KPFA open hour

  • A conversation with Ella Winter / interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson

    The internationally known political author and lecturer Ella Winter talks with Elsa Knight Thompson about the changes she finds in the United States since her last visit to this country, which had been in 1962 or 1963. Winter says that the country seems much more outspoken about politics, and much less fearful, in general, about…

  • Police fire on Black Panther headquarters

    KPFA’s Colin Edwards reports on the police attack on the Black Panther Party headquarters on Grove Street in Oakland on September 10, 1968. Edwards interviews Eldridge Cleaver, Minister of Information for the Black Panthers; Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party; Alex Hoffmann, defense attorney for the Black Panthers; Cecil Johnson, an eyewitness to…

  • A talk with Bobby Seale

    Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby Seale is interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson in the San Francisco County Jail two days after his return to the Bay Area from the Chicago Conspiracy Trial. Seale talks about first meeting Huey P. Newton, his origins as a revolutionary, and the difference between self-defense and terrorism. First aired the…

  • Blacks and the jury system / moderated by Elsa Knight Thompson

    A panel discussion on the problems of being Black or Mexican-American under current jury procedures, with Fay Stender, Berkeley attorney, Carl Metoyer, president of the Alameda County Bar Association, Robert Boags, president of the Charles Houston Law Club, and Dr. Philip Good, a statistical consultant who has done research on Black registration. Topics discussed include…

  • William Kunstler speaks (Episode 4 of 12)

    Militant speech on the need for radical change in America. Bill Kunstler, one of the lawyers defending the New York 21, speaking at the conference called by the Black Panther party for a United Front Against Fascism. Kunstler speaks on right of self defense from legal and political points of view, advocates gun ownership, and…

  • Ron Dellums speaks (Episode 5 of 12)

    Ron Dellums, Berkeley City Councilman outlines directions for change in American society at the conference called by the Black Panther Party for a United Front Against Fascism.

  • Jeff Jones speaks (Episode 6 of 12)

    Jeff Jones of Students for a Democratic Society outlines the changes needed in American society at the United Front Against Fascism conference called by the Black Panther Party. Recorded at the conference 1969-07-19. Originally aired during KPFA’s open hour on 1969-08-04.

  • Charles Garry speaks (Episode 9 of 12)

    Attorney Charles Garry speaking on Black political and legal rights at the United Front Against Fascism conference called by the Black Panther Party. Recorded in Oakland, 1969-07-19. Originally aired during KPFA’s open hour, 1969-08-11.

  • Religion vs. fascism seminar (Episode 12 of 12)

    Portions of the Religion versus Fascism seminar held on Saturday, July 20, 1969 at Bobby Hutton Park in Oakland. The moderator is Reverend A. Cecil Williams of Glide Memorial Methodist Church in San Francisco. The speakers are Father Earl Neil of St. Augustine’s Church in Oakland; Father Eugene Boyle of Sacred Heart in San Francisco;…

  • What’s the panic: pollution and birth control / Dr. Paul Ehrlich

    Dr. Paul Ehrlich, Stanford professor and author of “The Population Bomb” talks about pollution and birth control. Recorded at a Human Ecology Symposium held at Fullerton Junior College on April 18, 1969. Originally aired during KPFA’s open hour on September 1, 1969. Note: Outro–The song “Pollution” which was heard at the beginning of the program…