American Women — Peace and Antinuclear activism

  • 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.…

  • Helen Caldicott: Summary of Talk at Mills College

    Talk on the health dangers of nuclear technologies.

  • Dr. Helen Caldicott briefs San Francisco health officials on nuclear dangers.

    Dr. Helen Caldicott, founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, briefs San Francisco health officials on the medical effects of nuclear war. She discusses the psychological effects of the arms race on Europeans based on her recent visits there and about the ramifications of a hypothetical nuclear attack on San Francisco.

  • Judy Grahn and Grace Paley at the Women’s Building

    Poet and activist Judy Grahn and author Grace Paley speak at the Benefit for War Resisters League at the Women’s Building in San Francisco. The recording opens with the band Swing Shift performing the song “My girl.” Grahn’s reading here is the unedited version of the reading heard in AZ0456. Paley’s reading here is identical…

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: June 4, 1980

    Production reel for June 4, 1980 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Includes recording of Florynce “Flo” Kennedy (1916-2000) speaking on ways women can use boycotting as a way of protest; activist Freda Rosen (1945– 2007) is interviewed about the Coalition of Grassroots Women and the upcoming Women’s Convention (June 22, 1980); 3. Judith Loren[sp?] and…

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer – August 11, 1982: Poetry reading at Plowshares III Coffeehouse

    Poetry reading hosted by Nancy DuPlessis, held June 24th, 1982 at the Plowshare III Coffee House, set up for the duration of the 2nd special United Nations Conference on Disarmament. In Part 1, the readers are Jan Clausen (b. 1950), short story writer, founding editor of Conditions magazine, activist in the feminist movement working for…

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: June 29, 1983

    Production reel for June 29, 1983 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer, produced and hosted by Eileen Zalisk. Three parts: 1. “Nothing lights a fire like a dream deferred,” a series of dramatic readings on the feminist response to militarism, produced by Phaye Poliakoff & Adina Back. Blanche Jackson, Lizzie Olesker, Phaye Poliakoff and Cherise[sp?] Williams…

  • The Anti-nuke movement in Europe / Helen Caldicott.

    Dr. Helen Caldicott describes her recent trip to Europe, the antinuclear movement there, and the fears and concerns of Europeans about nuclear war. Part of 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…