Category Archives: Activism

Audio/Video: Famous Speeches of Malcolm X

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Famous Speeches of Malcolm X:  Includes Oxford debate 1964; House Negro and Field Negro; Revolution; Stop Singin and Start Swingin; Words from the Frontlines

The Life and Death of Malcolm X:  A collection of rare tv footage and speeches covering Malcolm X’s life and death (video)

The House Negro and the Field Negro:  Video

1964 Post-Hajj Interview: Just back from Mecca (video)

Race Relations in Crisis Video:  Guests: Malcolm X; Morrison, Alan; Walker, Wyatt Tee; Farmer, James

Brother Malcolm.net

The Ballot or the Bullet

Audio: Which Direction for the Left in 1968

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Recorded: 1 Dec. 1967. Michael Schon and Dorothy Healey discuss potentials for New Left politics in the 1968 elections… Listen>>

Video: Vietnam Peace Marches 1965 – 1972

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April 18, 1967: protest in Central Park, march to UN building, Martin Luther King leads procession; another march in downtown San Francisco: “President Johnson meanwhile let it be known that the FBI is closely watching all anti-war activity.” violence in Rome

October 24, 1967March on the Pentagon

New York City 1967

Sir No Sir! : The Suppressed Story of the GI Movement to End the War in Vietnam

Protests Galore – May 1967: Vietnam protest demonstration in Britain; also at Madrid University in Spain, burned American flag; also 4000 in Detroit at “love-in” and “be-in” with hippies and wild constumes (2) News In Brief – U.S. jet bombers hit North Vietnam targets (3) May Day parade in Moscow, Premier Kosygin

 

 

Audio: Chicago 1968

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Pacifica Radio’s coverage of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Features Julius Lester‘s interviews with Black delegates who talk about the confusion and corruption of the process, as well as his reports on the battle outside the Convention, and Alan Ginsberg‘s address to demonstrators and the Chicago police. Bobby Seale, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and Tom Hayden all make appearances in the recordings linked below…

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Convention Coverage in Chicago

A Night in Chicago – 27 Aug 1968: Bobby Seale, Black Panther Party co-founder outside the Convention Center at a Black Panther rally; Dick Gregory at President Lyndon Johnson’s “birthday” party; and reports from Allen Ginsberg and Studs Terkel about police brutality

Allen Ginsburg Clip

Bob Fass in Chicago – 27 Aug 1968:  Discussion of Phil Ochs, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and current issues. WBAI RECORDED: (via telephone) August 27, 1968

A Day In The Park – 1968 Festival of Life: Recorded: Lincoln Park in Chicago, Ill., 27 Aug. 1968.  Description: l events led to the infamous Trial of the Chicago Seven; includes music and confrontation with police. (80 min.)

Tom Hayden Interview:  Hayden discussed his books “Writings for a Democratic Society,” and “Voices of the Chicago 8: A Generation on Trial.”

Online Book: Subversive involvement in disruption of 1968 Democratic Party National Convention. Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, second session:

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