Fred Martin, Urban Affairs representative of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; C.F. 'Cliff' Green, Deputy District Engineer, California State Division of Highways; O.W.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the late chairman of the American Communist Party and a member of the party since 1927 talks with KPFA Program Director Elsa Knight Thompson about the aims and methods of the party's political activities.
In this second session of the conference on civil disobedience and the democratic tradition, Caleb Foote, Visiting Professor of Law and Criminology at the University of California (and a conscientious objector who served two terms in prison during World War Two) gives a talk, followed by comments from Michael Rogin, Professor of Political Science, and William Kornhauser, Professor of Sociology
Civil Disobedience and the democratic tradition was the title of a conference held under the joint auspices of the Associated Students of the University of California, the Campus Peace Center, and the Faculty Committee for the Study of Non-violence.
Harry Giaretto moderates this panel from the Conference on Abortion and Human Rights held January 9, 1966, in San Francisco under the auspices of the Society for Humane Abortion. Dr. Mildred Ash, Dr. Leona Bayer, Dr. Neal Blumenfeld, and Dr. William Marsh discuss the legal and moral controversy surrounding abortion.
Rabbi Alvin Fine (b. 25 Oct. 1916; d. 19 Jan. 1999), professor of humanities at San Francisco State College referees a 3-way duel between Dr. Don Jackson, director of the Mental Research Institution at Palo Alto, Dr. Albert Long, chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Presbyterian Medial Center, and Dr.
Bill and Hillel Resner and Luther Greene talk with Ralph J. Gleason, noted columnist and jazz critic, about their newly opened theater on Haight Street. The Resners and Greene discuss the building's history and renovation, the support they've received from the Haight-Ashbury community, and some of their past and upcoming programming.
Bettina Aptheker discusses with Elsa Knight Thompson her reasons for being a Communist Party member, her experiences as a young woman, traveling in Europe, and various related subjects.
Marshall Windmiller interviews the Venerable Nhat Hanh, South Vietnamese Buddhist monk, author and poet, and Robert Browne, Professor of Political Science at Fairleigh Dickinson University and former U.S.A.I.D. official.
Box notes read first broadcast is 1966-06-07, during 8:00 p.m. Open Hour on KPFA.
Dubbed for WBAI broadcast of 1966-08-20.