Silbowitz, Al. – Pacifica Radio Archives

The Sheraton Palace Hotel demonstrations

Report on the Ad Hoc Committee Against Discrimination’s demonstration against racist hiring practices at the Sheraton Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Features audio of Joseph Sullivan, President of the Hotel Employers of San Francisco at a press conference; comedian and activist Dick Gregory addressing the protesters; Tracy Sims (now Tamam Tracy Moncur), organizer and spokesperson for…

August 24, 2025

Marathon opening / Al Silbowtiz.

Statement opening the 1972 fund-raising marathon.

August 24, 2025

Voyage to Haiphong / Phillip Drath ; interviewed by Al Silbowitz.

Drath discusses his recent campaign for Congressman from California and his trip on the ship the Phoenix which took medical supplies toVietnam.

August 24, 2025

The Catholic commission of inquiry / Father Harry Bury ; interviewed by Al Silbowitz.

Bury discusses what an end to the war would meanto Catholics in Vietnam.

August 24, 2025

Warren Widener, mayor-elect of Berkeley

The city of Berkeley’s first Black mayor, Warren Widener (1938-2013) discusses how he hopes to implement his programs, the role of the police in the community, and providing aid for schools, among other subjects. This interview with Al Silbowitz and Elsa Knight Thompson was broadcast live on KPFA, Monday, April 26, 1971. |

August 24, 2025

Three who resigned / moderated by Al Silbowitz.

Audrey Rodgers, Victor Honig, and Babette Chamberlain discuss why they resigned their San Francisco Bay area city commissions.

August 24, 2025

Al Silbowitz.

Report on student meeting to assess the Academic Senate.

August 24, 2025

The Flying Yogi / Swami Vishnudevanda ; interviewed by Al Silbowitz.

The Swami discusses his yoga centers in North America, and his use of a private plane to service them all.

August 24, 2025

Righteous but compassionate

An interview with Steve Stacey and Ron Landberg of the Good Earth Commune in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. They discuss the Haight-Ashbury as it is today, as well as the evolving “”hip”” lifestyle and its philosophy. The interviewer is Al Silbowitz.

August 24, 2025

Green County special election / produced by Lowell Carmony and Al Silbowitz.

John Cashin, Ralph Abernathy, Hosea Williams, Albert Turner, William McKinley Branch, Birch Bayh, and candidates for local office discuss the court-ordered elections intended to represent the majority Black population.

August 24, 2025