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It Can't Happen Here

2012-01-29T11:07:00.002-05:00

Weapons 'R' Us

2012-01-23T15:23:00.000-05:00

William Astore, history professor and retired lieutenant colonel (USAF), talks about his early fascination with weaponry, his changing attitude over the years, and the current state of arms dealing.

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Blood on Whose Hands?

2012-01-18T11:05:00.005-05:00

Chase Madar, a civil rights attorney, TomDispatch regular, and author of the upcoming book The Passion of Bradley Manning talks about the current legal status of Private First Class Manning and the possible strategies of his defense team.

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Drone Disasters

2012-01-15T16:22:00.003-05:00

Nick Turse, an award-winning journalist and TomDispatch regular, talks about the reality of US drone warfare.

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Danger Waters

2012-01-10T07:56:00.001-05:00

Michael Klare, a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, a TomDispatch regular, and author most recently of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet, talks about the transportation of fossil fuels and how it affects foreign policy.

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Hopefully Naïve

2012-01-04T12:04:00.002-05:00

Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, and founder of 350.org, talks about the money behind current environmental policy and the benefits of being hopefully naïve.

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A New Cold War in Asia

2011-12-05T13:32:00.001-05:00

Michael Klare, a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, a TomDispatch regular, and author most recently of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet, talks about the US military's expanding presence in the Pacific, and how it may lead to a new cold war in Asia.

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Thirst in the Southwest

2011-12-04T11:35:00.002-05:00

William deBuys, an environmental activist and author most recently of A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest, talks about the politics of water in the southwestern United States.

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A Political Victory for OWS

2011-11-20T16:56:00.000-05:00

Andy Kroll, the Washington D.C. correspondent for Mother Jones magazine and an associate editor for TomDispatch, talks about what he describes as the Occupy Wall Street movement's first political victory.

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The American Exceptionalism of My Childhood

2011-11-16T16:21:00.002-05:00

TomDispatch founding editor Tom Engelhardt discusses his childhood in post–World War II America, and the propaganda of American exceptionalism.

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Big Change

2011-11-12T14:37:00.001-05:00

Retired US Army Colonel and professor of History and International Relations at Boston University Andrew Bacevich discusses the changing influences in the lives of his students.

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A Poor Argument?

2011-11-05T22:05:00.001-04:00

Frances Fox Piven, activist, educator, and author most recently of Who's Afraid of Frances Fox Piven?: The Essential Writings of the Professor Glenn Beck Loves to Hate, talks about her book, her reaction to Occupy Wall Street, and Glenn Beck's unhealthy obsession with her work and that of her late husband Richard Cloward.

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From the Hudson to the Potomac

2011-10-31T17:40:00.002-04:00

Lawrence Weschler discusses his latest book Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative.

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Hitting a Wall

2011-10-29T19:34:00.002-04:00

TomDispatch founding editor Tom Engelhardt shares his reaction to the Occupy Wall Street movement and the unpredictability of popular protests.

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An Aural Occupation

2011-10-17T11:30:00.001-04:00

This week we present a soundscape composed of clips from the protest in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, in the heart of the financial district. You will hear a range of voices and modes of expression. For the best listening experience, we recommend listening through a pair of quality headphones.

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The All-American Occupation

2011-10-14T21:41:00.000-04:00

Historian Steve Fraser talks about the current demonstrations on Wall Street and their historical precedents.

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Allende's Words for Obama

2011-10-08T18:03:00.005-04:00

Ariel Dorfman, Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, journalist and human rights activist, talks about his latest book Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile, and his latest piece for TomDispatch, a poem in which Dorfman invokes the voice of former Chilean president Salvador Allende to offer words of advice to Barack Obama.

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Pacific Power or Pacific Partner?

2011-10-03T14:52:00.000-04:00

John Feffer, the co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, talks about the US presence in the Pacific, the upcoming elections in East Asia, and what changes would have to take place for the United States to shift from a Pacific power to a pacific partner.

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What's in a Link?

2011-09-26T11:40:00.002-04:00

Peter Van Buren, a long-time State Department employee, blogger, and author most recently of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People talks about how a link on his personal blog to a Wikileaks document led to him being interrogated by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and might even cost him his job.

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The West and the Rest

2011-09-25T17:06:00.001-04:00

Pepe Escobar, a correspondent for Asia Times, TomDispatch regular, and author most recently of Obama does Globalistan, shares his reflections on the state of the global economy and what future, if any, it might have in store.

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Burial Grounds

2011-09-07T12:03:00.000-04:00

TomDispatch founding editor Tom Engelhardt joins us for our 100th TomCast episode and reflects on the origins of TomDispatch and where we are as a country 10 years after the events of September 11, 2001.

