Oral History of the American Left Main Series, 1940-2011, inclusive

Interview includes discussion of the SNPJ (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota), a Slovenian mutual aid society. Alesh discusses the organisation's membership, the politics of Slovenian immigrants, and the activities of the women's lodge, of which she was president. Alesh also discusses her involvement in the millinery workers' union in Chicago, her role on the union's executive board, union organizing, and strikes. The interview also includes discussion of life in Slovenia and immigration, the Slovenian community in Chicago, the Socialist Party, Eugene Debs, and financial support for Tito and Yugoslavian relief during World War II. Interview focuses most heavily on the period between the 1900s-1920s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview includes discussion of origins of Spanish-language Communist movement in Ybor City, Florida during the 1920s-1930s; community support of Communists and relation to surrounding communities during the 1930s-1940s; immigration from Spain, work in tobacco factories, and activities of unions during the 1920s-1940s; and Red Scare decimation of Ybor City Left during the 1950s. Also discussed is a meeting with Fidel Castro in the 1950s, before Cuban Revolution. Joseph Norrick was present for interview with Alvarez, and second cassette of interview also contains a segment of a different interview with Joseph and Ruth Norrick.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Phone interview taken to support review essay of Ameringer's book that Green intended to submit to The Nation. Interview includes discussion of Ameringer's background and left-wing newspapers including the Oklahoma Leader and American Guardian.

Interview by James Green.

Tapes begin with a narrative about Ameringer's life, the Oklahoma Leader and other newspapers, activism among miners, her socialist family, and the early socialist movement, followed by an interview.

Interview by James Green.

Interview by Jim Green.

Interview includes discussion of the Communist Party on the Lower East Side of New York City during the 1940s-1960s, conflicts with her Socialist father, experiences as Local 65 shop steward, the Jefferson School, harassment and isolation of CP in the 1950s, and reactions to emergence of the New Left.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Conversation includes discussion of college radicalism in 1930s, his MA thesis on Nat Turner, joining the Communist Party, academic life, and the Jefferson School.

Interview by Debby Cohen.

Interview covers the topics of immigration and the political and cultural activities of the New York Jewish community during the 1930s-1950s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview by Dan Georgakas.

Interview includes discussion of the Los Angeles Jewish Left since the 1930s, the rise of anti-Nazi "front" across Jewish community and Communists' participation in it, the isolation of Jewish Left during Cold War, Aspiz's literary interests, and his involvement in the Yiddishe Kultur Farband as a senior citizen.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Conversation includes discussion of neighborhood background in Providence during the 1950s, army life in Vietnam and Germany, radical influences, and his political philosophy and aspirations. The interview also covers union activity at Electric Boat/Quonset Point, Rhode Island, organizing drives, and union activity at Brown & Sharpe before and during the 1982 strike.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers the topics of the Industrial Workers of the World in the Northwest of the United States during the 1910s, West Virginia coal miners at turn of century, becoming a unionist, lumber work in Northwest, and repression in Centralia, Washington.

Transcription of a radio broadcast from circa 1940.

Interview covers Barry's boyhood and first labor experience in Endicott, New York, the Trade Union Unity League and United Electrical Workers District 4, and the Westinghouse elevator plant in Jersey City, New Jersey during the 1930s-1950s.

Interview by Ruth F. Prago.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview includes a discussion of the differences between Baxandall's expectations and the realities of left wing culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1958 through the 1960s, after coming from New York Old Left background and having a brief stint at Smith College. Also discussed are gender relations in the left and academy; the relationship between music, poetry, theatre, and beat culture and politics in Madison; and the importance of the Rathskeller bar in academic and radical life. Baxandall also discusses her studies in French and history, academic role models, challenging cultural norms, the beginnings of the women's movement in Madison, and the impact of her time at Madison on the rest of her life.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers Bazell's immigrant Jewish background, the Workmen's Circle, involvement in the Communist Party during the 1930s-1950s in Coney Island, New York and later in Fall River, Massachusetts. It also addresses harassment of left wingers by the FBI during the the 1950s.

Interview by Bill Schecter.

Topics discussed include working class life and union organizing in textile mills.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers the college anti-war movement during the 1930s, the American Student Union, Keep America Out of War Congress during the late 1930s, the experience of conscientious objectors during World War II, and postwar work with National Sharecroppers' Fund.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Interview covers Bridgeport, Connecticut during the 1910s, life during the Great Depression, Bridgeport mayor Jasper McLevy, and the Socialist Party in Connecticut state politics during the 1930s.

Interview by Bruce Stave.

Recording of a Mesaba Park Cooperative Association tribute to John Bernard, a Farmer-Labor Party representative from Minnesota's Eighth Congressional District, who served from 1936-1938. It includes speeches by former Minnesota Governor Elmer Benson and others about Bernard's record in Congress, a response from Bernard, and music.

This recording was Berrigan's last interview before he went underground and then to prison. It includes reflections on his activities during the 1960s, including the Catonsville incident.

Interview by Marc Weiss.

Interview describes the Communist Party in Harlem during the 1930s, including his involvement in Communist Party apparatus, personalities in the CP, relationships with other activist groups, and the CP's intellectual climate during the Great Depression.

Berry analyzes at length the relationship between Party policies on race and African American identity. This includes the initial appeal of the Communist Party for African Americans and the organizational implications of the CP policy of black and white unity. He also looks at how this policy fit into larger questions of African American national identity at time, including the CP's relationship with Garvey movement. He also speaks about the study of American history by African American CP leadership and the prevalent desire for assimilation. He also looks at the CP's broader policy towards a mass movement with an American identity, and he analyzes how Franklin Delano Roosevelt's policies and CP policies worked together during the Depression.

Berry also shares his memories of Party administrators and figures in Harlem. These include Richard Moore, James Ford, Cyril Briggs, Arnold Johnson, Merrill Work, Charles White, and Manning Johnson, who later testified before HUAC. He also shares his recollections of the 1935 Harlem riot and subsequent hearings and Robert Minor's involvement in hearings.

Also included is an analysis of Richard Wright's work and commentary on the Party, including discussion of Native Son and The Outsider. Berry describes of meetings with Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Theodore Ward, in which they discussed literature, especially the use of symbols. He also describes the CP's attempts to control cultural criticism, and comments on Socialist realism and its divorce from reality. Berry also discusses the Party's acceptance of jazz and folk music, and speaks of the theoretical implications of improvisation in jazz music.

