Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)


  • KPFK meets the press : legalities of the SLA communiques / Will Lewis ; recorded by Ruth Hirschman.

    A press conference on the legal battle surrounding KPFK’s refusal to turn over SLA and Weather Underground tapes to the police on first amendment grounds.


  • Sla Special

    Sla Special| Produced by WBAI| Recorded on May 20, 1974. – CONTENT: Program includes news report and interview by Earl Ofari Hutchinson with the eye witness from the neighborhood after the shootout at SLA house in Los Angeles. Another witness is interviewed, (a woman) and is asked about the raids on adjacent apartments before the…


  • Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) tapes.

    Series of taped statements and demands given to Pacifica station KPFK in Los Angeles by the S.L.A. (Symbionese Liberation Army), a terrorist group. |r.1. Jan. 1974 (20 min.) — r.2. 12 Feb. 1974 (25 min.) — r.3. 16 Feb. 1974 (9 min.) — r.4. 21 Feb. 1974 (20 min.) — r.5. Call for a united…


  • P. Hearst vs. P. Hearst / produced by Tim McGovern.

    Comparison of the written affidavit with the taped communiques of the heiress kidnapped by the SLA. Attorney Terrance Hallinan intercuts. Not in chronological order. excerpts from P. Hearst communiques.


  • KPFK ungagged : a press conference on the SLA tapes/ Ruth Hirschman, David Finkel, and Ramona Ripston.

    On the background of the SLA tape, and the first amendment battle in the courts. “0” level tone at head. Feedback near start of Hodel’s intro. Questions at low level. Recorded in “D”. intro tagged on from M/C A/C (acetate)


  • The Radical underground / produced by Earl Ofari.

    Examination of the radical terrorism of such groups as the Weather Underground and the Symbionese Liberation Front.


  • Sla Retrospective Analysis

    Sla Retrospective Analysis / produced by Dennis Levitt, pat Roberto, Greg Pyes, and Fran Watkins. – Documentary on the Patty Hearst-Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapping. Includes actuality and a phone interview with professor Donald Bray. – BROADCAST: KPFK, March 19-April 13, 1974.


  • Sla Retrospective Analysis

    Sla Retrospective Analysis / produced by Dennis Levitt, Pat Roberto, Greg Pyes, and Fran Watkins. – Documentary on the Patty Hearst-Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapping. Includes actuality and a phone interview with professor Donald Bray. – BROADCAST: KPFK, March 19-April 13, 1974


  • Press Conference At Kpfk On June 27, 1974

    Press Conference At Kpfk On June 27, 1974| Produced by WBAI| Recorded over the phone. – CONTENT: Press conference over Will Lewis the station manager who was in jail in solitary at San Quentin due to his refusal to turn over material to the police. Ruth Hershman, acting as temporary manager at press conference reads…


  • The Hearst Kidnapping And The SLA

    – Documentary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping by the SLA- BROADCAST: KPFK, 4 April 1974. Audio from first 2 communiques from SLA, delivered to KPFA. 2nd communique (Track 2): Patty Hearst tells her family she is safe and well-treated as prisoner of war, describes the demand of SLA of mass distribution of food to needy