Protests, demonstrations, vigils, etc. – Pacifica Radio Archives

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…

August 24, 2025

June 12th (1982) No-Nuke rally. (Part 2 of 6)

Live coverage from New York rally, anchored by Robert Knight; Dick Gregory, Pete Seeger, William Sloan Coffin, Orson Welles, House of the Lord Choir, Helen Caldicott, Randall Forsberg, Holly Near, Micheo Kaku, survivors of Hiroshima, Mickey Leland, and others. Technical note: buzz in some places.

August 24, 2025

June 12th (1982) No-Nuke rally. (Part 3 of 6)

Live coverage from New York rally, anchored by Robert Knight; Coretta Scott King, Helen Caldicott, Dick Gregory, Michio Kaku, Bruce Springsteen, and others. Recording ends with Tony Cavin (sp?) describing crowd and Linda Ronstadt starting to sing.

August 24, 2025

June 12th (1982) No-Nuke rally. (Part 4 of 6)

Live coverage from New York rally, anchored by Robert Knight; Linda Ronstadt and others. Last of the New York reels. Song “Fate of the Earth” ends.

August 24, 2025

June 12th (1982) No-Nuke rally. (Part 5 of 6)

Live coverage via satellite of San Francisco rally, anchored by Aileen Alfandary: Ron Dellums and others.

August 24, 2025

June 12th (1982) No-Nuke rally. (Part 6 of 6)

Live coverage via satellite of San Francisco rally at the San Francisco Civic Center, anchored by Aileen Alfandary: Olga Talamantes, Angela Davis, Bonnie Raitt, Ying Lee Kelley, Jody Guthrie, Graham Nash, and others. End credit clipped.

August 24, 2025

June 12th Rally: Nuclear disarmament rallies in San Francisco and New York (1982)

The International March and Rally for a Freeze and Reduction of Nuclear Arms and a Transfer of Funds from the Military to Human Needs. On June 12, 1982, the largest antinuclear demonstration was held in New York City’s Central Park, while a simultaneous demonstration was held in San Francisco at its Civic Center. Over one…

August 24, 2025

We can change the world / produced by Laurie Garrett.

On the student protest movement which followed the invasion of Cambodia: the Kent State and Jackson State riots, the Black Panthers, Berkeley. Includes actuality.

August 24, 2025

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.

August 24, 2025

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.

August 24, 2025