WBAI

Zerega Association mayoral forum with Bella Abzug

On August 31, 1977 the community association of Zerega in the Bronx held a mayoral forum attended by Herman Badillo, Ed Koch, and Bella Abzug. This program includes the presentation given by Bella Abzug and interviews with members of the Zerega Community. Produced by John Fisk and Dave Metzger.

St. Mark's Poetry Project: 1976 New Year's day (Parts 1 and 2 only)

Recording of the annual benefit performance for the St. Mark's Poetry Project on January 1, 1976. There are three parts, though the archives has only Parts One and Two.

Author Lois Gould interviewed by Josephine Hendin

Josephine Hendin, teacher of American fiction at the New School for Social Research, interviews Lois Gould (1931-2002), the author of "Such good friends" and "Necessary objects." Program was produced by Mimi Anderson.

Allies / by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's read by Viv Sutherland

Viv Sutherland reads Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's short story "Allies" from her anthology "Cautionary tales."

Sagaris and the August 7th Survival Community

This summer, 200 active feminists from all over the United States and Canada came to Lyndonville, Vermont to attend Sagaris, the first independent institute for the study of radical feminist thought.

People's law update: Affirmative action - where do we go from here?

Bob Lefcourt speaks with Judith Layzer from the office of Contract Compliance of New York City; Kathy Gmeiner, National Lawyers Guild affirmative action task force; and Victor Goode, national director of National Conference of Black Lawyers. "People's law update" was a sub-series of the WBAI series "Bread and roses."

A memorial for Muriel Rukeyser: readings and performances by Chaikin and Peaslee

A memorial program for poet and activist Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980). Joseph Chaikin (1935-2003), theater director and actor, reads Rukeyser's poems. And at the end, three of Rukeyser's poems are set to music, composed by Richard Peaslee and sung by Alexandra Hughes.

Women and the unfinished American revolution

A special solute to women and the unfinished American Revolution, looking at the Revolutionary period through women's eyes.

Manhattan Theatre Club poetry cabaret

This is a recording of the Manhattan Theatre Club's "Writers in performance" series, introduced by its director, Janet Sternberg. The program features The Poetry Cabaret, which combines poetry and prose in performance with jazz.

...What time of night it is (Part 1 only)

"...What time of night it is" by Patricia Horan & Marjorie DeFazio is a woman's history musical. It has 16 songs, and the outrageous, revolutionary words of Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Victoria Woodhull, Margaret Sanger, and a dozen other fascinating women. Singer/guitarist is Hilary Morgan.

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