Berry also discusses the activities of the CP and its interactions with other organizations. This includes his activities and politics in Politburo in the late 1930s; analysis of the trade union caucuses, including Mike Quill and the TWU; the reactions to the Nazi-Soviet Pact; the foundation of the National Negro Congress; experiences working with Garvey movement; and the work of the Ethiopian Defense Committee in Harlem. Berry also describes the Party's working relationships with ministers, including Adam Clayton Powell (Baptist), Johnny Johnson (Episcopalian), Father Phillips (Episcopalian), William Lloyd Imes (Presbyterian), and Father Divine.

Other topics addressed include the CP education programs for members in Harlem, the high turnover among CP members, differences in debate of African-American self-determination in North and South of United States, the activities of the Workers' Alliance at the Home Relief Bureaus, Unemployed Councils, and interracial marriage in the Party.

Interview by Mark Naison.

Interview covers Beumer's family background in Indiana, his political activities there and in Detroit during the late 1960s-1970s, the Socialist Workers Party, and his experiences as bus driver and union activist in Detroit.

Interview by Claudia Hommel.

Interview documents the life and activities of a Yiddish "proletarian poet" including his childhood, immigration and literary work for New Yorker Volkszeitung during the 1920s, his friendship with writer Moshe Nadir, the role of the Left in the Yiddish literary community, the Proletpen circle of writers, Birnbaum's disillusionment with Communism and poetic realism, and his return to unrestrained lyricism.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers the meaning of the "sense of humor" in Yiddish literary work and Birnbaum's own sense of humor contrasted with that of writer Moshe Nadir and Jewish popular culture.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers the activities of Wainio Bjong's father and mother, Finnish-American radical leaders during the 1920s-1930s, her activities in Fitchburg, Massachusetts during the 1930s, work on a Left-oriented daily in Fitchburg, life in Brooklyn cooperative housing, and reflections.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers the role of ethnicity in Communist Party of Wisconsin during the 1930s-1940s; support of the Left from the Polish sector dating back to 1880 and support of other Slav groups from 1910s; role of Meta Berger in Wisconsin Party and Blair's ascendency to state leadership; unemployment demonstration in Milwaukee and influence on students in University of Wisconsin-Madison; increase of District membership with addition of northern Wisconsin; character of northern Wisconsin rural Communists; exodus of rural Communists from state during the 1940s-1950s, and the impact of McCarthyism on the decline of Communist Party support.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview topics include the Young People's Socialist League during the 1930s; Trotskyism; the University of California, Berkeley campus; and work in shipyards.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

The interview includes a discussion of Boggs' Asian-American family background in Providence, Rhode Island; her education and involvement in radical politics in New York during the late 1930s; the Workers Party and Johnson-Forest tendency during the 1940s; Correspondence in Detroit during the 1950s; involvement in the Black Power movement with her husband, James Boggs; and comments on C.L.R. James.

Interview by Dan Georgakas.

Topics discussed include entry into radical politics, the Johnson-Forest Tendency, and the relationship of culture and the Left.

Interview by Ellen Kellman.

Interview covers Boggs' youth in the South, factory life in Detroit during the 1930s-1940s, the Johnson-Forest Tendency, and activities in 1960s-1970s.

Interview by Dan Georgakas.

Interview regarding Boggs' involvement in the Johnson-Forest Tendency.

Interview by Ellen Kellman.

Interview discusses Students for a Democratic Society, its internal politics, relationships with other student groups, and demonstrations.

Interview by Kirkpatrick Sale.

Interview includes Bohn's memories of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Thomas Hagerty, the Catholic church, and the Socialist Labor Party.

Political struggles within the International Ladies Garment Workers Union during the 1920s, experiences on trips in the Soviet Union during the 1930s, and women's role in the Communist Party.

Interview by Bea Lemisch.

Interview includes discussion of Boudon's immigration from Panama, the Spanish-language immigrant community in New York during the 1930s, her work in offices and factories, the America Labor Party, the Communist Party, and women's role in the CP.

Interview by Ruth F. Prago.

Interview covers the Workers' Newsreel and Film and Photo League during the early 1930s.

Interview by Russell Campbell.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Brecher discusses the activities of the Students for a Democratic Society between 1962 and 1965.

Interview by Kirkpatrick Sale.

Interview covers the activities of unemployed organizations in New Jersey and the Socialist Workers Party between 1938 and 1954.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Brier discusses life in the East End of London during the 1920s-1930s, the Jewish character of Communism, anti-fascist activities in London during the 1920-1930s, his immigration to Los Angeles, and union activities, from the 1940s to the time of the interview.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview contains discussion of anarchism and Arbeter Ring in Los Angeles, Yiddish anarchist activists, and the Rudolf Rocker Circle.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Recording of a slide show on the history of Brookwood Labor College and Workers' Education Local 189, with comments by former Brookwood staff and students.

Narrated by Jon Bloom.

Interview contains discussion of Brorsen's family background and growing up in San Francisco and Chicago during the 1950s-1960s, the anti-war work, and Brorsen's decision to join the Young Socialist Alliance during the late 1960s. It also addresses her work as a waitress and activities in restaurant union during the 1970s.

Interview by Claudia Hommel.

Interview documents Buch's immigration from Turkey and youth in Los Angeles, brief involvement in Socialist Zionism during the early 1950s, the Socialist Workers Party and Young Socialist Alliance in Los Angeles and nationally during the 1950s-1960s, the Robert Williams case, responses to Cuban Revolution, and the Vietnam War.

Interview by Douglas Cooper.

Interview by Beth Haskell.

Interview contains discussion of Saint Louis radicalism during the 1930s, the Socialist Party, the American Workers Party, the Trotskyist movement, and the Workers Party. Also discussed is CLR James in Missouri and unionization of gas workers.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers Burlak Timpson's labor activities in Rhode Island and Communist activities during the 1930s-1940s.

Interview by Bill Schecter.

This talk covers labor activities in Rhode Island during the early 1930s and her role as a Communist speaker, and organizer in Providence and Pawtucket.

Public address, Rhode Island Labor History Forum.

This interview with a Detroit-based socialist, includes a description of his background, the appeal of socialism, and his involvement with the Teamsters.

Interview by Sam Friedman.

Recording of speech titled "What Socialist America Will Look Like."

Interview covers immigration to US from Russia and development of social consciousness, growing up in Hell's Kitchen in New York, radicalism and cooperativism during the 1920s-1930s, and reflections on younger radicals and current events at the time of the interview.

Interview by Milton Cantor.

