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  • Say it Loud: New Songs for Peace (1 CD)

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    This extraordinary compilation was conceived by the Polemic Consortium in response to the barrage of pro-war and revenge hysteria that went unchallenged after September 11th. Drowning out the drums of war with the voices of reason.

    Original Music by d gomez of the musical group Slowrider and Bulldog of Aztlan Underground. Words by Maxine Water, Dennis Kucinich, Muhammad Ali, Michael Moore, Gore Vidal, Tariq Ali, Angela Davis, Fannie Lou Hamer, Thich Nhat Hanh, Greg Palast, Lily Tomlin, Huey Newton, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Cesar Chavez, Delores Huerta, H. Rap Brown, Elijah Muhammad, Bayard Rustin, Rosa Parks, Paul Robeson, Jean- Bertrand Aristide, Malcom X, James Baldwin, Adriene Rich, Langston Hughes, Alice Walker, Che Guevara, John Coltrane, Wounded Knee, George Jackson, and Mumia Abu-Jamal.

    Listen to an audio clip featuring Dennis Kucinich in "We Did Not Authorize".

  • An Audio Walk through the Archives (1 CD)

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    A montage of sound from the Pacifica Radio Archives covering arts, poetry, live events, interviews and other notable moments in the history of this extraordinary media outlet. This is a great introduction for anyone who does not know Pacifica Radio.

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$50

  • Gift Certificate

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  • Slam Bush: The Official Mixtape (1 CD)

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    Released by Hardknock Radio and featuring the 25-year old National Slam Bush Rhyme Competition Champion and Pittsburgh native, Vanessa German,with her Thank You Poem To George Mutha F*cking Bush along with an incredible line up of Hip Hop heavy weights and up and coming emcees spitting venomous rhymes aimed at W.

  • Chip Berlet: How the Political Right Took Power in the U.S. (1 CD)

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$60

  • Voices of a People's History of the United States - 2CD

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    Watch and listen to the people’s historian, Howard Zinn, and his friends during a very special night of dramatic readings from Voices of a People's History of the United States.

    Voices is the long-awaited primary-source companion volume to Zinn's A People's History of the United States. It features words of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past -- and present.

    Danny Glover, Maria Bello, Josh Brolin, Leslie Silva, Marisa Tomei, Alfre Woodard, Sandra Oh, and other readers bring these dissident voices to the stage in a performance narrated by Howard Zinn and his coeditor, Anthony Arnove.

    Recorded at the Japan America Theatre in Los Angeles on October 5, 2005.

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$75

  • Voices of a People's History of the United States - DVD

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    Watch and listen to the people’s historian, Howard Zinn, and his friends during a very special night of dramatic readings from Voices of a People's History of the United States.

    Voices is the long-awaited primary-source companion volume to Zinn's A People's History of the United States. It features words of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past -- and present.

    Danny Glover, Maria Bello, Josh Brolin, Leslie Silva, Marisa Tomei, Alfre Woodard, Sandra Oh, and other readers bring these dissident voices to the stage in a performance narrated by Howard Zinn and his coeditor, Anthony Arnove.

    Recorded at the Japan America Theatre in Los Angeles on October 5, 2005.

  • Bush Family Fortune (1 DVD)

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    A new one hour documentary by Greg Palast, the award-winning reporter, on the trail of the Bush family, from Florida election finagling, to the Saudi connection, to the bin Laden family and more. Music by Moby.

  • W.E.B. DuBois: One Hundred Years of "The Souls of Black Folk" (2 CDs)

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    A 120-minute program commemorating the 100th anniversary of the publication of the seminal novel, " The Souls of Black Folk". Narrated by Alfre Woodard, this program features the voice of W.E.B. DuBois with commentary from Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Congresswoman Diane Watson (D-CA), scholars Prof. Gerald Horne, Playthell Benjamin, civil rights activist Acie Byrd.

  • Hiroshima: The Radio Adaptation (2 CDs)

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    "Hiroshima" by John Hersey. Adapted for radio by John Valentine. Cast: Ruby Dee, John Valentine, Tyne Daly, Daniel Benzali, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tony Plana, Jeanne Sakata, Michael Chyamurindi, Chris Tashima, and Esther K. Chae. Produced by Artists United, the Feminist Majority and the Pacifica Radio Archives. Directed by Michael Clark Haney. Executive producers for Artists United: Robert Greenwald and Kate McCardle; Radio Producer Brian DeShazor; Original music by Mark Snow.

