After having flown 50 missions in Vietnam, Charles Clements went to medical school and became a physician and a human rights activist. Dr. Clements talks about his observations in the poorest sections of Nicaragua. Because medicine for the poor people was considered contraband, Clements had to resort to putting rusty nails into a cup of water and having his patients drink the water for iron supplements. Clements reminds the audience if we don't know our history, we are bound to repeat it.

Interviewing Vietnam veterans and peace activists Dr. Charles Clements and Asa Baber.

Presenting "Agitator: A Tribute to Saul D. Alinsky," after Mr. Alinsky's death in 1972. Community organizer and social activist, discusses his work with advocacy for African-American labor rights, and his connection with the Mexican-American civil rights movement in California. Includes excerpts from interviews with him.(Wav ID: 1968312-3-1)

Professor John Nef explained that Marc Chagall came from an environment of nothing. From his dreams, Chagall created joy in his pieces of art. Nef lets the audience know that Chagall said he still has a lot of unfinished artwork to complete. The 3rd and last part of this program is a colloquy. Again, through another translator, Chagall’s words are translated. Chagall said his life’s purpose is art. Chagall said any man could be a bad artist but that no man can be an artist unless he is in fact, a good man.

Shirley Bryant, Nancy Fisher, and Nicole Mills discuss how a new sex education based in the importance of feelings and the use of contraception.

Interviewing the President of the Institute for Space and Security Studies, peace activist Dr. Robert M. Bowman.

Cleve Jones talks about the AIDS quilt (NAMES project) that he started, the politics surrounding treating AIDS, and the compassionate feelings that the quilt engenders (compared to American barn raisings). There is a postscript with Mike Savage from Dignity Chicago, a lesbian and gay Catholic organization.

Unions, strikes, the eight-hour work day, and better pay are all topics from Sidney Lens' book, "The Labor Wars: From the Molly Maguires to the Sitdowns". This recording also includes an excerpt of an interview from the Flint sitdown in 1937 with a worker named Bob Stinson.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

John Peter Jones discusses English youth, the working class, and his book, "The Feather Pluckers."