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Caption: Walljasper
Perhaps Jay Walljasper’s recent book title is more definitive than some convoluted dissertation. It is, simply, All That We Share. And that is what...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 57:54
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The budget impasse in Minnesota brought a state government shutdown at Fiscal Year's end – June 30. State workers were furloughed July 1, in the ab...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 51:48
Caption: Heartland Democracy Governance Panel, Credit: Craig Stellmacher
TTT’s ANDY DRISCOLL was there May 18 at First Universalist Church in Minneapolis with Cameraman CRAIG STELLMACHER to record the Heartland Democracy...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 59:59
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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
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TTT’s ANDY DRISCOLL and MICHELLE ALIMORADI explore the raging ethical dilemma and Constitutional questions around post-incarceration civil commitme...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 59:15
  • Purchases: 1
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TTT’s ANDY DRISCOLL and MICHELLE ALIMORADI talk again with those who argue against this project, citing the EPA’s rejection of the company’s enviro...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 58:34
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What is more important? Jobs? Or the long-term integrity of our air and water? TTT’s ANDY DRISCOLL and MICHELLE ALIMORADI talk with those who are ...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
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TTT'S ANDY DRISCOLL and CO-HOST MICHELLE ALIMORADI query these legislative luminaries about their reasons for this historic move: Former SPEAKER OF...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 58:51
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The National Labor Relations Board is under a heavy new anti-union attack.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:15
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It's past time we took effective action to ease the economic misery of the 46 million Americans who are forced to live in poverty.

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Sep 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
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The tenth anniversary of 9/11 is a good time to recognize the importance of public employees.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:43
Caption: U.S. soldier at Tahwilla, Iraq in 2008., Credit: U.S. Army
Was mainstream media in cahoots with government forces in the lead up to the Iraq War? In his film, “The War You Don’t See,” Australian journalis...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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The continuing heavy attacks on public employee unions could make this an unhappy Labor Day.

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Aug 30, 2011
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
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It's time to acknowledge two of the most important and unlikely friends the United Farm Workers ever had - a state employment official and a major ...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:11
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A new report shows there is much more discrimination against women workers than generally acknowledged. Thousands of employers are charged yearly w...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 04:29
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It was 30 years ago this month that Ronald Reagan struck the blow against air traffic controllers that sent labor into a steep decline.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:44
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The number of home health care workers who provide essential aid to millions of elderly Americans is steeply declining because of poor pay and work...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 03:31
Caption: Our elected officials need reminders about what money is actually used for. , Credit: Susan Cook
As our Elected Officials struggle with Debt Ceiling Reduction, perhaps some homework on how my 30 bucks can be better quality than their 2.4 trilli...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:12
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Thanks to the Obama administration, powerful interests who are attempting to cripple the pro-union National Labor Relations Act are finally losing.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 04:49
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Action is finally being taken to try to win decent treatment for domestic workers worldwide.

  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
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Was the occupation of the state capital in Madison, Wisconsin a resurgence of organized labor in the United States, or the last gasp for unionized ...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Unions have mounted a drive against attempts by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to join Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in stripping public employees of their co...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 03:10
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More than 40 percent of privately employed workers do not have the paid sick days they need to recover from their often contagious illnesses or car...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:51
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It may seem highly unlikely, but it's true: a woman may unseat Jimmy Hoffa Jr. as president of the huge, corruption-ridden Teamsters Union.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:34
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President Bob King of the influential United Auto Workers union is calling for major reforms that would enable his union and others to strengthen u...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:57