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Sidney Lens in conversation with Studs Terkel
Feb. 15, 1983 Discussing the book "The Maginot Line Syndrome: America's Hopeless Foreign Policy" (published by Ballinger) with the author, labor activists, and historian Sidney Lens.
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Reverend Grant Gallup discusses his time spent in Nicaragua
Jan. 13, 1992 Even though unemployment is at 60% in Nicaraqua, and the people are very poor, Father Grant Gallup would rather live in Manaqua, Nicaraqua than in the United States. Gallup explained there are 600,000 shacks in Nicaraqua. In the US, police tear down shacks that the homeless build. According to Gallup, the press is freer in Nicaraqua as opposed to self-serving in the United States.
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Presenting music with folksinger, songwriter, guitarist and political activist Si Kahn
Jan. 19, 1989 Terkel comments and a presents musical performance by Si Kahn
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Jonathan Kozol discusses his book "Illiterate America"
Dec. 1, 1985 Jonathan Kozol discusses his book "Illiterate America." Includes an interview of a black teenager student named Jimmy.
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John Bernard discusses his life, politics and his work with the Farmer Labor Party
Aug. 1, 1977 Interviewing labor organizer, civil rights activist, and former Congressman John Bernard. Bernard was elected as a Farmer-Labor candidate to the U.S. House of Representatives and served from 1937-1939.
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Interviewing political activist Frank Wilkinson, chairman of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation (NCARL)
Mar. 7, 1984 NCARL was formed to fight the McCarthyism of the 1950s and 1960s, and today continues to work to protect civil liberties.
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Interviewing members of a humanitarian aid caravan to Cuba; Gisela Lopez, Lisa Brocke and Dr. Peter Orris
Jul. 13, 1993 Interviewing members of a humanitarian aid caravan to Cuba; Gisela Lopez, Lisa Brocke and Dr. Peter Orris.
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