australia's Curtin University of Technology, and is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Chronicle, a vital resource for information on Israel/Palestine and much more.
Baroud has written many articles, commentaries and short stories. He also authored several books, including his latest "The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of A People's Struggle."
Conditions in Occupied Palestine will be discussed, especially in Gaza under siege after Israel's latest chokehold tightening.
Richard Wolff is a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts and is well-known for his work on Marxian economics, economic methodology, and class analysis.
He's written numerous articles and books on topics ranging from modern imperialism; the economics of colonialism; rethinking Marxism; class theory, structures and history; the current economic crisis, and much more for over 40 years.
In a recent public talk, he said capitalism was hitting the fan at a time of the greatest crisis in his lifetime. He presented a Marxian analysis and proposed a socialist solution. That topic will be discussed on the program.
Show Time: Mondays, 11:00am - 1:00pm CT (12.00- 2.00pm ET, 9.00am-11am PT)
Award winning author and economics professor Michel Chossudovsky is Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization, Montreal, which hosts the critically acclaimed website: www.globalresearch.ca.
Michel Chossudovsky has taught at universities and academic institutions in North America, Western Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific. He is currently teaching in the International Development and Globalization Studies Program at the University of Ottawa.
He has undertaken field-research in all major regions of the developing World and has traveled to over 100 countries.
Michel Chossudovsky has also worked for several United Nations organizations on missions to Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa and has acted as adviser to governments of developing countries.
He is an active member of the Canadian antiwar movement and has written extensively on US and allied war plans in the Balkans, the Middle East and Central Asia.
He is the author of several international best sellers including The Globalization of Povertyand the New World Order (2003) and America's "War on Terrorism" (2005) and more than 500 articles. His writings have been translated into more than 25 languages. He is also a contributor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Stephen Lendman is a renowned author and Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG). He is based in Chicago and has written extensively on war and peace, social justice in America and many other national and international issues. Stephen Lendman is a recipient of a 2008 Project Censored Award, University of California at Sonoma.
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