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In this special episode of the Bioneers, guest host Laura Flanders explores “Community Wealth Building,” a model that democratizes the economy, cre...
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 28:30
To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis, we explore the consequences of “capital bias”, or prioritizing wealth and the wea...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN and more
- Added: Sep 13, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 7
McDowell County, West Virginia, in the heart of what used to be coal country, is one of the most impoverished counties in the US — a place that emb...
Bought by KWMR, KDNK, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 6
While the election results are still undecided well hear from Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, abou...
Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RadioFreePalmer, and KDNK
- Added: Nov 04, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 3
Did you know that Article 14 of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights declares that
“Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in othe...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: May 14, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Labor leader César Chavez helped ban DDT. Truckers are helping address appalling asthma rates at the filthy port of Los Angeles. And inner-city cle...
- Added: Jan 10, 2015
- Length: 28:30
One Chicago factory became a flashpoint back in 2008, when workers occupied the floor for days in protest. Now, those same employees are trying to...
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 07:48
BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Few leaders have left a greater legacy than labor leader Jack Hall, a major figure in the transformation of feudalistic Hawaii into a democratic st...
- Added: Dec 20, 2007
- Length: 04:43
A commentary noting that author John Steinbeck was one of the best friends American workers ever had.
- Added: Oct 25, 2007
- Length: 04:18
- Added: Mar 01, 2007
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 1
A commentary on Gene Debs, who died 80 years ago this month, but whose economic and political ideas remain vital, valid and essential.
Bought by KPFT
- Added: Oct 10, 2006
- Length: 04:02
- Purchases: 1
A commentary marking the anniversary of one of the most significant strikes in U.S. history -- the West Coast longshoremen's strike of 1934.
- Added: May 19, 2005
- Length: 03:10
A commentary on the importance of May Day to working people.
Bought by KPIK-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and BSR Radio
- Added: Apr 25, 2005
- Length: 02:55
- Purchases: 3
The CIO's history offers important lessons for those currently trying to revitalize the labor movement .
- Added: Mar 01, 2005
- Length: 03:22
