Non Pacifica Programming
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Disposable homeplace / produced by Dan Jeffee.
Documentary which examines four rural communities across the United States which were chosen as sites for hazardous waste facilities. The four towns are: Kettleman, a Mexican-American community; North Carolina Cherokee reservation; Sparta, Georgia, an African-American community; and Lawrence County, Kentucky, in the Appalachians. The program uncovers approaches of the waste trade, and process by which…
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This is Haiti : the Coup, the CIA, and drugs / interviewed by Dennis Bernstein ; produced and narrated by Andrew Phillips.
Documentary produced from interviews which examines the political, economic, and social realities of Haiti and the role of the United States in shaping events.|THIS IS HAITI : THE COUP, THE CIA, AND DRUGS / interviewed by Dennis Bernstein| produced and narrated by Andrew Philips. – Documentary produced from interviews which examines the political, economic, and…
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American interventionism / Howard Zinn ; interviewed by Jeff Hansen.
Howard Zinn, United States social historian and author of A People’s History of the United States, traces the history of United States expansionist thinking; from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, through the Indian Wars. He goes on to explore extraterritorial expansion following the Spanish-American war (1898-1903), refuting the traditional “Monroe Doctrine” analysis of this period. He explores…
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Shrimp cocktail and flowers for export / produced by Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman, Cecilia Vaisman, and Nancy Postero ; hosted by Edward James Olmos.
Documentary series which traces the changes in lands and cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean since the voyage of Columbus.|SHRIMP COCKTAIL and FLOWERS FOR EXPORT / produced by Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman, Cecilia Vaisman, and Nancy Postero| hosted by Edward James Olmos. – SERIES: Vanishing homelands : a chronicle of change across the Americas|…
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Changing Guatemala’s agricultural economy : the highlandpeasant committee / Francisco Cali ; interviewed by Bob DeBolt.
Francisco Cali, co-founder of the Highland Peasant Committee (CCDA) discusses the increased repression of the 1990’s in Guatemala. Because of government pressure, the peasants grow non-traditional export crops instead of food, so that the country has to import corn and beans. As a result, 90% of the population lives in poverty. He calls for help…
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Nicaragua : from Reagan administration obsession to a “backburner” issue / Bob Stark, Ann Setright and Jim Feltz ; interviewed by Robert Borosage.
Conversations with Bob Stark of Policy Alternatives for the Caribbean and Central America (PACCA); Ann Setright of Witness for Peace; and Jim Feltz, a priest working in Nicaragua. They examine the history of United States financial aid to Nicaragua during the 1980’s, but with the victory of the United States backed Violeta Chamorro government Nicaragua…
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Operation “just cause” : Panama one year later / George Priestly and Juan Mendez ; interviewed by Robert Borosage.
Dr. George Priestly, Chair of the Latin American Studies Department at Queens College in New York and a native Panamanian, joins Juan Mendez, an attorney with Americas Watch, a human rights organization, to discuss conditions in Panama. Because of the attention paid to Operation Desert Shild in the Middle East, people have forgotten the United…