Communism
- Attribution
- Posted10 October 2019
- Attribution
- Posted10 October 2019
- Attribution
- Posted10 October 2019
- Attribution
- 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
- Attribution
- Posted30 September 2019
- AttributionNews from Elsewhere
- 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
The Reunion. Solidarity. Audio, 45 minutes
Former leaders of Solidarity recall the bitter struggle for democracy in 1980s Poland.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Rosa Luxemburg. Audio, 50 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and times of Rosa Luxemburg, revolutionary.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Free Thinking 2017, Russia's Sacred Ruins. Audio, 15 minutes
Victoria Donovan explores the dilemmas of post-war reconstruction in Soviet Russia.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. Being Christian in China's Jerusalem, Communism and the Meteoric Rise of Christianity in China. Audio, 27 minutes
Rural Christian workers arriving in China's mega-cities are changing the social landscape
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Shopping News, Tirana. Audio, 15 minutes
Joanna Robertson on buying dreams of wealth in Tirana in the aftermath of communism.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