Interview covers Caplowitz's immigration, the activities of Jewish Communists in unions during the 1920s-1930s, and Yiddish culture and the Yiddishe Kultur Farband during the 1930s-1980s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers the activities of American Youth for Democracy during the late 1940s, the Independent Socialist League during the early 1950s, ISL positions on the Korean War, the Rosenberg case, the Communist Party and McCarthyism, and race and civil rights.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Interview covers the origins of Labor (Paole) Zionism in Eastern Europe and Caruso's role in the early 20th century; the formation and publication Yiddishe Kempfer in New York; the growth of Poale Zionism during the World War I era and brief publication of daily Zionist newspaper; growth of Zionism in the 1930s-1940s and support of Israel; and reflections on the failure of Zionists regarding Arabs in Israel and the conservative Israeli leadership.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Program held at Trinity College in Worcester, Massachusetts to honor Dorothy Day and founding of the Catholic Worker. Includes panel comments by John Cort and others regarding Day and the Catholic Worker.

Interview documents activities against the United States' intervention in Nicaragua in 1928, Christian Socialism in a San Francisco parish during the 1930s-50s, and Chase's interpretation of the Liberation Theology of the 1970s-80s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview documents Chazanow's role as a political activist in Russia from 1898-1909 and the activities of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) from 1909-1928.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

This recording contains an interview to supplement Chazanow's 1956 Yiddish autobiography, Days and Years.

Interview documents the origins and activities of the Los Angeles branch of the Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born during the 1940s-1950s, Chernin's family life, and her relationship with her daughter.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview documents the early union background of former president of United Auto Workers Local 248 Allis Chalmers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the 1930s.

Interview by Roger Keeran.

Interview covers the activities of SNPJ (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota), a Slovenian mutual aid society, in Fontana, California, during the 1930s-1980s and the SNPJ role in Henry Wallace presidential campaign.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview documents Citron's career as a teacher in Harlem during the 1930s-1940s, her involvement in the Teachers' Union, her dismissal during the McCarthy era, and struggle for reinstatement.

Interview by Bea Lemisch.

Recording of a dedication of a memorial for thirteen CCNY alumni members of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade killed in action in the Spanish Civil War. Includes speeches from ALB vets and historians, a recording of a speech by Ernest Hemingway, and musical performances. Speakers include Robert Colodny, Philip Foner, Joseph P. Lash,

Clemente discusses his role as editor of La Parola and secretary of Italian Socialist Federation in the 1930s, Italian left factions in Chicago and other cities, and the left wing Italian presses.

Interview by Eugene Miller.

Interview covers the Industrial Workers of the World and Centralia, Washington case of 1919, with particular reference to IWW attorney Elmer Smith.

Interview by Tom Copeland.

Interview by Emily Raphael.

Discussion of disconnect between Communist Party leadership and working class society. Analysis includes discussion of relationship between leadership and rank and file members; the Party's inability to speak to the broader society's cultural interests; sports; the missed opportunity to engage with Communist movements in communities outside of New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles; and the relationship between art and the Party line.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Recollections of studies at the Jefferson School of Social Science.

Interview by Debby Cohen.

Interview regarding "Carlo" (Jesse Cohen), a cartoonist of the Workers Party during the 1940s.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Interview by Theresa Diamond.

Olga Corey, the daughter of Louis Fraina (Lewis Corey), discusses her reaction to the movie Reds, reminiscences of father at Antioch College during the 1940s, and her own union activities.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Cortez discusses being the son of a Mexican-American activist who joined Industrial Workers of the World after San Diego Free Speech Fight, his father's life in Milwaukee during the 1920s, and his mother, a German-American Socialist and poet. Cortez also discusses his imprisonment during World War II as conscientious objector, the role of the IWW in Chicago Mexican-American community during the 1940s, his role as artist and speaker for IWW in the 1940s-1980s, and anarchism and the IWW.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers the Left during the Great Depression, the League of Professional Groups, "Culture and the Crisis" in 1932, the proletarian novel, John Reed Clubs, the Communist Party's Popular Front strategy, the Spanish Civil War, and reflections.

Interview by Richard Wormser.

Interview with Roy Curtis of the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 4.

Interview by Paul Richiuso.

Cvetas discusses his family's background with the Slovenian fraternal society SNPJ (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota), participating in the fraternal society's activities as child, and fraternalism in 1980s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview includes a discussion of Darcy's immigrant background, Communist activities during the 1920s, factionalism, Browderism, his departure from the CP, subsequent activities, and reflections.

Interview by Richard Wormser.

Recording of presentation by Sam Darcy at State University of New York at Albany for the course History 3162.

Recording of presentation by Sam Darcy at the Campus Center Assembly Hall at State University of New York at Albany.

Davidson discusses a "United Front" of organizations for preservation of Yiddish language in Miami Beach, his activism in left causes and the preservation of Yiddish, and reflections on survival of the Yiddish language.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Topics discussed include the role of Jewish Left in New Haven, Connecticut since the 1920s, the nature of the Jewish community, the split of Socialists and Communists in the 1920s, the Yiddishe Kultur Farband choir, separation of Morgen Freiheit from the Communist Party, and cultural activities in the YKUF/Jewish Currents circle.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview includes discussion of the aesthetics of Hungarian-American radical press, including the publications Uj Elore and Hungarian Word from the 1920s-1980s. Interview also includes story of Deak's immigration and his interest in progressive press. Other topics include the circulation and internal structure of Uj Elore, and the shrinking of a distinct Hungarian-American milieu.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Dean discusses her family background, union activities, radicalism in unions, and the UE in Newark.

Interview by Ruth F. Prago.

Interview includes discussion of the Socialist Party and reformism between 1900-1920, Solon's break with Daniel DeLeon, the International Workers of the World (IWW), the Industrial Union League, and the Socialist Labor Party since the 1930s.

Interview by Malcolm Kaufman & Jeff Sklar.

Interview covers Italian-American women and the Communist Party, the Needle Trades Industrial Union, the National Textile Workers Union, and her experiences as a CP organizer in Lawrence, Providence, Boston, and Corona, New York during the 1930s-1940s.

Interview with Ruth Prago.

Statement includes introduction by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.

Dolgoff discusses anarchist women of the 1930s and the character of anarchism. Transcription is incomplete.

Interview by Bea Limisch.

A series of lectures by Dolson on life and involvement with Communist Party. First two disks are a lecture including Dolson's gravitation to Communism, the Red Scare of the 1920s, Dolson's trial for political beliefs in California, and a question and answer session about Dolson's life and political situation at the time of lecture. Remainder of disks are an interview with Paul Buhle in Providence, Rhode Island. Interview includes Dolson's joining of the Socialist Party in 1907, socialist journals, socialism in Chicago, the trial in California, formation of Communist Labor Party, activism in Pittsburgh in 1930s, the Dies Committee, the state of Israel and the left, and other topics.

Dongas describes his experience as a Greek partisan in World War II, immigration struggles during the 1950s, Greek publications, and Radio-Chicago.

Interview by Dan Georgakas.

The interviewee, going only by her first name, discusses student radicalism during the 1930s, activities of the Communist Party, the United Electrical Workers, and social life and friends.