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Grace? Yeah, I know her.

2011-07-27T13:51:00.001-04:00

Andrew Bacevich, a professor of history and international relations at Boston University and author of Washinton Rules: America's Path to Permanent War, talks about the concept of cheap grace, military spectacle, and what it would mean to truly support our troops.

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Crashing the Party

2011-07-25T12:26:00.001-04:00

Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear, among many others, and a creative writing professor at the University of California, Riverside, talks about the interaction of financial crises throughout the world, and the tenuous Chinese real estate market.

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Breaking Bread

2011-07-18T16:41:00.000-04:00

Christian Parenti, a contributing editor at The Nation magazine, and author of Lockdown America, The Soft Cage, and The Freedom, talks about his latest book, Tropic of Chaos, and the role that climate change and the resulting crop shortages play in sparking violent conflict around the world.

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Bait Shop

2011-07-17T16:29:00.001-04:00

Stephan Salisbury, cultural writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer and author of Mohamed's Ghosts: An American Story of Love and Fear in the Homeland, speaks about the changing feelings within the general public regarding Muslim-Americans and the Islamic religion, and how that may play out in next year's election.

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War Without Humans

2011-07-10T09:36:00.002-04:00

Barbara Ehrenreich, activist, essayist, and author of numerous books including Nickel and Dimed, Bright-sided, and Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War, talks about the history and nature of warfare, and what effect–if any–modern technology has had on the way humans conduct war.

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This Case Blows

2011-07-06T13:06:00.000-04:00

Civil rights attorney Chase Madar discusses the case surrounding alleged Army whistleblower Bradley Manning, why and how he could be defended, and why Madar believes Manning deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom, not a prison cell.

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Coming to Our Senses

2011-06-27T15:10:00.000-04:00

Andrew Bacevich, a retired US Army Colonel, professor of History and International Relations at Boston University, and author most recently of Washington Rules, talks about voices of dissent regarding national security policy, and how likely the US to change course.

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War Is No Longer War

2011-06-20T15:21:00.005-04:00

Jonathan Schell, an acclaimed scholar and writer, has a conversation with TomDispatch founding editor Tom Engelhardt about Jonathan's latest TomDispatch article "Attacking Libya -- and the Dictionary: If Americans Don't Get Hurt, War Is No Longer War."

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Double Down

2011-06-18T12:44:00.003-04:00

Karen Greenberg, director of the NYU Center on Law and Security and author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First One Hundred Days, talks about the so-called war on terror—now going on ten years—and the legal and policy implications that have accompanied it.

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Ward v. Ford

2011-06-15T17:19:00.001-04:00

Chip Ward, a grassroots organizer and activist and author of Canaries on the Rim and Hope's Horizon talks about the complexities of our ecosystem and how our environment is slipping out of balance.

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Going Through Withdrawal (part 2 of 2)

2011-06-06T14:32:00.003-04:00

Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the War for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, shares a few of his personal experiences with private contractors in Iraq.

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Going Through Withdrawal (part 1 of 2)

2011-06-06T14:30:00.003-04:00

Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the War for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, talks about why the US went into—and continues to stay in—Iraq, and whether there are any success stories to take away.

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It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Worse

2011-06-03T17:45:00.005-04:00

Michael T. Klare, a peace and world securities studies professor at Hampshire College and author of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy, discusses the political and ecological consequences of an energy crisis that continues to worsen.

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Back-Asswards

2011-05-25T04:15:00.011-04:00

Ira Chernus, a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, discusses president Obama's recent ultimatum that Israel return to its pre-1967 borders.

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We Meant Well

2011-05-14T14:46:00.009-04:00

Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the War for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, which comes out in September from Metropolitan Books, talks about his book and his observations on Western-style nation building.

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An Accidental Sportswriter

2011-05-07T15:52:00.006-04:00

TomDispatch's senior Jock Culture correspondent Robert Lipsyte talks about the first time he met Muhammad Ali. The story is described in more detail in his new memoir, An Accidental Sportswriter, which is on bookshelves now.

For more, you can watch videos in which he declares Billie Jean King the most important sports figure of the 20th Century, and describes the moment he found out his father used to be a jock. You can purchase your own copy of Robert's memoir at Amazon.com, or at any quality bookstore near you.

Would You Like Jobs with That?

2011-05-07T15:10:00.005-04:00

Andrew Kroll, a DC correspondent for Mother Jones magazine, talks about unemployment, America's barbell economy, and his recent TomDispatch article "How the McEconomy Bombed the American Worker."

