February 20, 1965 – Vietnam: Attempted Overthrow – Days Of Intrigue.
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Category: Vietnam War
Dick Gregory Has A Word Or Two About Race And Politics 1968 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Dick Gregory – Interview from NET: Newsfront – April 26, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dick Gregory – whose popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a mainstream comedian was traded in for a career as a political activist, was one of the most outspoken and
An Isla Vista State Of Mind – Anti-War Protests – February 26, 1970 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Isla Vista Demonstrations and riot UCSB campus – William Malloch/KPFK – Feb. 24-26, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 56 years ago, Protests against the Vietnam War were at a fever-pitch – college campuses all over the country were hotbeds. And 1970 was just getting started. The situation in
Brazil: Land Of Instability – New York: Land Of Endless Strikes – December 18, 1968
December 18, 1968 – Newsfront – Eastern Educational Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 18, 1968 – news from Brazil this day – much of it not good. In Rio de Janiero, a spokesman for the Brazilian government said a plot organized by former Governor Lacerda and former
Picking A Jury For Lt. Calley – Attempts At Eliminating Ancient Nonsense – SoCal’s Annual Fire Ritual – November 13, 1970
November 13, 1970 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 13, 1970 – On this day, news from Ft. Benning, Georgia was about picking a Jury for the trial of Lt. Calley, accused in the massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968. Seems getting
Body Bags In Vietnam – A Funeral In The Haight – October 7, 1967
A day of many contrasts on October 7, 1967. Starting with Vietnam. In less than a week President Johnson’s latest defense of his prosecution of the war in Vietnam has been thoroughly undermined. His San Antonio speech was followed by a week in which: -American casualties in Vietnam passed the
If It’s July 18, 1965 – It Must Be Vietnam
– News for July 18, 1965 – WOR-AM, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News reports on the war in Vietnam were coming with such regularity in 1965 as to almost make the news humdrum and monotonous. So the news for this July 18th in 1965 focused primarily
Strange Days: “As Long As They’re Giving Away Free TV Sets, I’ll Bank Here” – July 10, 1970
– NBC Nightly News With Chet Huntley and David Brinkley – July 10, 1970 – Had there not been so much drama, deceit and upheaval associated with the decade of the 70s, it might have been called “The Goofy Decade”, there was no shortage of strange occurrences taking place during
Capitol Hill: Storm Clouds, Finger-Pointing And John Dean – July 1, 1973
– July 1, 1973 – CBS Radio: The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 1, 1973 – brought a new month and new drama around Capitol Hill. The week ending for this first day of July brought news of Congress demanding an end to the bombing
Message From U-Thant: “I Predict A Long And Protracted War In Vietnam” – April 8, 1967
Prophetic and disturbing words from UN Secretary General U Thant, who gave that assessment on the escalating war in Vietnam, this April 8th in 1967, joining a growing swell of voices opposing our further involvement in what was deemed a costly and pointless war. Of course, mainstream media wasn’t going