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Caption: Shift Change: Worker Owned Cooperatives
Melissa and Mark, who produced Shift Change, explain worker owned cooperatives and how they offer an alternative to corporatism and their disrespec...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 27:53
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From farm to fork, few things matter more than the food we eat. We all want the freedom and opportunity to choose what ends up on our plate- but wh...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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What India's latest space mission to Mars can tell us about the difficulties in reconciling the aspirations of the "haves" and the "have nots."

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
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What a suicide attack in Tiananmen Square can tell us about the Chinese government's struggle with dissent.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:07
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A sleepy English village becomes the frontline for anti fracking campaigning in the UK.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 14:01
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Regardless of your stance on marijuana, marijuana reform is at the forefront of political thought and the debate will continue to rage on.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:13
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After the Boston Marathon bombing, journalists scrambled to identify those responsible for the attack, and their motive. Rolling news and online m...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Shell Alaska's earlier drilling program in the Chukchi Sea , Credit: Royal Dutch Shell
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will argue that it is time for the Obama administration to declare the waters of the Arctic ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
Caption: Dennis Marker
America’s middle class is in dramatic decline. But, what caused the downfall?

  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
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Issues of race, class and labor merge once again into a classic untold story – because we do not openly discuss those discomfiting matters in this ...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 57:47
Caption: Indian farmer and his wheat, Credit: Petr Kosina / CIMMYT
Journalist Christian Parenti speaks about his new book, "Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence." He connects the effect...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Michele Bachmann, Credit: NPC
The Republican congresswoman and presidential candidate speaks to the National Press Club about the United States's financial concerns and her plan...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2011
  • Length: 54:02
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
The threat of Chinese predatory pricing on the agricultural industry--specifically how it has hurt California-grown garlic sales--as a precursor to...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:07
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We're talking with the Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi and the fictionist Daniyal Mueenuddin. With both the underlying supposition is that it's Pa...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
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As a new federal report shows,unionized workers not only earn more than non-union workers, but also have much better benefits.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:19
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Union organizers Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings were the victims of one of the most outrageous frameups in U.S. history.

  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 06:05
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Congress is only adding to our economic problems by refusing extra aid to the unemployed and to states faced with having to lay off many vital publ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:10
Caption: Oscar Estrada, Credit: http://www.elheraldo.hn/content/view/full/18947
We hear from activists and experts who say the U.S. can learn a lot from social movements in Latin America.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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It’s been decades since the U.S. has had a powerful labor movement and recent efforts to revive it have mostly fallen flat. But there is hope for a...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
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An argument for why a old nuclear weapons production site turned wildlife refuge could be harmful for visitors

  • Added: May 04, 2010
  • Length: 03:52
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Former Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz, who died on April 24, was one of the greatest friends working people ever had.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:10
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Workers Memorial Day on April 28 will honor the millions of men and women who've needlessly suffered and died because of workplace hazards.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:49
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Dick Armey, the former House Majority Leader, speaks about conservatism at the National Press Club.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 54:01
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A commentary on labor leader Harry Bridges, one of the 20th century's greatest leaders of any kind, on the anniversary of his death.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:21
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President Obama's lengthy honeymoon with labor has finally ended.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:18