DescriptionWhat are the medical hazards of the nuclear age? How can we stop environmental destruction? Dr. Helen Caldicott, the world's leading advocate of citizen action to remedy the nuclear and environmental crises, addresses the City Club on these and other pressing issues concerning nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and nuclear war. This address took place on August 21, 1998.
DescriptionKinnell's work is sometimes influenced by his social activism (he worked for racial equality and against the Vietnam War) and tends to have a strong spiritual dimension. He is noted for his readings, or "recitations", and has won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1980 Selected Poems . He teaches at NYU and divides his time between Vermont and New York. This selection contains the poems "After Making Love We Hear Footsteps" and "Last Gods".
DescriptionFor all those looking for some inspiration as to how they can make a difference in their communities, there is Stone Soup for the World . This collection of stories collected by Marianne Larned share a common longing for a better life for all citizens of world, but more important, they offer solutions for achieving this goal. The stories are by and about Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Ram Dass, Marion Wright Edelman, Paul Newman, and many others.
DescriptionHoward Zinn - anarchist, pacifist, author, civil rights activist - was recorded at a Peace Action meeting in New Hampshire. Zinn wrote The People's History of the United States, which chronicles astounding instances of mass murder and exploitation that the nation would rather forget. Combining comic flair with unflinching honesty, Zinn has been described as a "pacifist/anarchist Columbo, " exposing terrible truths while mocking the thought of getting depressed about them.
DescriptionVoting has its place, but mass movements are much more effective vehicles for achieving social change, Howard Zinn explains in his eye-opening lecture given at MIT. The U.S. constitution and government have always favored the privileged and powerful over the working class, and voting - even with the emergence of progressive parties such as the New Party - is merely an act of choosing amongst various evils. Zinn strengthens his argument by describing many movements that have made progress through mass protest, such as union and labor struggles, the abolition of slavery, civil rights, women's liberation, and the anti-war movement.
