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![Interview with Ramsey Muniz](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/3/2003Call Number: V 373Format: VHSProducers: Rolando GarzaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interview with political prisoner Ramsey Muniz. He explains his political views - his accomplishments as a Raza Unida Party leader. In 1972 and 1975 he ran for governor of Texas. As a leader of the Raza Unida Party he organized for the cultura – building unity for one cause – representing Mexican Americans in the US. He was framed in 1994 with drug charges, because of his political views. He was sentenced to life without parole and he still remains a political prisoner to this day.
![Young Media Activists Crew](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/2001Call Number: V 011Format: VHSProducers: SASSYCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A fifteen year old girl tells her story about her involvement with drugs, her use of Marijuana and alcohol, and her involvement in fights at school. Another student discusses experiencing racism and stereotyping in his community. People judged him without even knowing him. Teens disagree with being called troublemakers for dressing “ghetto” and fight against discrimination.
![Courageous Women of Colombia](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 543Format: VHSProducers: Green Valley Media, Women's International League for Peace, Freedom, Colombia Support NetworkCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Testimony from Colombian women showing that "war on drugs" actually a war against the poor. An international delegation meets with displaced women and women from coca-growing regions, then travels to refugee camps in Northern Colombia to investigate questions raised by Amnesty International about US involvement in human rights abuses.
![CEML Conference Workshop #2: The War on Drugs and the Attack on Third World Communities](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 11/4/1989Call Number: V 619Format: VHSProducers: CEMLCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
CEML Moderator Nancy Kurshan, presenter Professor Robert Starks. Panelists explore the historical roots of the war on drugs in an international context. Funding, technology and policy have all been used by criminal justice system and the war on drugs to expand attacks on Third World communities in a variety of spaces. Q and A follows presentations.
![The Panama Deception](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 7/30/1992Call Number: V 662Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This documentary details the case that the 1989 invasion of Panama by the US was motivated not by the need to protect American soldiers, restore democracy or even capture President Manuel Noriega. The film instead posits that the purpose of the conflict was to force Panama to renegotiate the Torrijos–Carter Treaties concerning the Panama Canal and test weapons and strategies for the upcoming Gulf War.
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