Caldicott, Helen

  • A passion for survival with Dr. Helen Caldicott

    This 12-part series was produced by the Pacifica Radio Archives in 2002, featuring the world-renowned activist and physician Dr. Helen Caldicott. Programs feature highlights from Dr. Caldicott’s career and her struggle to save the planet from nuclear disaster from 1970-2002, and interviews with specialists such as Michael Parenti, Julia Butterfly HIll, Noam Chomsky, and others.…

  • Eight minutes to midnight

    This is an interview with Victoria Watermark, head of the Helen Caldicott project in Los Angeles on the Caldicott film, “8 Minutes to Midnight” and the nuclear freeze petition. Interview conducted and program produced by Roy Tuckman. Film was playing in Los Angeles until January 4, 1982.

  • Helen Caldicott: Summary of Talk at Mills College

    Talk on the health dangers of nuclear technologies.

  • Dr. Helen Caldicott briefs San Francisco health officials on nuclear dangers.

    Dr. Helen Caldicott, founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, briefs San Francisco health officials on the medical effects of nuclear war. She discusses the psychological effects of the arms race on Europeans based on her recent visits there and about the ramifications of a hypothetical nuclear attack on San Francisco.

  • Helen Caldicott Audio-biography (episode 1 of 12)

    First of a twelve-part series about Dr. Helen Caldicott.

  • Democracy Now! January 19, 1999

    Y2K and Nuclear Weapons; Massacre in Kosovo; Clinton’s Defense Team |Y2K and Nuclear Weapons Millenium approaches and anit-nuckear activists around the world are sounding alarms at the possibility that computer malfunctions caused by Y2K could jeopardize public safety. The Defense Department announced that all its computer systems deemed critical to national defense are safe. Activists…

  • May 6 Coalition rally / reported by Celeste Wesson and Lorne Cress-Love (Part 1 of 6)

    May 6 Coalition Rally / reported by Celeste Wesson and Lorne Cress-Love. Live coverage of the anti-nuclear rally attended by about 70,000 people. CONTENTS: Bella Abzug, John Goffman, Ruth Jordan, David Brower. RECORDED: 6 May 1979, in Washington, DC. BROADCAST: by Pacifica News Service.

  • May 6 Coalition rally / reported by Celeste Wesson and Lorne Cress-Love (Part 4 of 6)

    May 6 Coalition Rally / reported by Celeste Wesson and Lorne Cress-Love. Live coverage of the anti-nuclear rally attended by about 70,000 people. CONTENTS: Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, John Hall, Jerry Brown, Grace Paley, Dick Gregory, Kurt Vonnegut, Jose Letelier, Graham Nash. RECORDED: 6 May 1979, in Washington, DC. BROADCAST: by Pacifica News Service.

  • Nuclear madness / Dr. Helen Caldicott

    Dr. Helen Caldicott was a former Australian pediatrician, anti-nuclear activist, author, and president of Physicians for Social Responsibility. In this recording, Caldicott speaks to State officials following the Convention of Physicians for Social Responsibility, held in Sacramento, the week of November 16, 1980. In her talk, Caldicott describes a reactor meltdown, radiation sickness, plutonium, the…

  • Survival Sunday Antinuclear Rally at the Hollywood Bowl, 1979

    Aircheck from the live performance and broadcast of Survival Sunday, a “no nukes” rally held at the Hollywood Bowl on June 10, 1979. The event was also referred to as Survival Sunday II, as it was held a year after the first Survival Sunday antinuclear rally in Los Angeles. Reels 2, 3, 4, and 5…