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Angela Davis Benefit
Franklin Alexander, head of Angela Defense. Introduced by Maya Angelou who then does some poems, Harlem Hopscotch, Times Square Shoe Shine Composition, great one on Harriet Tubman/and For My People by Margaret Walker.
Ruchell Magee Case
Date: 8/2/1972Call Number: PM 012Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: KPFA News interviewCollection: Ruchell Magee
Interview by Lincoln Bergman with Sandy Close, then working on Ruchell Magee case, describes his effort to defend himself, disqualify Judge Colvin, and general legal issues. Sandy reads a statement by Ruchell on right of self defense possible highlight piece. Intermittent squeaks.
Real Dragon
Date: 5/17/1972Call Number: RD 011Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
News coverage of Stanley Bone killing in Walpole State Prison in Massachusetts; Racial fighting in a Georgia state prison in which 7 were killed; Miss USA pageant being held at a Puerto Rico hotel where two bombs went off just before winners were announced, including spoken word on pageants and slavery; In Ankara, Turkey 2,000 people tried or undergoing trial for socialist politics and worker parties trying to establish new government in Turkey; Bombing at U.S. military base in Germany; Nixon signs Arms Limitiation Agreement with Soviet Union; Crime Control Act in place designed to threaten radical political acts in the US; the Weather Underground action on the Pentagon; Geneva Accords are used to argue demarcation line in Vietnam
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.
Real Dragon
Date: 6/30/1972Call Number: RD 061Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Newscast covering wide variety of topics, worldwide struggles, long section on Ruchell Magee, poem on US bombing of the dikes in North Vietnam. Cuts off before end of broadcast.
Afeni Shakur Interview
Date: 1/27/1972Call Number: CD 592Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Afeni Shakur speaks about the Panther 21 Trial, the Black Panther Party, repression and prisons.
Angela Davis Benefit
Date: 2/25/1972Call Number: CD 702Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Franklin Alexander, head of Angela Defense. Introduced by Maya Angelou who then does some poems, Harlem Hopscotch, Times Square Shoe Shine Composition, great one on Harriet Tubman/and For My People by Margaret Walker.
Maya Angelou reads Margaret Walker
Date: 2/25/1972Call Number: CD 703Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Two poems - Harriet Tubman and For My People by Margaret Walker.
Real Dragon
Date: 6/1/1972Call Number: CD 886Format: CDProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: Vietnam
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.
Opens with full statement by Nguyen Thai Binh who was killed when he tried to hijack a plane to Hanoi (he had an orange), statement read by Lincoln Bergman. He became a hero to Vietnamese independence cause. Announcement of event/candlelight memorial by Union of Vietnamese to memorialize Thai Binh. Thai Binh’s family held prisoner in Vietnam—newspapers confiscated when they carried stories about him (July 2, 1972 was the date of Thai Binh’s action.); Roundup of much other Vietnam news, General killed, British freighter sunk, Jane Fonda visit to the North report from Vietnam News Agency; Le Duc Tho returns to Paris; other Asia, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Philippines, Middle East/Japanese Red Army Lod Airport action, Greece, arrest of eight people in an organization called “New Left,” for alleged plot to kidnap a Kennedy, etc.; Ruchell Magee statement—documents sent to KPFA, read by Lincoln Bergman, announce a protest on July 28, 1972 in support of Ruchell Magee; report by Larry Bensky on charges and indictment against leaders of Vietnam Veterans Against the War in connection with upcoming Republican Convention in Florida, and the role of an informant in these charges; McGovern nominated, time will tell—closes with song “Keep on Pushin’”
