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New Libertarian Manifesto by SEK3 (Narrated by Mike Gogulski)

Category: eBooks, Magazines, Audio Books
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The New Libertarian Manifesto, Samuel Edward Konkin III's seminal work , is narrated & brought to life by renowned stateless-citizen blogger Mike Gogulski. Introductory Text: "Good morning, New Libertarian. Good morning, agorist. The voice you will hear for the next 85 minutes or so belongs to me, Mike Gogulski. I am a stateless ex-American. I renounced my American citizenship in 2008 and I have been a voluntary exile since 2004, presently living in Bratislava, Slovakia. As of this recording in May 2009, I maintain a website at www.nostate.com, which you are invited to visit. The words you will hear belong to all of humanity, but they were written by Samuel Edward Konkin III, arguably the initiator of the agorist theory. The book, New Libertarian Manifesto, was first published in 1980, and then updated in 1983. After two, brief prefaces, the book consists of five chapters: I. Statism: Our Condition II. Agorism: Our Goal III. Counter-Economics: Our Means IV. Revolution: Our Strategy V. Action! Our Tactics I have attempted to read the text of New Libertarian Manifesto as I have it in hand. Any deviations from the written text – which you can find online at the website agorism.info – are my own. After listening, take action. Agora! Anarchy! Action!"
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Nova: The Deadly Deception

Category: Documentary
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Nova: The Deadly Deception Written, Produced and Directed by Denise DiAnni - WGBH Boston, 1993 Distributed by Films for the Humanities, P.O. Box 205, Princeton, NJ 08543-3053. •Narrated by George Strait (Veteran journalist and former Chief Medical Correspondent with ABC News). •Among those interviewed include Vanessa Gamble (Historian of Medicine, MD Ph.D.), Allan Brandt (Historian of Medicine and Science), Herman Shaw (Study subject), Mary Hardy (Tuskegee Nurse), John Cutler (Tuskegee Study Researcher), James Jones (Historian, author of Bad Blood), Jay Katz (Professor of Law and Psychiatry), Bill Jenkins (Epidemiologist, CDC), Peter Buxton (Public Health worker, CDC), Gene Stollerman (CDC Review Panel, 1969), David Sencer (Director, CDC 1966-77), Charles Pollard (Study subject). •Edited by Charles Scott. •Camera by Robert Shepard, Brian Dowley, Bill Mills. •Original music composed by John Kusiak. •Voice over narration by Bill Mason. Winner of the 1993 National Association of Black Journalists Award From the University of Tuskegee website: "For forty years between 1932 and 1972, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) conducted an experiment on 399 black men in the late stages of syphilis. These men, for the most part illiterate sharecroppers from one of the poorest counties in Alabama, were never told what disease they were suffering from or of its seriousness. Informed that they were being treated for “bad blood,” their doctors had no intention of curing them of syphilis at all. The data for the experiment was to be collected from autopsies of the men, and they were thus deliberately left to degenerate under the ravages of tertiary syphilis—which can include tumors, heart disease, paralysis, blindness, insanity, and death. “As I see it,” one of the doctors involved explained, “we have no further interest in these patients until they die.”This program, hosted by CBS News correspondent Richard Schlesinger, includes an interview with one of the last surviving participants, Herman Shaw; explains the role of Nurse Rivers; and presents the medical establishment's justification for disguising racism as legitimate medical research." º A nearly extinct relic of Nova's earlier, more journalistically daring days, (well before ExxonMobile became a main underwriter), The Deadly Deception was once a documentary screened in high schools throughout the country. It may be still, although its internet presence is certainly not consistent with that of an important educational film. The title is unlisted at the WGBH website (the sales outlet for all Nova productions). Upon navigating to the "Archive" link on the Nova main page one discovers that only episodes aired from 1996-present have been cataloged. Browsing alphabetically under 'D' or 'T' is equally fruitless. The only reference to the film anywhere within the entirety of PBS' webspace is inside an un-linked alternate archive ¹, which begins with the notice: "Please note that these listings are provided for informational purposes only; very few of these programs are available for purchase on video. Those that are can be found at the NOVA section of Shop WGBH." The film is listed as either out of stock or unavailable at amazon.com, buy.com, ecampus.com and extramovie.com, though it is possible to check out a worn VHS copy from many university and public libraries. A Chicago public television station, WTTW 11, came under criticism when they refused