Fight the Empire

We live in an empire that began 500 years ago with the European conquest of the Americas. This program looks at how the empire permeates our lives.

 

What are we doing in the world? What are we doing to the world?

George Kennan was an influential US diplomat during the Cold War years. It was he who devised the containment strategy against the Soviet Union (as opposed to a more aggressive rollback policy). In February 1948 Kennan presented a document to President Truman, Presidential Policy Statement #23, which includes the following:

"The US has  50 percent of the world's wealth, but only 6.3 percent of its population. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which permits us to maintain this position of disparity...To do so we will have to dispense with all sentimentality and day-dreaming, and our attention will have to be concentrated everywhere on our immediate national objectives.

"We should cease to talk about vague and unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are hampered by idealistic slogans the better."

Some have claimed that Kennan was speaking as a foreign policy "realist," and arguing against an ideological anti-Communist crusade. That may be so, but his words are clear, as Noam Chomsky has pointed out. The US intends to keep for itself an unfair share of the world's resources. The main difference between the realists and the ideologues is one of tactics in pursuing this ignoble goal.

 

 

 

 

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Fight the Empire on 05/16/13

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Interview with Gilad Atzmon
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Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-born musician and author of The Wandering Who, criticized a recent solidarity statement calling for Syrian ruler Bashar Assad to step down. Are progressives really in bed with Bibi Netanyahu?

Fight the Empire on 05/02/13

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How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion
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Host Per Fagereng speaks with Michael Klare, who offers a hair-raising look at how two trends on the planet -- growing resource scarcity and climate change -- are creating a formula for future disruption, social unrest, state collapse, and in the long run cataclysm.  

According to TomDispatch Media Alert:  “Resource shock” is a new term in our lexicon, but you’re going to become familiar with it soon enough on a planet that will be in increasing disarray -- Michael T. Klare, “Entering a Resource-Shock World, How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion.”

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Fight the Empire on 04/18/13

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Former Reagan budget director David Stockman on "The Great Deformation"
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Host Per Fagereng speaks with former Reagan administration budget director David Stockman about his new book "The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America." 

David Stockman was the architect of the so-called Reagan Revolution. In "The Great Deformation" he argues that the working of free markets and democracy has long been under threat in America, and provides a nonpartisan list of the corrupters and defenders. 

Fight the Empire on 04/04/13

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Connecting history with the latest world events
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Fight the Empire on 03/21/13

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Mel Goodman on "National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism"
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Host Per Fagereng interviews Mel Goodman about his new book "National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism."

"Mel Goodman has spent the last few decades telling us what's gone wrong with American intelligence and the American military, and now, inNational Insecurity, he tells us what we must do to change the way the system works, and how to fix it. Goodman is not only telling us how to save wasted billions--he is also telling us how to save ourselves." -- Seymour M. Hersh, "The New Yorker."

Fight the Empire on 03/07/13

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A look at the Columbia River Crossing
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With the price of gasoline rising and people driving less, do we need a monster highway boondoggle? Our legislature has approved $450 million for the Columbia River Crossing. Economist Joe Cortright, chair of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors, says it's a bad deal for Oregon.

Fight the Empire on 02/21/13

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Interview with David Yallop
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Pope John Paul 1 didn't have time to become a superstar. He was pope for only 33 days and then he died in September 1978. Some say he was murdered.

Thursday's guest will be investigative writer David Yallop author of In God's Name. He believes John Paul 1 was murdered and gives reasons why. The Pope was investigating the Vatican Bank and the notorious P-2 Masonic Lodge. He seemed about to change the church's position on birth control. He was making enemies. 

 

 

 

Fight the Empire on 02/07/13

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Pepe Escobar on Africa and gold
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The guest will be author and journalist Pepe Escobar. We'll look at the fighting in Mali and the new global gold rush. The future of the privileged US dollar may well be at stake.

Fight the Empire on 01/17/13

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Interview with Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick
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The Untold History of the United States

Today's guests will be film director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick. They have produced a ten-part television series and a 700-page book -- The Untold History of the United States -- revealing things we didn't learn in school

Fight the Empire on 01/03/13

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Christian Parenti discusses "The Limits To Growth."
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Forty years ago a ground-breaking book was published, called "The Limits To Growth." MIT researchers used computer models to project a future world economy, and many of the results pointed to collapse. Thursday's guest will be author Christian Parenti, to discuss "The Limits To Growth" and where it leads.

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Ray McGovern: "Obama's Timidity and Deaths at Sea"

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Thu, 06/03/2010

Host Per Fagereng discusses the Israeli commando attack on the Gaza aid flotilla and other issues with Ray McGovern, retired CIA officer turned political activist. McGovern was a Federal employee under seven US presidents over 27 years, presenting the morning intelligence briefings at the White House for many of them. McGovern has a recent article on ConsortiumNew.com called "Obama's Timidity and Deaths at Sea."  http://www.consortiumnews.com/2010/060110a.html

 

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San Francisco City Hall Uprising 50 years ago

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Host Per Fagereng speaks with Portland resident Burton White about the San Francisco City Hall Uprising in 1960, 50 years ago this week. Both Fagereng and White were arrested at the San Francisco City Hall. They were part of a group of people protesting the House Un-American Activities Committee or HUAC, which was holding a hearing in San Francisco. Police turned fire hoses on the protesters inside the City Hall. A total of 68 people got arrested.

