Cutting-edge radio documentaries in collaboration with the National Radio Project

BAIDO has teamed up with the National Radio Project to offer cassettes and CDs of important, cutting-edge radio documentaries. These 29-minute programs focus on the political and cultural effects of macro-economic policies on the daily lives of people around the world, as well as the natural environment.

Special price: $12 for non-members and $10 for members (regularly $15).

CATALOG OF SHOWS:

(#30-03) DEADLY EXTRACTION: OIL AND MINING INTERESTS IN AFRICA
When President Bush made a one-week tour of the African continent in early July 2003 the U.S. public heard a lot about human suffering and conflict there. The tragic AIDS epidemic and the toll of bloody wars are critical issues that should be examined in-depth. Yet, one key component seemed to be missing from the coverage: multinational corporate interests and their effects on people in African nations. On this edition of Making Contact, we take a look at some examples: In Tanzania a Canadian-based corporation is accused of burying alive artisan miners in order to acquire control of a gold mine; and the drive for oil has sparked political and social upheavals in Sudan and Angola. FEATURING: Nyang Chol, a senior official with RAS, the humanitarian wing of the rebel SPDF faction in Sudan; Leslie Lefkow, Doctors Without Borders; Sam Ibok, the African Union; Phillipe Gaspar, a 13 year-old Angolan refugee; Chantal Uwimana, Transparency International; Gregor Binkert, Chad representative to the World Bank; Ongar Lassie Yorongar, a leading political figure in Chad; Tundu Lissu, a Tanzanian human rights attorney and Investigative journalist Greg Palast, author of "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy."

(#18-03) SHIFTING THE DEBATE: ALTERNATIVES TO CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION
For decades now, social movements that oppose corporate-globalization have been articulating what they are against and why while few alternatives have entered the public discourse. That's beginning to change, say proponents of fair trade policies and democratic rights. On this edition of Making Contact, NRP’s Globalization Desk will feature two prominent corporate-globalization critics who are promoting alternatives to the current model of economic globalization, physicist Vandana Shiva & economist John Cavanagh. FEATURING: Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy; John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies; Shiva and Cavanagh are both contributors to the report "Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A etter World is Possible," a report from the International Forum on Globalization.

(#8-03) BOTTLED RIGHTS: COCA-COLA WORKERS
Coca-Cola is one of the most recognized brands in the world. Billions of people know it as "the real thing." But what's the real story about its corporate practices? Communities in India charge that they are losing their water as bottling plants suck resources dry to produce Coke. In Colombia there are allegations that Coke workers in bottling plants are murdered by paramilitaries with the support of management. On this edition of Making Contact, we take a look at Coca-Cola and a couple examples of the corporation's foreign operations. FEATURING: Coca-Cola Workers in a Colombian Coca-Cola bottling plant; Dan Kovalik, United Steel Workers attorney; Herlinda Lucila Hernandez Matos, Atlantic University Professor in Colombia; community members in Plachimada, India; G.N. Saibaba, All India People's Resistance Forum and Rona Wilson, All India Revolutionary Students Federation.

#48-02 OIL AND OUTRAGE FLARE: AN AUDIO JOURNEY THROUGH THE NIGER DELTA
In the oil-rich Niger Delta, multinational companies reap huge profits, while poor communities suffer in the midst of plenty. But confronting the oil companies has its price. On this program, we hear from people who are taking risks and demanding control over resources in their communities. FEATURING: Chief of Umeucheum communityin Nigeria; Oronto Douglas, deputy director of Environmental Rights Action (Friends of the Earth Nigeria); Annie Brisibe, Niger Delta Women for Justice.

#39-02 GROWING DOUBTS: CORPORATE CONTROL OF AGRICULTURE
As some of the largest corporations in the world dominate the agriculture industry, small farmers are at risk of losing their land and livelihoods. Other forces are at play as well, including policies set forth by international financial institutions and - as is the case with Black farmers in the United States - racism. On this edition of Making Contact we take a look at the plight of family farmers. FEATURING: Michael Ableman, author of From the Good Earth, a Celebration of Growing Food Around the World; Peter Rosset, Institute for Food and Development Policy; Gary Grant, National Black Farmers and Agriculturists Association; Kenny Ausubel, Bioneers Founder; Maria Elena, organizer for CECOCAFEN (Central de Cooperativas Cafetaleras del Norte); Zoyla Jose, member of the Indigenous Communities Coalition; Eloy Sanchez, a representative for a small agricultural organization in Panama; Norman Davis, a farmer from Nicaragua.