to air the documentary. The Coalition for Democracy in Public Television cited an obvious conflict of interest between the station's programming department and "major channel 11 contributor General Electric," one of many powerful entities implicated in in the Tuskegee experiment ² The allegations of network bias in favor of corporate funders were categorically denied by the station but the documentary was never aired. This is not the first time that a groundbreaking documentary on racial and social justice has been kept under conspicuously tight wraps. The case of The Deadly Deception bears a close resemblance to that of the Blackside production Eyes on the Prize, an award-winning 14-episode series originally aired on PBS in 1987 and 1990 often described as the quintessential documentary on the civil rights movement, which was subject to a decade-long rebroadcast ban due to copyright filibustering by rights holders of some of the series' content (the use of the "Happy Birthday" song, owned by Time-Warner, was one such example).³ Former leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Lawrence Guyot, had this to say in response to the proprietary stranglehold: "I would call upon everyone who has access to 'Eyes on the Prize' to openly violate any and all laws regarding its showing." A digital redistribution movement via BitTorrent and other filesharing networks as well as unlicensed public screenings in major US cities soon followed, both of which rallied immense popular support and effectively reintroduced the film into the mainstream. The content in question has since been re-licensed and the series revived and reissued in DVD thanks to a $600,000 grant from the Ford Foundation and a personal $250,000 donation from Henry Louis Gates Jr., chairman of the African-American studies department at Harvard University. Whether or not there has been any comparable outcry for the redistribution of The Deadly Deception, the combination of the film's potentially engineered scarcity and great social and historical value make it meritorious of a similar share campaign by default. The quality of this rip should aptly illustrate the condition of the VHS tape from which it originated. Two previous copies had to be discarded due to such disrepair as to make them unwatchable. If you would like to see this film restored to a reputable quality, ask your library to purchase new copies of the film, or write Nova/WGBH and request that this important piece of investigative journalism be brought into the 21st century with a DVD release or remastered VHS. Until then, seed, share, and distribute. All foreign language subs are welcome and encouraged as well. º <http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/Story.asp?s=1207586> ¹ <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/listseason/> ² <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcrTS-PZP-Y> ³ <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14801-2005Jan16.html> ;; ;; Video Source: VHS Frame size: 560x416 Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Bitrate: 1603 Kbps Frame rate: 29.97 fps Codec: MPEG-4 Visual XviD 1.1 Container: .avi Audio Sample Rate: 48.0 KHz Bitrate: 128 Kbps VBR Language: English Channels: 2 (Stereo) Format: .mp3 Number of Streams: 1 tags: medicine medical experiments Alabama Tuskegee syphilis bad blood civil rights black african-american race racism segregation prejudice murder public health malpractice genocide
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Audio Books: Atheism (Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, Sagan and Bertrand Russel)

Category: eBooks, Magazines, Audio Books
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All files encoded at 32kbps, with excellent quality apart from a little tape-hiss from the cassettes of Russell and Sagan. Three complete essays on religion - by Bertrand Russell, read by Terence Hardiman (2½hrs) Terrence Hardiman gives an excellent reading of three philosophical essays from Bertrand Russell (1870-1970). Russell was one of the prominent voices that defined the religious and moral questions of the 20th century. These essays (What I Believe; Why I Am Not A Christian; and A Free Man's Worship) present Russell's persuasive opposition to any dogma that he believed could shackle the human mind. A British philosopher and mathematician, an ardent pacifist, opponent of nuclear weapons, and an advocate of sexual freedom, Russell once stated that his life had been governed by three passions: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and an unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. Remarkably relevant, beautifully written, and filled with wit and wisdom, these three essays will delight anyone who values the free and impassioned exchange of ideas. Religion and Science – by Bertrand Russell, read by David Case (2¼hrs) Bertrand Russell was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge University, where he taught for many years. He also lectured widely in the United States. Winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature, he