"Eqbal Ahmad: Poetry was his link with Dan Berrigan"
Newspaper clipping dated April 16, 1971 of an article by Charles Fager in the National Catholic Reporter. Fager speaks with Ahmad about his indictment on charges of conspiring to kidnap Secretary of State Henry Kissinger with five others, all Catholic priests and nuns.
Newspaper Article about Eqbal Ahmad
Arabic language newspaper article dated January 26, 1971 about Eqbal Ahmad. Ahmad was a scholar and anti-war activist indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger and blow up heating ducts in federal buildings.
"Ahmad expounds in Evanston"
March 1971 newspaper clipping from The Evanston Review of a political review column by Linda Wertsch. The column recounts a lecture on Vietnamization given by Eqbal Ahmad at the United Methodist Church of Evanston, Illinois.
"Ahmad charges accusers trying case out of court"
Newspaper clipping from the June 15, 1971 edition of Chicago Sun-Times about a recent lecture given at Lake Forest College by Eqbal Ahmad, one of six anti-war activists indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger and blow up heating systems in federal buildings.
"Eqbal Ahmad defense office opens here"
Clipping from the March 1971 edition of Hyde Park-Kenwood Voices announcing the opening of the Chicago Committee to Defend Eqbal Ahmad office at 5500 Woodlawn Ave. Eqbal Ahmad was a scholar and anti-war activist indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger and blow up heating systems in federal buildings.
"Government Critic to Speak Here"
Newspaper clipping from February 1971 announcing an upcoming lecture by Eqbal Ahmad, one of six anti-war activists indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger and blow up heating systems in federal buildings. In response to the charges against Ahmad, Dr.
Eqbal Ahmad lecture at Rosary College
Newspaper clipping from the February 22, 1971 edition of Chicago Daily News announcing an upcoming lecture titled “The Effect of the Trial on America” by Eqbal Ahmad. Ahmad was one of six anti-war activists indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger and blow up heating systems in federal buildings.
"$60,000 bond set here for scholar"
Newspaper clipping of an article in the January 1, 1971 edition of Chicago Sun-Times by Max Sonderby. The article reports that bond was posted at $60,000 for the recently indicted Eqbal Ahmad, scholar and anti-war activist accused of conspiring to kidnap Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger, and quotes two witnesses at Ahmad’s trial who testified that Ahmad was a nonviolent man.
"War Foe Accuses Kissinger"
Newspaper clipping of an article in The New York Post by Richard Schwartz in which Eqbal Ahmad describes the recent meeting called by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to talk with Ahmad and two others named as co-conspirators in an alleged plot to kidnap him as the Administration’s attempt to throw a “cloak of darkness” over its war policies in Vietnam.
"Pakistani's arrest here shocks friends"
Newspaper clipping from the January 13, 1971 edition of The Chicago News of an article regarding the arrest and indictment of Eqbal Ahmad, scholar and anti-war activist accused of conspiring to kidnap Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and blow up heating systems in federal buildings.