Category Archives: Politics

Audio/Video: Famous Speeches of Malcolm X

Malcolm X at Queens Court

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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>>

Audio: Chicago 1968

Abbie Hoffman visiting the University of Oklah...

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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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Audio: Mario Savio – “place your bodies upon the gears” Speech

Memorial to the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley

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Hear Mario Savio, a key member in the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. He is most famous for his passionate speech “place your bodies upon the gears” address delivered December 2, 1964, at The University of California at Berkeley…

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The FSM and the Six Year War, 1964-70.  By  Arleigh Williams: Dean of Students (online book)