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This week on World Ocean Radio we're offering two extremely important ocean examples where the opposition of sovereignty and commonality collide. T...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 05:21
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The F-Word is features timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. The latest: "It is the essence of American liberalism to trash radical ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Miner 49er, Credit: Tom Weistar
In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada lies the San Juan Ridge. On the Ridge, tucked away amongst towering pines, flanked by two forks of the Yuba R...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:25
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:36
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Repealing the union-crippling Taft-Hartley Act should have been a prime issue throughout the election campaign.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 03:13
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Before the coming of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, there was the IWW - the Industrial Workers of the World - to lead a major and fiercely fought...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:10
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Labor leader Art Carter was an important but now largely forgotten hero of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:56
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Labor leader Gene Debs died 85 years ago this month, but remains an important inspiration for those struggling against powerful anti-labor forces.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:27
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In marking Ronald Reagan's centennial, don't forget he was one of the most viciously anti-labor presidents working Americans ever faced.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2011
  • Length: 06:02
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Those seeking ways to revitalize the declining US labor movement need look no further than the drive launched 75 years ago this month by the fledgl...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:53
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It's the 90th anniversary this month of the Seattle general strike, one of the most dramatic strikes in U.S. history.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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A commentary noting that author John Steinbeck was one of the best friends American workers ever had.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 04:18
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This commentary notes that although now largely forgotten, labor leader Lou Goldblatt was one of America's most influential leaders of any kind.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:13
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This commentary is about the fierce steelworkers strike of 1919 that was one of the key events leading to the mass unionization of American industry.

Bought by KZYX and WDBM


  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 2
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A commentary on the Homestead strike, one of the most violent and most significant in labor history.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jul 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
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A tribute to labor leader Harry Bridges on trhe 17th anniversary of his death,

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
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a commentary marking the 60th anniversary of the Oakland general strike, one of the very few general strikes in U.S. history.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
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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