Hightower, Jim.
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A Full Hour with Jim Hightower
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Agriculture / executive producer Bill Wax.
Two talks. Jim Hightower, a populist Texas Agriculture Commissioner and author of Eat Your Heart Out, and Hard Tomatoes, Hard Times. He is introduced by Dale Gorczynski, Houston City Councilor. Next is Tony Mazzocchi, Secretary-Treasurer of Oil Chemical and Atomic Worker’s Union. He talks about an explosion at the Philips Petro-chemical plant in Pasadena, Texas,…
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The Coverup / produced by Andrew Phillips, Sue Burns, and Pam Burton ; interviewes by Dennis Bernstein.
Three part series which examines the crisis of United States finanical institutions which started in the 1980’s and continues on into the 1990’s.|THE COVERUP / produced by Andrew Phillips, Sue Burns, and Pam Burton| interviewes by Dennis Bernstein. – SERIES: The Collapse of banking| no. 3 Three part series which examines the crisis of United…
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Capturing the little “d” in Democrates / Jim Hightower ; produced by Pam Burton and Ralph Cole.
Speech by Jim Hightower, Agricultural Commissioner for Texas. He speaks on the changes in the United States class structure during Reagan’s two terms, when the number of millionaires trippled and billionaires increased from 2 to 41. He points to the increased concentration of wealth. In 1982 1% of the population controlled 19% of all wealth.…