Non Pacifica Programming

Ed Asner on social change / interviewed by David Barsamian.

Actor Ed Asner discusses his work with Medical Aid for El Salvador, media reporting of Central American events, the cancellation of the Lou Grant show, and the politics of the Screen Actors Guild (including the activities of former Presidents of SAG, Charlton Heston and Ronald Reagan).

Who are the Contras? / produced by Eric Schwartz.

Documentary from speeches and interviews about the organization, aims, and support of the Nicaraguan Contra rebels. Includes perspectives from Witness for Peace, Contra supporters, David MacMichaels, and others.|WHO ARE THE CONTRAS? / produced by Eric Schwartz.

The Lincoln Brigade and the Spanish Civil War / Milt Wolff ; interviewed and proudced by David Barsamian.

Milt Wolff, the last commander of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade discusses the role of that American volunteer military group during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.

The Music of Scott Lindroth / produced by Jeremy Beck.

Informal discussion of Lindroth's music. Although only 29, Lindroth recieved the Revson Fellowship with the New York Philharmonic to assist its composer-in-residence, Jacob Druckman, in 1984. Inlcudes two examples of his compositions: Chasin the Trane out of Darmstadt, and Relations to Rigor.

Window to war / Jim and Lucy Philips-Edwards ; interviewed by Marina O'Neal.

Two members of Witness for Peace discuss their year in Nicaragua documenting attacks by the Contras, and interviewing survivors of those attacks.

British and European peace movements / Isabel Guy ; interviewed by David Barsamian.

Isabel Guy, the United States liason to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Britain's largest peace organization. She discusses the post-Cruise and Pershing missile deployment situation, the Greenham Common Women's Camp, and the future of the peace movement in Great Britain and Europe.

The Struggle in Nicaragua / produced by Andrew Leslie Phillips.

Three part series which draws from poetry and writing in the context of social turmoil in three Central American countries. It points to the purpose of literature in the midst of death squads, torture, hunger and crushing poverty.|THE STRUGGLE IN NICARAGUA / produced by Andrew Leslie Phillips. - SERIES: War, peace and poetry in Central America| no.

Poets describe the revolution and the subsequent fight to retain its ideals as the United States and Contras slowly undermined the Sandinistas. Includes actuality of Anastasio Somoza at a cocktail party and press conference before he escaped the country.

The Right of Indigenous peoples to have dignity / Cirila Sanchez Mendoza ; produced by Whiteskunk Productions.

Address by Cirila Sanchez Mendoza, a member of the Chapino Council and Spokesperson for the Indigenous People of Oaxca. She speaks about the rights of people who live with discrimination because of being indigenous but who maintain their own culture and identity.

Towards new forms of power and resistance / Majid Rahnema ; interviewed and produced by Sue Supriano.

Ongoing public affairs program which features interviews with people from the world's political, social and economic hot spots.

Majid Rahnema has worked with UNESCO and the United Nations Development Project. He discusses changes in the world over the last 15 years, and the impact of those changes on the Third World. he discusses poverty, culture, and the "development" of the world.

The African greenbeld movement / Wangari Mathai ; interviewed and produced by Sue Supriano.

Ongoing public affairs program which features interviews with people from the world's political, social and economic hot spots.|THE AFRICAN GREENBELT MOVEMENT / Wangari Mathai| interviewed and produced by Sue Supriano. - SERIES: Steppin' out of Babalon| no.

Dr. Wangari Mathai is the first female Ph.D. in Kenya and founder of the Greenbelt Movement. This program, which has spread to 12 other African countries, is directed against "development" as defined by the industrial countries. She has helped end the destruction of Naibori's largest Park through these efforts.

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