  • Fresh Ferlinghetti (2 CDs)

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    On November 1, 2004 Lawrence Ferlinghetti joined Eric Bauersfeld (KPFA Drama and Literature Director 1960-1985), Susan Stone (KPFA Drama and Literature Director, 1990-present), and Brian DeShazor (Pacifica Radio Archives Director) for a discussion. Ferlinghetti comments on Alan Watts, Kenneth Rexroth, Anaïs Nin, Allen Ginsberg, Jaime D’Angulo, Pauline Kael, and Dylan Thomas.

  • Arts & Literature at Pacifica (2 CDs)

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    Produced by Susan Stone of KPFA, this 2 CD set is a tribute to fifty years of broadcasting by the Drama and Literature Department of KPFA. The voices featured range from Maya Angelou, Anne Sexton, Langston Hughes, and Pablo Neruda to Yoko Ono, Jello Biafra, Bette Davis, Utah Phillips, Susan Sontag, Amiri Baraka, and Laurie Anderson. What a feast!

  • Folk Scene: From the Heart of Studio (2 CDs)

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    Legends in the Folk Music industry, broadcasting "Folkscene" for more than 32 years, Howard and Roz Larman have hand selected these incredible artists… Includes performances by Lucinda Williams, Cince Gill, and Tom Waits.

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$100

  • Ossie Davis Remembrance Collection (3 CD Set)

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    CD 1. The Wonderful World of Law and Order: a Play written and read by Ossie Davis. (62:00) (BB0884)

    CD 2. Ossie Davis the Activist: archival clips that highlight Davis' political activism: End the War Rally, Madison Square Garden , December 8, 1966; Speech given at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Rally recorded in Central Park, April 5, 1968; Ossie Davis eulogizes Malcolm X on 27 February 1965 at the Faith Temple Church Of God; Ossie Davis makes statement regarding the trial of the Harlem Six, May 13, 1971; Ossie Davis moderates an Evening with Angela Davis, recorded Madison Square Garden, June 29, 1972; Democracy Now! interviews Ossie Davis during an Anti-war March, March 24, 2003.

    CD 3. Ossie Davis in His Own Words: Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee interviewed by Mimi Rosenberg, December 21, 1998; Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, December 16, 1998; The Black Revolution and the White Backlash, 1964. Ossie Davis and others discuss the social impact of the Civil Rights movement; Ossie Davis and James Baldwin questions author William Styron about his biography of the Black activist Nat Turner. May 28, 1968; Stolen Lives: A National Day Against Police Brutality: Ossie Davis speaks at a rally chronicling the stolen lives of young people killed by police. Oct. 28, 1998.

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  • Malcolm X: The Ballot or The Bullet

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    Malcolm X demonstrates the vision which contributed greatly to the new military within Black organizations, particularly SNCC and CORE.

  • It Can't Happen Here

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    Radio drama adaptaption of the play by Sinclair Lewis. Listen to an audio clip.

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$150

  • Rise of the Right (3 CDs)

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    Chip Berlet and more. Listen to an audio clip.

  • James Baldwin (3 CDs)

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  • Civil Liberties (3 CDs)

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    In the wake of the Patriot Act and its evil follow-up, the Pacifica Radio Archives Staff has selected significant recordings to explore our Civil Liberties. Includes Daniel Ellsberg, Abbie Hoffman, Stephen Rohde, Gore Vidal, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Angela Davis. CD 1: Clear and Present Danger. CD 2: ACLU Documentary by Elsa Knight Thompson. CD 3: "The Bill of Rights and the Federal Government" by Justice Hugo Black.

  • Jazz/Blues Explosion (3 CDs)

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    Journey through the archives vault and hear Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Angela Davis, Esther Phillips, Odetta, Paul Robeson in conversation. CD 1: Introduction, Odetta, and more. CD 2: Lena Horne and Miriam Makeba. CD 3: John Coltrane.

  • Malcolm X (3 CDs)

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    This compilation of Malcolm X speeches includes the following: The Ballot or the Bullet(1967), Prospects for Freedom (1965), and Black Muslims vs. the Sit-Ins.

  • The June Jordan Collection (3 CDs)

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    This compilation covers over 40 years of Pacifica Radio broadcasting the voice of poet, activist, essayist, and teacher, June Jordan. This compilation begins with a 1968 interview and ends with the Democracy Now! memorial recording broadcast June 19, 2003.

