Nuclear disarmament.

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: November 6, 1982 (Production reel)

    Production reel containing excerpts for the June 8, 1982 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Part one contains clips of Helen Caldicott speaking about the threat of nuclear weapons; part two contains an unnamed speaker (Parsons?) at an Upper West Side Manhattan, NY town meeting on nuclear freeze and nuclear reduction, reading a telegram from Senator…

  • The Women Peacemakers: November 8, 1982

    Hosted by Cora Weiss. Guests are Liz Brando from Leicester, UK, of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (“Ban the Bomb”) and Peace Camps; and Patsy Lake of the American Friends Service Committee and the New York Metropolitan Freeze Campaign.

  • Medical consequences of nuclear war symposium

    This is a series of lectures delivered at the Medical Consequences of Nuclear War symposium organized by Physicians for Social Responsibility. Recorded by KPFK at the University of California, Los Angeles on October 31, 1981. |Contents: reel 1. Helen Caldicott — reel 2. John Kenneth Galbraith on economic consequences — reel 3. H. Jack Geiger…

  • 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.

  • Disarmament now! / Linus Pauling and Henry Way Kendall (Episode 1 of 4)

    Disarmament Now! Episode 1 of 4. Linus Pauling (February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) and Professor Henry Way Kendall (December 9, 1926 – February 15, 1999). Professor Kendall, MIT, describes the results of nuclear warfare, how the USSR is vulnerable to nuclear attack, how it would affect the ozone shield and therefore us. His…

  • Disarmament now! / Dr. Helen Caldicott (Episode 2 of 4)

    Disarmament Now! Episode 2 of 4. Dr. Helen Caldicott, a pediatrician and founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, gives her horrifying account of what the world will be like after a nuclear war, giving examples of the radiation disease resulting from the bombs dropped on Japan. Then she gives some chilling statistics about bombs and…

  • Disarmament now! / Dr. Richard J. Barnet (Episode 3 of 4)

    Disarmament Now! Episode 3 of 4. Dr. Richard Barnet (May 7, 1929 – December 23, 2004) of the Institute for Policy Studies speaks about nuclear proliferation and world security. He speaks about the new Cold War, the arms race, how we need new ideas, and the need for understanding the historical moment. He says that…

  • Disarmament now! / William Winpisinger (Episode 4 of 4)

    Disarmament Now! Episode 4 of 4. William Wayne Winpisinger (December 10, 1924 – December 11, 1997), International Machinists and Atomic Workers President, discusses the economic conversion of the weapons industry as well as giving his perspective of that industry. He claims it is a capital intensive industry that doesn’t do much in creating additional jobs.…

  • A New American Vision: Daniel Ellsberg And Robert Scheer

    A NEW AMERICAN VISION / Daniel Ellsberg and Robert Scheer| introduced by Edmund Hadaad. – Two lectures given at a presentation organized by Physicians for Social Responsibility. Daneil Ellsberg and Robert Scheer present what they think should be the direction of United States foreign policy, especially the need to rethink our nuclear weapons development since…