JIM HIGHTOWER
"Take Back America"
Radio commentator and author of the New York Times bestseller, THIEVES IN HIGH PLACES, discusses the threats to American democracy from the corporate, media, and political establishments and how
people can empower themselves through grassroots movements. Filmed at Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA on October 23, 2003. VHS Video • 39 minutes

AMY GOODMAN
"Free Speech & Independent Media"
Award-winning investigativejournalist and host of Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now! talks about the dangers to our civil liberties posed by the Patriot Act, threats to an independent press posed by recent FCC rules, and the lies of the Bush administration in launching the invasion of Iraq. Filmed at the One World Fair in Cummington, MA on September 20, 2003. VHS Video • 56 minutes

SCOTT RITTER
"The Bushwacking of America"
Former U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq, former U.S. Marine, and author of FRONTIER JUSTICE and SHIFTING SANDS, exposes the lies behind the Bush administration’s illegal invasion of Iraq and the mounting human and economic costs of the on-going U.S. military occupation of Iraq. Filmed in Deerfield, MA on October 7, 2003. VHS Video • 55 minutes

SCOTT RITTER
"The Case Against The U.S. War on Iraq"
Five months before the U.S. invaded Iraq, the former U.N. weapons inspector gave a comprehensive talk debunking the Bush administration’s claims about Iraq’s chemical, biological and nuclear weapons capabilities. In light of the post-invasion investigations which have revealed that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, Ritter’s pre-war warnings raise disturbing questions about the conduct of the Bush administration. Filmed at Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA on October 15, 2002. Broadcast nationally on Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now and on Free Speech TV. VHS Video • 55 minutes

DANIEL ELLSBERG
"Secrets & Lies: Vietnam To Iraq"
The government whistle-blower who released the top-secret Pentagon Papers in 1971 and author of the newly published book, SECRETS: A MEMOIR OF VIETNAM AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS, talks about the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq. Filmed at Amherst College in Amherst, MA on November 10, 2003. VHS Video •
55 minutes

VANDANA SHIVA
"Making Another World Possible"
World renown environmental leader, feminst, and author of WATER WARS and BIOPIRACY talks about the threats to planetary survival posed by corporate globalization and the grassroots resistance movement which offers a vision of a more sustainable future. Filmed in Northampton, MA on September 3, 2003. VHS Video •
57 minutes

DR. HELEN CALIDCOTT
"The New Nuclear Danger"
The founder of the Nobel Prize winning Physicians for Social Responsibility and author of many books about the medical hazards of the nuclear age speaks out about the growing dangers of nuclear war in our volatile times. Filmed at Smith College on November 12, 2002. Broadcast nationally on Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now and on Free Speech TV. VHS Video • 56 minutes

NOAM CHOMSKY
"Why Iraq?"
One of the foremost outspoken critics of U.S. foreign policy and the media and author of over 30 books, including 9-11 and MANUFACTURING CONSENT: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE MASS MEDIA, comments on the connections between the war against Iraq and the war on terrorism. Filmed at Harvard University on November 4, 2002. VHS Video • 54 minutes

NOAM CHOMSKY
"The World After September 11"
One of the foremost outspoken critics of U.S. foreign policy and the media and author of over 30 books, including 9-11 and MANUFACTURING CONSENT: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE MASS MEDIA, comments on the long-term implications of the September 11 attacks. Filmed at Tufts University on December 8, 2001. Broadcast nationally on Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now and on Free Speech TV.
VHS Video • 55 minutes

HOWARD ZINN
"Terrorism and War"
The author of A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES and YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN examines the the root causes which lead to terrorism and describes how a U.S. invasion will affect Iraqi civilians. Filmed at Brown University on November 14, 2002. Broadcast nationally on Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now and on Free Speech TV.
VHS Video • 57 minutes

HOWARD ZINN
"U.S. Foreign Policy, Terrorism, and Global Security"
The author of A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES and YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN contrasts the Bush administration’s "war on terrorism’s" stated aims with it’s actual realities, while presenting an historical perspective detailing military interventions by the United States over the last century. Filmed in Cambridge, MA on February 10, 2002. Broadcast nationally on Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now and on Free Speech TV.
VHS Video • 47 minutes