Arundhati Roy - Public Power in the Age of Empire rm

This is the August 23rd 2004 show of Democracy now which ran Arundati Roy speech Public Power in the Age of Empire. The speech, as the name implies, addresses the issue of Public Power and what it means in todays world. But more interestingly she addresses the problems that face modern democracy and the resistance movements that exist around the world. This is a particularly interesting speech and is eloquently written and delivered. This speach was given August 16th, 2004 before the American Sociological Association at the San Francisco Hilton Roys Speech starts at the 8:00 minute mark A transcript to the speech can be found at: Bio and a full collection of Arundahti Roy's speeches/essays/videos can be found at: http://www.cryaboutit.com/deaddog/GreatThinkers/arundhati_roy.htm Current and past Democracy Now episodes can be found at http://www.democracynow.org/ Also please visit http://www.chomskytorrents.org/Torrents.php for other political speeches or documentaries