Interview by Bea Lemisch.

Dougherty discusses her background in a shoe-producing town, college politics during the Depression, white collar union activity, the McCarthy Era, and reflections.

Interview by Sy Singer.

Drake-Raphals discusses her role in the Workers Party and C.L.R. James in the 1940s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Draper characterizes the interview as "a rundown on the birth of neo-Shactmanism," and it includes an analysis of Shactman's personality and the trajectory of the Shactman group's activities. As a part of this, Draper discusses the New International, discusses the paper's of board and editorship, his role as editor of Labor Action between 1949-1958, and the tabloid-like nature of that publication. He also discusses the merger of Independent Socialist League and Socialist Party and debates within the Workers Party about Zionism from 1948-1949. Draper also discusses the political disintegration of the Shactmanite group and his move to Berkeley.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Duda discusses the Lithuanian-American Left's activities around Connecticut's Brass Valley during the 1920s-1950s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Dudley discusses the relationship between dance and left politics, the New Dance group, Martha Graham, and civil rights.

Interview by Richard Wormser.

Dunayevskaya discusses Leon Trotsky and Trotskyism during the 1930s, the Johnson-Forest group during the 1940s, the coal strikes of 1949-1950, and the origins of the Marxist-Humanist organization News and Letters.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Edwards discusses his political origins as Garveyite during the 1920s, his social life in the 1920s-1930s, his experience as semiprofessional football player, his work as a prohibition-era gangster and factory worker, his activities as a Communist organizer in the Kansas-Nebraska district during the 1930s-1940s, and his disillusionment with the Communist movement in Oakland, California during the 1940s-1950s. Edwards also discusses life in Ghana during the 1950s-1960s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Edwards discusses life in Wisconsin lumber during the early 1900s, the Industrial Workers of the World, Elmer Smith, the repression of the IWW, Edwards' time at San Quentin, and the ebb of the IWW.

Interview by Tom Copeland & Tracy Dalton.

Edwards discusses her background in Boston Jewish community during the 1920s-30s, her experience as a Communist activist in California during the 1940s, her activities crusading for women's rights, the publication People's World in 1949, her life in Ghana during the 1950s-60s, and life events from the 1960s-1980s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview addresses the activities of the Slovenian-American mutual aid society SNPJ (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota) and the relationship between Slavic ethnic identities and the left.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview includes recollections of Epstein's experiences since his immigration from Warsaw in 1913, including editorship of Morgen Freiheit. He also provides comments on Yiddish publications and Jewish life in America, the Cold War, Israel, and 1970s American politics.

Interview by Milton Cantor.

The interview covers Epstein's background in Dallas, Texas (born 1885) as child of mixed Episcopalian-Jewish marriage. It also covers her time in New York from 1908, Socialist Party activities during the 1910s, Communist Party involvement from the 1920s, the American Council on US-Soviet Friendship, the Committee of American Women, and local political activities in Queens, New York.

Interview by Ruth F. Prago.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Interview includes discussion of radical Zionism, the Johnson-Forest Tendency, and activities in Detroit during the 1930s-1960s.

Interview by Dan Georgakas.

Felhaber discusses Minnesota newspaper unionism during the 1930s, the CIO and the Communist Party, the Ohio Left after World War II, and his travels abroad.

Interview by Bill Schecter.

Eulogy by Harry Ring for Duncan Ferguson, a sculptor and activist in Socialist Workers Party during the 1940s-1970s.

Interview includes an analysis of the Beat Generation in retrospect and the relationship between the San Francisco avant-garde arts scene and anarchism during the 1940s through the early 1950s. Ferlinghetti also discusses the formation of the City Lights book store and publishing company, and artists in 1980s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Figueredo discusses the Portuguese-American Left in New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts during the 1930s-1940s. He speaks the beginning of his introduction to politics during the strikes of the 1920s and Communist role. He addresses the lack of formal fraternal and cultural structure and absence of regular Portuguese-language Communist press. Additionally, the interview covers the use of local radio, Cold War pressures during the 1940s, his departure to San Francisco, and activities in International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) from the 1950s-1980s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Fisher discusses left politics and Jewish culture from the 1930s-1970s. Topics include labor Zionism and the Workmen's Circle, the Jewish Socialist Farband, and the Miami Beach Yiddishkayt.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Foner discusses being driven out of teaching during the late 1940s, industrial and union activities during the 1948-1970s, the Communist Party, and Ben Gold.

Interview by Russell Karr.

Interview by Nora Wainer.

Several recordings of readings and interviews of Emmanuel Fried. The first disk contains a May 1983 discussion for Buffalo radio station WBNY with topics including education, acting, union organizing, writing, impact of blacklist on career. The second and third disks are the recording of a Niagara-Erie writing conference held at St. John's Grace Episcopal Church in Buffalo, New York on Oct 30, 1980. Fried gives a reading from his plays and there is also a reading by author Peter Mathiessen. The fourth disk contains a radio interview of Fried by John Nash for WADU in Buffalo, taken in Mar 1980. The fifth disk contains a readings from the Labor Writers Workshop on Jun 8, 1977, introduced by Emmanuel Fried and broadcast on WBFO of Buffalo. The sixth disk contains the recording of a New Letters on the Air (Kansas City, Missouri) broadcast of readings and an interview of Fried from Jun 1978.

Friedland discusses the cultural perspective of the Workers Party, role of music in Friedland's life and creation of the record Songs for Sectarians, college teaching, and sympathy for antiwar students during the 1960s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview addresses union activities and the Left from the 1930s-1950s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Gale discusses growing up in East New York and Queens in the 1910s-1920s, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) during the 1920s-1930s, the Scottsboro case, and the American Labor Party. She also discusses family and home life in relation to her work and political activism.

Interview by Ruth F. Prago.

Topics covered in the interview include Jewish and Italian radicalism during the 1930s-1950s, the Unemployed Councils, the Workers' Club, Works Progress Administration, the Garibaldi Clubs, work as Vito Marcantonio's campaign manager, and union activities.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview includes discussion of Garlin's background in the Socialist Party in the 1910s and his time at the Daily Worker in the 1920s-1930s, including the paper's atmosphere and humor.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview includes discussion of immigration from Hungary to the United States and return to Hungary during World War I. It also covers Gellert's work as an artist and cartoonist for commercial publications The New Yorker and New York, the Hungarian-American Left newspaper Uj Elore, and radical arts and literary journal The Masses. Interview includes Gellert's recollections of fellow Masses contributor John Reed.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview includes description of background and youth in Ukraine, Massachusetts, and New York. It also includes discussion of Gerson's involvement in the Young Communist League and the events of the Passaic and Gastonia textile strikes.

