Barbara Bick discusses women's organizations, particularly the new National Women's Political Caucus and the developing political power of women. Bick has in the past worked for Women Strike for Peace and discusses her ongoing work with Bella Abzug on the Caucus, and also explains the guidelines behind the Caucus and why they are not a women's liberation group.
Part 1: Ralph Nader delivers a speech on Volkswagens; Part 2: Donna Shore of the Committee of Responsibility, an organization which uncovers corporations who betray the public trust, discusses her recent trip to Vietnam. Produced by Margot Adler.
Senator Birch Bayh (1928 - ) from Indiana, chair of the Judiciary Committee, questions former amphetamine addicts about their life and experiences which contributed to their drug dependency. Program is introduced by Margot Adler.
Presentation of the official government view of drugs and drug use in America.|CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON DRUGS / John Mitchell and Elliot Richardson. - SERIES: Washington report| no. 22 - Presentation of the official Nixon administration view about drugs and drug use in America.
Bob Kuttner and Margot Adler interview Mrs. Mitch Jones and Shirley Culbertson, wife and sister of a prisoner of war, and Mia Nahon, who discuss their relations to the League of Families and their efforts to end the Vietnam War and get prisoners of war released.
Excerpts from June 23, 1971 Congressional hearings on the subject of government operations. Former Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg is questioned by Ogden Reid, Representative from New York, and Pete McCloskey, Representative from California, about the extent of government operations around the world. Produced by Margot Adler.
Margot Adler talks with Arthur R. Miller (b. 1934) author of "The Assault on Privacy: Computers, Data Banks and Dossiers" (University of Michigan Press, 1971), about the loss of privacy due to computerization and data banks.