The Making of Norman Finkelstein – Reality Asserts Itself (pt 3/8)
This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on December 31, 2014. Mr. Finkelstein on self-deception and the collapse of his identity.
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Financialization and the Collapse of European Social Democracy – Costas Lapavitsas on RAI (pt 7/8)
This interview was originally published on May 30, 2014. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Lapavitsas says Greece will face the choice between socialism or fascism.
Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer (pt 1/10)
On Reality Asserts Itself, Robert Scheer talks about democracy, journalism, and his new book, “They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy”. This interview was originally published on June 9, 2015.
Open – RAI with Bruce Cockburn (5/9)
This interview was originally published on May 28, 2019. Songwriter Bruce Cockburn discusses his experience visiting Guatemalan refugee camps and the inspiration behind his political and spiritual songwriting.
Finance is Building the Architecture of their Own Rules – Robert Johnson on RAI (pt 3/8)
This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on June 10, 2014. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Johnson says the scale of the political investment of finance – six, seven hundred million dollars – is overwhelming. With the political power of finance, do we still have a democracy?
Netanyahu’s Greater Israel Based on Expulsion and Annexation – Max Blumenthal (pt 3/5)
This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on October 30, 2013. In this episode of Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, Max Blumenthal, author of Goliath – Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, looks at PM Netanyahu’s strategy of ethnic cleansing and negotiations without end.
Islamophobia and a Challenge to Bill Maher – Deepa Kumar on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 1/5)
This interview was originally published on October 10, 2014. Dr. Kumar tells Paul Jay that what Bill Maher said is a perfect example of liberal Islamophobia.
The Price of NAACP Compromise was Too High – Gerald Horne on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 1/6)
This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on August 18, 2014. Mr. Horne, author of The Counter-Revolution of 1776, says it was a turning point in the history of black America when the NAACP succumbed to the pressures of the Cold War – the effects of which are still felt today.
Vietnam Body Counts and America as Victim – Christian Appy on RAI (4/5)
This interview was originally published June 2, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Appy says the Vietnam War killed millions of Vietnamese and tens of thousands of American workers – yet the mythology is America as a whole emerged as the victim.
The Vietnam Syndrome and the Project for a New American Century – Christian Appy on RAI (5/5)
This interview was originally published June 4, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Appy says that Israeli preemptive and punitive war became a model for US foreign policy.
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