Do You Want to Know a Secret?

2011-05-04T17:59:00.005-04:00

TomDispatch founder and editor, and author of The American Way of War, Tom Engelhardt talks about the paradox of highly publicized covert warfare.

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To End All Wars

2011-05-01T17:25:00.006-04:00

Adam Hochschild, a San Francisco-based author of seven books including 'King Leopold's Ghost,' talks about his latest book, 'To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918.'

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SubordiNations

2011-04-23T13:56:00.007-04:00

Al McCoy, a professor of history at the University of Wisconson–Madison, and author most recently of the award-winning book 'Policing America's Empire: The United States, the Philippines and the Rise of the Surveillance State,' talks about how empires are maintained, why the US empire is in decline, and what the consequences might be depending on how we respond to that decline.

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Myth Debunkers

2011-04-16T21:56:00.003-04:00

Ira Chernus, a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, discusses some of the fallacies in the popular narrative regarding the State of Israel.

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Not Why, But How

2011-04-11T17:16:00.003-04:00

Andrew Bacevich, a retired US Army Colonel and professor of History and International Relations at Boston University and author most recently of 'Washington Rules', talks about the current US involvement in Libya.

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The Beginning and the End

2011-03-30T21:32:00.004-04:00

Andrew Kroll, a TomDispatch regular and D.C. correspondent for Mother Jones magazine, discusses his time in the halls of Wisconsin's capitol.

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War and the Words

2011-03-28T13:33:00.004-04:00

Karen Greenberg, director of the NYU Center on Law and Security and author of 'The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First One Hundred Days,' talks about prison conditions in Guantanamo and the United States, prisoners' rights, and the significance of language in the practice of law.

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The Friendly Atom

2011-03-23T16:00:00.005-04:00

Chip Ward, an environmental activist and author of "Canaries on the Rim" and "Hope's Horizon" discusses the long-term consequences of nuclear power.

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Don't Go There!

2011-03-21T18:03:00.003-04:00

Tom Engelhardt, founder and editor of TomDispatch.com, tells a personal story related to his latest article on nuclear catastrophes.

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In the Moment

2011-03-19T12:08:00.002-04:00

Rebecca Solnit, an award-winning author based in San Francisco, discusses the tragedy and the beauty that are found in moments of both revolution and disaster.

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Taking the War Out of Air War

2011-03-16T20:08:00.002-04:00

Ralph Pochoda joins us again to read Tom Engelhardt's latest article on US aerial "warfare" and the civilians who suffer the consequences.

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The Empire's New Clothes

2011-03-09T19:16:00.002-05:00

Yale professor David Bromwich talks about what he called in his latest TomDispatch article "the embarrassments of empire." He also discusses how President Obama's personality—measurably different from his predecessor's—affects how he responds to a crisis.

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A City (Or Two) on a Hill

2011-03-07T22:02:00.003-05:00

James Carroll, award-winning author and columnist for The Boston Globe, talks about his new book 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem' and shares his fascinating perspective on history, war, religion and shifting perceptions of Islam.

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(N)ever Again

2011-03-06T14:48:00.002-05:00

Ralph Pochoda reads Tom Engelhardt's latest piece '(N)ever Again: Old Secretaries of Defense Never Die, They Just Write Bestselling Memoirs.'

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Oilquake in the Middle East

2011-03-02T18:32:00.002-05:00

Michael Klare, a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, discusses the global effects of current events in the Middle East and what they mean for the future.

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Who Picks Up the Tab?

2011-02-28T13:36:00.003-05:00

Christopher Hellman, a budget analyst and communications liaison for the National Priorities Project, explains how he arrived at the staggering numbers that make up the US national security budget.

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A Vow Against Silence

2011-02-18T13:26:00.006-05:00

William Astore, history professor and retired lieutenant colonel (USAF), talks about the difficulty of speaking one’s mind in the military.

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Weapons of Mass Disruption

2011-02-14T11:05:00.003-05:00

Michael Schwartz, a sociology professor at Stony Brook University and author of 'War Without End: The Iraq War in Context' talks about the Egyptian revolution and the power of nonviolent disruption.

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From Prisoner to Peacemaker

2011-02-11T14:22:00.003-05:00

Jen Marlowe, an author, playwright, documentary filmmaker and human rights advocate, discusses the story of Palestinian peace activist and co-author of her latest book "The Hour of Sunlight," Sami Al Jundi.

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In Defense of Bradley Manning

2011-02-08T22:25:00.003-05:00

Civil rights attorney Chase Madar outlines the case against––and the defense on behalf of––the soldier who allegedly provided the documents for the latest WikiLeaks release as well as the now infamous "Collateral Murder" video, Private First Class Bradley Manning.

