Antinuclear movement

  • Women’s Antinuclear Rally (incomplete)

    Recording of speeches from an anti-nuclear rally. No date or location is given but it may be Mother’s Day, 1979? in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY (Medgar Evers College is mentioned). First speaker on this is named Susan (last name not given), and she speaks about being a mother with the risk of nuclear pollution. Second…

  • Interview with filmmaker Joan Harvey

    Rich Schrader speaks with Joan Harvey, producer and director of the film “American: from Hitler to M-X” about nuclear war and disarmament.

  • Helen Caldicott on The Velvet Sledgehammer: June 25, 1978

    WBAI’s Velvet Sledgehammer program for June 25, 1978. Opens with Judie Pasternak giving information about upcoming anti-nuclear protest in NYC as part of the show’s Community Bulletin Board segment, followed by Eileen Zalisk’s Medical News segment. At 00:10:00, Helen Caldicott is interviewed over the phone about her activism against nuclear energy, weapons, and war by…

  • Rukeyser Reading Series: Grace Paley and Allen Ginsberg interviewed by Dennis Bernstein

    Rukeyser Reading Program on the Air. Part one: [30 min.] Dennis Bernstein interviews Grace Paley about her fight against the nuclear madness in America. She talks about the big lie about civil defense and the history of struggle against the evil effects of nuclear science and what can be done. Need for renewable resource living.…

  • Survival Sunday III (Part 6 of 7)

    Sixth tape reel of actuality from the antinuclear benefit concert that took place and was broadcast live on May 25, 1980 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. This reel includes House Band, Darryl Henriques, Bella Abzug, Steve Goodman, Reverend James Lawson, Peter Yarrow, and Mary Travers. |r.1. Pat Smith, Friends Band, Alliance Welcome (56…

  • Survival Sunday III (Part 7 of 7)

    Seventh and final tape reel of actuality from the antinuclear benefit concert that took place and was broadcast live on May 25, 1980 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. This reel includes House Band, Winona LaDuke, The Eagles, and the rally finale. |r.1. Pat Smith, Friends Band, Alliance Welcome (56 min.). — r.2. Roscoe…

  • Teach-in on the arms race / organized by Suzi Weissman (Part 2 of 3)

    This is the second tape from the teach-in held during KPFK’s day-long peace festival on April 20, 1981. The teach-in on the arms race was coordinated by Suzi Weissman, editor of Critique. Produced by Clare Spark. Part two.

  • Teach-in on the arms race / organized by Suzi Weissman (Part 3 of 3)

    This is the third and final tape from the teach-in held during KPFK’s day-long peace festival on April 20, 1981. The teach-in on the arms race was coordinated by Suzi Weissman, editor of Critique. Produced by Clare Spark. Part three.

  • Survival Sunday III (Part 2 of 7)

    Second tape reel of actuality from the benefit concert that took place and was broadcast live on May 25, 1980 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. This reel includes Roscoe Lee Browne, Danny Ishio, (Solar) Bruce Mussell, and John Trudell. |r.1. Pat Smith, Friends Band, Alliance Welcome (56 min.). — r.2. Roscoe Lee Browne,…

  • Survival Sunday III (Part 3 of 7)

    Third tape reel of actuality from the benefit concert that took place on May 25, 1980 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and was broadcast live on KPFK. This reel includes Susan St. James, Holly Near, Ron Kovic, and Michio Kaku. |r.1. Pat Smith, Friends Band, Alliance Welcome (56 min.). — r.2. Roscoe Lee…