1968 Revolution Rewind
 

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1968 Revolution Rewind MP3 Series (34 hours on four CDs)

1968 was a pivotal year in U.S. history. People were taking to the streets to demand civil rights, to halt the Vietnam War, and to express their grief at the death of two American icons, Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. People rose up at the Democratic National Convention, and were met with police violence. The Black Panther Party gained national attention as the powerful voices of its leaders spoke across the country about politics and the arts. In other parts of the world — including Paris, Greece, China, Czechoslovakia and Guatemala — people struggled with dramatic change.

Corporate ownership of mainstream media was able to influence public knowledge of some of these events. But one broadcast media organization recorded the sounds of these historic actions and gave voice to those who had no voice: Pacifica Radio.

Now, Pacifica Radio Archives' Preservation & Access Project is making available over 34 hours of rare 1968 recordings. This exclusive, comprehensive MP3 set is a rich resource. Enjoye it at your leisure, or donate a set to your local high school library or media center.

Disc One

  • From the Vault: 1968 Revolution Rewind (59 min). A year in review with excerpts from the best the 1968 restored audio.
  • From the Vault: Columbia Student Strike (59 min). Includes rally speeches by Columbia student leaders, and a new interview with radio producer Barbara Bernstein, who was part of the 40th anniversary events.
  • Campus or Battleground: Ayn Rand (26 min). Rand presents her views on the world, international politics, current affairs, and human thought.
  • Radicalization of Columbia University (36 min). Report and actuality of student activities on the Columbia University campus. Includes speeches by Mark Rudd and Juan Gonzales. Produced by Bob Murphy and Bob Bisom. Note: Contains sensitive language.
  • Robert F. Kennedy Assassination (55 min). Recorded by KPFK, the audio follows Senator Kennedy the day he was assassinated from the morning press conference at campaign headquarters to the actuality of the shooting and eyewitness accounts.
  • A Night in Chicago – Elsa Knight Thompson (48 min). Award-winning radio documentary by KPFA legendary public affairs director Elsa Knight Thompson on the riots in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention. Elsa Knight Thompson, with live reports from the public demonstrations and violent police response in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention. Includes Allen Ginsberg, Bobby Seale and actuality from the streets.
  • Cesar Chavez at City College, 1968 (60 min)
    Talk on the United Farm Workers in California, and the political power of unions.
  • From the Vault: Paris Student Uprising (59 min). Excerpts from interviews with politicians, student leaders, journalists, artists and a new interview with uprising eyewitness Larry Bensky, former KPFA programmer and Pacifica National correspondent.
  • Mary Alice Waters (38 min). Discussion of the 1968 student demonstrations in France with a eyewitness reporter for the Militant and Young Socialist.
  • François Mitterrand Interview (52 min). A discussion of socialism in France with the man who eventually became the elected president of France.
  • Melina Mercouri at the New School (20 min). Greek actress talks on her life and career.

Disk Two

  • Free Huey Rally, Part 1 (41 min). Speech on Black political action. H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael address the Black Panthers.
  • Free Huey Rally, Part 2 (41 min). Speech on Black political action. H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael address the Black Panthers.
  • From the Vault: Bayard Rustin (59 min)
    Includes Rustin’s 1968 lecture, The Future of Minorities and a 1960 debate with Malcolm X, The Choice of Two Roads.
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Santa Rita (25 min). An address from a demonstration outside the Santa Rita prison supporting anti-war activist Joan Baez and others imprisoned for blocking the Oakland draft induction center.
  • Men and Women in the Arts Concerned with Vietnam: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (40 min). Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks to a group at a private residence in Los Angeles. He is introduced by author James Baldwin.
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Rally in Central Park, Part 1 (63 min). Actuality of the rally held the day after King's assassination. Includes speeches by Ossie Davis, Dr. Benjamin Spock, James Forman, Florence Kennedy, Lidia Williams, Jarvis Teiner and Phil Luciano.
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Rally in Central Park, Part 2 (17 min). Actuality of the rally held the day after King's assassination. Includes speeches by Ossie Davis, Dr. Benjamin Spock, James Forman, Florence Kennedy, Lidia Williams, Jarvis Teiner and Phil Luciano.
  • Coretta Scott King (15 min). A speech Mrs. King delivers three weeks after the assassination her husband, drawn from notes left in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s pocket upon his death. Includes his Ten Commandments on Vietnam.
  • Poor People's March (42 min). Includes audio interviews with marchers as they enter the District of Columbia after weeks of traveling, plus the opening day speeches of Resurrection City including Ralph Abernathy and Jesse Jackson.
  • H. Rap Brown (55 min). Discussion of revolution, militancy, black politics and the politics of sports; includes a discussion of the Olympic games in Mexico City.
  • A Conversation with June Jordan (interviewed by Julius Lester) (30 min). African American Poet in discussion with African American author.
  • The Whole World was Watching (72 min). A 1979 KPFA documentary reviewing the events of 1968. Produced by Helen Miciewicz.
  • Dr. Benjamin Spock at Berkeley, Part 1 (32 min). Famed pediatrician and author Benjamin Spock at the Berkeley Community Theater speaking on the charges against him for conspiring to aid, abet, and counsel young men to resist the draft.
  • Dr. Benjamin Spock at Berkeley, Part 2 (58 min). Famed pediatrician and author Benjamin Spock at the Berkeley Community Theater speaking on the charges against him for conspiring to aid, abet, and counsel young men to resist the draft.
  • Is Draft Resistance the Answer? (43 min). David Harris, Joan Baez, Ira Sandperl: three speeches calling for draft resistance to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

