Program

By any means necessary : the role of Malcolm X in contemporary society / Manning Marable.

Talk by Dr. Manning Marable, Professor of history and political science at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, University of Colorado. Dr. Marable examines the renewed interest in the life and thought of Malcolm X among College and University students.

Rain of gold / Victor Villaseñor ; interviewed by Catalina Reyes.

Interview with Chicano author Victor Villaseñor, whose works includes Rain of Gold, Macho, The Jury, and a screenplay The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.

The end of E.R.A. news conference / Eleanor Smeal.

Eleanor Smeal gives a speech on the non-ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, sex discrimination, and the continuing struggle for women's rights at the National NOW headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Ragtime women / Max Morath interviewed by Mario Casseta

Max Morath discusses his discovery of over 100 ragtime piano compositions by middle class white women. Ragtime was the popular musical form in early 20th century United States. Morath plays selections from his Vanguard recording which features the work of nine such women, which Morath himself recorded from the original manuscripts.

Khaddish : prayer for the dead / Alan Ginsberg.

Alan Ginsberg reads a prayer for the dead to his mother on Yom Kippur (the day of attonement).

Battles, feats and solitude: the writings of Colette / produced by Maureen McIlroy

Dramatic documentary on the life and views of Colette and her feminist writings. An original documentary by Maureen McIlroy. The script was taken from the works and letters of Colette and the autobiography of Maurice Goudeket.

International working women's day / Neda Azad

Using Rosa Luxemburg as a model of what women can do, Iranian feminist Neda Azad explains how Luxemburg broke from the reformist party and participated in the anti-war movement in Germany at the turn of the century. Azad points to the work of feminists who carry on the tradition in 1981. She begins by pointing out the United Nations Decade on Women.

Rita Mae Brown at the Woman's Building

Writer and activist Rita Mae Brown (1944 - ) delivers a speech at the Woman's Building in Los Angeles on July 4, 1976. Brown talks about the way both men and women suffer under the patriarchy through pornographic violence and nostalgia in the mass media.

International women's day promo and pitch

Promotion logos for KPFK coverage of national activities on International Women's Day. 1 - Ireland (1:24); 2 - Russia (1:25); 3 - Italy (1:23); 4 - Ethiopia (1:34); 5 - China (1:30); 6 - Jordan (1:25); 7 - France (1:24); 8 - USA (1:25). Produced by Susan and Lucia. Tape box says 78 or 79, but it appears to be from 1977.

Pornography and silence / Susan Griffin

Susan Griffin, noted feminist author, discusses the thesis of her book "Pornography and silence." She discusses the difficulties and conditions under which she wrote the book and analyzes pornography in terms of the ideology of patriarchy, drawing parallels between sexism, racism and anti-semitism. Recorded at Pacific Oaks College, August 1981. Produced by Molly Bosted.

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