Interview by Alan Safron.

Interview includes discussion of the Italian-American Communist newspaper II Lavoratore and its editorial staff and theatrical commentary. Giganti also discusses the nature of Italian-American Left in Chicago during the 1920s through 1940s, "anti-Red" police squad in Chicago, Giganti's expulsion from Communist movement, early Trotskyism, leftist activities of different ethnic groups in Chicago during the 1930s. Other subjects commented upon are the barber's union and Giganti's thoughts on the activities of various factions including those following Oehler, Lovestone, Cannon, and Muste.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview documents the activities of Students for a Democratic Society during the 1960s.

Interview by Kirkpatrick Sale.

Interview discusses the gay liberation movement during the 1950s-1970s.

Interview by Howard August.

Interview covers the Socialist Workers Party and Workers Party in New York, Philadelphia and Detroit during the 1930s-1950s.

Interviews by Lyn Goldfarb and Ruth Meyerowitz.

Glaberman discusses the Johnson-Forest Tendency in New York and Detroit during the 1940s-1950s.

Interview by Dan Georgakas.

Glassman discusses the American Youth Congress during the 1930s, World War II and shop agitation, women in factories, and the United Electrical Workers.

Interview by Ruth F. Prago.

Interview covers Glotzer's family background in Russia and Chicago, the Communist Party during the 1920s, American Trotskyism during the late 1920s-30s, and the Workers Party during the 1940s. The last cassette contains a narration by Glotzer in response to written questions by Jon Bloom.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Interview covers Gold's youth in New York City, her recollections of World War I, seeking employment, her involvement in the Socialist Party in 1933, her activities with the War Resisters' League, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the trade union movement, and union work with teachers in 1950.

Interview by Sy Singer.

Interview covers Goldberg's role as editor of Yiddishe Kultur, his early literary influences, an analysis of the development of Yiddish literature, political and introspective approaches to literature, and literary criticism. Goldberg also discusses the future of the Yiddish language and literature.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview contains Goldberg's reflections on secular and religious aspects of Jewish cultural identity and an examination of unique characteristics of Jewish humor.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

This recording documents life and political outlooks of the residents in this Westchester County cooperative community from its founding in 1927 through the 1950s.

Interview topics include the Communist Party, women's organizations, price and rent protests in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and activism during the 1930s.

Interview by Bea Lemisch.

Interview documents Goldstein's early life in Russia and Canada, her work and political life in Brownsville and East Flatbush, Brooklyn during the 1920s-1930s, and the activities of the Communist Party. The interview also covers theMorgen Freiheit, the International Workers Order, Russian War Relief and aid to Israel during the 1940s, and the Jewish cultural movement in Miami Beach.

Interview by Bea Lemisch.

Goldwater discusses C.L.R. James during the 1920s-1960s, the Workers Party during the 1940s, Trotskyism, anti-Stalinism, neo-conservatism, Pan-Africanism, and Eric Williams.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview includes discussions of childhood in Brooklyn and early jobs, the Great Depression, and work in defense plants during World War II. Activity in the UE Local 1707, American Labor Party, and Jewish Association Services for the Aged are discussed, as are May Day parades and her father's socialist activities. The interview also includes comments on the Paul Robeson concert at Peekskill and Rosenberg executions. Goodman also talks about members of her family and working with the Jewish Association Services for the Aged.

Interview by Laura Helton.

Gordon describes his association with Frontier Films, and coming to film through a background with the Film and Photo League and Group Theatre during the 1930s. Gordon discusses and contrasts the politics of Frontier Films and Group Theatre. Interview also includes discussion of Gordon's work on various projects and associates in Hollywood and New York City.

Interview by Russell Campbell.

The six half-hour segements of "Grandma was an Activist" include excerpts from OHAL interviews with Louise Thompson, Jane Dudley, Alice Dodge Wolfson, Meridel LeSueur, among others.

1) The Black and the Red 2) How Do You Spell Relief? 3) On the Line 4) They Shall Not Pass 5) Readin' and Ritin' on the Road to Power 6) Militant Muse

Interview documents Yiddish literary milieu in 1920s and role of interviewee's uncle, A.M. Dillon. Also covered are the Johnson-Forest Tendency, its leaders and activities during the 1940s, and cultural perspectives.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview regarding Green's experiences growing up in the Bronx and working in New York City.

Interview by Jeff Eichler.

Interview documents the activities of the Yiddish Left in Los Angeles and nationally from the 1930s-1980s. This includes Greenberg's analysis of various personalities in Yiddish literature including Leivick, Avrom Reyzen, Moshe Nadir, and others. He comments on the relative literary merits of the Morgen Freiheit, Forward, and Freie Arbeiter Stimme, and describes the break between the Freiheit and many writers on the Yiddish literary scene.

Greenberg expresses pessimism regarding Yiddish culture and working class political movements in the 1980s, and details his own loss of faith in the Soviet Union during the preceding decades. Facets of this discussion include the diminished state of Yiddish culture in the Soviet Union, contrasts between his travels there during 1930s and 1980s, and Greenberg's analyses of the reasons for the decline of Jewish progressive movement.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

"What Road to Building a New Communist Party?"; criticism of 1960s politics; history of class struggle.

Topics included: women's role in class struggle, role of race and nationality in class struggle, discussion of how new Communist Party would be organized, the tension between unity and sects, the activities of the October League

Hosted by the Guardian newspaper

Interview includes discussion of Sarah Gudelman's youth in Russia and Germany, her family history, immigration to Lower East Side in New York City and work in the garment trade. Other topics include life with her husband, the sculptor Gudelman, and the death of their first child. Also discussed are Sarah Gudelman's work as administrator for 18 progressive shuls in Bronx, her assessments of artists and Yiddish literary figures including Moshe Nadir and Itche Goldberg, and her involvement in the Communist Party.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Halonen discusses Finnish-American radicalism in Minnesota and Oregon during the 1910s-1930s, participation in Spanish Civil War as member of Abraham Lincoln Brigade, and experiences as Seattle machinist during the 1940s-1960s.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Topics covered by this interview include the Ukrainian-American Left, the International Workers Order during the 1930s-1940s, the effects of McCarthyism, problems of organization, publications, and the generational continuity in the ethnic progressive movement through the 1980s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Harap discusses Harvard University during the 1930s, Jewish Survey during the 1940s, Jewish Life during the 1940s-1950s, the Rosenberg case, and Jewish Currents during the 1950s-1970s.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Interview with Sanford Katz, the attorney representing defendants from the Progressive Labor Movement who were charged with involvement in the Harlem Riots of 1964. Subjects include criticism of actions of grand jury, selection of the grand jury, and the implications of holding Eleanor Goldstein in contempt multiple times over the same questions.

