empire

Century after century, China’s regal emperors mobilized immense peasant armies to accomplish engineering feats unparalleled in human history. (44 min)

John Perkins talks about his former life as an economic hitman for the U.S., to cheat poor countries out of trillions of dollars by lending them more money than they could repay and then taking over their economies. (46 min in 5 segments)

The Clash of Civilizations is a theory that the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world is people’s cultural and religious identities. It has festered in the political and media arena to justify all forms of aggression. (2:31 min)

Chomsky talks about Afghanistan, Iraq, 9/11, terrorism, Israel, U.S. hegemony around the world and the media propaganda. The first two segments are excerpts (7 & 8 min), the 3rd segment is the complete interview (39 min).

Inside USA travels to Mexico to look at the the drug war going on there, and to examine how the U.S. is involved. (22 min, 2 segments)

Angkor Wat is Treasure 23 and The Stone Faces at Bayon in Angkor Thom is Treasure 24. (11:50 minutes in 2 segments)

The fascinating stories of the Pharoahs, Ahmose and brother Kamose, Hatshepsut and her stepson Tuthmosis III. (44 min, 8 segments)

A short meditation on the American empire written by Howard Zinn and narrated by Viggo Mortensen. (8:35 min)