William Ury discusses his book "Getting to yes"
Discussing the book "Getting to yes: negotiating agreement without giving in" with William Ury.
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Discussing the book "Getting to yes: negotiating agreement without giving in" with William Ury.
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 Vietnam veterans and peace activists Dr. Charles Clements and Asa Baber.
Terkel interviews activist and children's author Dagmar Wilson. She discusses how she goes from a children's author to an activist for anti-nuclear testing.
Who's guilty for the death of 10,000 peasant farmers in El Salvador, the group of Father Don Hedley, Sister Kay Kelly, Rene Golden and Secundine Ramirez want to know. The fight and struggle for basic human rights has been going on in El Salvador for many, many years. The most recent tragic deaths of the four Catholic missionaries were because they sided with the poor.
On December 3, 1970, Debbie Sweet won the Young Americans Service Award. She talks about what happened when she met President Nixon to receive her award. Upon shaking his hand, Sweet told President Nixon that she didn't believe in his sincerity in giving out the awards until he got us (America) out of Vietnam. Her encounter with President Nixon made headlines around the world.