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Discussing the arrest and subsequent trial of peace demonstrators at the Great Lakes Naval Base near Waukegan, Illinois with Sister Dorothy Gartland.
Discussing the sanctuary movement with Darlene Nicgorski, a member of the School Sisters of St Francis, an international community of women who serve in educational and pastoral ministries. The sanctuary movement began in the United States in the early 1980's.
Discussing the book "The Maginot Line Syndrome: America's Hopeless Foreign Policy" (published by Ballinger) with the author, labor activists, and historian Sidney Lens.
Studs interviews Vietnam veteran and anti-war activist Ron Kovic upon the paperback release of his autobiography "Born on the Fourth of July." Kovic recounts his All-American upbringing and unblinking faith in the country and its ideals before volunteering for the Marines and Vietnam.
Roger Baldwin one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) discusses his life as an pacifist and activist for civil rights and true freedom for all.
Representatives discuss the Center for Human Understanding (part 2 of 2). Center for Human Understanding conference in Washington D.C. Includes interview with [Raghav Heer]. Interviews [Chaumont Hosie]. Note: lengthy interviews in French (translated).
Interviewing peace activist and founder of the West German Green Party, Petra Kelly, and Gert Bastian (program 2 of 2).
Interviewing peace activist and founder of the West German Green Party, Petra Kelly, and Gert Bastian (program 1 of 2).
Peace Pilgrim talks about her pilgrimage journey as a peace activist. Starting on January 1, 1953, in Pasadena, California, she adopted the name "Peace Pilgrim" and walked across the United States for 28 years.
Before he became an author, P. David Finks was a priest and he met Saul Alinsky in Rochester in 1964. Finks' book, "The Radical Vision of Saul Alinsky," covers Alinsky's plans of reorganizing community groups and being an outsider agitator. Alinsky, explained Finks, knew the importance of getting people involved. Two excerpts of interviews with Saul Alinsky are included.
Interviewing Norman Thomas on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Socialist Party leader and Presbyterian minister Norman Thomas discusses social progress, his political views, and where society is headed with Studs Terkel. This is the final part of his interview.
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Mairead Corrigan Maguire discusses the struggle for peace in Northern Ireland, and around the world. Maguire, an Irish peace activist, founded Community of Peace People.
Born in Hamburg, Nicola Geiger, recalls her upbringing and her life under Nazi Germany. She lost two children in World War II. Later in life, she worked in both Japan and Korea. Geiger knew that she alone could not change the world but that she worked tirelessly to get other people to work on peace, too.