Interview covers the "prehistory" of Students for a Democratic Society during the late 1950s and the activities of SDS during the 1960s.

Interview by Kirkpatrick Sale.

Interview covers the Socialist movement in Sweden, Swedish-American Socialism, the Left in New England during the 1930s-1940s, and reflections on American Communism.

Interview by Bill Schecter.

Interview documents the legal prosecution of the International Workers Order in New York State during the 1950s and Henry's role as ex-Special Assistant Attorney General.

Interview by Howard Brown.

Interview by Theresa Diamond.

Interview includes discussion of immigration from Russian Empire, youth in Bayonne, New Jersey, and the press and the Left.

Interview by Diana Maull.

Interview includes discussion of Hood's union-family background, the New England Left in the 1930s, the Communist Party in Vermont during the 1930s, the Communist Party in Boston during the 1930s-1940s, Hood's experience in prison, and other reflections.

Interview by Bill Schecter.

Interview documents the Saint Louis Free Thought movement from the nineteenth century to 1940s, Hoops' background in Germany, his immigration to the United States, the Rand School of Social Science, the Socialist Party in Saint Louis during the 1930s, and Free Thought and atheism in Saint Louis from the 1940s-1980s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview consists of an analysis of politics in Fontana, California by member of the religious (anti-socialist) South Slav benefit association and steel worker, who later became mayor of Fontana. Also covers are attitudes toward Henry Kaiser and later (Third World) immigrants.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview with David Freedman, Sam Neuberger, and Fay Pasternak on International Labor Defense, National Lawyers Guild, and radical legal work in the 1930s-1940s. Interview includes recollections of Joe Brodsky, Carol King, Vito Marcantonio, and others.

Interview by Ann Ginger and Debra Bernhardt.

Interview by David Gurowsky.

Interview is on track 1 of CD ILGWU 1.

Interview by David Gurowsky.

Interview by David Gurowsky.

Interview is on track 2 of CD ILGWU 2.

The narrator discusses work in the garment industry and figures in the ILGWU during the 1910s-1940s.

Interview by David Gurowsky.

Interview is on track 2 of CD ILGWU 3.

Interview by David Gurowsky.

Interview is on track 1 of CD ILGWU 2.

Interview by David Gurowsky.

Interview is on track 1 of CD ILGWU 4.

Interview by David Gurowsky.

Interview is on track 2 of CD ILGWU 1.

Interview by David Gurowsky.

Interview by David Gurowsky.

Interview is on track 2 of CD ILGWU 4.

Interview by David Gurowsky.

Interview by Bea Lemisch.

Recording of a speech titled "Africa and World Politics" at the University of Rhode Island.

Recorded by Paul Buhle.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Excerpt from performance at Yablon Center in Los Angeles, California.

Interview covers Jokubka's background in Lithuania and activities in Argentina during the 1930s. He also speaks of his editorship of Vilnis, a Chicago-based Lithuanian-language newspaper, since 1942. Jokubka also discusses the problems of publishing ethnic newspaper and the role of cultural activities in the Lituanian-American movement.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers Johnson's involvement in show business in Harlem during the 1930s and dancing at the Cotton Club. He also describes his politicization, his entry into the Communist party, community involvement during the 1940s, and figures such as Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson. Johnson also analyzes the relations of blacks and whites in the Communist Party. The recording also includes a sound reel from his night class.

Interview by Richard Wormser.

Interview by Dan Cohen.

This interview is a part of the series "Oral Histories of African Americans" by the Center for Oral History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The interview covers his activities as a performer at the Cotton Club, as a Communist Party organizer, and as an educator.

Interview by Kathryn Takara.

Kaartinen discusses his Finnish-American radical background during the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War, and fraternal and political activities from the 1940s-1970s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Kaplan discusses the Yiddishe Kultur Farband (YKUF) and the Jewish cultural movement in Los Angeles.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers Katz's early days in the Communist Party, the fight against white chauvinism, and the Needle Trades Industrial Union's activities during the 1920s.

Interview by Ruth F. Prago.

Kempf discusses his role as New Jersey Regional Director of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee-Harrison-Hoboken-Jersey City, Crucible Steel, Otis Elevator, the Socialist Party, and the Socialist Workers Party during the 1930s.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Kertman discusses the Yiddishe Kultur Farband (YKUF) and the Jewish cultural movement in Los Angeles.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers the origins of Slovenian-American fraternal movement in Waukegan and North Chicago, Illinois. Kerzic also covers his work in a cooperative grocery store during the 1930s-1940s and work with Finnish-American fraternal group in milk coop during the 1930s-1950s. Kerzic also discusses conflict between the midwestern and eastern factions of the SNPJ (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota) and his role as founder of a savings and loan bank in Waukegan.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Brief interview with Russian-born painter about his family and his work.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Recording includes reminiscences, reading of letters, and songs and dances.

Koloehmainen discusses emigration from Finland, the activities of the Socialist Party, and the Finnish women's newspaper.

Interview by Bill Schecter.

Kolehmainen discusses her immigration to America, life in the Finnish-American Left, the activities of Finns in Boston area during the 1930s-1940s, her role as editor of women's weekly Naisten Viiri, and the support of Finnish-American movement.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Korn discusses the Yiddishe Kultur Farband (YKUF) and the Jewish cultural movement in Los Angeles.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Koski discusses the Finnish-American Left in Mesabi Iron Range and the radical Finnish newspaper Tyomies.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Kravitz discusses the Johnson-Forest Tendency, radical feminism, and activities on the East Coast and in Detroit, from the 1940s-1960s.

Interview by Dan Georgakas.

Kryzak describes growing up in New York City, her life as a Communist Party member from 1933, her trip to Soviet Union and impressions of it, the Communist Party and women's issues, and the McCarthy period.

Interview by Ruth F. Prago.

Kunin discusses ethnic groups and politics in Bridgeport, Connecticut during the 1920s-1940s.

Interview by Bruce Stave.

Interview with Kay Lahusen (also known as Kay Tobin) covers relationship between gay liberation movement and the Left, publications, and legislative campaigns during the 1950s-1970s.

Interview by Howard August.

Interview by Howard August.

Interview details author Meridel LeSueur's recollections of Minnesota radicalism during the Great Depression.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Lewis and his wife discuss the Socialist Party and the New England region during the 1910s-1940s and the civil rights movement during the 1940s-1960s.

Interview by Bruce Stave.

Lilja discusses his immigration to the United States and his work as itinerant miner, lumber worker, and fisherman during the 1910s. He also covers the activities of Finnish-American Left in Monessan, Pennsylvania during the 1920s-1950.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview documents the activities of the United Electrical Workers Local 431 at the Emerson Electric Company in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Interview by Ruth Prago.