  • Vital Vidal (3 CDs)

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    This new compilation documents the voice of Gore Vidal from 1990-2004, as broadcast on Pacifica Radio. Listen to Mr. Vidal’s address to the attendees of the Shadow Convention of 2000 in Los Angeles from the back of a flatbed truck with a megaphone. In 2003, on the eve of war, Mr. Vidal rocked the crowd with his wit and insight.

  • Folk Scene: From the Heart of Studio (3 CDs)

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    Legends in the Folk Music industry, broadcasting "Folkscene" for more than 32 years, Howard and Roz Larman have hand selected these incredible artists… Includes performances by Lucinda Williams, Cince Gill, Tom Waits, Kate Wolf, Jackson Browne, and Janis Ian.

  • Save the Planet! (3 CDs)

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    A collection of the best recordings dedicated to the preservation of our planet and its inhabitants. Jacques Cousteau, Helen Caldicott, Julia Butterfly Hill, Barry Commoner, and others. CD1: Introduction, Jacques Cousteau and Barry Commoner. CD 2: Chee Yoke Ling on "Fair Trade not Free Trade" and Judi Bari. CD 3: Helen Caldicott on "A Passion for Survival."

  • Ferlinghetti: From the Vault (3 CDs)

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    Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti was broadcast on several occasions in the 1960’s and 1970’s. These recordings are from the era of the Beat Poets. CD 1: Introduction and Lewis Hill. CD 2: Includes Alan Watts, Alice B. Toklas' Recipe for Hashish Fudge, Lew Welch, Dylan Thomas, and Song of the Fetus by Elsa Knight Thompson. CD 3: Artaud reads his play "To End the Judgment of God" in French and English. Listen to an audio clip.

  • Voices of Feminism (3 CDs)

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    You'll hear voices from all parts of the women's movement, including Bella Abzug, Angela Davis, and more.

  • Cornell West Pack (3 CDs)

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    Listen to over 150 minutes of this dynamic speaker, head of the African-American Studies Department at Columbia University.

  • Radical Comedians (3 CDs)

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    Featuring Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Richord Pryor, and Lily Tomlin.

  • From the Vault: An Audio Tour (3 CDs)

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    A sound montage from the Pacifica Radio Archives covering arts, culture, poetry, live events, interviews and other notable moments in the history of this extraordinary media outlet. This is a great introduction for anyone who is a new listener to Pacifica Radio.

  • Pacifica: A Flash of Fire (3 CDs)

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    A compilation of the most controversial moments in Pacifica history. William Mandel testifies before HUAC; the Symbionese Liberation Army drops off communique tapes to KPFK and Patty Hearst's letter from "Tanya" is broadcast; Mario Savio raises a ruckus starting the Student Free Speech Movement in Berkeley.

  • War, Peace and Pacifica (3 CDs)

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    A 3 CD compilation of recordings covering war and peace on Pacifica radio for more than 54 years. CD 1: Vietnam War Journalist Dale Minor interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson. CD 2: 1979 Documentary on the Student Protest Movements. CD 3: "The Berkeley Riots", a KPFA documentary including statements by Mario Savio and others. Listen to an audio clip.

  • Zinn-Said-Chomsky (3 CDs)

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    Howard Zinn, Edward Said, Noam Chomsky: Some of the best. Need we say more to introduce these progressive thinkers? CD 1: 'On Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance', talk given by Noam Chomsky from October 2003. CD 2: 'Edward Said 1935 - 2003', program broadcast on Democracy Now! September 26, 2003. CD 3: Howard Zinn on 'Occupied Iraq: The Role of Resistance Movements, Government Lies & the Media' and speaking in Los Angeles, November 2003.

  • Conspiracies and Controversies Pack (3 CDs)

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    This compilation includes the most prominent conspiracies and controversies in Pacifica's history. CD 1: 'The Great White Lie', featuring an interview from 1993 of former DEA agent Michael Levine, discussing the results of his research on how people in the CIA and DEA commit treason, as well as specific actions undertaken by the U.S. government. CD 2: 'Interview with Celerino Castillo' and other highlights from Pacifica's coverage of the Iran-Contra Hearings. CD 3: 'Crack Cocaine in America', includes speeches by Congresswoman Maxine Waters speaking at the Congressional Black Legislative Caucus in September 1996 outlining the facts of the crack cocaine CIA connections in Los Angeles.