#35-02 TAPPING THE MARKET: PRIVATIZING THE WORLD'S WATER SUPPLY
The World Bank predicts that two-thirds of the world’s population will not have enough fresh drinking water by the year 2025. Instead of protecting existing supplies, promoting conservation or helping vulnerable populations, many governments are turning to private companies to fix their water woes. Private companies, often large transnational corporations, are looking to cash-in. There's growing concern among communities that as water resources fall into the hands of private interests, more poor people will be left to go thirsty. On this program, we take a look at a few examples of water privatization in South Africa, Ghana, Bolivia, and the United States. FEATURING: John Nyagbe, Third World Network Africa; Trevor Ngwane, Anti-Privatization Forum; Sara Grusky, Public Citizen's International Water Working Group; Virginia Setshedi, Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee; Oscar Olivera, Coalition in Defense of Water and Life; Rodney Smith, J and M Water Development LCC; David Bollier, author of "Silent Theft: The Private Plunder of our Common Wealth;" Antonia Juhasz, International Forum on Globalization; Jane Kelly, Public Citizen; Hiroshi Kanno, Concerned Citizens of Newport; Deb Wudyka, Nestle Waters North America; Terry Swier, Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation.

#29-02 FUEL TO THE FIRE: OIL AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN COLOMBIA
Colombia is the third largest recipient of aid from Washington. Since 1999 U.S. economic and military involvement in that country has deepened. On this program we look at connections between oil corporations, indigenous peoples and the civil war in Colombia. FEATURING: Hector Mondrigan, Colombia Human Rights Network; Monica Enriquez, Committee for a New Colombia; Ligia Inez Alzate Arias, CUT; Clemencia Herrera, National Indigenous Organization of Colombia; Wade Davis, explorer-in-residence, National Geographic; Kevin Koenig, Amazon Watch; Larry Meriage, Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

#28-02 THE DEBT TREADMILL: CYCLICAL POVERTY IN THE THIRD WORLD
Heads-of-state, rock-stars, activists and many others have called for debt relief for heavily indebted poor countries of the Global South. On this archive edition of Making Contact, we take a look at international debt, its causes, and why some are calling for the debts to be canceled. FEATURING: Njoki Njehu and Soren Ambrose, 50 Years is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice; Brian Ashley, Alternative Information and Development Center; Nunu Kidane, International Development Exchange; Seydina Senghor, Jubilee 2000; Camille Chalmers, PAPDA.

#26-02 IN WHOSE SERVICE? GATS AND THE W.T.O.
What if a corporation took over the U.S. Postal Service or your municipal water system? Through discussion of the General Agreement on Trade in Services, we’ll take a look at the World Trade Organization’s momentum toward privatization of all service sectors, from accounting to electricity. FEATURING: Lori Wallach and Mary Bottari, Public Citizens' Global Trade Watch; Ellen Gould, an expert on international accounting practices; Scott Sinclair, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives; Ruth Kaplan, Alliance for Democracy; Lawrence White, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business; Patricia Arnold, a professor of accounting at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; music from Larry Shaw

#17-02 GOING HUNGRY IN A WORLD OF PLENTY
Twenty-first century high technology has not abated hunger. Pesticides and industrialized processing deplete needed nutrients, often doing more harm than good. On this program, we take a look at the role multinational corporations play in perpetuating the cycle of hunger. We also hear how so-called free trade and food aid contributes to starvation. FEATURING: Debi Barker, co-director of the International Forum on Globalization; Frances Moore Lappé, author of "Diet for a Small Planet"; Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Pesticide Action Network; Yolette Etienne, a leader of women’s cooperatives in Haiti; Janice Oliver, deputy director for the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition; Arthur Hughes, president of the Northeast Council of Food Inspection Locals; Wenonah Hauter, Public Citizen; Dr. Mark Wheelis, microbiologist at University of California at Davis.

#10-03 WOMEN RISING: INTERNATIONAL PEACE MAKERS
Women worldwide are gaining influence as leaders: struggling for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. On this edition of Making Contact, we profile three tireless and effective women: Wangari Maathai, founder of the Greenbelt Movement in Kenya; Devorah Brous, founder of Bustan L'Shalom, a human rights/peace and justice organization in Israel/Palestine; Lydia Alpizar, founder of Elije, a youth organization for women’s rights in Mexico. This program is a special collaboration with Lynn Feinerman's Women Rising radio series (a project of Crown Sephira Productions) and NRP's Women's Desk.

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