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Richard spends the 1948 fall election season organizing student chapters of the League for Industrial Democracy on college campuses. Though loyal t...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 28:27
Richard and his friends sign up to work on the newly organized Carrot River Co-op Farm in the sparsely settled, harsh northern terrain of Saskatche...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 19:30
In June 1948, Richard travels to Canada to see “democratic socialism” in action. First he hitchhikes 1,000 miles from Greenwich Village to Madison,...
- Added: Feb 17, 2013
- Length: 24:55
Richard’s leadership of the Student League for Industrial Democracy on the Wooster campus has not gone unnoticed. On of Richard's professors confro...
- Added: Feb 17, 2013
- Length: 19:17
During the summer of 1947, Richard works for the Dress Joint Board in New York City’s Garment District. From his co-workers Richard learns more abo...
- Added: Feb 17, 2013
- Length: 16:11
With over 50 professions in his life Marcel, now homeless, lives with a camera, a dog and a passion for cars.
- Added: Feb 09, 2013
- Length: 06:31
Richard receives an early political education from his Socialist cigar maker grandfather, by hearing over-the-counter conversations at the butcher ...
Bought by WCNY
- Added: Feb 02, 2013
- Length: 24:25
- Purchases: 1
Robert Jevne offers up his version of "Winter Projects." Jevne brings a bit of a different perspective to winter tasks with his insight into dams a...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 01:56
The Federal Writers Project in West Virginia, and the battle to tell the TRUE story of the state's history.
- Added: Jan 14, 2013
- Length: 06:12
A documentary on Adrian Chi Tenney, a female professional driver in Los Angeles, CA.
- Added: Oct 25, 2012
- Length: 07:12
Narrative sound-rich documentary about life aboard a cargo ship on the Great Lakes, told from the perspective of Kyle, the newbie on board.
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 11:57
- Purchases: 2
What does a woman do when her husband and four children all die of yellow fever and her dressmaking workshop burns to the ground? She becomes an in...
- Added: Oct 08, 2012
- Length: 02:14
Dolores Huerta left her teaching job as a young woman to commit herself to working in the struggle for equal rights
- Added: Oct 08, 2012
- Length: 02:14
Stephanie and James worked together at the University of Illinois at Chicago before they both found out that they were going to be fired.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 30, 2012
- Length: 07:11
- Purchases: 1
According to the 2010 census, Marin City is now a median-income community. But a stigma and challenges remain. Marin City still has higher crime an...
- Added: Aug 31, 2012
- Length: 05:59
New refugees have to juggle a lot. There's finding housing, getting kids enrolled in school; often there's learning English. And there's finding a ...
- Added: May 23, 2012
- Length: 08:10
Jackson Browne, David Crosby and Ani DiFranco and others discuss how Occupy and other movements inspire their socially conscious music. Hosted by ...
Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KSUT and more
- Added: May 23, 2012
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 8
It’s not even the crime that counts sometimes. It’s that little box on an application that asks you to reveal if you have a criminal history. Chec...
Bought by WCSU-FM
- Added: Mar 06, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
This Sunday, February 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Disaster in Logan County, West Virginia. The disaster occured when the da...
Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting
- Added: Feb 24, 2012
- Length: 08:53
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Feb 24, 2012
- Length: 06:01
- Purchases: 2
Iraqi Kurdistan, once known for its rich soil, is rapidly becoming identified with its rich oil. War News Radio’s Amy DiPierro explains how these t...
Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Feb 08, 2012
- Length: 06:19
- Purchases: 3
As the U.S. Postal Service faces financial crisis, Central Appalachia and much of rural America may be hard hit by pending closures of post offices...
- Added: Feb 03, 2012
- Length: 21:19
How one woman is re-imagining the possibilities of living, working, and building a sustainable Detroit
Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 05, 2011
- Length: 07:14
- Purchases: 2
Bob Jordan has a 3000-degree forge in his garage. He’s a blacksmith with over 40 years of experience – including work with German, Italian and Nort...
Bought by PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 04, 2011
- Length: 04:27
- Purchases: 3
Thousands gathered in downtown Oakland to occupy the ports and shut them down. Exploring a night with the Occupy Oakland movement, partly a party...
- Added: Nov 29, 2011
- Length: 06:15
