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Madame Binh Interview by CBS on 60 Minutes
Date: 4/23/1972Call Number: CD 413Format: CDProducers: Don Hewitt, CBSProgram: 60 MinutesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interview of Madame Binh by CBS on 60 Minutes in 1972.
Vietnam Independence day
Live celebration for the first Vietnam Independence Day. With no foreign troops on Vietnam soil, a numerous amount of supporters came to rejoice. Beginning with a number of Vietnamese speakers, quotes of Ho Chi Minh are recited to gain hopes for the future of Vietnam. After the Vietnamese speakers, Janis Mergatani a prominent antiwar poet recites some of her poems. The last half of the celebration is a speech/slideshow involving the history of the occupation of Vietnam, starting with the French and ending with America leaving. With a time line of the injustices put upon the Vietnamese, many supporters look toward the future with optimism.
Police Repression and the Coalition Press Conference
This two-part tape begins with the reading of a statement proposed to the San Francisco police regarding their unlawful use of violence during a peaceful protest. At the federal building on April 17th, the protest groups were Vietnam Vets, SF women for peace, and the United Prisoners Union. Because of the unjust clubbing by the police the statement was a call for disciplinary action. The second part of the tape has various speakers talking about the upcoming protest against the bombing of populated areas of Hanoi and Hifong. Just when the war was thought to be winding down, Nixon bombs these areas of North Vietnam and incites a negative reaction. This protest at Kezar Stadium will be one of the largest ever. Important speaker such as Jane Fonda, Dick Gregory, Leon Tao, and Vietnam government officials will lead the protest. The underlining reason for the protest is also for the government to follow the seven-point peace plan.
Jane Fonda and US-Vietnam Cease Fire
Two hours before this radio show, US declared a cease-fire overseas in Vietnam. As explained in the show, the signing of the peace accord in Paris has started Vietnamese liberation, the release of prisoners, and the ending of the draft. However, there were still foreign military actions in Cambodia and Laos. Audio tracks of Jane Fonda’s speech were played to commemorate this monumental time in history. She explains that this loss for America should be a learning experience. After 34 B52s are shot down, Nixon finally feels he needs to negotiate an end. At the end of her memorable speech, Fonda urges Vietnam to have, solidarity, unification, gratitude, and a choice of politics. Along with the subject of a cease-fire, the radio show also reports on other world events during this turbulent time. The show ends with a poem about Wounded Knee.
Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh & Malcolm X
Date: 5/19/1975Call Number: V 217Format: UmaticProducers: Nothing is More Precious ThanProgram: Open Studio - KQEDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Tribute to Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh who share a birthday - May 19th. Utilizes historical Soviet film footage of Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese National Liberation Front and film and stills of malcolm X.
Real Dragon
Date: 8/15/1971Call Number: RD 003Producers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real Dragon (Midnight Flash)Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Lincoln Bergman reads "Midnight Flash" with focus on the civil war in Northern Ireland in 1971. News reports on other events of the world in August of 1971 include Uruguay's attempt to remove their president, the United States basketball team's loss to the Cuban national team, South Africa's continued protests against apartheid by proposing a bill to turn the U.S. companies in South Africa over to Black Africans, the United States continued to stall an NLF Peace Proposal in VietNam, the six year anniversary of the 1965 Watts Riot. Reading of a poem written by Charlie Cobb formerly of SNCC. Bergman also reports the crumbling of the Saigon government, and rebellion by war veterans at an Air Force base that was trying to appeal for benefits from the U.S. government. Other coverage of 6 Pitt River Indians forced off their land by Pacific Gas & Electric, and Chicano march at Folsom Prison in protest of prison conditions.
Real Dragon
Date: 9/23/1971Call Number: RD 005Producers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Richard Oakes shot and killed by Michael Morgan. He was active in the native American Resistance whereby the "Proclamation of Alcatraz" reads that the Indians will purchase Alcatraz for $24- the same price whites paid when they bought Manhattan.
A poet from Laos draws parallels between Indians in America and those in Indochina.
A Vietnam resolution is yet to be approved by the Senate. North Vietnam ministry reports U.S. bombing of 11 provinces; 33, 000 Saigon troops are deserted in provinces.
