Communism
Witness History. The fall of the Berlin Wall. Audio, 9 minutes
The border between communist East Germany and the West opened on November 9th 1989
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. East German refugees in the Prague embassy. Audio, 9 minutes
Thousands of East Germans sought refuge in the West German embassy in Prague in 1989.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. The reburial of a Hungarian hero. Audio, 9 minutes
The body of Imre Nagy who had led the Hungarian Uprising was reburied in 1989
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. The legalisation of Solidarity. Audio, 9 minutes
The Polish trade union organisation was banned by the communists until April 1989
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted14 October 2019
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- Posted10 October 2019
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- Posted10 October 2019
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- Posted10 October 2019
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- Posted10 October 2019
Witness History. China opens up to capitalism. Audio, 9 minutes
How China's Communist rulers established the country's first Special Economic Zones
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted30 September 2019
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- Posted9 September 2019
Sunday Feature. Cold War in Full Swing - Louis Armstrong in the GDR. Audio, 44 minutes
Kevin Le Gendre discovers how Louis Armstrong came to play jazz in communist East Germany.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Witness History. Cuba executes top military officers. Audio, 9 minutes
Four army officers were sentenced to death for drug trafficking by the Castro government
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. How America 'lost' China. Audio, 9 minutes
How an American war hero was sent to stop China becoming communist and failed.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. The Malayan Emergency. Audio, 9 minutes
The struggle against a Communist insurgency in Malaya in the 1950s
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Surviving McCarthy. Audio, 28 minutes
Science writer Ehsan Masood has been searching for survivors from the McCarthy era.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Witness History. When Stalin Rounded Up Soviet Doctors. Audio, 9 minutes
Hundreds of Soviet doctors were imprisoned or shot in the last year of Stalin's rule.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. When China Joined the WTO. Audio, 9 minutes
China had to open up its strict communist system to join the World Trade Organisation
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Beyond Belief. China. Audio, 28 minutes
Ernie Rea discusses the place of religion in modern China.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Walking The Lobster, Episode 4. Audio, 15 minutes
Writer John Walsh examines the male desire to stand out, sartorially and in attitude.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. China's Generation Gap: Beijing. Audio, 51 minutes
How have political, social and economic changes affected relations between generations?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Between the Ears. The Plot for Karl Marx. Audio, 30 minutes
Alan Dein explores Karl Marx's journey from corpse to bronze monolith.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
