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Euan Bear and her wife, Mary Schwartz, discuss life at the Redbird Collective from 1977 to 1979, including information on their vegan diet, building projects, and feminist philosophy. Also referenced is their activity as lesbian activists,…

In her first interview, on 13 April 2015, Annie Gaillard discusses growing up in a conservative family in Washington, D.C., and the various schools she attended, including Echo Hill Outdoor School, which was particularly influential in her life. She…

Diane and Charlie Gottlieb discuss growing up in Queens and Brooklyn, and how their high school and summer camp experiences contributed to their leftist politics. They also speak of their college years, Diane in Wisconsin and Charlie in Ohio, and the…

Barbara Nolfi describes going to college at University of California, Berkeley, the effect of the Vietnam War, being exposed to the Free Speech Movement, and involvement in the U.C. Berkeley teaching assistant strike through her husband, Jim Nolfi.…

Chip (Joseph Jr.) Troiano speaks of his years serving in Vietnam in the 11th Armored Cavalry, in an Aero-Rifle Platoon (ARP), and later, in a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP). He describes his training, missions, equipment, and returning home…

Ann Lipsitt speaks of growing up in Providence, Rhode Island, attending an integrated school, and leaving to attend Goddard College. She also speaks of meeting Will Miller (1940-2005), a professor of philosophy at the University of Vermont, at a…

Avram Patt describes growing up in the Amalgamated Housing Cooperative in the Bronx, New York, his time at Columbia University, including the student strikes in 1968, his transfer to Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, and his two years working…

Danny Barry Stein (born Barry Phillip Stein) describes his early life in Overbrook, Pennsylvania, and his college years at Pennsylvania State University, where he became involved with Students for a Democratic Society. He speaks of attending the…

Diane Gabriel describes growing up in a Jewish neighborhood in the Bronx, and deciding to become an artist at a young age, of studying art at the Art Students League of New York, and of family resistance to her study of art in college, forcing her to…

Caitlin Adair describes growing up in the Midwest, attending college at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and her involvement with the anti-war movement. She speaks of moving with her husband to New York City for two years, then seeking a more…

Don Hooper speaks of his childhood in Fairfield County, Connecticut, of his teenage years in Sri Lanka, and his college years at Harvard. He also speaks of avoiding the draft by entering the Peace Corps and his time in Botswana at the Shashe River…

Don Mayer describes growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, attending Reform synagogues, and becoming politically active in high school, particularly in anti-war demonstrations. He continued his activism at the University of Illinois, becoming involved…