Oral history interview with Michael S. Balter 1985

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Van Nuys, California; college at University of California at Los Angeles; early involvement with Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 1968; movement from SDS to Progressive Labor (PL); relations among various radical movements at UCLA; issues and demonstrations at UCLA; induction into and service in the Army, 1969-1970: anti-war agitation among troops, courts martial, and eventual discharge; end of affiliation with PL; work with American Civil Liberties Union on legal suit against Los Angeles Police Department for illegal surveillance, 1982-1985

Subjects

• American Civil Liberties Union.
• Balter, Michael S.--Interviews.
• Grele, Ronald J., interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Progressive Labor Party.
• Student movements.
• Students--Interviews.
• Students--Political activity.
• Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
• University of California, Los Angeles.
• Veterans--Interviews.
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1985