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Michael Parenti on "God and His Demons"

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Per Fagereng hosts Part 2 of his interview with scholar, author and lecturer Michael Parenti about his new book, "God and His Demons."

Michael Parenti (Berkeley, CA) is the acclaimed author of more than twenty books, including, most recently, Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader; The Assassination of Julius Caesar; and The Culture Struggle. The New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post, the New York Review of Books, Harper's, The Nation, and Antioch Review, are among the countless publications that have praised Parenti's work. For further information, visit his Web site: michaelparenti.org

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Micael Parenti discusses "God and His Demons," a look at the dark side of religion

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 Host Per Fagereng speaks with political analyst and author Michael Parenti about his new book, God and His Demons, a look at the dark side of religion, the many evils committed in the name of godly virtue throughout history.  Michael Parenti has won awards from Project Censored, the Caucus for a New Political Science, the city of Santa Cruz, New Jersey Peace Action, the Social Science Research Council, the Society for Religion in Higher Education, and other organizations. 

He now serves on the advisory boards of Independent Progressive Politics Network, Education Without Borders, and the Jasenovic Foundation; as well as the advisory editorial boards of New Political Science and Nature, Society and Thought. He also served for some 12 years as a judge for Project Censored.

He is the author of twenty-two books:
• God and His Demons (Prometheus Books, 2010)
• Democracy for the Few (Wadsworth, 9th edition, 2010)
• Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader (City Lights Books, 2007)
• Democracy for the Few (Wadsworth, 8th edition, 2007)
• The Culture Struggle (Seven Stories Press, 2006)
• Superpatriotism (City Lights Books, 2004)
• The Assassination of Julius Caesar (The New Press, 2003)
• The Terrorism Trap (City Lights Books, 2002)
• To Kill a Nation (Verso Books, 2001)
• History as Mystery (City Lights Books, 1999)
• America Besieged (City Lights Books, 1998)
• Blackshirts and Reds (City Lights Books, 1997)
• Dirty Truths (City Lights Books, 1996)
• Against Empire (City Lights Books, 1995)
• Inventing Reality (Wadsworth, second edition, 1993)
• Land of Idols (St. Martin's, 1993)
• Make-Believe Media (Wadsworth, 1992)
• The Sword and the Dollar (St. Martin's, 1989)
• Power and the Powerless (St. Martin's, 1978)
• Ethnic and Political Attitudes (Arno Press, 1975)
• Trends and Tragedies in American Foreign Policy (Little, Brown, 1971)
• The Anti-Communist Impulse (Random House, 1969)
 
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"An Act of State" by Dr. William Pepper: an investigation into Martin Luther King Jr's assassination

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Thu, 04/01/2010

 Per Fagereng interviews Dr. William Pepper about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Pepper is the author of An Act of State, a compelling and authoritative account of how King’s challenge to the US establishment led inexorably to his murder.  William Pepper was a young journalist, just back from Vietnam, when he first met Martin Luther King Jr. His photographs and first-hand accounts of the war prompted King’s unflinching opposition to the war. His investigations of King’s assassination included extensive interviews with James Earl Ray. Pepper is an English barrister who convenes a seminar on International Human Rights at Oxford University and maintains practices in the US and the UK. He is the author of three other books and numerous articles.

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[Who Killed Marine Colonel Jim Sabow?

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Who killed Marine Colonel Jim Sabow? Host Per Fagereng speaks with the Colonel's brother Dr. David Sabow, who has been pursuing the case for over ten years.

Marine Colonel James Sabow's death was very controversial. In 1991 Sabow, a fighter pilot and a hero of the Vietnam War before becoming the third ranking officer at the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, was found dead behind his home at the base, a shotgun blast to his head, blood splattered across the backyard.

Navy and Marine officials ruled the death a suicide. But Sabow’s younger brother David says evidence indicated murder. He says his brother was killed because of his knowledge of drug smuggling at El Toro and that the murder was covered up to protect others.

 

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Entropy and Empire

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Thu, 02/04/2010

Host Per Fagereng speaks with blogger Stoneleigh, who contributes to the website theautomaticearth.blogspot.com about entropy and empire. Kurt Liebezeit co-hosts.

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Christmas Day Bombing Attempt-- A False Flag Operation?

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Thu, 01/21/2010

Host Per Fagereng interviews investigative reporter Wayne Madsen about whether the Christmas day bombing attempt was a false flag operation.

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James Kunstler: Predictions for 2010 and Beyond

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Thu, 01/07/2010

 

Host Per Fagereng speaks with James Kunstler, author of numerous books including World Made By Hand, The Long Emergency, and The Geography of Nowhere. He discusses his predictions for 2010 and the future in general. 

 

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History of Empire and the Imperial Doings of 2009

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Thu, 12/17/2009

Per Fagering goes back in time to review the history of empire.  Next he covers "the imperial doings" of 2009.

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Peter Bergrin (CNN)

Submitted by Jo on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 10:15am.

What a bunch of Bull. I can't even believe that a MSM whore like Bergrin was even put on KBOO air time to spew forth his bs propaganda! Fight the Empire, my ass! Disappointed in KBOO for allowing this misinformation to be spread.

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