Political science.

  • Democracy Now! December 2, 1998

    Perjury Inquiry; Wal-mart; John Brown Anniversary |(14 Minutes) Perjury Inquiry The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to expand its probe into Clinton-Gore fundraising. Meanwhile, the Federal Election Commission has ruled that President Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole illegally used campaign funds for advertising in their 96 campaigns and must guve back…

  • Democracy Now! October 30, 1998

    Immigrant Voter Eligibility and the Latino Vote; The Latino Vote; Eliminating the Prisoner Vote; Election Races Around the Country |(14 Minutes) Immigrant Voter Eligibility and the Latino Vote A look at the status of the immigrant vote and why the INS has had problems processing the 500,000 citizenship applicants. A large portion of these applicants…

  • Democracy Now! October 29, 1998

    Pinochet Ruling; South Africa Truth Commission; Human Rights in Colombia-Pastrana-Clinton Meeting |(14 Minutes) Pinochet Ruling As London’s High Court rules that former chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet has diplomatic immunity, a look at how he and other former heads of state could get away with murder. GUEST:Michael Ratner, from the Center for Constitutional Rights (19 Miutes)…

  • VISITS WITH MARXIST THINKERS: circa 1979

    Class Struggle (the board game) / produced by WBAI| hosted by Liza Meyerhaure| RECORDED: circa 1979. – SERIES: Visits with Marxist Thinkers – CONTENT: GUEST: Dr. Bertol Olman, New York University Professor| Dr. Edward Now, Professor of Economics| Howard and Milt Paulsky. SUMMARY: discuss the socialist board game, Class Struggle, created by the guests. Box…

  • Robert Kennedy : the Senator, the man, and the charisma / produced by Eleanor Fischer.

    Examination of the life and political activity of Robert F. Kennedy.|ROBERT KENNEDY : THE SENATOR, THE MAN, AND THE CHARISMA / produced by Eleanor Fischer. – Examination of the life and political activity of Robert Kennedy. INTRO: The program you are about to hear, entitled. “The Senator”, was the first of one-hour documentaries on Robert…

  • Democracy Now! September 22, 1998

    Clinton Videotape/Salon Magazine; Congressional Fallout; United Nations General Assembly |(14 Minutes) Clinton Videotape – Interview with the Editor of Salon Magazine The editor of Salon magazine talks about Clintontape. Also, Salon’s response to Republicans’ call for an FBI investigation into how the magazine got its scoop on Henry Hyde’s extramarital affair. GUEST: David Talbot, editor…

  • Campaign Finance Hearings; Pentagon Hearings; TWA – One Year Later

    (16 Minutes) Campaign Finance Hearings:Senate Committe investigating finance abuses focused again on Democratic fundraiser John Huang. TAPE OF: Susan Collins (R-ME), , Max Cleland, (D-GA), Robert Torricelli, (D-NJ) GUEST: Sandy Hume, Political Reporter for Capitol Hill (19 minutes) Pentagon Chief President Clinton and Defense Secretary William Cohen nominated Army General Hugh Shelton for the post…

  • Democracy Now! July 21, 1997

    Campaign Finance Reform; Border Killing |(14 Minutes) Campaign Finance Reform Discussion on Campaign Finance Reform movement following a gathering of 150 activists in Raleigh, NC to discuss need for what they call Clean Money Campaign Reform. GUEST: Randy Kehler, a long-time activist and war tax resister, consultant to Public Campaign. Subject of documentary FILM: AN…

  • History and hope / by Michael Polyani.

    Michael Polyani lectures from his book about modern nihilism and totalitarianism, History and hope. |r.1. The Destruction of reality (60 min.) — r.2. The Realm of the unspoken (53 min.) — r.3. The Vindication of realities (49 min.) — r.4. A Society of explorers (60 min.).

  • Politics : the folklore of government / Speeches by C. Northcote Parkinson.

    Series of lectures on political science by C. Northcote Parkinson. |r.1. Parkinson’s law (50 min.) — r.2. Political climate in the Far East (50 min.) — r.3. The Theory of cycles (46 min.) — r.4. Monarchy (52 min.) — r.5. Oligarchy (52 min.) — r.6. Democracy (47 min.) — r.7. Dictatorship (53 min.) — r.8.…