Desertification, 1991-1992

The Rod Holt subject file collection, 1959-1997, bulk 1987-1998, comprises files regarding political and scientific subjects that include newspaper clippings and photocopies, correspondence, notes, flyers, leaflets, notices, one audiocassette, one floppy disk, and other materials. Files regarding environmental subjects such as acid rain, agriculture, carbon dioxide, global warming, ocean atmosphere, pollution, and solar energy are present, as are other files on topics regarding environmental impacts on society, such as radiation and farmworkers. Files related to atomic and nuclear power are present, as are files related to various diseases including AIDS, cancer, the bubonic plague, flu, lead poison, and malaria. Files concerning technology and society are present, such as one file about video display terminals (VDT), as are files that reflect the history of political events in various countries such as Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Serbia, East Germany, Ukraine, Romania, and South Africa.

Files that document the activities and statuses of various political organizations, such as the Bay Area Coalition for our Reproductive Rights (BACORR), Committees of Correspondence (CoC), the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Fourth Internationalist Tendency, the Hayward Peace Action Council, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Jewish Peace Union Project, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Political Rights Defense Fund (PRDF) are included. Files containing correspondence with and materials about David Wald, Don Paul, Mike Alowitz, Milton and Thelma Genecin, Norman Solomon, Shirley Pasholk, and other individuals are present, as are files regarding political publications and publishers such as the Bulletin in Defense of Marxism (BIDOM) and Pathfinder Press. Subject files concerning labor organizations such as Labor Party Advocates, the Trotskyist League, and the World Socialist Party are present as well.