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Pacifists, Peace Activists & Anti-Bomb Activism

Discussing the book "Our War: What We Did in Vietnam And What It Did to Us" with the author, journalist David Harris
Oct. 1, 1996
Discussing the book "Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America's Experience with Atomic Radiation" with the author Harvey Wasserman and with Melony Moore, Coordinator of Citizens Against Nuclear Power Illinois
Apr. 20, 1983
Discussing the book "Generation at the Crossroads: Apathy and Action on the American Campus" with Paul Loeb
Nov. 22, 1994
Discussing the book "Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s" with the author Kurt Vonnegut
Jun. 14, 1991
Discussing the book "Democracy in the Streets: From Port Huron to the Siege of Chicago" with Jim Miller
Jun. 22, 1987
Discussing the book "The Rolling Stone: illustrated history of rock and roll" with editor Jim Miller.
Discussing the antinuclear movement with Dr. Carl Johnson, Abbie Hoffman; and the author of "Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America's Experience with Atomic Radiation" Harvey Wasserman
Nov. 18, 1983
Discussing the antinuclear arms movement with Texas Bishop Leroy Matthiesen
Jan. 27, 1983
Discussing the "Symphony for Survival" concert to benefit organizations dedicated to reversing the nuclear arms race with three Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians; oboist Ray Still, horn player Dale Clevenger and trumpeter Adolph "Bud" Herseth
Nov. 15, 1982
*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 
Discussing South Africa with exiled South African Anglican priest and African National Congress activist Rev. Michael Lapsley
Nov. 1, 1991
Discussing reductions in U.S. military spending with authors and activists Admiral Eugene Carroll (U.S. retired) and Lawrence Korb
Jul. 28, 1995
Discussing peace in Northern Ireland with Betty Williams, co-founder of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement and winner of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize
Feb. 23, 1979
Discussing grassroots organizing with folk singer and activist Si Kahn and Rev. James Williams
Mar. 12, 1992
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.
Debbie Sweet discusses what happened when she met President Nixon
Dec. 22, 1970
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.
Daniel Ellsberg Discusses the publication of "The Pentagon Papers" ; part 1
1980
Daniel Ellsberg, political activist and former military analyst, discuses his release of the Pentagon Papers and his thoughts on how the Vietnam War played out. He also discusses what he believes the next war could look like and how America, and the world, would be affected by nuclear war.

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