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members of the Philippine Educational Theatre Association.
Program includes an excerpt of a 1978 interview with songwriter and labor rights activist Florence Reece.
Jim Jennings, Jake Dowling and Jim Hastings, members of The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) talk about unions. Union folk songs by Pete Seeger and Joe Glazer are played periodically.
Garry Davis concludes by telling the audience he's in town to gain moral, political and financial support for the group he founded, The World Service Authority. Davis' final thought -- any man who defends his own rights is defending the rights of all men. Ray Davies of the English rock band, The Kinks, talks about the studio album, "Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)". Davis reads lyrics from the songs, "Victoria," "Yes Sir, No Sir" and "Some Mother's Son".
Folk singer, Mary Travers, of the group Peter, Paul and Mary, talks about music and her career. Music by Peter, Paul and Mary, Pete Seeger, The Weavers and Mary Travers (solo), interspersed throughout the interview. "When The Ship Comes In" "If I had A Hammer" "Tell it on the mountain" "Los Cuatros Generales" "Song of Peace(Finlandia)" "It Will Come To You Again"
Donald Luce had been living & helping the people of South Vietnam through the International Voluntary Service. Luce believed it was important to come back to the states to talk about the problems in Vietnam. Luce said the Vietnamese government could not provide its people waste disposal, electricity and running water. Luce went to Congress to voice his concerns. It was at the State Department who didn't seem to care all to much.