Program

Ganienkeh : for the generations to come / produced by Tim McGovern.

Examination of a traditional Mohawk community.

Ganienkeh, also known as the "Land of the Flint", is the ancestral territory of the Mohawk Nation which is located in the New York Adirondack Preserve. Speakers examine the treaties, incidents, and struggles amongst the traditional Mohawk community.

Gays in the joint

A disturbingly frank documentary on the vindictive treatment of gay men in California's correctional institutions, with emphasis on the "psychiatrically-oriented" facility at Vacaville.

Susan Brownmiller on writing and promoting.

An interview with Susan Brownmiller, who spent four years writing her book Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape. She felt her mission in the feminist movement, after hearing women speaking openly about their rapes, was to compile the history of rape in a sound and rational analysis.

Gloria Emerson on her two years in Vietnam.

An interview with New York Times reporter Gloria Emerson, who relates her experiences in Vietnam from February 1970 to February 1972. She explains her reasons for wanting to be in Vietnam, notes that most of the American troops were working-class boys and men, and states that the anti-draft movement should have tried to influence them. The interviewer is Nick Egleson.

Demonstration at Alderson Women's prison / reported by Danice Bordett.

Report, with actuality, on the demonstration at Alderson women's prison in Alterson, West Virginia. Reported by Danice Bordett. BROADCAST: WBAI, 4 Oct. 1971. Same recording as BC0019.28, being digitally preserved as part of American Women project. No need to digitize this copy.

Street politics / produced by Bette Fried.

Examination of a lawsuit brought by Sydney Pendleton, a member of Columbia Women's Liberation, against Edouard Salnave for harassing her with obscene and threatening language. Fried interviews both Pendleton and Salnave for their points of view. Pendleton is joined by Harriet Zellner, also a member of Columbia Women's Liberation, during her interview.

The Occupational health status of women / Vilma Hunt.

Talk on the occupational health status of women at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on January 28, 1975.

Testimony of a mother of a desaparecido / produced and read by Paz Cohen.

Reading of the deposition of Oriana Sánchez Romero, mother of university student Maria Isabel Beltrán Sánchez, who was arrested in Chile on December 18, 1973, tortured and killed by military police, and whom the junta said had fled to Argentina with other extremists.

Voice of the Union of Vietnamese in the U.S. - 1973-08-19

This is a recording of the news report for August 19, 1973 from the Voice of the Union of Vietnamese in the U.S., a weekly news report produced for KPFA.

Voices / produced by Susan Griffith.

Voices, a dramatic piece for five women, by Susan Griffin. Commissioned for radio by the KPFA Radio Arts Project under a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Directed by Rena Down. Cast: Ruth Silveira as Erin; Nina Glaudini as Maya; Judy Hornbacher as Grace; Wanda McCaddon as Kate; and Lisa Herman as Rosalind. Music and technical production by Maggie Payne.

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