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Six Days When Seattle Stood Still
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the Seattle general strike that broke out 88 years ago.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Jan 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Sit Down! Sit Down!
From: Dick Meister
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This commentary celebrates the 70th anniversary of the fledgling auto workers union's spectacular victory over mighty General Motors.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Jan 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Everything Was Right: The Beatles' Revolver
From: Paul Ingles
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Either a two-hour program (with optional 5:00 newscast length content in each hour that can be dropped), or a one-hour program (with additional new...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, WSKG, KSRQ, WCBE, WRGY and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 43
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
A Wake-up Call
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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News and features on the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by Raven Radio, CKMO, Internet Partnership Radio, KGOU, BSR Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Commentary: Labor's Unhappy Anniversary
From: Dick Meister
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This is a commentary about the 25th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's firing of 11,500 air gtraffic controllers, an action that propelled A...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2006
  • Length: 02:28
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 Massacre at Ludlow
From: Dick Meister
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The Ludlow Massacre of April 20, 1914 was one of the most horrific events in U.S. labor history -- but one that led to desperately needed reforms.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 04:22
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
Abe's Light - from Mistakes to Making It
From: Ellen Weber
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When we light a candle for Lincoln's day we rekindle ours

  • Added: Jan 23, 2006
  • Length: 02:51
Commentary: Gene Debs, American Hero
From: Dick Meister
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Few leaders have done more for ordinary Americans than Eugene V. Debs, born 150 years ago.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2005
  • Length: 04:06
Bruce Springsteen: The Story of Born to Run
From: Joyride Media
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This one hour radio documentary tells the inside story of Bruce Springsteen's classic album, Born To Run on it's 30th anniversary.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., The Pulse--Messiah College Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 36
Norwegian Wood Deconstructed
From: Paul Ingles
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On the 40th anniversary of the recording and release of The Beatles song "Norwegian Wood," commentator Sarah Karni says the song's been a riddle to...

Bought by KLCC and WKMS


  • Added: Oct 15, 2005
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Day After
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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Wondering 'what if' on the day after the election--November 2004

  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:46
Labor Day: It Began in San Francisco
From: Dick Meister
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Despite what the official histories say, Labor Day actually was first observed in San Francisco.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, WTJU, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 4
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
The IWW at 100: A Brief History
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the 100th anniversary of the Industrial Workers of the World, one of the most influential and colorful organizations in U.S. history.

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2005
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
How I Helped Found the United Nations
From: Dick Meister
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I was only 12 at the time, but I'm sure I played a key role at the founding conference of the United Nations 60 years ago this month.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 02:53
Commentary: The Big Strike
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary marking the anniversary of one of the most significant strikes in U.S. history -- the West Coast longshoremen's strike of 1934.

  • Added: May 19, 2005
  • Length: 03:10
Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties
From: Talking History
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An interview with W. Rorabaugh on JFK, plus regular features ...history in the news, commentary and site of the week.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
Fall of the Berlin Wall
From: monika mueller
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Thoughts about the Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • Added: Nov 16, 2004
  • Length: 02:58
Jefferson & Science
From: William S. Hammack
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An engineer looks at the Declaration of Independence and sees the science underlying the document.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Prairie Public, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 16
An Anatomy of Humanity
From: Geo Beach
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Five thousand miles from New York, commentator and medic Geo Beach had to practice a different kind of medicine, praying for a minister at Ground Z...

Bought by WZBC, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, WYSO, and prpdstation


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4