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A Play, Onwards!

2011-01-31T09:18:00.006-05:00

Wallace Shawn, an OBIE Award-winning playwright, writer, and star of stage and screen, talks about his life in the theatre and the relationship between art and politics.

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The Empire Bowl

2011-01-29T05:35:00.009-05:00

Robert Lipsyte, an acclaimed sports writer and novelist, discusses the Super Bowl, the all-volunteer army, and what American football reveals about our country and its people.

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Military-Industrial Cutbacks?

2011-01-25T19:11:00.003-05:00

Retired US Army colonel Andrew Bacevich, a professor of history and international relations at Boston University, discusses proposed defense cuts and whether or not they will parlay into a reduction in the total national security budget.

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The Corruption Game

2011-01-24T11:47:00.005-05:00

Juan Cole, a professor of history and director of the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan, talks about US government backing of corrupt dictatorships around the world.

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Oil and Vinegar

2011-01-21T19:09:00.005-05:00

Michael Klare, a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, discusses the economic and political ramifications of looming commodities shortages.

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US Versus Them?

2011-01-19T13:53:00.006-05:00

Ira Chernus, a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, talks about the power of myth and the potential for a progressive message of "us with them" as opposed to "us versus them."

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O Sister, Where Art Thou?

2011-01-11T16:30:00.004-05:00

Author, photographer and women's rights activist Ann Jones talks about her experience as an aid worker and institutionalized gender inequality throughout the world.

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A Complex Situation

2011-01-09T14:56:00.004-05:00

William Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation and an expert on weapons proliferation and military spending, describes the state of the current military-industrial complex. He also talks about how companies like Lockheed Martin have exceeded what Eisenhower envisioned when he coined the phrase.

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Way Off Base

2011-01-07T22:07:00.006-05:00

Nick Turse, an award-winning journalist, author, Harvard fellow and frequent TomDispatch contributor, talks about his effort to find the true number of foreign bases the US operates, and whether that number is likely to go up or down.

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Forced Out

2011-01-04T17:51:00.007-05:00

Bill Astore, history professor and retired lieutenant colonel for the USAF, dissects the fallacy in describing the US military as the greatest force in the world, and why our current imperial policies are unsustainable.

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Sitting Down at Nature's Table

2010-12-15T18:35:00.005-05:00

Author, educator and environmentalist Bill McKibben talks about the consequences of trying to negotiate with science.

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A Run for the Border

2010-12-13T22:17:00.004-05:00

Stephan Salisbury, cultural writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, talks about the the new right connecting border control with the so-called war on terror.
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After the Flood

2010-12-08T20:17:00.006-05:00

Poet and author Fatima Bhutto talks about the relationship between the US and Pakistan and where it may be headed.

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A Message to Our Listeners

2010-11-23T10:00:00.003-05:00

We are off this week, but we still have a short message about the latest from the TomCast project.

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Monster Embassies

2010-11-14T07:49:00.006-05:00

Tom Engelhardt discusses a disturbing trend in the American Way of War and the US media's failure to cover it.

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Birds of Prayer

2010-11-08T16:18:00.008-05:00

Ira Chernus, a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, discusses the history and possible future of the struggle for peace in the Middle East and the shifting opinions of American jews regarding Israeli policies.

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The Land of Oz

2010-11-04T04:49:00.002-04:00

Chase Madar, a civil rights lawyer and contributor to The London Review of Books, Le Monde Diplomatique, Counterpunch and The American Conservative, illustrates how prisons like the one at Guantanamo Bay are not the exception, but rather the rule, when it comes to the American criminal justice and penal systems.

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An Officer and a Journalist

2010-10-28T21:38:00.002-04:00

Bill Astore talks about his transition from a career in the military to one in academia, and why he began writing as a military critic for TomDispatch.

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California Uber Oilists

2010-10-21T14:58:00.002-04:00

TomDispatch regular Rebecca Solnit, an author and environmental/political activist from San Francisco, describes the opposing forces fighting over the environmental issues facing California.

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Jock Politicians

2010-10-18T17:02:00.003-04:00

Robert Lipsyte, long-time sports columnist for The New York Times and TomDispatch regular, explains why we should avoid voting a jock into political office.

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Book It, Dave-o

2010-10-12T20:13:00.002-04:00

Nick Turse, award-winning journalist, Harvard fellow and author of The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan (Verso), talks about the disparity between the number of books published on the subject of Vietnam during the 60s and 70s compared to what we see in our bookstores today regarding Afghanistan. He also sheds some light on how the content itself has changed, and why.

