ITINERARIO
Broadcasting number 21

We talk about: Comments about the Immanuel Wallerstein Article “THE CURVE OF AMERICAN POWER” New Left Review 40, July-August 2006.

Language: Spanish 60%, English 40%.

Nutrition Information Per Portion:
Pepper, mg .8
Irony, 1.05 kg,
Garlic, mg. 0.5
Nuclear weapons 88, 5 kg

Summary:
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia accused the United States on Saturday 10th February of provoking a new nuclear arms race by developing ballistic missile defenses, undermining international institutions and making the Middle East more unstable through its clumsy handling of the Iraq war.
Uh? Somebody is missing the Cold War? Before we get excited, Immanuel Wallerstein (Yale University) believes that US hegemony is declining faster than we think...

Music:

1. Sing Sing: J. Edgar Hoover (Edited), by Michael Daugherty (USA) feat. Kronos Quartet, from the Album Howl U.S.A. (1996), Nonesuch.

2. Pontiac Slipstream, by Howe Gelb (USA) from the Album Confluence (2001), Thrill Jockey. (feat. John Convertino from Calexico on the drums)

3. Movies (A fragment of Cold War Suite from How it Happens, read by I.F. Stone (U.S.A.) feat. Kronos Quartet, from the Album Howl U.S.A. (1996), Nonesuch.

4. Rented Room, by Tindersticks (UK) from the Album Curtains (1997), London / Umgd.

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Recorded in / Enregistré à Mexico City,
Samedi / Sábado 02-10-2007, 17.33 hrs.