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International Hotel Special
Date: 8/6/1977Call Number: FI 042Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara L, Heber D.Program: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Dedicated to the ongoing struggle at then International Hotel.
First Intifada: interview with Monique Vanguise
Date: 2/19/1990Call Number: JG/ 016Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
interview with Monique Vanguise (?) on her visit to the West Bank with the Ramallah/ Albiree - Cambridge sister city program, committed to educating Americans about the reality of life for Palestinians living in the Israeli occupied West Bank. Some good discussion of the Intifada.
Anti-Death Penalty Program
Date: 4/21/1992Call Number: JG/ 048Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This tape contains different material about the death penalty. It begins with a discussion between attacker and victim in support of death penalty abolishment (Dennis Tap - Victim; David Vargas - Attacker). The tape also includes Robert Alton Harris execution coverage (First Gas Chamber Execution in 25 years) with comments by the judge and bystanders.
Capital Punishment: Descriptions of methods of execution
Call Number: JG/ 052Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Unknown speaker “Duffy” describes in detail different methods of capital punishment with anecdotal commentary.
Ethics of the death penalty
Call Number: JG/ 053Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A Discussion between Professor Ernest Van Den Haag (Proponent - Professor of Jurisprudence & Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation) and Professor Hugo A. Bedau (Opponent - Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University) on the ethics of the death penalty.
Capital Punishment in California
Call Number: JG/ 054Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview discussing the details of the death penalty in the state of California.
Capital Punishment: Watt Espy of The Capital Punishment Research Project
Call Number: JG/ 055Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A discussion with Watt Espy of The Capital Punishment Research Project. Covering a history of execution in the state of California. Juvenile executions, statistics, etc.
Black Liberation Army - Fact or Fantasy
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: PM 165Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Ron Magee, Rest of the News, Claude Marks, Bruce Soloway, Mark SchwartzProgram: Rest of the NewsCollection: BLA
Interviews and discussion concerning the Black Liberation Army and it’s alleged members. The question is raised as to the actual existence of the group which some claim to be a fabrication of the media and police to justify increased repression of Black revolutionaries. Various criminal trials of black activists are looked at to reveal how the local Police, FBI, News Media, and U.S. Justice System have worked together to pursue a repressive course to combat what they see as a threat to the very structure of American Society. Interviews detail use of police violence and torture to intimidate and demoralize the black radical movement. The cases of the “New York Five”, Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur), and Fred Hilton are described, along with the killing of Fred Hampton and the imprisonment of Muhammad Arif and Victor Cumerbash. Black Liberation Army prisoners (Herman Bell and Gabriel Torres) are interviewed extensively. Family members speak to the violence and repression of the police at a press conference. The murder by police of Twyman Myers is extensively addressed.
Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Date: 12/13/1973Call Number: KP 073Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Andy TruskierCollection: Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Documentary about the Chicago eight conspiracy trial, includes amazing actual courtroom recordings including the exchange between prosecutors, Judge Hoffman and Black Panther Bobby Seale - resulting in Hoffman having Seale bound and gagged, Bobby Seale tring to speak while bound and gagged, the outrage expressed by Attorney William Kunstler in Court at Bobby Seale's treatment and the refusal of the court to allow Ralph Abernathy to testify. Other interviews include Attorney Leonard Weinglass and defendant Tom Hayden.
The Case of Silvia Baraldini
Date: 4/16/1991Call Number: PM 267Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Sally O'BrianProgram: Where We LiveCollection: Silvia Baraldini
Silvia Baraldini describes her harsh treatment and that of other U.S. political prisoners. Her attorney, Elizabeth Fink, comments on the lack of evidence presented at trial and the extreme sentencing and punishment of Baraldini at the Lexington Federal Prison. Italian member of Parliament Emma Bonino, and Italian journalist Patricia Lambroso comment on Italian parliamentary and public support for Baraldini.
