Sadly, the historian Eric Hobsbawm has passed away at 95. The following two interviews give a small flavour of his thinking.
Newsnight on ‘responsible capitalism’ January 2012
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Gore Vidal’s Gore Vidal – BBC Omnibus 1995
Gore Vidal’s Gore Vidal is a BBC Omnibus documentary first screened in 1995. The two part film biography covers Vidal’s life by visiting scenes from his past.
Episode One
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Slumdogs vs. Millionaires: Rural Distress in the Age of Inequality
On 18 July 2012, P. Sainath talked about “Slumdogs vs. Millionaires” at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) of Göttingen University. P. Sainath is a distinguished journalist and critical observer of society and politics in today’s India. He is Rural Affairs Editor at the English-language newspaper “The Hindu”, but also publishes extensively in other media worldwide.
White Light / Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
White Light / Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
“This is the story of the only people to have survived a nuclear attack.”
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Bill Moyers interviews Chris Hedges
In the following video, Chris Hedges has a wide-ranging discussion with Bill Moyers.
Norman Mailer: The Naked and the Dead
The following is a documentary on Norman Mailer’s classic, The Naked and the Dead.
Joseph Stiglitz: The Price of Inequality
Democracy Now interview Joseph Stiglitz on his new book The Price of Inequality, which follows a similar theme to his Rolling Stone article Of the 1%, By the 1%, For the 1%.
Ha-Joon Chang Interview
Electric Politics interview Cambridge economics scholar Ha-Joon Chang.
The Real Mr & Mrs Assad
For more films on Syria see Homs: Journey into Hell; Inside the Secret Revolution; and Syria’s Torture Machine.
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