GUEST: For 24 years, Joel Kovel taught and practiced psychiatry and psychoanalysis before leaving these professions in the mid-1980s and becoming a Social Studies Professor at Bard College, Annandale, NY.
Kovel is a scholar and activist. He's written numerous articles, reviews, and authored nine books. His latest is titled Overcoming Zionism? Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine.
His book and Gaza will be discussed.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009
GUEST? Baroud is a veteran Palestinian-American journalist and former Al-Jazeera producer. He's the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Palestine Chronicle, a vital resource for information on Israel/Palestine, the Middle East, and much more.
Baroud has written many articles, commentaries and short stories and is the author of several books. With Palestinians calling for a Third Intifada, his latest is most important: "The Second Palestinian Intifada - A Chronicle of A People's Struggle."
The Gaza war and aftermath will be discussed.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2009
GUEST:Noam Chomsky is MIT Institute Professor Emeritus of linguistics and a leading political and social critic of imperial America for over 40 years. He's also a widely quoted intellectual on the left and an internationally known anti-war critic.
Chomsky is a frequent lecturer and prolific author of hundreds of articles and dozens of books, including his seminal critique of the media - Manufacturing Consent, co-authored with Edward Herman.