authored many books including the influential Principia Mathematica, with Alfred North Whitehead, and The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 1872-1967, published in three volumes. In Religion and Science, Russell offers a brief yet insightful study of the conflicts between science and traditional religion during the last four centuries. Examining accounts in which scientific advances clashed with Christian doctrine or biblical interpretations of the day, from Galileo and the Copernican Revolution, to the medical breakthroughs of anaesthesia and inoculation, Russell points to the constant upheaval and re-evaluation of our systems of belief throughout history. In turn, he identifies where similar debates between modern science and the Church still exist today. In the paperback edition, Michael Ruse's new introduction brings these conflicts between science and theology up to date, focusing on issues arising after the Second World War. This classic is sure to interest all readers of philosophy and religion, as well as those interested in Russell's thought and writings. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything – written and read by Christopher Hitchens (9hrs) In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris' recent best-seller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope's view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty of the double helix. Hitchens contends that religion is "violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism, tribalism, and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children." Regarding his friend Salman Rushdie and the ayatollah’s fatwa: “One might have thought that such arrogant state-sponsored homicide . . . would have called forth a general condemnation. But such was not the case. In considered statements, the Vatican, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the chief sephardic rabbi of Israel all took a stand in sympathy with – the ayatollah. So did the cardinal archbishop of New York and other lesser religious figures. While they usually managed a few words in which to deplore the resort to violence, all these men stated that the main problem raised by the publication of The Satanic Verses was not murder by mercenaries but blasphemy.” God Is Not Great is a coolly angry book, but there are good laughs too; for example, Hitchens’s hilarious account of how Malcolm Muggeridge launched “the ‘Mother Teresa’ brand upon the world” with his story that, while the BBC struggled to film her under low-light conditions, she spontaneously glowed. The cameraman later told Hitchens the true explanation of the “miracle” – the ultra-sensitivity of a new type of film from Kodak – but Muggeridge fatuously wrote: “I myself am absolutely convinced that the technically unaccountable light is, in fact, the Kindly Light that Cardinal Newman refers to in his well-known exquisite hymn”. A wonderful review of this book (by Richard Dawkins) can be found at http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25349-2649121,00.html The Portable Atheist – by Christopher Hitchens, read by Nicholas Ball (10¾hrs) From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great, a provocative and entertaining guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages. Christopher Hitchens continues to make the case for a splendidly godless universe in this first-ever gathering of the influential voices--past and present--that have shaped his side of the currently raging God/no-god debate. With Hitchens as your erudite and witty guide, you’ll be led through a wealth of philosophy, literature, and scientific inquiry, including generous portions of the words of Lucretius, Benedict de Spinoza, Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Mark Twain, George Eliot, Bertrand Russell, Emma Goldman, H. L. Mencken, Albert Einstein, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and many others well-known and lesser known. And they’re all set in context and commented upon as only Christopher Hitchens can. Atheist? Believer? Uncertain? No matter: The Portable Atheist will speak to you and engage you every step of the way. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark – by Carl Sagan, read by Michael Page (13½hrs) The Demon-Haunted World is a collection of twenty-five essays, several written with Sagan's wife, Ann Druyan. The essays range in scope from eloquent paeans to science to impassioned denunciations of bigotry, from humorous accounts of a variety of pseudoscientific endeavours to serious attempts to understand the nature of alien abduction delusions. With intelligence and wit, and the rational calmness that was his trademark, Sagan takes on a wide variety of topics, among them: alien abductions, astrology, Atlantis, the Bell Curve, channelling, crop circles, demons, ESP, the face on Mars, fairies, faith healing, magic, miracles, prayer, religion, Roswell, satanic rituals, therapy, and, of course, one of his favourite topics, UFOs and extra-terrestrials. Through each