Disk Three

  • Pauline Kael: The Film since World War Two (53 min) Celebrated New Yorker Magazine film critic and then-KPFA commentator lectures at UC Berkeley on the history of film.
  • An Interview with Melvin Van Peebles (21 min). African-American director talks about his film A Three-Day Pass.
  • Alan Arkin (19 min). Academy Award nominee Alan Arkin talks about the film The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, in an interview by Claire Clouzot.
  • Seymour Cassell talks about John Cassavetes' Faces (31 min). Cassell talks about filmmaker Cassavetes and his film. Interview by Claire Clouzot.
  • The Lion in Winter (17 min). Director Anthony Harvey and actress June Merrow discuss their film with Herbert Feinstein.
  • Dame Edith Evans (28 min). British actress discusses her film The Whisperers.
  • To Have Done with the Judgment of God (43 min). Read by author Antonin Artaud in French.
  • To End the Judgment of God (8 min). Ruth Hirschman and Jean Jacques Labelle discuss Artaud's play.
  • Don Juan: The Sorcerer / Carlos Castenda (37 min). Anthropologist Carlos Castaneda, author of The Teachings of Don Juan, discusses his experiences with hallucinogenic substances used under the guidance of his Yaqui Indian teacher, Don Juan Matus.
  • The Theatre of Commitment with Eric Bentley (52 min). Discussion of political art in the theater, and Bentley's book The Theatre of Commitment, plus other essays. Interviewed by Dale Minor.

Disk Four

  • Norman Mailer Speaks Out (53 min). Author speaks about L.B.J.'s Great Society, and the Vietnam War.
  • Drugs and the Law / Lewis Yablonsky and Roger Smith (42 min). From the Marijuana Symposium held at the University of California Medical Center, San Francisco. Yablonsky on the problems of researching drugs; Smith leads a discussion on the history of marijuana legislation.
  • Poetry from the San Francisco Rolling Renaissance (62 min). Featuring Lew Welch, Phillip Whalen, Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, David Meltzer, John Wieners, and Allen Ginsberg.
  • Town Hall Against the Draft / Noam Chomsky and Robert Bly (59 min). Actuality of a town hall meeting against the draft. Includes a round table discussion and two speeches. Recorded in New York City.
  • A Tribute to Ernesto Che Guevara (60 min). Pedro Juan Rua, Edward Boorstein, Derrick Morrison, Julius Lester and Ralph Schoenman speak on the life and goals of the Latin American revolutionary.
  • Interview with Sun Ra (45 min). Musician, poet, mythical scientist and leader of Solar Arkestra discusses his mystical view of the world.
  • Father and Son / Louis and Allen Ginsberg (55 min). The Ginsbergs read selections of their poetry.
  • Conversations with Ralph Nader (19 min). On the life and work of the consumer advocate.
  • 2001, A Space Odyssey (53 min). Baird Searles leads an examination of the ground breaking science fiction film based on a novel by Arthur C. Clarke and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
  • Conversation with Muhammad Ali ( interviewed by Julius Lester) (28 min). The world heavyweight boxing champion and convert to Islam discusses his life and thoughts.
  • The California Grape Strike (45 min). Dolores Huerta, Vice President of the National Farm Workers Union, along with three farm laborers, discuss their strike.
  • Norman Corwin and Pete Seeger (55 min). Legendary folk musician Pete Seeger sings and discusses his life with his friend, Norman Corwin, the legendary radio producer and dramatist.
  • Langston Hughes Memorial (45 min). In this deeply moving program, Langston Hughes (recorded at his home before his death) reads from his poetry and reminisces about his life and the experience of Black people in America.

Archive Number: PZ0736.01-04
Total Running Time: 34 hrs 40 min

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