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  • Barbara Kopple

    Barbara Kopple discusses her documentary "American Dream"

    Mar. 20, 1992

    Academy Award winning documentarian Barbara Kopple talks with Studs about her documentary "American Dream" and the battle fought and lost by union workers in Austin, Minnesota during the mid-80s. They set the backdrop in the small, tight-knit community that Hormel Foods had such a profound impact on, how the UFCW international union declined to support the local union, the gripping dynamics between family members who crossed picket lines, and the healing that occurred when the film was screened in the town several years later.

  • Michael Frayne

    Oliver Howes discusses life in England; part 2

    1962

    Oliver Howes discusses his thoughts on racism in England, his daily life, and what he wants out of life. Audio is distorted from 15:39 to 35:42; part 2.

  • Interview with North Carolina labor organizers

    1960

    Discussing "The Story of 77" with Oliver Harvey, Mary Ellen Kent, Lucy Bug and Pete Brandon.

  • Interviewing Chicagoan Lucy Jefferson : part 2

  • Sidney Lens

    Sidney Lens discusses his autobiography "Unrepentant Radical" and labor organizing

    May. 29, 1980

    Discussing the biography, "Unrepentant Radical: An American Activist's Account of Five Turbulent Decades," with the author Sidney Lens.

  • Elizabeth Rich

    Elizabeth Rich discusses her book "Flying Scared: WhyWe Are Being Skyjacked and How to Put a Stop to It"

    1970

    After writing the book “Flying High” about her experiences as an airline stewardess, Elizabeth Rich moved on to research the trend of skyjacking in her second book “Flying Scared: Why We Are Being Skyjacked and How to Put a Stop to It.” Rich is one of the first people to conduct a study on these crimes, and criticizes both the US government and Federal Aviation Administration for essentially ignoring repeated skyjacking.

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