of his essays he extols the virtues of scepticism, empirical evidence and control studies, while uncovering a multitude of errors and weaknesses in the positions of occultists, para-normalists, super-naturalists and pseudo-scientists. And he does so with extreme grace, gentility and civility. The God Delusion – by Richard Dawkins, read by Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward (14hrs) The God Delusion caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types. His argument could hardly be more topical. While Europe is becoming increasingly secularised, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the Middle East or Middle America, is dramatically and dangerously dividing opinion around the world. In America, and elsewhere, a vigorous dispute between 'intelligent design' and Darwinism is seriously undermining and restricting the teaching of science. In many countries religious dogma from medieval times still serves to abuse basic human rights such as women's and gay rights. And all from a belief in a God whose existence lacks evidence of any kind. Dawkins attacks God in all his forms. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry and abuses children. The God Delusion is a brilliantly argued, fascinating polemic that will be required reading for anyone interested in this most emotional and important subject. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason – by Sam Harris, read by Brian Emerson (9¼hrs) Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favour of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behaviour and sometimes heinous crimes. He asserts that in the shadow of weapons of mass destruction, the world can no longer tolerate views that pit one true god against another. Most controversially, he argues that we cannot afford moderate lip service to religion - an accommodation that only blinds us to the real perils of fundamentalism. Harris' main premise, simply stated, is that in an age of Weapons of Mass Destruction, religious belief is a hazard of major proportions. Any belief system that speaks with assurance about the hereafter has the potential to place far less value on the here and now. And thus the corollary -- when death is simply a door translating us from one existence to another, death loses its sting and finality. Harris pointedly asks us to consider that those who do not fear death for themselves, and who also revere ancient scriptures instructing them to mete death out generously to others, may soon have these weapons in their own hands. If thoughts along the same line haunt you, this is your book. Letter to a Christian Nation – by Sam Harris, read by Jordan Bridges (2hrs) "Forty-four percent of the American population is convinced that Jesus will return to judge the living and the dead sometime in the next 50 years," writes Sam Harris. "Imagine the consequences if any significant component of the U.S. government actually believed that the world was about to end and that its ending would be glorious. The fact that nearly half of the American population apparently believes this, purely on the basis of religious dogma, should be considered a moral and intellectual emergency." In response to his award-winning best seller The End of Faith, Sam Harris received thousands of letters from Christians excoriating him for not believing in God. Letter to A Christian Nation is his courageous and controversial reply. Using rational argument, Harris offers a measured refutation of the beliefs that form the core of fundamentalist Christianity. Addressing current topics ranging from intelligent design and stem-cell research to the connections between religion and violence, Letter to A Christian Nation boldly challenges the influence that faith has on public life in the United States. “If you believe in a religion, even the mildest form of Christianity, please read this book. It won’t take you long, but it might change your mind.” — Matt Ridley, author of Genome and Nature via Nurture This combination of ruthless argument with polemic designed to provoke (he describes the Catholic Church as the “institution that has produced and sheltered an elite army of child-molesters”) will further delight Harris’ supporters and infuriate his critics. — San Francisco Chronicle "Reading Harris’ Letter to a Christian Nation was like sitting ring-side, cheering the champion, yelling “Yes!” at every jab. For those of us who feel depressed by this country’s ever increasing unification of church and state, and the ever decreasing support for the sciences that deliver knowledge and reduce ignorance, this little book is a welcome hit of adrenalin." — Marc Hauser, Professor of Psychology, Biology. and Biological Anthropology at Harvard University, author of Moral Minds
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John Pilger - Nicaragua - A Nations Right To Survive - DvDRip

Category: Documentary
