Oil Slick: Bechtel, Halliburton, and the White House
On this edition of Making Contact, we look at a controversial pipeline deal that now-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld personally negotiated with Saddam Hussein on behalf of the Bechtel Corporation during the Reagan administration. We also examine Halliburton’s $7 billion dollar oil contract in Iraq.
Before the Rains: The Struggle for Montes Azules
On this edition of Making Contact, we go to Montes Azules and hear about threats by the Mexican government to forcibly remove dozens of communities from land that indigenous people and campesinos claim is rightly theirs.
The New Global Peace Movement
On this edition, musician Michael Franti, civil rights activist Jerome Scott and professor Angana Chatterji reflect on the anti-war movement and its significance for the future.
Shifting the Debate: Alternatives to Corporate Globalization
On this edition, we’ll hear from two key advocates of alternatives to economic globalization: physicist Vandana Shiva and economist John Cavanagh.
Patriot Act Uncovered: The War on Civil Liberties
On this edition, we’ll take a look at civil liberties in the United States in the post-September 11th era.
Global Assault: Environmental Consequences of U.S Military Actions
On this edition of Making Contact we take a look at the environmental record of the U.S. military.
Capital Gains: Gulf War II
On this week’s edition, we’ll take a closer look at how much control Iraqis will have over their land and assets when what the government is calling “Operation Iraqi Freedom” is over.
Just War? U.S. Invasion of Iraq
On this edition of Making Contact, we take a look at the U.S. push toward war. We also examine US plans to develop and potentially use so-called mini-nukes.
War, Death and Taxes
On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll take a look at how the “certainties” of death and taxes interact with social justice.
Life in the Shadow of Iraq: The Kurdish Struggle for Freedom
This week we present a special documentary that chronicles Kurdish life in the shadow of Iraq.
