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![Conditions in Zimbabwe and political consciousness America](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: AFR 077Collection: Zimbabwe
Judy Jensen,of the Material Aid Campaign for ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union) is interviewed about raising support in America for revolutionary struggles in Africa. A passionate anti-imperialist, she speaks about the wrongs being done to Africans, particularly those in Southern Africa. She aims to educate Americans on the revolutionary struggles in Africa, and to teach them about anti-Apartheid goals. She details the measures and protests the Material Aid Campaign for ZANU will use to achieve their objectives. She speaks about war in Central America, and about American political consciousness, saying that people are slowly realizing the American government’s aggressive and imperialist nature.
Side B contains an interview between two women. They discuss the problems facing Zimbabwe, such as land issues and dwindling resources. Next, the provincial secretary for the ZANU Women’s League, Eastern Province, is interviewed about the organization’s work for the Zimbabwean elections and their work in the provinces. Lastly, several women speak about problems getting material and supplies in Zimbabwe, expressing their thoughts on the newly independent Zimbabwe, and their hope for more equality between men and women.
![Ruthie Gorton Sings](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: KP 297Collection: General materials
Nine topical songs written and sung by movement singer Ruthie Gorton. Ranges from women's movement to Ireland United and Free, Free Palestine Now, and Children of Babylon.
![Songs of Life from a Dying British Empire](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1982Call Number: Vin 024Producers: Paredon Records, Leon Rosselson, Roy BaileyCollection: General materials
This album is a musical representation of the political and social conditions of Britain in the 1970s. Protest songs chronicle the economic inequalities between the upper and working classes imposed by a British Empire facing obsolescence. Rosselson and Bailey call upon the traditions of the British folk revival to express sentiments of anti-imperialism. Includes extensive liner notes.
![Promises of the Storm](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1983Call Number: Vin 028Producers: Paredon Records, Marcel KhalifeCollection: General materials
Marcel Khalife sings about the struggles of people in Lebanon and Palestine. Influenced by traditional Arabic Music, Khalife draws connections between the two freedom struggles, creating a new music of resistance. Includes liner notes and Paredon Records catalogue.
![Algo se quema alla afuera! (Something Is Burning Out There!)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 029Producers: Paredon Records, Estrella ArtauCollection: General materials
Songs that call for the independence of Puerto Rico. Sung in Spanish, these protest songs emphasize the injustices in Puerto Rico brought on by capitalism and colonialism. Representation of nonviolence through music.
![Viva Puerto Rico Libre](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1978Call Number: Vin 033Producers: Paredon Records, Puerto Rico Solidarity CommitteeCollection: General materials
Sponsored by the Puerto Rico Solidarity Committee, an organization for American support of an independent Puerto Rico, this album is a collection of political ballads by Puerto Rican songwriters. Dominant themes include liberation, anti-imperialism, and self-determination. Album includes extensive liner notes.
![Cuba: Songs for our America](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 034Producers: Paredon Records, Carlos PueblaCollection: General materials
Carlos Puebla, the self-declared "minstrel of the revolution" in Cuba, sings political ballads in celebration of the new Cuban society. Also emphasizes solidarity with other freedom struggles around the world, namely in Puerto Rico, Vietnam, and the Chicano Movement in the United States. Liner notes include biography and song lyrics.
![Cuba: Songs for our America](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 035Producers: Paredon Records, Carlos PueblaCollection: General materials
Carlos Puebla, the self-declared "minstrel of the revolution" in Cuba, sings political ballads in celebration of the new Cuban society. Also emphasizes solidarity with other freedom struggles around the world, namely in Puerto Rico, Vietnam, and the Chicano Movement in the United States. Liner notes include biography and song lyrics.
![Carl Oglesby Speech, "Let Us Shape the Future"](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Carl Oglesby, President of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), delivers speech, after his return from Vietnam, at anti-war rally, considered to be "a landmark of American political rhetoric." He condemns the “corporate liberalism," American economic interests disguised as anti-Communist benevolence, that, he argued, underpins the Vietnam War. He says, "Don't blame me for sounding Anti-American. It's mowed my liberal values and broke my American heart."
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![Marilyn Buck - a Tribute](images/thumbnails//30450.jpg)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Marilyn Buck
Marilyn talks about how she grew into her won as a revolutionary, her experience in the anti-Vietnam and Black Liberation movements. She speaks to the revolutionary state where everyone has the right to their own culture, land, and means of production, and how the liberation of women is intrinsically tied to the liberation of all nations.