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Movies : Documentary : DVD Rip : English John Pilger's 1983 film about the small nation of Nicaragua and its right to survive investigates the corruption in Central America. In 1979, the Sandinistas won a popular revolution in Nicaragua, putting an end to decades of the corrupt US-backed Somoza dictatorship. They based their reformist ideology on that of the English Co-operative Movement, but proved too 'radical' for the Reagan administration. In this film, Pilger describes the achievements of the Sandinistas and their "threat of a good example". Right now Latin America has many leftist governments. But things weren?t always this way. This film overviews the U.S. involvement in Latin America and discusses the Ronald Reagan supported Samoza regime which was ultimately overthrown by populist Sandinistas whom later established democratic elections with the wide support of the people. The Sandanista government which was in power during the making of this film faced a US and England bent on pressuring regime change. I find this documentary as well as others regarding US involvement in Latin America significant because they show that US governmental interests in the past were not always with the benefit of the people in mind. The chaos now engulfing the Middle East was once in Latin America. -c0H Re-seeded by Request Please help by seeding this torrent
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Eyyuhel Veled - Imam Gazali ( Xvid Belgesel 2008 )

Category: Documentary
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Açıklama : Hüccet\'ül İslam Ebu Hamid Bin Muhammed El Gazali\'nin önde gelen talebelerinden birisi, yıllarca onun hizmetine devam etmiş, ilimleri en ince noktasına varıncaya kadar öğrenmiş, ruhi ve ahlâki faziletlerini geliştirerek kendisini olgunlaştırmıştı. Günün birinde kendi kendine düşünürken aklına şöyle bir fikir geldi ve dedi ki: "Şimdiye kadar çeşitli ilimler okudum, gençliğim bunları öğrenmek ve toplamakla geçti. Şimdi bu bilgilerden hangilerinin yarın öldüğümde ahirette bana faydalı ve kabrimde yardımcı olacağını bilmem lâzım ki, lüzumsuz olanları terkedeyim. Nitekim Resûlullah sallallahü aleyhi ve sellem şöyle dua etmişti: Allah\'ım! Faydasız ilimlerden sana sığınırım." Bu düşünce, talebenin kafasını devamlı olarak meşgul etti. Sonunda bu düşüncesini üstadı İmam Gazali\'ye yazıp, fikir danışmaya, bazı sualler sorup, tavsiye ve hayır dua istemeye yöneldi.İşte bu filmde, İmam Gazali hazretlerinin talebesine yazmış olduğu, hacmi küçük, manevi değeri büyük "Eyyühel Veled" isimli eserini, harika görüntüler eşliğinde izleyeceksiniz.Tür : Belgesel, AnlatımYapım : 2008Süre : 45:36Büyüklük : 482 MBEbatlar : 640x368Format : AVI
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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) On Media Matters

Category: Talks, Debates, Interviews
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Sunday, July 27, 2008 http://will.illinois.edu/mediamatters/
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A lesson of Belarusian (2006) with English subtitles

Category: Documentary
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A Lesson of Belarusian is documentary from the former Soviet republic of Belarus.The country is often labelled the last dictatorship in Europe, ruled by Aleksander Lukashenko's arbitrary and ruthless iron fist, in which no opposition islegal to exercise its natural rights. In many ways, the country has fallen back toits Soviet legacy and replaced the mentality, economics, structures of society,language, national flag and symbols with that of its Soviet past.In this atmosphere the documentary follows a young activists who never givesup believing that Belarus one day will be free and democratic.Franek Viacorka studies at an elite school (lyceum) established by his father to promote the Belarusian language and culture. However, the school has been bannedand operating underground since 2003, a victim of the anti-democratic ruleof President Lukashenko. Franek and his classmates are both passionate andthoughtful, expressing their critical attitude to the government by issuing an underground newspaper, recording music with activist lyrics and organizingan opposition concert.Despite the imprisonment of Franek's father and the constant threat oftheir own arrest, they are undeterred. In the March 2006 presidentialre-election, they support the democratic opposition candidate in a mass demonstration in Minsk's main square. While the candidate is powerlessto combat Lukashenko's corruption and use of riot police, Franek and his classmates realize that fearlessness is a victory in itself.The documentary is an eye-opener to the hearts and minds of free activists,who fight for an idea larger than themselves.The documentary can also bee seen in its entire length at Youtube Another great documentary from the forgotten country is Kalinovski Squae, which also is available in its entire length at Youtube Kalinovski Square can be seen as a general introduction to the country and has received many international critic awards, however the movie is strictly forbidden in the country.
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