Category Foreign Policy

Konrad Adenauer And West German Elections – May 29, 1957

Click on the Link here for Audio Player: This day in 1957 we were, not only in the midst of a Cold War with the Soviet Union, we were anxiously looking at the coming elections in West Germany…

Spiro Speaks – An Interview With vice-President Spiro Agnew – May 17, 1970

Click on the link here for Audio Player:   With the disastrous events at Kent and Jackson State and the rising opposition to the War in Southeast Asia and our incursion into Cambodia, the White House desperately needed…

May 7, 1954 – And Then There Was Dien Bien Phu – End Of One Chapter, Beginning Of Another.

Become a Patron! Since most mainstream media will be focusing on the end of the War in Europe in 1945, May 7th also marks another anniversary; one that had far-reaching consequences during the years and decades directly following it. The…

Bobby Sands

May 6, 1981 – Bobby Sands: When The Hunger Strike Goes Very Wrong.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”8157″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”May 6, 1981 – News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Not so much a cause for alarm, an ominous glimpse of things to come or a cautionary tale, but rather a…

Whitewater And Former Black Panthers – May 1, 1998

Clink on the link here for Audio Player: A day loaded with contrasts, this May 1st in 1998. The Whitewater Scandal and the relentless pursuit by Kenneth Starr of the Clinton White House. Former Assistant Attorney General Webster…