Mining the Archives

Fly by Night Women’s Printing Collective in Austin, Texas was one of many feminist organizations to come out of the 70s.  Sarah Pike has conducted an oral history of the women involved and People's History in Texas has published this podcast as part of our series on important history that has been forgotten and should be remembered.

This is Episode 5 of the The Pesticide Battle in Texas.  PHIT is currently conducting an oral history of the Jim Hightower Texas Department of Agriculture 1983-91.  This episode talks about alternative methods of controlling pests, methods that do not use chemical pesticides.

This is Episode 3 of the The Pesticide Battle in Texas.  PHIT is currently conducting an oral history of the Jim Hightower Texas Department of Agriculture 1983-91.  This episode talks with Dale Burnet about his experiences actually enforcing the pesticide regulation rules.

This is Episode 4 of the The Pesticide Battle in Texas.  PHIT is currently conducting an oral history of the Jim Hightower Texas Department of Agriculture 1983-91.  This episode talks with Vaughn Cox about his experiences enforcing the pesticide regulation rules.

This is Episode 2 of the The Pesticide Battle in Texas.  PHIT is currently conducting an oral history of the Jim Hightower Texas Department of Agriculture 1983-91.  This episode talks with Juanita Cox about her memories as an organizer with the Farmworkers Union and their cooperation with Jim Hightower and the TDA.

This is Episode 1 of the The Pesticide Battle in Texas.  PHIT is currently conducting an oral history of the Jim Hightower Texas Department of Agriculture 1983-91.  The episode talks about the creation of a farmworker and neighbor's Right to Know what pesticides are being sprayed. 

Discussing Judy Smith's contributions to an Austin underground newspaper, The Rag, and to Roe v. Wade.