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Lost in the Desert

2010-10-05T16:21:00.002-04:00

Andrew Bacevich, retired US Army colonel, current professor of history and international relations at Boston University and author most recently of Washinton Rules, discusses US involvement in the Af-Pak theater.

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Brother, Can You Spare Some Time?

2010-10-04T20:24:00.002-04:00

Andy Kroll, DC correspondent for Mother Jones magazine and associate editor for TomDispatch, discusses his investigation into the unemployment situation in the United States and the debate over the length of unemployment insurance.

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Shaken and Stirred.

2010-09-19T10:28:00.002-04:00

Professor Michael Klare discusses China's developing energy policy, and how it's shaking up the world.

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Deposit or Withdrawal?

2010-09-10T14:50:00.002-04:00

Award-winning journalist and Harvard fellow Nick Turse makes the case for a US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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When It Rains, It's Ignored

2010-09-08T16:12:00.002-04:00

Author, history professor and scholar Juan Cole discusses the media coverage drought regarding the Pakistani floods.

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You Get the General's Idea

2010-09-06T20:44:00.002-04:00

Tom Engelhardt discusses the new trend in the American way of war in which generals get to create their own narratives.

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An Empire of Bases

2010-08-16T16:22:00.002-04:00

Chalmers Johnson discusses how the US became an unprecedented empire of bases, as well as the topic of his new book "Dismantling the Empire."

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The Gulf at the Gas Station

2010-08-11T15:01:00.002-04:00

Mark Engler, a senior analyst with Foreign Policy In Focus and author of "How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy," discusses how the true cost of oil is not reflected in the prices Americans pay when they go to the pump.

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Out, Damned Spot

2010-08-04T20:10:00.002-04:00

TomDispatch founder and editor Tom Engelhardt discusses the WikiLeaks website, the controversy surrounding it, and whose hands are really covered in blood.

"What need we fear who knows it when none can call our power to account?"

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Pressure Cooking

2010-08-03T13:30:00.005-04:00

Bill McKibben discusses how, given the government's apathetic attitude toward the issue, it is the public that must lead the fight against global warming.
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Washington Rules

2010-07-27T20:15:00.002-04:00

Andrew Bacevich, a retired US Army colonel and professor of history and international relations at Boston University, discusses his latest book "Washington Rules."
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Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow

2010-07-19T15:22:00.002-04:00

Bill Astore discusses the concept of the "hero," and critiques the idea of automatically equating military service with heroism.
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Godot Called. He's On His Way.

2010-07-17T13:42:00.002-04:00

Ellen Cantarow discusses the personal experiences that motivated her to write her recent TomDispatch article on oil catastrophes in the Niger Delta, Ecuador and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Misfortune Telling

2010-07-10T20:04:00.002-04:00

Tom Engelhardt ponders the future of the war in Afghanistan, and the frightening consequences of success.
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A Leather Glove

2010-07-06T01:28:00.002-04:00

Stephan Salisbury discusses cases that could easily be described as entrapment, and gives examples of how that method of law enforcement has changed in the past decade.
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To COIN a Phase...

2010-06-27T01:30:00.002-04:00

McChrystal. Petraeus. Obama. Afghanistan. Counterinsurgency. Rolling Stone. Independent journalist Robert Dreyfuss addresses it all in our latest TomCast.
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The American Way of War

2010-06-25T13:48:00.002-04:00

In our first video TomCast, Tom Engelardt discusses how most of the American public is oblivious to the fact that the US military is garrisoning the planet, how we have long been in a perpetual state of war, and other topics from his new book "The American Way of War."

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Fossil Hunting

2010-06-21T22:50:00.002-04:00

Michael Klare and I discussed his most recent TomDispatch article, which, in the wake of the recent Gulf spill, addresses the environmental catastrophes–as well as political conflicts–we are likely to face in the near future, unless we're able to curb our addiction to fossil fuels.
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America's Soviet Era

2010-06-15T07:34:00.002-04:00

TomDispatch founder Tom Engelhardt describes how the United States is entering its "Soviet Era," and also discusses his new book, "The American Way of War."
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TomDispatch Contributors Speak about the Environment

2010-06-09T18:32:00.002-04:00

Excerpts from recent TomCasts featuring Bill McKibben, Rebecca Solnit, Chip Ward, and previously unreleased commentary from Subhankar Banerjee.
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Here's the Drill

2010-05-25T09:59:00.002-04:00

Photographer, writer and activist Subhankar Banerjee talks about the possibility of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic.
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