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Authors, Writers WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Advocacy American History & Politics
  • Paul Krassner

    Paul Krassner discusses his book "Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in the Counter-Culture"

    Oct. 19, 1993

    Author, comedian and satirist Paul Krassner joins Studs Terkel in a “mosaic” of an interview, as Krassner calls it, to discuss his book, “Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in the Counter-Culture.” The conversation begins with two clips from Abbie Hoffman and Lenny Bruce, friends of Krassner’s and fellow key figures in the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Krassner speaks on his friends’ legacies, and then begins telling his story, reading a passage from his book about when he first started questioning society.

  • Interview with Dr. Charles Clements and Asa Baber

    May. 20, 1986

    Interviewing Vietnam veterans and peace activists Dr. Charles Clements and Asa Baber.

  • Interview with Dr. Charles Clements

    Apr. 29, 1985

    Discussing Nicaragua with author and activist Dr. Charles Clements.

  • Discussing the book, "More Power Than We Know: The People's Movement Toward Democracy," and interviewing the author Dave Dellinger

    Jun. 27, 1975
  • Discussing the book "The Next Left: The History of a Future" with the author Michael Harrington

    Feb. 20, 1987
  • Discussing the book "The New American Poverty," with the author Michael Harrington

    May. 1, 1984
  • Discussing secrecy vs. the Constitution and interviewing Robert Borisage and Richard Criley

    1975
  • David T. Dellinger discusses his book "From Yale to Jail"

    Apr. 23, 1993

    The early influences of his father, his time in prison, and a bomb being sent to his home are among the topics covered in Dellinger’s book, “From Yale to Jail: The Story of a Moral Dissenter”. Dellinger is best known for being one of the Chicago Eight. He recalls a time in Lincoln Park, IL when he was warned to get out of there quickly because the police were told to attack Dellinger and his group.

  • Commemorating the centennial of the Haymarket Affair with authors and historians Bill Adelman, Paul Avrich, Carolyn Ashbaugh, and the grandson of Haymarket defendant Oscar Neebe, Bill Neebe

    May. 2, 1986
  • Barbara Kingsolver discusses her book "Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983"

    Sep. 17, 1990

    Since no men were allowed to picket against the Phelps Dodge Corp., Mexican American women showed up and according to Kingsolver’s book, “Holding the Line,” the picket lines were a brand new experience for the women. Some of the women had to get their husbands’ permission to picket. The group of women found their lives transformed not only with their cause but with new bonds of friendship from the other women.

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