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  • Raymond Bonner discusses his book "Waltzing with a Dictator: The Marcos and The Making of American Policy"

    May. 21, 1987

    Interviewing author Raymond Bonner on American foreign policy, America’s relationship with dictators, and the rise of the Marcos family. Includes a test tone lasting about 30 seconds. Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion.

  • James Weinstein discusses the independent socialist magazine “In These Times”

    Jul. 14, 1997

    Weinstein states how at the time of creation for this magazine, most newspapers were bipartisan, intended to serve and satisfy as many people as possible, which allowed for less and less variation of opinion; Weinstein sought to combat this by producing a magazine that was very assured in its views. Studs plays "We Shall Not Be Moved" - Pete Seeger (1955).

  • Eqbal Ahmad and Muhammad Yunus

    Eqbal Ahmad and Muhammad Yunus discuss Pakistan

    1970

    Eqbal Ahmad and Muhammad Yunus discuss the current state of East and West Pakistan with Studs Terkel. Topics of discussion include current food shortages, United States intervention in South and Southeast Asia, military rule in Pakistan, cultural differences between East and West Pakistan, and the human toll resulting from the military government, disease, and natural disasters. Includes an excerpt of a recording of Shanta Gandhi telling a story about an audience member’s response at the end of a play she performed during the Bengal Famine.(Wav ID: 1863201-3-1, 3-2, 3-3)

  • Alfred McCoy discusses heroin trafficking; part 2

    1971

    Alfred McCoy discusses the history of heroin trafficking within the context of American foreign policy.

  • Alfred McCoy discusses heroin trafficking; part 1

    1971

    Alfred McCoy discusses the history of heroin trafficking within the context of American foreign policy.

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