President Marcos of the Phillippenes imposes Martial law to save the country from a communist revolution.
Israel invades Lebanon.
Real Dragon
Date: 10/24/1971Call Number: RD 008Producers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Begins with spoken word recalling Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet, who wrote from his cell during his 10-year imprisonment.
News coverage of the State murder of George Jackson at San Quentin Prison; Continued and expanding victories for Indochine region, especially Laos; Mexican armed guerilla movements; Eritrean movement against Ethiopia;
North Vietnam victim of the heaviest bombing raid waged against them since 1965; Right wing CIA-supported coup in Bolivia;
Reading of "Concerning Hopes" by a Palestinian poet; China is opposing the Indian government; Pakistani genocide in Bangladesh; Divisions in the Black Panther Party
Real Dragon
Date: 6/1/1972Call Number: RD 012Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Broadcast begins with a quote by a 15th century Vietnamese hero: "Love of Possession is a Disease" News coverage includes United States mining rice fields in Vietnam in an attempt to keep people from working the fields and bombing provinces with refugee camps; fighting in Cambodia; (Report by Larry Bensky with a spokesperson, Ngo Vinh Long, and others---Vietnamese students present a statement at the San Francisco consulate demanding communication with Saigon, release of all political prisoners, Thieu resign at once, and the dismantling of the repressive Saigon regime, US support for Thieu should be terminated. The demonstrators were mostly Vietnamese student recipients of scholarships from the Agency of International Development, which also supports prisons in Vietnam. The demonstrators were threatened with the revocation of visas) [about 4 minutes, approx 3:00–7:00]; Kissinger's return to the U.S. after a trip to Beijing but no agreement was made about Vietnam; Israeli attacks made on Lebanon by sinking Lebanese boats said to have been carrying Palestinian guerilla forces; Heavy bombings in Northern Ireland; Democratic National Headquarters was bugged; court ruling on illegal wiretaps; Former CIA agent employed by the Republican National Committee was caught while bugging the headquarters; Repressive preparations for Republican Convention (Jerry Rubin actuality); 2 bombings in Berkeley Don Church does not appear for trial; Gay rights issues in Miami Beach, Florida; PG&E trucks destroyed by arson in San Francisco; San Francisco demonstration against American Medical Association for favoring a system that requires charging for health care rather than it being a free service & also that the availability of health care is uneven—Red Star Singers songs and report on the demonstration, Tom Bodenheimer comment and other actuality, Stephanie Klein case; Hopi delegation to UN ecology conference in Stockholm, use their own passports; San Quentin 6 awaiting trial, David Johnson article is quoted from, re Vietnam, Luis "Bato" Talamantez reports on beating of 3 of San Quentin 6 by prison guards—attorney Joel Kirschenbaum reads message.
Real Dragon
Date: 6/10/1972Call Number: RD 013Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
News coverage includes spoken word on "Napalm of Pain"; North American advisor for Vietnam died there after spending 10 years in Viet Nam; U.S. bombs are ruining infrastructure, including all the dikes for upcoming rainy season; 10 Anti-war Vietnemese students who were protesting were told their study arrangements have been halted and they face deportation to Saigon and imprisonment, Angela Davis, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, Joey Russo, and Jon Voight offer asylum for the students; Rand Corporation explores the idea of automated warfare; Over 1600 American prisoners being held in Indochina; Haight Ashbury demonstration in San Francisco favors 7 Point Plan; People's Republic of China blames world pollution on capitalist pursuits; Over 20 guerillas in Selan dug an 86 foot tunnel and escaped detention center; Guinea Bissau struggles against Portugese colonialism; In Johannesburg and Cape Town students protest segregated schools and marks the first large scale protest organized by white students; 468 Anglo-American Company miners died in Rhodesia; German student leader arrested after participating in a Black Panther Sympathy march and was convicted of breeching the public peace by encouraging attacks on police; Angela Davis is acquitted on all charges; Ruchell Mcgee trial underway; Death of Dr. Walter Freeman, originator of the lobotomy, claimed women were fine lobotomy candidates because they didn't need to use their brains to earn a living as men do.
