Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/58/27/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Daten.d. [1968]
DescriptionHomer Townsend, from New York, talks to Dilip Hiro.

Track 1: Silence, 0.15 mins
Track 2: He talks about coming to New York in 1936, working with the American Labour Party and the Communist Party. He talks about the Un-American Activities Committee dissolving the Labour and Communist Parties. He discusses Jewish people's role in forming the Liberal Party, Zionism, and the creation of the State of Israel, 2.41 mins
Track 3: He talks about persecution of the Jews in Russia and Zionism, 0.49 mins
Track 4: Dilip Hiro asks about the relationship between Jewish businessmen and the black community in Harlem. He says that Jewish people leave Harlem at night. He says that black people have been exploited by the Jews, 2.20 mins
Track 5: He says that we are beginning to think more internationally, 0.32 mins
Track 6: He talks about religion in Harlem, 2.12 mins
Track 7: He tells Dilip Hiro where he lived during his early life. He says that he used to be religious and talks about images of whiteness and blackness in Christianity, 2.37 mins
Tracks 8-9: He talks about travelling in Indonesia and seeing where the missionaries lived. He explains why he became disillusioned with religion. He talks about hearing a Coptic minister speak at college. He talks about missionaries in Africa and importing drugs and drink into Africa.
Track 10: Silence, 0.20 mins
Track 11: He talks about hidden black history, reading about black history in America and Africa, and the Russian and Chinese Revolutions, 2.20 mins
Track 12: He says that he went to sea to study the 'displaced persons problem' after the Second World War. He talks about meeting people who had worked for Nazi Germany, 2.18 mins
Track 13: He talks about political refugees, 1.33 mins
Track 14: He talks about capitalism and religion, 0.30 mins
Track 15: Dilip Hiro asks about possible revolution in the black community: he talks about the strength of the black community in Harlem, Malcolm X, and Dick Days, 2.37 mins
Track 16: He talks about the Presidential candidates coming to Harlem because the black community is the balance of political power. He says that black men and women will rebuild America, 2.37 mins
Track 17: He talks about the Vietnam War and the breakdown of world power structures, 1.15 mins
Track 18: He discusses international revolution and capitalism, 2.38 mins

Total: 32.18 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0565280
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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