KPFA
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Sound poetry of Ake Hodell / with interview by Charles Amirkhanian.
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Out of the kitchen and into the sweat shop : the story of working women in America / produced by Joanna Brouk and Toni Maher. (Episode 5 of 7)
A survey of the lives and works of Emma Goldman, Rose Schneiderman, Mother Jones, Jane Addams, and other women who struggled to alleviate the horrendous conditions of working classes in America. Features interviews with labor historians and dramatic readings of writings by the subjects of this documentary. Produced by Joanna Brouk and Toni Maher. Interviewees…
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Mexican-American War ; Civil War ; Emancipation ; building the railroad.
|MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR| CIVIL WAR| EMANCIPATION| BUILDING THE RAILROAD – SERIES: Plain speaking : a counter history of the United States| part 3. – CONTENTS: Civil disobedience / by Henry David Thoreau| read by Archivbald Macleish. — A march in the ranks hard-pressed / by Wlat Whitman| read by Ed Begley. — To be a slave…
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Indian genocide ; pioneers ; labor movement of the late 19th century.
Includes Indian chants, John Neihardt on Black Elk and Ogilala Sioux, Yonnondio by Tillie Olsen and Pioneers! by Walt Whitman, read by Ed Begley, voice of Eugene V. Debs, and singing of Bessie Smith, documentary on Emma Goldman.|INDIAN GENOCIDE| PIONEERS| LABOR MOVEMENT OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY – SERIES: Plain speaking : a counter history…
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Puerto Rican independence movement in the 30s ; World War II ; postwar red scare ; execution of the Rosenbergs.
Poetry of Julia de Burgos, excerpt from It can’t happen here by Sinclair Lewis, excerpt from Rosie the riveter, reading from The Death house letters of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.|PUERTO RICAN INDEPEDENCE MOVEMENT IN THE 30’S| WORLD WAR II| POSTWAR RED SCARE| EXECUTION OF THE ROSENBERGS – SERIES: Plain speaking : a counter history of…
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The Fifties ; Allen Ginsberg ; Puerto Rican revolutionaries ; Rosa Parks ; and Black anger rises. (Episode 7 of 10)
The Fifties: Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”; Puerto Rican revolutionaries; Rosa Parks takes a front seat in Montgomery, AB; Black anger arises. Material: HOWL–an early Ginsberg reading, a KPFA recordings; music of Charlie and Inez Foxx, MOCKINGBIRD; Eddie Palmieri; poetry of Julia de Burgos from WNET-TV Realidades production, with translation by Christina Medina; Nina Simone I WISH…