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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
Passage of the constitutional ban on same-sex marriages sought by President Bush could make him an Eliot Ness, chasing violators as Ness chased vio...
- Added: Jun 15, 2006
- Length: 03:25
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
Ernesto Galarza, now largely forgotten, played a key role in the rise of the farm labor movement led by Cesar Chavez.
Bought by KPFT
- Added: Apr 28, 2006
- Length: 03:23
- Purchases: 1
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
Who needs baseball when we've got cricket, our first national pastime?
- Added: Mar 23, 2006
- Length: 03:12
It's the 38th anniversary of farmworker leader Cesar Chavez's extraordinary 25-day fast.
- Added: Mar 09, 2006
- Length: 02:46
We're ignoring the innocent quail that our VP thought it amusing to stalk and kill.
- Added: Mar 04, 2006
- Length: 02:00
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
Oh, it's not easy, that business of seeking better health through exercise.
- Added: Feb 16, 2006
- Length: 02:26
A Commentary from Scotland on issues affecting the Bush/Blair conduct of the war in Iraq
- Added: Feb 05, 2006
- Length: 08:48
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
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
A native of Kankakee, Illinois takes an insightful look at Arlo Guthrie's stop in his hometown as part of a Katrina benefit tour. Kankakee is menti...
- Added: Dec 24, 2005
- Length: 05:29
Few leaders have done more for ordinary Americans than Eugene V. Debs, born 150 years ago.
- Added: Dec 21, 2005
- Length: 04:06
The execution of Stanley Tookie Williams exposed yet again the barbarity of capital punishment.
- Added: Dec 17, 2005
- Length: 03:09
We're driven by the belief that we can create this one perfect day or season, and the warmth generated by it will carry us through the rest of the ...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WBHM
- Added: Dec 06, 2005
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 4
When my children ask what I want for Christmas, I give the the standard list: perfume, slippers and things like that. But I have a secret list.
Bought by WEZU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Dec 05, 2005
- Length: 02:44
- Purchases: 3
Although the Cold War is long over, red-baiting for political advantage continues.
- Added: Nov 26, 2005
- Length: 03:03
A commentary on the dress code the NBA really needs.
- Added: Nov 16, 2005
- Length: 03:16
Celebrations are being held this year to mark the anniversary of the grape strike led by Cesar Chavez that won worldwide support for California's l...
- Added: Oct 22, 2005
- Length: 03:42
A commentary on the irrational insistence of the religious majority that ours is "one nation under God."
Bought by WMPG
- Added: Oct 08, 2005
- Length: 02:38
- Purchases: 1
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
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
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