Lustig discusses the activities of Hungarian-American Left in the fur-leather and electrical workers unions during the 1920s-1940s, his own role in strikes, blacklisting in the 1950s, and work on Henry Wallace's farm. Lustig also discusses his involvement with the publications Uj Elore and Hungarian-American Word during the 1950s-1980s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers Magil's in Yiddish culture in Philadelphia, life at the Daily Worker in the 1920s, and self-denial of Yiddish cultural activities for "broader field."

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview by Allen Thompson.

Interviews includes discussion of background as high school supporter of Vito Marcantonio in New York and youth leader of Marcantonio movement. Also covered is Magil's work as editor of Communist Italian-language paper, L'Unita and its support in mining regions and cities during the 1940s-1950s. Additionally, the interview covers Magil's retirement to Florida and reflections.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers Magner's activities in the Bridgeport, Connecticut Socialist Party and role as executive secretary to Socialist Mayor Jasper McLevy from 1940-1957.

Interview by Bruce Stave.

Interview covers activities of the Socialist Workers Party during the 1960s-1970s, Maisel's work experience in print shops, and the influence of his parents' radical convictions and activities.

Interview by Claudia Hommel.

Interview regarding gay rights.

Interview by Howard August.

Interview describes Margolin's activities from 1930s-1950s. Topics include the Food Workers Industrial Union, the National Maritime Union, the World War II no-strike pledge, the Communist Party view of Trotskyism, and the Korean War.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Interview by Mike Nash.

Subjects discussed in this interview include the activities of the Socialist Party during the 1930s and the struggle between Communists and Socialists in the Teachers Union.

Reunion of Rhode Island activists in Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Campaign, 50 years after execution. Disscussion of defense activities, mostly by Luigi Nardella.

Includes discussion of Jews in film, Yiddish culture, and the Morgen Freiheit and the Forward.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview is part of a series of interviews intended to document the activities of the Worker's Health Bureau, which was founded in 1920.

Interview covers literature in the 1930s, poetry and the the Communist Party's Popular Front strategy, and Left Culture during the Cold War.

Taped responses to written questions from Paul Buhle.

Recording of McGrath's reminiscences of the Chelsea neighborhood of New York during the 1930s-1940s, including the character of the neighborhood and radicalism there. Personalities discussed include Ray Condon, Mac and Maggie McLain, and Harold Gates. Topics include relationships with various unions in Chelsea neighborhood, waterfront workers and unions (including the National Maritime Union), a local radical newspaper called the Shamrock, McGrath's job with International Labor Defense, and conflicts with the Christian Front and German American Bund. He also speaks about his activities in Los Angeles in the 1950s. The second of the recording part contains additional information McGrath's background, including his introduction to radical left politics and student activism at University of North Dakota and Louisiana State University.

Biographical interview with important African American radical, born in 1886. Topics covered include his youth and education, activities as Socialist during the 1910s, involvement with the Communist Party during the 1920s, his period as a "Musteite" during the 1930s and a "Shachtmanite" during the 1940s, the Unemployed Leagues, and A. Philip Randolph.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Topics discussed include the Socialist Party in Bridgeport and the career of her husband Jasper McLevy as Socialist Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1933-1957.

Interview by Bruce Stave.

Discussion by Paul Buhle and Arthur Liebman on Jews and the Left in the United States from 1890-1982, with questions from audience and response.

Interview documents strikes of department store workers.

Interview covers unionism and politics in Gary, Indiana during the 1930s-1940s, the relationship between ethnicity and race and nationalism, and the Wisconsin National Farmers Union in the 1950s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview covers the activities of the Packinghouse Workers and Communist Party in Boston, Massachusetts during the 1940s-1950s.

Interview by Bill Schecter.

Interview documents Lithuanian-American radicalism during the 1920s-1960s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview documents Moore's youth in New Orleans, the Marcus Garvey movement during the 1920s, the Communist Party in Harlem during the 1930s, and her break with the Communist Party.

Interview by Mark Naison.

Interview documents Moore's experiences in the Communist Party in Harlem during the 1930s.

Interview by Ruth Prago.

Morgan discusses her Boston childhood, life in Cuba in 1917, and Chicago in the Depression. She also covers the activities of the Communist Party in Champaign, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Columbus, Ohio during the 1930s-1950s.

Interview by Bill Schecter.

Moskowitz discusses her Hungarian-American background, the activities of the furriers union, the Communist Party, and general reflections.

Interview by Daniel Czitrom.

Munckton discusses her experiences on a farm in Finland during the 1890s, emigration to the United States, life for domestic workers, and the activities of the Finnish-American Left in Bay Area during the 1920s-1960s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Discussion regarding Cultural Correspondence.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview by Beth Haskell.

Interview covers activities at Brooklyn College, in the National Students' League, and with the Medical Bureau of Aid to Spanish Democracy during the 1930s.

Interview by Bea Lemisch.

Nadelman discusses his Yiddish Anarchist origins in Russia, Yiddish Anarchist activities in Los Angeles from the 1920s-1980s, Rudolf Rocker's personality and his circle, the activities of the Arbeter Ring (Workmens' Circle), and fund-raising for victims of Spanish Civil war.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

The first two disks or tapes are comprised of an oral history interview taken by Paul Buhle on September 29, 1982.

The third tape or disk is a speech delivered to Rhode Island Labor History Forum at Knight Public Library in Providence regarding unemployed movement in Rhode Island during the 1930s.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Interview covers unemployed activities in Chicago, activities in anthracite coal districts, and the Popular Front and the Spanish Civil War.

Interview by Rick Wormser.

Interview covers Nelson's family history, education and work, and his involvement in the World Socialist Party (formerly Workers Socialist Party and Socialist Educational Society).

Interview by Katherine Brucher.

One 1978 interview covering the history of the Pioneers, the Young Communist League, and protests.

One DVD interview covering the history of the Pioneers, the Young Communist League, and protests.

Nicas discusses activities from 1900 through the late 1930s, including the relationship between the CIO and Communist Party in Ohio, newspapers, and the impact of the Hitler-Stalin pact.

Interview by Dan Georgakas.

Speech on Greek labor and radicalism.

Interview by Bea Lemisch.

The interview covers origins of radicalism in Indiana coal mining traditions during the 1910s-1920s, Joseph Norrick's role in 1930s-1940s Left, and perspectives on problems of "Americanizing" Communism in the United States. Ruth Norrick discusses her background in Terre Haute, Indiana, meeting with Eugene Debs, literary life in New York during the 1930s, Cold War-era blacklisting from United Nations Children's agency, and her work in journalism.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview documents the Scottsboro Boys case, as recalled by one of nine defendants. Interview also covers the role of International Labor Defense and NAACP and the circumstances of his pardon.

