Harold Rossman - “In terms of style and methodology there were a lot of things wrong; on the other hand in terms of what we were trying todo, I have no apologies.” HAROLD ROSSMAN, Newspaper Guild Organizer, Labor Journalist, Communist By Richard Bermack The books on his shelf range from a Long View From The Left, by Al […]
Long Time Since Vietnam: Linda’s Story - By Richard Bermack, based on interviews with Linda Wilson in 1990, updated in 2019. San Francisco, 1989 Over calamari and white wine at the Clam House on Bay Shore, a popular seafood restaurant in an industrial section of San Francisco, Linda’s brother mentioned that he was having problems with his kidneys and that the prognosis […]
Father Ron Burke: Liberation Theology and the Odyssey of a Priest in Guatemala - The following narrative was edited from a series of interviews by Richard Bermack conducted in San Bruno, California, in 1983 with a priest who spent 12 years working with Indians in Guatemala. The story is told in his words. Let me tell you about the death of Pio Coban — the death list appeared in […]
I can’t give them Fairy Tale Lives - Based on the Television Documentary Kid Shields about the problems confronting childrens protective service workers and how they are able to help families and children in spite of the lack of resources they face. Produced by We Do the Work, producers Ed Herzog and Richard Bermack, 1991. I can’t give them Fairly Tale Lives
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade - In the late 1930s, 2800 American volunteers fought in the Spanish Civil War in an attempt to stop fascism. When they returned home they formed the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and continued the struggle for social justice ...