May 9, 1974: House Judiciary Committee Begins Impeachment Hearings against Tricky Dick

On May 9, 1974, under the chairmanship of Peter Rodino, the Committee began public hearings to review the results of the Impeachment Inquiry staff’s investigation.

https://www.villagevoice.com/2019/04/29/prologue-to-impeachment-1974/

http://watergate.info/impeachment/judiciary-committee-hearings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKrLM5cqM6Q

Karen Sikwood Killed November 12, 1974

https://uaw.org/karen-silkwood/

History is Not Kind

A look at the meaning of Gerald Ford's presidency
http://stillhomeron.blogspot.com/2018/10/history-is-not-kind.html

Nixon Resigns

August 8, 1974 Nixon resigned.  One of my favorite days in history.
http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/ron-jacobs-remembering-resignation-of.html

Bob Dylan and the Band Play Madison Square Garden January 30, 1974

This show was one of three at the Garden.  It was the first time Dylan had toured in eight years.  He and The Band had just released the album Planet Waves.  Tickets could only be obtained via a lottery.  My roommate at Fordham had scored a couple but he had no spares.  I lucked out, though.  A guy in one of my classes sold me his extra for the January 31 afternoon show at face value.  I was awestruck the entire show. Here's a review.

Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Hits Patti Hearst and Steven Weed's Apartment and Then the News

On February 4, 1974, the SLA kidnapped Hearst heiress Patti Hearst was kidnapped from her apartment in Berkeley, CA. Within days, the kidnappers released ransom demands, including a demand for free food to be distributed to working people in the San Francisco Bay Area.  This link describes food distribution efforts...
http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=The_Legacy_of_the_SLA

These two links connect to the first two pages of the issue of the Berkeley underground The Berkeley Barb that was released after the ransom demands were published....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B01dj5QyuLDeZWtXQVhCc1BlTmc/view?usp=sharing


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B01dj5QyuLDed1FrY2VLbUJKajg/view?usp=sharing

The Day Nixon Resigned

Nowadays, high school history books tell students that the Watergate episode and Nixon’s resignation prove that the US way of government works. Personally, I think that the real indicator of how (and for whom) the system works is Gerald Ford’s pardon of the man the following month.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2004/08/09/in-memory-of-deep-throat/

here is the speech itself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEOGJJ7UKFM