In this week’s program, we will have a conversation, Ali Rezaee and Dr. Afshin Matin Asghari about the most recent student demonstrations in Iran as well as the history of Student movement in that country. Later in the program, we will bring you the first of an interview about the history of modern Art in … Continued
In tonight’s program, we will bring you a talk on the subject of Academic Freedom by Professor Norman Finklestein, who was recently denied tenure for his courageous stance on the question of Israel/Palestine and resigned under pressure from his post as professor of History at De Paul University in Chicago. Later in the program, we … Continued
In tonight’s program, we will bring you a conversation with Turkish-born University of Indiana professor Burhan Elturan about Turkey’s recent cross-border attacks against the Kurdistan Workers Party’s positions in Northern Iraq. Later in the program, Iraqi Artist Wafaa Bilal will talk to us about his recent project as part of the new series of visual, … Continued
Israeli scholar Ilan Pappe talks about the history of the occupation of Palestine.
In this week’s program, Khalil Bendib will have a conversation with Bard College Professor of Social Studies Joel Kovel, the author of Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine. In an assault on academic freedom by organizations mobilized to suppress criticism of Israel’s policies, Professor Kovel has been targeted for challenging the historical … Continued
Asef Bayat, Academic Director of the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern world at Leiden University, The Netherlands, talks about his new book Making Islam Democratic: Social Movements and the Post-Islamist Turn. In this groundbreaking work, professor Bayat meticulously outlines social struggles in Iran by student organizations, youth and women’s groups, … Continued
