Silbowitz, Al. – Page 2 – Pacifica Radio Archives

The Way it was / Rachel Penken ; interviewed by Al Silbowitz.

Discussion of her work in the Socialist Party in New York, 1918, and the early victories.

August 24, 2025

Rebels with a cause / Ray Towbis ; interviewed by Al Silbowitz.

Assisstant director of Mission Rebels in Action discusses the groups’ efforts to direct ghetto youth toward community projects.

August 24, 2025

Revolution and the intellectual / Todd Gitlin ; interviewed by Al Silbowitz.

On the role of the intellectual in revolution.

August 24, 2025

Avoid Vietnam in Latin America / Arthur Melville ; interviewed by Al Silbowitz.

The Maryknoll priest discusses his seven year battle for social change in Guatemala.

August 24, 2025

The Urban plantation / Neil Eddington ; interviewed by Al Silbowitz.

Discussion of Black attitudes and the contribution of social science.

August 24, 2025

Vietnamese children in fire and blood / produced by Al Silbowitz.

On the efforts of Terre des Hommes, an international children’s mercy organization, to remove the burned and wounded children from war-torn Vietnam.

August 24, 2025

Students rights and campus politics / Mike Tigar ; interviewed by Al Silbowitz.

Discussion of the 1966 student march in Berkeley, and and the demands for new campus rules.

August 24, 2025

Out of anger / Mike O’Hanlon ; interviewed by Al Silbowitz.

Convicted murder, awaiging extradition to New York, discusses his five years in a hospital for the criminally insane and his continuing legal battle.

August 24, 2025

Automobile smog : a dissenting view / produced by Al Silbowtiz and Scott Keech.

Documentary on the controversy surrounding the crankcase smog control valve; includes interviewes with Bay area garage and service station mechanics, and founders of Citizens for Sensible Smog Suppression.

August 24, 2025

David and Goliath / Lee Lockwood ; interviewed by Al Silbowitz.

Discussion of Lockwood’s observations and evaluations of the Vietnam War.

August 24, 2025