Direct action, then and now
Last Wednesday I participated in a discussion after a screening of the documentary The Gentleman Bank Robber at Bryant-Lake Bowl in …
Category Archives: Camilla Hall
More than a fondness for plants and cats
This short description of Camilla Hall appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 18, 1974 — the day after …
How to tackle overwhelming projects
Photo Credit: pom.angers Flickr via Compfight cc. Some days feel like floodwaters that are out of control. Do you ever …
Reaction to Bill Harris in the recent Patty Hearst documentary
Reaction on Twitter to Bill Harris in the recent Patty Hearst CNN documentary was overwhelmingly negative. I had a few …
The SLA goes beyond Patty Hearst
For what it was advertised to do, I thought CNN’s series “The Radical Story of Patty Hearst” lived up to …
Armed guards in schools: The issue behind the SLA’s first criminal action in 1973
“No matter how you look at it, an armed presence in the schools is just the beginning in teaching conditioned …
The grief-stricken families left behind after SLA shootout
I have collected many newspaper and magazine articles in my nearly 20 years of researching Camilla Hall and her role …
Further reading based on episodes 3 & 4 of “The Radical Story of Patty Hearst”
I’ve been impressed with this documentary so far. It’s doing what it set out to do — to bring executive …
The SLA: A story told primarily by men
The SLA story has been a story told primarily through men. The definitive book about the SLA, Voices of Guns, …
Patty, Patty, all Patty: CNN docu-series on Patty Hearst begins tonight
I’m eagerly awaiting this CNN docu-series on Patty Hearst that begins tonight. I’ve been studying and researching the SLA for …
