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Caption: Palestinians fleeing from their villages as Israeli troops approach on October 30, 1948., Credit: David Eldan, National Photo Collection of Israel, Government Press Office, under the digital ID D275-120
This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, or the "catastrophe" in Arabic. It refers both to the events starting in late 1947 when Zionist ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:56
  • Purchases: 1
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My Hometown Concentration Camp Bernard Offen, age 72, survived five Nazi concentration camps in Poland during World War Two, when he was a young t...

  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: An abandoned home near Love Canal in Niagara Falls. (UPI Photo)
This is part 4 of The State Made Visible with Rasul Mowatt, author of The Geographies of Threat and The Production of Violence published by Routled...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This program is about Matilda Joslyn Gage, who lived from 1826 to 1892 and was a vibrant and leading figure in the suffragist movement of that cent...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: The Baldies, Credit: Kara La Lomia
In the days after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, youth-led protests in the city helped spark rebellions around the globe. The police, mili...

Bought by MPR News Stations


  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 54:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tribal Logo, Credit: Tribal website
Southern Sierra Miwuk's struggle for Federal Acknowledgement (Yosemite). We discuss the 'Scam and sham" with Tribal Chairman, members and Lawyer.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 47:28
Caption:  Carol Barne---Seay, Shirley Reese, Diane Bowens, and Verna Hollis
In 1963, more than a dozen African American girls, including Carol Barner-Seay , Shirley Reese, Diane Bowens, and Verna Hollis, were arrested for p...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 06:02
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Mary Harris Jones, Mother Jones, was born in 1830. She lived a quiet, non-public life until she was approximately 47 years old and then, for almost...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Thomas Buergenthal saw the Nazi concentration camps through a child’s eyes. Luckily, he survived and later became a lawyer and eventually a judge o...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 22:54
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Norman Finkelstein, Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom
A leading authority on Israel/Palestine tells the story of Gaza's martyrdom and its stand for liberation.

Bought by WETS


  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Gary Bryner, Credit: Detroit Free Press
Gary Bryner tells Studs Terkel about being a union member and working in an auto factory for General Motors. Four decades later, he reflects on how...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 6
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Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 48:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The intersection on Pennsylvania & North Avenues in Baltimore, Credit: Wendel Patrick
Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked top-secret, military documents about the Vietnam war in 1971. ...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 26, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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The first of a three-part sound collage that memorializes African American men and women who were tortured by Chicago Police officers in the 1970s ...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
Caption: Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, Credit: http://www.apbspeakers.com/
Some call it a new civil rights movement. Others simply call it “black lives matter”. We hear a conversation about waging strategic non-violence be...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Caption: Hawaii: A Voice for Sovereignty (Documentary artwork)
Some call it “Paradise”, but Hawaii isn’t just a tourist getaway. Look beyond the resorts, and you’ll find a history of opposition to US occupation...

Bought by WFHB, KVSC, WTJU, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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The final piece in a three-part sound collage that memorializes African American men and women who were tortured by Chicago Police officers in the ...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
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On this episode of Wordy Birds we interview Matthew White about his book, The Great Big Book of Horrible Things, which documents, analyzes, and ran...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 27:30
Caption: Brian Perkins with San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier, Credit: Photo courtesy StoryCorps
San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier has lived quite an eventful life. But arguably the most remarkable event happened during her time spent as a ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:43
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Heba Morayef reports from Tahrir Square, where the crowd is celebrating after the announcement that President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The President & First Lady after his remarks in Tucson, Credit: White House Photo, Pete Souza, 1/12/11
President Obama speaks at the Memorial Service for the Victims of the Shooting in Tucson, Arizona. McKale Memorial Center University of Arizona ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 33:37
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Timeless and true, these powerful narratives, passionately delivered by Vietnam Veterans, convey the grief, guilt and rage that can endure in the w...

Bought by WSKG


  • Added: Nov 10, 2004
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 1