  • Defining Black Power (3 CDs)

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    CD 1: Rosa Parks, James Baldwin, a debate between Bayard Rustin and Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer, Angela Davis. CD 2: Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, Stokley Carmichael, Martin Luther King, Jr., Huey Newton. CD 3: Eldridge Cleaver, Maulana Karenga, H. Rap Brown, Leroi Jones, and John Hope Franklin.

  • Hiroshima Commemorative Collection (4 CDs)

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    In addition to 2 hours of archival footage related to the first use of the atomic bomb, you will receive the new radio adaptation“Hiroshima” by John Hersey. Adapted for radio by John Valentine, with special permission from the Hersey estate. Cast: Ruby Dee, John Valentine, Tyne Daly, Daniel Benzali, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tony Plana, Jeanne Sakata, Michael Chyamurindi, Chris Tashima, and Esther K. Chae. Produced by Artists United, the Feminist Majority and the Pacifica Radio Archives. Directed by Michael Clark Haney. Executive producers for Artists United: Robert Greenwald and Kate McCardle; Radio producer Brian DeShazor; Original Music by Mark Snow.

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$300

  • Save the Planet! (6 CDs)

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    CD 1: Introduction, Jacques Cousteau and Barry Commoner. CD 2: Chee Yoke Ling on "Fair Trade not Free Trade" and Judi Bari. CD 3: Helen Caldicott on "A Passion for Survival." CD 4: A Memorial Appreciation of Rachel Carson. CD 5: Orewn Lyons on "Our Responsibility to the 7th Generation" and Julia Butterfly Hill. CD 6: Vandana Shiva and Reports from the WTO Protests.

  • War, Peace and Pacifica (6 CDs)

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    CD 1: Vietnam War Journalist Dale Minor interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson. CD 2: 1979 Documentary on the Student Protest Movements. CD 3: "The Berkeley Riots", a KPFA documentary including statements by Mario Savio and others. CD 4: The Battle of Da Nang as reported by Dale Minor. CD 5: Martin Luther King, Jr. on Vietnam. CD 6: Two documentaries on Vietnam. Listen to an audio clip.

  • Edward Said (6 CDs)

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    This new compilation traces the career of Edward Said through the recordings from the Pacifica Radio Archives, from his first Archives recording at a panel discussion in 1972, to his latest address on March 25th, 2003.

  • Ferlinghetti Fresh from the Vault (6 CDs)

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    CD 1: Introduction and Lewis Hill. CD 2: Includes Alan Watts, Alice B. Toklas' Recipe for Hashish Fudge, Lew Welch, Dylan Thomas, and Song of the Fetus by Elsa Knight Thompson. CD 3: Artaud reads his play "To End the Judgment of God" in French and English. CD 4: Pauline Kael, Lew Welch and Byron Bryant. CD 5: Ferlinghetti Selections: "A Street Kiss", "One Of These Days", and "Speak Out!" CD 6: Beat Poets of San Francisco, including recordings of Lenny Bruce, Allen Ginsberg, and Kenneth Rexroth. Listen to an audio clip.

  • Pacifica Causes (6 CDs)

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    CD 1: Pacifica Landmarks news montage ranging from Patty Hearts to William Mandel before HUAC to Amy Goodman in East Timor. CD 2: 'A Conversation with the Grand Dragon of Texas' featuring the head of the Texas KKK discussing allegations of their responsibility for a rash of right-wing bombing in Hoston in 1971; 'KPFT Blows Away' detailing the bombing of Pacifica's Houston station in 1971. CD 3: 'Massacre: the Story of East Timor' and 'Elsa Knight Thompson - 1907-1983: A Remembrance'. CD 4 & 5: 'Untangling the Web: The Iran-Contra Hearings Revisited'. CD 6: 'A Night In Chicago', a documentary report on the demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, including actuality of Bobby Seale outside the Convention Center, Dick Gregory at Lyndon Johnson's 'unbirthday' party, as well as reports from Alan Ginsberg and Studs Terkel of police brutality.

  • Our Civil Liberties (6 CDs)

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    CD 1: Clear and Present Danger. CD 2: ACLU Documentary by Elsa Knight Thompson. CD 3: "The Bill of Rights and the Federal Government" by Justice Hugo Black. CD 4: Civil Liberties Radio Education Project Sampler by Adi Gevins and Kathy McAnally. CD 5: "Me and my shadow" documentary and Abbie Hoffman. CD 6: Stephen Rohde and Daniel Ellsberg.

