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Cuauhtemoc Cardeñas speaks at UC Berkeley
Date: 11/16/1989Call Number: JG/ 139AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The founder of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PDR) in Mexico speaks against US intervention in Central and Latin America. He addresses questions about the role of anti-imperialist actions in the US in support of Mexico, and discusses the creation of new, egalitarian trade relationships between North and South American economies.
"...And Ain't I A Woman?"
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: Vin 004Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, New Harmony Sisterhood BandCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This album by the New Harmony Sisterhood Band contains folk songs centered on issues of women's liberation, gender normativity, and labor unions. The New Harmony Sisterhood Band formed in 1973 by a group of female students who wanted to re-imagine traditional folk songs and write songs with politically conscious, feminist messages. Includes extensive liner notes.
Chile: The Seige of Santa Maria de Iquique - A People's Cantata
Date: 1/1/1970Call Number: Vin 012Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Luis Advis, Quilapayun, Hector DuvauchelleCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Spoken word narration set to music that recounts the history of the 1907 massacre of Chilean nitrate miners. 18,000 workers and their families marched to the port of Santa Maria de Inquique demanding fair wages and working conditions. The Chilean government, which had strong stakes in the nitrate industry, ordered the Chilean army to attack the miners' nonviolent protest at the port. 2,000 people were killed and thousands were injured. The album serves to tell this silenced history, and demonstrates the determination and solidarity of the Chilean miner unions. Includes liner notes with history, photographs, and lyrics.
Working People Gonna Rise!
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 016Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, The Human Condition, Beverly GrantCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Political ballads about the history of the American working class and the contemporary struggle for labor rights. The Human Condition were a songwriting collective of labor activists. Songs chronicle the everday experience of the working class. Includes liner notes with political statement and lyrics.
The Force of Life
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: Vin 017Format: VinylProducers: Red Star Singers - Paredon RecordsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Songs focused on topical issues of the time, including the women's liberation movement, labor rights, the anti-war movement, and broader expressions of anti-imperialism. The Red Star singers formed in the Bay Area in 1971 as a songwriting collective aiming to communicate progressive social statements through music. Includes extensive liner notes.
Justice. Do It Nike.
Date: 5/31/1996Call Number: JG/ 161BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Judy Gerber reads excerpts from an article called “The Globe Trotting Sneaker” to talk about human rights and globalization. Justice. Do It Nike is a group that is fighting against inhumane treatment in Nike sweatshops in Indonesia and countries throughout South East Asia. Nike is not the only target of this campaign, low wages and labor exploitation is a problem associated with many American sports companies who export their jobs to places like Southeast Asia where they are free to ignore human and labor rights.
Nike Sweatshops Recap and Interview about Cuba
Date: 6/7/1996Call Number: JG/ 163Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Judy recaps a previous episode in which she spoke about sports companies exporting jobs to Southeast Asia and then paying the workers low wages and ignoring fair workplace standards and practices. After a music break she comes back and plays excerpts from a talk from Fernando Ramirez who is from the Cuban Interest Section in D.C. Ramirez is involved with Cuban politics and the Cuban revolution.
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