Archive for the 'Politics' Category
A Year After Toasts And Hugs; Suspicion – May 8, 1946
• May 8, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1940's, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcasts, Capitol Hill, Cold War, Commentators, Communists, Conflicts, Congress, Day in history, Democracy, Democrats, Disconnect, Disputes, Egypt, Emerging Nations, Gun violence, Harry S. Truman, History, Independence Movements, Iran, Labor, Mid-Century America, Middle East, News reports, Newscast, Northern Ireland, Past Daily, Police, Politics, Post World War 2, Poverty, Pro-Democracy, Protest Movements, Radio, Red Scare, Social Commentary, Socialists, Society, Solidarity, Soviet Union, The Fourth Estate, The Press, U.S. Intervention, Unions, United Nations, Veterans, Vintage Recordings, Violence, War, Week In History, World News, World War 2
Tags: Britain, British Army, Cold War, David Fleming, Frazier Hunt, Northern Ireland, United Nations, United States
Killing Season 1970 – Kent State – May 4, 1970
• May 4, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Uncategorized, History, Presidents, Day in history, Vintage Recordings, U.S. Intervention, 1970's, Vietnam War, Broadcast Journalism, Protest Movements, Democracy, Congress, Capitol Hill, Nixon, Counterculture, Society, News reports, World News, Commentators, Conflicts, War, Disputes, Veterans, Politics, Riots, Gun violence, Violence, Broadcasts, Week In History, Newscast, Social Commentary, The Press, The Fourth Estate, Crime, News Bulletins, Solidarity, Corruption, Cambodia, Civil unrest, Disconnect, Non-Violence, Past Daily, Foreign Policy
Tags: Vietnam, Vietnam War, NBC Nightly News, Kent State University, Ohio, Ohio National Guard, National Guard of the United States, Kent State shootings
The Short Fuse Called Palestine – May 3, 1946
• May 3, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1940's, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcasts, Civil unrest, Civil War, Cold War, Commentators, Conflicts, Day in history, Disputes, Emerging Nations, Foreign Policy, Gaza Strip, Gun violence, Harry S. Truman, History, Independence Movements, Israel, News reports, Newscast, Past Daily, Politics, Post World War 2, Protest Movements, Pundits, Quality of Life, Radio, Riots, Social Commentary, Society, The Fourth Estate, The Press, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, United Nations, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings, Violence, War, World News
Tags: Arab, Arab people, Government of the United Kingdom, Jews, London, Middle East, Palestine, United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
Ron And Nancy Head East, The Atomic Cloud Heads West, And There Ain’t No Such Thing As Sanctuary – May 2, 1986
• May 2, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1980's, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcasts, Capitol Hill, Conflicts, Corruption, Crime, Day in history, Disputes, Environment, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, News reports, Newscast, Nuclear disasters, Past Daily, Politics, Quality of Life, Radio, Reagan Years, Social Commentary, Society, Soviet Union, Thailand, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings, World News
Tags: Central America, Chernobyl disaster, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Sanctuary Movement, Tokyo, Ukraine
“Making A Step Toward A Peaceful World”: LBJ – April 26, 1964
• April 26, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1960's, American Labor Movement, Americana, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcasts, Capitol Hill, Civil Rights, Civil unrest, Cold War, Communists, Congress, Day in history, Democracy, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Labor, LBJ, Mid-Century America, News reports, Newscast, Past Daily, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Protest Movements, Quality of Life, Racial unrest, Radio, Republicans, Socialists, Society, Solidarity, Soviet Union, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, Unions, Vietnam War, Vintage Recordings, Week In History
Tags: 1939 New York World's Fair, Cold War, Fidel Castro, Gulf of Tonkin, Johnson, LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson, South Vietnam
“A John Wayne Image Has Emerged” – April 24, 1981
• April 24, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1980's, 1981, Boat People, Border wars, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcasts, Capitol Hill, Cities, Civil Rights, Civil unrest, Cold War, Communists, Conflicts, Congress, Day in history, Disputes, economy, Education, Elections, Foreign Policy, History, Immigration, Israel, Lebanon, News reports, Newscast, Past Daily, Police, Politics, Presidents, Radio, Reagan Years, Riots, Social Commentary, Society, Soviet Union, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Violence, World News
Tags: Abortions, American Old West, Beirut, Bobby Sands, Congress, hearings, History, John Wayne, Northern Ireland, Philippine, Ronald Reagan, United States
Richie Havens (1941-2013) – In Concert At SUNY 1982 – Nights At The Roundtable: Tribute Edition
• April 23, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, Americana, Broadcast Concert, Broadcasts, Counterculture, Folk, Live concert, Nights At The Roundtable, Obituaries, Past Daily, Politics, Popular Culture, Radio, Singer-Songwriter, Society, Solidarity, Tribute, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings
Tags: Bob Dylan, Brooklyn, Music, Myocardial infarction, Richie Havens, Rock, United States, Woodstock
On Top Of Everything Else; Earth Day – April 22, 1970
• April 22, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1970's, Americana, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcasts, Cities, Civil unrest, Conflicts, Corporate America, Corruption, Counterculture, Day in history, Deregulation, Energy Crisis, Environment, Middle Class, News reports, Newscast, Nuclear Power, Oil Companies, Past Daily, Politics, Pollution, Popular Culture, Presidents, Quality of Life, Social Commentary, Society, Too Big to Fail, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, Vietnam War, Violence
Tags: April 22 1970, Cambodia, Earth, Earth Day, Gaylord Nelson, Holidays, Trinidad, United States
American Thinking On Crime – 1967 – Past Daily Reference Room
• April 20, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1967, 60's Radicals, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcasts, Capitol Hill, Cities, Civil Rights, Civil unrest, Conflicts, Congress, Corruption, Counterculture, Crime, Disasters, Disconnect, Disputes, Gun violence, History, Mid-Century America, Middle Class, News reports, Past Daily, Past Daily Reference Room, Police, Politics, Poverty, Protest Movements, Quality of Life, Racial unrest, Radio, Riots, Social Commentary, Society, Terrorism, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings, Violence, Weekend Talkshows Past
Tags: 1968 Democratic National Convention, Civil Rights, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King, Meet The Press, Robert F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, United States
Having A Continent Despise You – Nixon In South America – May 16, 1958
• May 16, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Uncategorized, History, Day in history, Soviet Union, 1950's, Vintage Recordings, Civil War, U.S. Intervention, Broadcast Journalism, Protest Movements, Democracy, Congress, Cold War, Nixon, Society, Corporate America, World News, Communists, Eisenhower, Commentators, Pundits, Mid-Century America, Conflicts, Disputes, Politics, Riots, Violence, Broadcasts, United Nations, Week In History, Red Scare, Social Commentary, The Press, The Fourth Estate, Crime, Corruption, Civil unrest, Disconnect, Coup d'Etat, Brazil, Radio, Emerging Nations, Dictator, Socialists, Unreleased recordings, Past Daily, Foreign Policy
Tags: Cuba, Nixon, Foreign Policy, CBS, Fidel Castro, United States, Richard Nixon, South America