Interview by Richard Wormser.

Interview includes discussion of the Morgen Freiheit and Yiddish literature.

Interview by Paul Buhle

Discussion of Yiddish culture and politics including his employment by the Groysser Kundes magazine as a humorist and his involvement with the Morgen Freiheit, which he joined in 1922 and edited from 1939-1988.

Interview by Paul Buhle

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview documents the Polish-American Left in Detroit during the 1930s, cigar workers, the United Auto Workers, the American Slav Congress, different Polish-American Left organizations from the 1910s-1920s, and Poland in the 1980s. Only third disk of Nowak interview has been transcribed.

Interview by Dan Georgakas.

O'Brien discusses her background in Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin Trotskyist circle, activities in the 1940s, and her attitude towards C.L.R. James and Johnson-Forest Tendency.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview documents O'Connor's activities in Seattle around time of 1919 general strike, his work in the Federated Press during the 1920s-40s, relationships with Communists and oldtime labor editors and ethnic radicals such as Ludwig Lore, activities in Pittsburgh during the 1930s, and the attack of the House Un-American Activities Committee during the 1950s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview analyzes the relationship between the Left and dance in the 1930s-1940s, looking at form and content in radicalism and modern dance.

Interview by Richard Wormser.

Interview covers Oehler's philosophical background and introduction to Marx, his involvement with the Communist Party, including organization through trade unions and undercover activities within CP on behalf of Trotskyites. Oehler further analyzes the struggles between Stalin and Trotsky supporters and discusses his activities in Spanish Civil War and opinions on French Turn.

Interview by Theresa Diamond.

Interview by Victoria O'Hare Von Hagen

Interview covers Ollman's background in Milwaukee in the 1940s-1950s, radicalism in Madison, Wisconsin, his political activities and intellectual growth in Madison Students League for Industrial Democracy, Students for Democratic Action, and his reflections on the Madison experience.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview by Jon Bloom.

Pandera discusses the Left in the South Slav sections of San Pedro, California during the 1930s-1950s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Interview by Marvin Gettleman.

Thompson discusses her youth in Sacramento California, her move to New York City, life in Harlem during the 1920s-1930s, and the Scottsboro case in the 1930s.

Interview by Ruth Prago.

Interview includes a discussion of Pearl's youth, her relationship with her mother, her mother's influence on her outlook, and her Panamanian/West Indian heritage. She also discusses work in a textile factory while at school, and a brief period in domestic work on Park Avenue in New York. Interview includes her philosophies on activism and struggle. She describes becoming an activist during the 1930s and joining the Communist Party. She also discusses Party actions and CP activity within the needle trades union. Pearl analyzes the nature of conflict within Communist Party leadership, particularly with relation to race and gender. She compares the difference between socialist approach and the CP approach. She concludes with thoughts on feminism, critiques of the Soviet Union, and friendship and family in the CP movement.

Perocco discusses the Bridgeport, Connecticut Socialist Party and Jasper McLevy as Socialist mayor.

Interview by Bruce Stave.

Perry discusses women's role in the electrical industry in New Jersey during World War II and the activities of the National Negro Congress. She also discusses the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers (IUE) and provides general reflections.

Interview by Ruth Prago.

Peters describes growing up in Finnish-American left of the 1930s in Mesabi Range, her unhappy marriage to non-Finnish intellectual, and her return to her "roots."

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Pevzner discusses experiences in the Pennsylvania International Workers Order (IWO), his background as a Jewish entertainer, his political conversion, and activities within the sphere of the Yiddishe Kultur Farband (YKUF).

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Recording of the IWW folk singer recalling experiences from 1940s to 1980s on a WBJC (Baltimore) radio broadcast.

Podmaka discusses her background in coal and steel region of Ohio and West Virginia during the 1930s, experiences at the United Electrical Workers-Hatfield Wire & Cable in New Jersey during the 1940s, and the relationship between the UE and the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists.

Interview by Ruth Prago.

Interview with a program director for Camp Kinderland documents Jewish political and cultural life and includes discussion of activities at the camp and childhood in the Coops, a radical housing complex in the Bronx.

Interview by Daniel Weber.

Interview covers Polier's recollections of legal work during the 1930s and the origins of National Lawyers' Guild.

Interview by Ann Ginger.

Discussion led by Paul Buhle. Includes A.B. Magil, Steve Max, Steve Nelson, Nat Cohen and others, about the meaning of "culture" to younger generation in the Popular Front; attitudes toward sports, particularly baseball in the Left and in the Daily Worker; and neighborhood activity around cultural themes in New York.

Interview covering the Johnson-Forest Tendency and the activities of the Workers Party during the 1940s.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

A collection of lectures from a Albert Prago-coordinated course entitled "The Spanish Civil War and its International Impact," held at the New School for Social Research in the fall of 1981. The lecturers were: Albert Prago (Oct 20, 1981, CD Prago 1-2), John Gerassi (Oct 27, 1981, CD Prago 3-5), Carl Marzani (Nov 3, 1981, CD Prago 6-8), Dante Puzzo (Nov 10, 1981, CD Prago 9-11), Victor Rabinowitz and Albert Prago (Nov 17, 1981, CD Prago 12-14), Maury Colow and Carl Geiser (Nov 24, 1981, CD Prago 15-17), Pete Seeger (Dec 1, 1981, Prago 18-20), and Albert Prago (Dec 8, 1981, CD Prago 20).

Interview by Don Amter.

Preston describes the University of Wisconsin during the early 1950s, the impact of William Appleman Williams and others on historical studies, the Madison social and political milieu, his research on Industrial Workers of the World, and his experiences as a historian.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Puropudas, Buhle, and an unidentified man discuss Puropudas' Finnish background, his role as editor of Tyomies since 1970s, attitudes towards the status and future of ethnic presses, and Puropudas' life as recent immigrant. The recording also contains a brief segment of Buhle interviewing an unidentified woman who recounts a story of Finnish farmers being cheated by a land agent.

Interview by Paul Buhle.

Rasmussen discusses his political background in the Illinois Socialist Party and Workers Alliance during the late 1920s/early 1930s, his activities within Socialist Party, the formation of the Socialist Workers Party, and expulsion from Socialist Workers Party in 1947.

Interview by Rich Klimmer.

Interview includes discussion of Rasmussen's political background in Illinois, the Socialist Party and Workers Alliance during the late 1920s through early 1930s, activities within Socialist Party and formation of Socialist Workers Party, and expulsion from Socialist Workers Party in 1947. It also includes a discussion of the Communist Party and conflict between its working class and intellectual elements.

Interview by Paul Buhle.