Warsaw: Solidarity In The Balance – December 14, 1981
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Tag: Pro-Democracy
March 26, 1961 – Soapy Goes To Africa – Fact-Finding In A Region Roiling In Conflict.
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7580″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 26, 1961 – Meet The Press – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] The ongoing turmoil/growing pains/strife that marked the Africa Independence Movement in the 1960s continues, to a degree, to this day. But in 1964 it was all pretty fresh. There
October 9, 1989 – Manuel Noriega And The Little Coup That Couldn’t
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”10495″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 9, 1989 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this October 9th in 1989 had to do with the growing protest movement in East Germany and the rioting going on in East Berlin. The riots erupted when East
A Word From John Paul II From The United Nations About A World Gone Askew – October 5, 1995
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Pope John Paul II Addresses United Nations General Assembly – October 5, 1995 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Billed as the last address he would give at a gathering of the United Nations General Assembly, Pope John Paul II
A Syria State Of Mind – August 29, 2013
Click on the link here for Audio Player – News from ABC Radio National (Australia) – BBC World Service – August 29, 2013 Click on the link here for Audio Player – News from Kol Israel – Radio Polonia (Warsaw) – CBC World Report – RFI, Paris – Voice of
Weather Forecast For Vilnius: Blustery With Occasional Posturing – April 1, 1990
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for April 1, 1990 With the runaway train of break-away republics from the soon-to-be-former Soviet Union on this April 1st in 1990, the former Soviet Republic of Lithuania was the next in line to sever ties. Amid warnings of potential dire
Situation: The Congo – 1960 – Past Daily Reference Room.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Eyewitness To History – The Congo – Feb. 24, 1960 When you realize the continent of Africa has been relatively free of colonial rule only within the past 60 years, the seemingly constant state of upheavals, overthrows, ethnic turmoil and political strife
1968: Year Of Revolution – Past Daily Reference Room: Through A Glass Darkly Edition.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: 1968 – Year Of Revolution Starting today, and going all the way until New Years Day next week, I will be posting year-end reviews throughout history. A reminder that, in some ways, many things have changed, and in others, it’s exactly the same.
Music Of Protest – Syrian Singer/Musician Samih Choukeir.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: World_Music_Matters_Samih_Choukeir With all the news regarding Syria and the endless struggle going on, we tend to miss those elements of a movement that may seem not so important to the casual observer, but which are crucial and vital elements to the morale