  • Folk Jam + Jazz/Blues Explosion (6 CDs)

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    CD 1: Introduction, Odetta, and more. CD 2: Lena Horne and Miriam Makeba. CD 3: John Coltrane. CD 4: Introduction to Jazz/Blues Explosion, Odetta, and more. CD 5: Lena Horne and Miriam Makeba. CD 6: John Coltrane.

  • Save the Planet! (6 CDs)

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    CD 1: Introduction, Jacques Cousteau and Barry Commoner. CD 2: Chee Yoke Ling on "Fair Trade not Free Trade" and Judi Bari. CD 3: Helen Caldicott on "A Passion for Survival." CD 4: A Memorial Appreciation of Rachel Carson. CD 5: Orewn Lyons on "Our Responsibility to the 7th Generation" and Julia Butterfly Hill. CD 6: Vandana Shiva and Reports from the WTO Protests.

  • Ralph Nader (6 CDs)

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    A new compilation tracing Nader's illustrious career as an author and activist. CD 1: Ralph Nader at the Labor Party Convention, November 1998. CD 2: 'The Decline of Democracy in the United States', speech given in 1992 in San Francisco. CD 3: 'The Citizen's Agenda for 1992', recorded at Harvard University. CD 4: Actuality of Nader's testimony before a congressional committee on America's energy problems in Januay 1974, as well as 'The COnsumer Movement and the Energy Crisis, a talk recorded in February 1974. CD 5: Ralph Nader at the National Conference on Media Reform in November 2003, and 'Across the River: Beward of Smiing Presidents', a discussion between Naader and John Atlas, representative of the New Jersey Tenants Organization recorded in 1984. CD 6: Nader's first major address on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict broadcast on Democracy Now! June 17, 2003.

  • War, Peace and Pacifica (6 CDs)

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    CD 1: Vietnam War Journalist Dale Minor interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson. CD 2: 1979 Documentary on the Student Protest Movements. CD 3: "The Berkeley Riots", a KPFA documentary including statements by Mario Savio and others. CD 4: The Battle of Da Nang as reported by Dale Minor. CD 5: Martin Luther King, Jr. on Vietnam. CD 6: Two documentaries on Vietnam.

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$500

  • Arts and Literature Deluxe! (12 CDs)

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    CD 1: Introduction and Lewis Hill. CD 2: Includes Alan Watts, Alice B. Toklas' Recipe for Hashish Fudge, Lew Welch, Dylan Thomas, and Song of the Fetus by Elsa Knight Thompson. CD 3: Artaud reads his play "To End the Judgment of God" in French and English. CD 4: Pauline Kael, Lew Welch and Byron Bryant. CD 5: Ferlinghetti Selections: "A Street Kiss", "One Of These Days", and "Speak Out!" CDs 6 & 7: Beat Poets of San Francisco, including recordings of Lenny Bruce, Allen Ginsberg, and Kenneth Rexroth, Jack Kerouac, Mort Sahl, and more. CD 8: Allen Ginsberg on "Why We Can't Air Howl" and on George Carlin's Seven Dirty Words and Free Speech. CD 9: James Baldwin on the Artist's Struggle for Integrity and Langston Hughes reads "Ask Your Mama." CD 10: Diary of Anais Nin. CDs 11 & 12: Drama and Literature Documentary by Susan Stone of KPFA.

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$1000

  • PRA Mini-Library Collection (39 CDs)

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    Includes the top hits from our collection such as Say It Out Loud, the 2-CD set featuring W.E.B. DuBois, as well as the 3-CD sets 'Save Our Planet!', 'Jazz/Blues Explosion', 'Malcolm X', 'Zinn - Said - Chomsky Pack', 'June Jordan', 'Civil Liberties Collection', and much more.

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$5000

  • PRA Library Collection: The Voices of Pacifica (100 CDs)

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    Handsomely packaged in a hard-case 'safe box', this premium includes the 12-CD sets 'Arts & Literature Deluxe!' and 'Save Our Planet Deluxe!', the 6-CD sets 'The Ralph Nader Collection', 'Best of Democracy Now!', 'War, Peace and Pacifica', 'The Angela Davis Collection', 'The Edward Said Collection', 'The Malcolm X Colelction', 'Pacifica Causes', and the 'Our Civil Liberties Pack', as well as, last but not least, the 3-CD sets 'Conspiracies & Controversies', 'The June Jordan Collection', 'The Vital Vidal Collection', 'Hiroshima: A Play by John Hershey', 'Chomsky - Said - Zinn Pack', and the 'Jazz/Blues Explosion'. And more..

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