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Discussing the nature and function of political action committees (PACs) with the co-chairman of Citizens Against PACs.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
Born in Hamburg, Nicola Geiger, recalls her upbringing and her life under Nazi Germany. She lost two children in World War II. Later in life, she worked in both Japan and Korea. Geiger knew that she alone could not change the world but that she worked tirelessly to get other people to work on peace, too.
Interviewing the director of the Center for Defense Information (CDI), retired United States Navy Admiral Gene La Rocque. Founded by La Rocque in 1972 as an independent monitor of the military, the CDI is a private, nongovernmental, research organization.
Discussing the book "The Rolling Stone: illustrated history of rock and roll" with editor Jim Miller.
If her novel's any good, says Janet Stevenson, it's a place where the reader goes inside, living in the skins of both and black and white people, in another era, with their continuous problems. Sarah and Angelina Grimke faced a dilemma that their brother Henry had placed upon the family. If the sisters acknowledged their brother's family, then they would be acknowledging publicly that their brother had become a brut and a sinner by marrying a black woman.
Jo Freeman, Mary Jean Collins-Robson, and Naomi Weisstein discuss women's rights and the struggle for equal rights and liberation, Title VII, their support for NOW, the National Organization of Women, as well as the upcoming Women's Strike for Equality.
*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
Interviewing lawyer, activist and author Derrick Bell.