Readings from four articles: analysis of Iran; Soviet involvement in People's Temple; Chinese political in-fighting; Japanese communist views of Peking interference.
Anica Vesel Mander (b. 1935 - d. 2002), feminist author and professor (2014 note: founded Women's studies department at New College of San Francisco), reads from her autobiography "Blood Ties, A Woman's History" (Moon Books and Random House, 1976) about the search for her own roots.
On the previous episode of Soviet Lives, William Mandel interviewed a 16 year-old girl at her home in Samarqand (AZ0355). Her family were friends of a Russian journalist, whom was also an associate of Mandel. The two journalists were invited to the family's home for dinner.
Tape box labels this program as an episode of the series Soviet Lives, but the KPFA Folio lists it as Soviet Scene.
On the Dan White defense.|SHOULD DIMINSHED CAPACITY BE ACCEPTED AS A DEFENSE IN COURTS OF LAW? / Charles Garry and Lee Coleman. - SERIES: War of the words. - Dr.