Non Pacifica Programming
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Democracy, dissent, and disobedience in american society / Howard Zinn.
United States social historian and author of A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn speaks about the history of American ‘centrist’ politics. Both parties, he argues, battle for the same segment of popular support, with new leaders being selected in a pragmatic attempt to solve specific crisis within the country. Zinn traces various…
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Silk and spice and all that’s nice : part 1 / Sanjiva Wijesinha ; produced by Maha Bulos.
Three part series which examines the UNESCO’s Maritime Silk Route Expedition, a project organized to retrace the old silk route from the orient to Europe.|SILK AND SPICE AND ALL THAT’S NICE : PART 1 / Sanjiva Wijesinha| produced by Maha Bulos. – SERIES: Unesco radio| no. 2 – Three part series which examines the UNESCO’s…
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River of earth / James Still ; produced by Tom Hansell.
A story set in Kentucky during the Great Depression. The central character is a young boy, who recounts the era from his perspective. |r.1. Introduction to the Baldridge family, including two cousins and an uncle that have recently moved in. As food grows scarce and the extended family grows, the mother moves the family into…
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The Paso del Norte : 25 years of free trade / produced by Kent Paterson and Franc Contreras.
Documentary from recordings made in El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which traces the history of free trade between Mexico and the United States. Explores the garment industry, high technology, and agriculture from the perspectives of labor, business, and farmers. Includes interviews with Dean Kleckner, American Farm Bureau Federation President; Cuahtemoc Cardenas, Democratic Party…
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Promoting democracy : a disastrous United States foreign policy / Ralph McGehee ; interviewed by Bob DeBolt.
Ralph McGehee, former CIA agent and author of “My 25 Years in the CIA,” discusses United States foreign policy in developing countries. McGehee has come to see the governmental lies concerning Communism in Thailand and Vietnam, and how the United States has continually underestimated the popular support of Communism in those countries. He discusses the…