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Social Reformers Pacifists, Peace Activists & Anti-Bomb Activism World History & Politics

Interview with Father Roy Bourgeois
Mar. 24, 1994
Interviewing Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of the School of the Americas Watch, an organization that promotes the closure of the School of the Americas through nonviolent protest.
Sister Margot Lloran talks with Studs Terkel
Jan. 29, 1986
Discussing the political situation in the Philippines and the human rights organization Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) with Sister Margot Lloran. The TFDP works with the Filipino people to craft a response to militarization.
Discussing her experiences in the Soviet Union and in the United States with peace activist, nurse, and housewife Sharon Tennison
Apr. 9, 1984
Discussing the political struggle in South Africa with anti-apartheid activist and South African Parliament member Helen Suzman ; part 1 and reading Nadine Gordimer's short story, "The Train from Rhodesia" ; part 2
Discussing the new Socialist government in Greece, traditional Greek culture, and U.S. and Greek diplomatic relations with former actress and Greek Minister of Culture Melina Mercouri and Former First Lady of Greece and peace activist Margarita Papandreou
Mar. 8, 1984
Discussing the Nicaraguan Revolution, the Somoza regime, and the United States government's reaction to both with Sister Mary Hartman and Sergio Garcia
Apr. 1, 1982
Interviewing members of the Philippine Educational Theatre Association
1980
members of the Philippine Educational Theatre Association.
Interviewing in China with expatriate Americans and leftists Joan Hinton (Chan Hun) and Erwin "Sid" Engst (Zao Yang)
1981
Discussing South Africa with exiled South African Anglican priest and African National Congress activist Rev. Michael Lapsley
Nov. 1, 1991
Discussing a trip to the Soviet Union with Sharon Tennison and Barbara Rinnan of The Center for Citizen Initiatives (CCI)
Feb. 1, 1985
CCI maintains citizen-to-citizen networks between the US and the USSR in an attempt to empower ordinary citizens to take responsibility.
Discussing the struggle for democratic rule in South Africa with President of the African National Congress and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Zulu Chief Albert John Luthuli
Mar. 1963
Discussing the current political situation in Nicaragua in comparison to the state of politics and society before the overthrow of Samoza's government with Dr. Ray Hooker, a member of the Nicaraguan National Assembly
Mar. 1, 1985
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Mairead Corrigan Maguire discusses the struggle for peace in Northern Ireland, and around the world
Dec. 1, 1993
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.