In the 1st part of today’s program, we are going to examine the nature of political Islam. Muslims and Middle Eastern people have been under suspicion and scrutiny attack by the Bush administration here because of their country of origin and religious background. Despite this, it is important to analyze political Islam, its social origins … Continued
Bob Dylan Specialwith Derk Richardsonand Larry Kelp
More than 700 US Troops have died on Iraq soil since George Bush made that speech. During that same time, soldiers in America’s "Coalition of the Willing" have killed more than 7,000 Iraqis. … Photographs have surfaced showing severe torture in America’s Abu Grahib, where occupation forces hold some 15,000 prisoners for supporting the resistence. … Continued
Join co-hosts Malihe and Khali for a talk by Tariq Ali, writer, filmmaker and a long-time political activist. Tariq delivered this presentation on April 23 at the 2004 Conference of the Union for Democratic Communications (UDC) held in Saint Louis, Missouri. The theme for this year’s conference was “The Axis of Empire”. The conference was … Continued
Last weekend was the May Day. This important day was observed and celebrated by the working classes of many countries in the Middle East. Following the May Day events in Turkey, we have an interview with Ms.Turkan from the editors of the magazine: AntiKapitalist,(www.antikapitalist.net) published in Turkey. Turkey has a tradition of a militant and … Continued
Join Co-hosts Malihe and Khalil on this week’s program where, as part of our series on the History of the Berbers or Amazighe people, we will hear interviews with two prominent Algerian Berber leaders from the heart of Kabylia Mountains. Dr. Said Saadi, head of the Rally for Culture and Democracy party and one of … Continued
We will be starting a series to investigate nationalism, the right of nations to self determination and the creation of nation states through the struggle of the Kurdish people. The Kurdish left is going through the discussions of nationalism, nation building and the true meaning of liberation from the left perspective. Class rule, tribal structure … Continued
Deir Yassin was an Arab village on the outskirts of west Jerusalem not very far from the highway that connects Jerusalem with the Mediterranean seacoast of Palestine. On Friday, April 9th 1948 Deir Yassin was the scene of an unprovoked and premeditated massacre that has since come to symbolize the inhumanity and savagery of political … Continued
Join Co-hosts Malihe and Khalil on this week’s program where Dr Faisal Tabaili of Middle Eastern and North African Perspectives (MENAP) will be in conversationwith Beshara Doumani, professor of history at UC Berkeley, on the political and social transformations of the Palestinian people and their struggles under the Occupation, the current socio-political situation in Palestine, … Continued
Please join us for a special interview with one of the most prominent leaders of the Palestinian struggle – Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi. He is the President of the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, and an active participant in the building of a democratic Palestinian civil society. We … Continued
