July 4, 2008 – Scotland: The Other Independence
Scotland has its own Parliament, its own flag, its own football team. It has it own legal and educational systems. It has a distinctive and world famous culture – the Gaelic language, the Highlands,...
Category: Documentaries
May 1, 2008: May Day Special
On a special May Day 2008 broadcast, we’ll hear from workers’ struggles around the world. We go to New York, where Abdulai Bah introduces us to domestic workers and day laborers asserting their rights...
January 1, 2008 documentary – Corn at the Crossroads: Free Trade, Migration, and Modified Genes in the Cradle of Maize
The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into full effect today with the cancellation of all remaining tariffs and so-called “trade barriers” protecting Mexican agricultural products. The trade deal, which began to come into...
December 31, 2007 documentary – On Being Hawaiian and Homeless
After September 11, 2001, militarism and real estate boomed in Hawaii. Military expansion brought real estate speculation, and for the first time in Hawaii, a market for wealthy people looking to buy a second...
December 25, 2007 documentary – Price Hikes and Social Unrest in Senegal
While Senegal has long been held up as a model of social stability – achieving a peaceful political transition in 2000 – that much-admired stability is threatened by price hikes today. This year, Senegal’s...
December 24, 2007 documentary – The New Slavery: A Real Look at Lebanon’s Domestic Workers
Millions of migrant workers worldwide live and work in conditions of enslavement. Currently there are over 200 million migrant workers worldwide – and roughly half of them women. Unemployment and household poverty, which have...
November 23, 2007 documentary – Immigrant difficulties in Italy
Migration from Africa to Italy is steadily increasing. The trip from Africa is long and can be quite dangerous. Once the decision is made to leave home, immigrants must first cross the desert, and...
November 22, 2007 documentary – Dignity Village
Dignity Village, in Portland, Oregon, is the only government-sanctioned tent city in the United States. Tent cities have also cropped up in St. Petersburg, Florida, Seattle and Olympia, Washington as well many other American...
September 03, 2007 – Slaughterhouse: The Labor Behind the Profit
Download MP3 Across the US, and estimated 500,000 people go to work each day in a slaughterhouse. It’s one of the most dangerous industries – with high rates of injury and turnover. The working...
July 04, 2007 – Iraq War Special
Download MP3 Many Americans take Independence Day to enjoy a summer day with friends and family, watch spectacular fireworks displays and, somewhere in the backs of the minds, recognize that its centuries-old celebration if...
