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More Poison, Says Bush
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the Bush administration's successful attempt to allow U.S. growers to continue using methyl bromide, the highly toxic pesticide ban...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:54
Labor Won -- Big!
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the major role unions played in the Democratic Party's midterm sweep.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Nov 10, 2006
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Man Who Didn't Die
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary marking the anniversary of the execution of Joe Hill, one of the most enduring and influential of American symbols.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Nov 05, 2006
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Censoring Labor
From: Dick Meister
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Although most people work for a living, the mainstream media generally ignore their working lives.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:25
The Legacy of Wheatland
From: Dick Meister
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The "Wheatland Riot" nine decades ago laid the foundation for creation of an effective union and other steps to improve the miserable conditions of...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2006
  • Length: 03:14
The Angry Black Woman Show with Sunny James #14
From: Sunny James
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News you don't get delivered to your front door or tune into at 6 and 11. A Small Voice from the Nation's Capital

  • Added: Jun 04, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:09
Commentary: Lie Detectors Lie
From: Dick Meister
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Although increasingly used by the CIA, FBI and other agencies and private employers, so-called lie detector tests are highly unreliable and serious...

  • Added: May 07, 2006
  • Length: 02:57
Make Your Voice Heard-Vote Now!
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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Why should you vote? Eastern Kentucky youth speak out on how your vote can make real change.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 17, 2006
  • Length: :36
  • Purchases: 1
New Music Review: "You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker" by Willie Nelson
From: KUT
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Just in time for Women's History Month, Willie Nelson pays tribute to a legendary Texas songwriter. The result may be another classic.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2006
  • Length: 04:05
Commentary: What Cesar Chavez Taught Us
From: Dick Meister
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It's the 38th anniversary of farmworker leader Cesar Chavez's extraordinary 25-day fast.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 02:46
An End to Capital Punishment?
From: Dick Meister
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Thanks to two California doctors, we may finally be able to abolish the barbaric practice of capital punishment.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2006
  • Length: 02:49
Bush vs. Labor
From: Dick Meister
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President Bush's appointees to the National Labor Relations Board are going all out to deny wolrkers their legal rights.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 03:07
The Afro: Personal Reflections
From: David Person
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A personal and historical look at the Afro hairstyle as a cultural and political phenomenon.

Bought by WJAB, KCUR, WNCU, and WFUV


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
Teaching Kids to Kill
From: Dick Meister
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Hunting interests have stepped up their efforts to recruit youngsters to join adults in killing for the sport of it.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 02:26
Commentary: The New Cold Warriors
From: Dick Meister
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Although the Cold War is long over, red-baiting for political advantage continues.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2005
  • Length: 03:03
Labor: Rising from the Dead
From: Dick Meister
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Although the pundits say the labor movement is near death, the future of American unions actually looks promising.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2005
  • Length: 04:47
Our Anti-Labor Relations Act
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that at age 70, the National Labor Relations Act is badly in need of reform.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:00
Commentary: Labor's Day -- and Yours
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on how working life would be much harder and far less rewarding were it not for organized labor.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WTIP, WSLR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Delta College Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 10
Norman Mailer: a novelist in a time of war
From: Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism
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This talk of Norman Mailer's is a broadcast special from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

Bought by KUT-HD, KCPW Salt Lake City, WGBH Radio Boston, KCPW Salt Lake City, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Commentary: Work -- 19th Century Style
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the working and living conditions of sheepherders that are right out of the 19th century.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:13
Commentary: Is it Labor Party Time?
From: Dick Meister
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New efforts to form a Labor Party could very well revive the slump;ing labor movement.

  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:27
The Real May Day
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the importance of May Day to working people.

Bought by KPIK-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 3
No Child Left Unrecruited
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the military's devious, expensive and escalating attempts to recruit high school juniors and seniors.

Bought by WUSF


  • Added: Mar 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Martin Luther King Jr.: A Champion of Labor
From: Dick Meister
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Some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Most important work was done in behalf of the labor movement.

Bought by WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KPFT, and WYSO


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 3
Our Anti-Labor Secretary of Labor
From: Dick Meister
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President Bush is retaining probably the most anti-labor secretary of labor ever.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1