The Globalist

Manuel Castells, a renowned Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley, dives into the evolution of identity within the network society. He reflects on his early life under fascist rule and the activism that shaped his perspective. The discussion highlights the transformative cultural movements of the 1960s and their link to technology's dual impact on identity. Castells emphasizes the significance of understanding global economic transformations and the need to navigate individualism alongside communal identities in our interconnected world.

I'm going to talk to you about power in this 21st century. And basically, what I'd like to tell you is that power is changing, and there are two types of changes I want to discuss. One is power transition, which is change of power amongst states. And there the simple version of the message is it's moving from West to East. The other is power diffusion, the way power is moving from all states West or East to non-state actors. Those two things are the huge shifts of power in our century. And I want to tell you about them each separately and then how they interact and why, in the end, there may be some good news.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how a dominant power can exert a  cultural influence on its empire. An empire rests on many things:  powerful armies, good administration and strong leadership, but perhaps  its greatest weapon lies in the domain of culture. Culture governs every  aspect of our lives: our dress sense and manners, our art and  architecture, our education, law and philosophy. To govern culture, it  seems, is to govern the world. But what is cultural imperialism? Can it  be distinguished from cultural influence? Does it really change the way  we think and should we try to prevent it even if it does?  With Linda  Colley, School Professor of History, London School of Economics; Phillip  Dodd, Director, Institute of Contemporary Arts; Mary Beard, Reader in  Classics, Cambridge University.

John Pilger interviews Irish politician Sean MacBride  (1983) for "The Outsiders" series.  Also in video: http://johnpilger.com/videos/the-outsiders-sean-macbride

Conference at the University of Stockholm in 2011, available online in video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lN7yYhoWPs

Interview of the sociologist and social thinker Stuart Hall by Pnina Werbner, in 2006.

From June 26-27, 2017 NDI and Stanford Center on Democracy, Development  and the Rule of Law convened an invitation-only event that includes  thought leaders from tech firms, political institutions, academia,  media, the democracy community and philanthropic organizations for an  off-the-record discussion on how to collectively address the global  challenge of digital disinformation. CDDRL Draper Hills alumna Svitlana  Zalischuk (Ukraine '11) talks about these issues in her country from her  perspective as a member of the parliament with CDDRL Mosbacher Director  Francis Fukuyama.