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Caption: Pina Maisano Grassi is a fabrics store owner and dedicated activist in the fight against the Mafia.  Her husband was murdered in 1991 for refusing to pay the Mafia’s extortion tax., Credit: Nancy Greenleese
An 84-year-old grandmother and business owner is taking on the mob in Sicily. Organized criminals demand that business owners pay protection money...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:21
Caption: Monterey Bay Recreational Trail
The untold story of the how the Coastal Commission took on the Southern Pacific Railroad in Monterey to prevent the sale of their abandoned railroa...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 11:14
Caption: Crystal Cove in the good old days
Saving Crystal Cove - The story of Laura Davick, an accidental activist, who used the California Coastal Act to save the historic 1930's cottages i...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 21:58
Caption: Peter Douglas, Executive Director, California Coastal Commission
The behind the scenes tale of how the California Coastal Act's public access policy forced an exclusive men's club in Santa Monica to drop its disc...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 23:09
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A new generation is telling their stories of overthrowing corrupt regimes. And in the digital age, their lessons can spread more quickly than ever ...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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This June, thousands of grassroots activists converged on Detroit, Michigan to attend the 2010 United States Social Forum. We were there and on thi...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: Dr. Joanna Macy, Credit: www.bioneers.org
Dr. Joanna Macy is a long-time peace, justice, and ecology activist. A celebrated Buddhist teacher, Dr. Macy’s wide-ranging work spans Eastern and ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A protester with a bullhorn outside Wheeler Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, Credit: www.oaklandnorth.net
We continue our series, ‘How We Survive’. This week? It’s a time of crisis in higher education. And as administrators cast an eye toward privatizat...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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After years of lawsuits and public pressure, the federal government recently announced it will no longer hold families at The immigrant family imp...

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  • Length: 07:51
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In a special collaboration between “Feet in Two Worlds,” we hear the story of an immigrant family torn apart after an immigration raid in Phoenix, ...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Oct 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1