Mon 1.25.10| Turmoil Over Yemen; Suburbanizing Poverty

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Conn Hallinan, "Something About Yemen" CounterPunch

Elizabeth Kneebone & Emily Garr, "The Suburbanization of Poverty" The Brookings Institution

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The republic of Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula has come under great scrutiny by the Obama administration. Foreign policy analyst Conn Hallinan explains what the interest in Yemen might tell us about US geopolitical intentions in Asia. And Elizabeth Kneebone, co-author of a new report, talks about how American suburbs have become home to the largest population of poor people in the country.

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Tues 4.14.09| The China Lover; Silent Spring

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The Japanese occupy Manchuria; the US occupies postwar Japan. What does moviemaking have to do with all this? What role do cultural productions, and high-minded idealism, play in domination and brutality? Ian Buruma explores the intersection of culture and politics in his novel The China Lover. Also featured on the program is archived audio of Rachel Carson, speaking after the publication of Silent Spring.

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Mon 3.02.09| Globalization from Below

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"'Globalization From Below' Tackles the 'Great Recession '"

"Why China Matters: Labor in the Era of Globalization"

What's unprecedented about the current economic meltdown? Can national governments effectively address the crisis, or are people's movements a better source of ideas? And why should the situation of workers in China matter to people everywhere? Jeremy Brecher and Tim Costello, co-directors of the Global Labor Strategies project, share their ideas.

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Wed 8.13.08| China's Rise; Japan's Surrender

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Rethinking Nuclear Weapons

Faruk Tabak, ed., Allies as Rivals: The U.S., Europe, and Japan in a Changing World-System Paradigm, 2007

Could China be the next world hegemon? Will it collaborate with other nations to break the US grip on the rules of the global economy? John Gulick considers whether China has the resources and endowments to take over as world leader. Also, Ward Wilson argues in an essay that Japan's decision to surrender in 1945 was not compelled by the bombing of Hiroshima.

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Wed 7.16.08| Political Art & Asia

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Cushing & Tompkins, Chinese Posters: Art from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Chronicle Books, 2007

Ignacio, de la Cruz, Emmanuel & Toribio, The Forbidden Book: The Philippine-American War in Political Cartoons T'Boli, 2004

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Two historical moments of immense turbulence, the Philippine American War and the Chinese Cultural Revolution, were times of distinctive artistic production, times when political cartoons and posters changed or buttressed popular attitudes. Jorge Emmanuel, Lincoln Cushing and Ann Tompkins discuss the books they've produced about art, politics, and imperialism.

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Mon 6.30.08| China's Capitalist Road

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Richard Walker and Daniel Buck, The Chinese Road: Cities in the Transition to Capitalism New Left Review

What if China were capitalist, in spite of official pronouncements to the contrary? Economic geographers Dick Walker and Daniel Buck talk about the massive transformation that has taken place in that country and how we can best understand it through the lens of Marxist political economy.