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The Case for Native American Sovereignty: Indian Treaty Conference
Call Number: JG/ 013Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
"The Case for Native American Sovereignty" produced by Laurie Simms, Steve Lieberman, Judy Gerber. A lot of footage from the 1976 2nd International Treaty Conference, contains many voices from different nations on sovereignty.
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.
Raw Materials/New Mexico
Interview with Pablo/wedding music/Reies Tijerina press conference; portion of Tijerina used in Highlights CD, Volume 1.
Ricardo Falcon death.
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.
Battle of People’s Park May 15. 1969.
Live recording of the events that took place at People’s Park in Berkeley, California on May 15th, 1969. The battle is between the people of the community, who built it from a muddy parking lot into a park, versus the University and the Berkeley Police for trying to rip it down. Although the land was owned by the University, the people claimed it had been a muddy mess for years, and the people needed a park in South Berkeley. People were injured and killed by police in full riot gear, by guns as well as tear gas.
Ruthie Gorton song on Palestine resistance,
“Tal al Zaatar”
Ruthie Gorton sings solo about the oppression of the Palestinian people at the hands of Zionists. Lyrics about refugee camps, resistance, heroism and bloodshed.
Viva Boricua!
Date: 9/1/1973Call Number: KP 199Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Sidney JohnsonCollection: Puerto Rico
Viva Boricua!
A survey of the independence movement in Puerto Rico as told by independistas. Features interviews with staff and students from the University of Puerto Rico, and Puerto Ricans living in New York City.
Dr. Luis Nieves Falcón, the director of the Social Studies research Center at the University of Puerto Rico speaks about the independence movement since "operation bootstrap," a U.S. colonial program to industrialize Puerto Rico.
Robert Anderson the Dean of Social Studies at UPR comments on the deterioration of Puerto Rico as an agricultural society.
The creator of a socio-cultural book series written for children compares the difference between the colonial curriculum, and her own books which were deemed subversive for showing images of poverty, barefoot children and the realities of a 30% unemployment rate. She describes different ways the independence movement is persecuted in the media, through the judicial process, by forcing employers to fire activists, and by direct FBI harassment.
A Puerto Rican economic advisor living in NYC, describes Puerto Rican migration to New York and criticizes the environmental harm and unjust economic impact of "operation bootstrap."
Yasser Arafat speaks in Havana
At a Cuban press conference, head of the PLO, Yasser Arafat thanks friendly Socialist and Islamic countries for their support of the Palestinian Liberation struggle. He condemns the United States, Israel, and Egypt's President Sadat for their abuse of the rights of the Palestinian people. Arafat responds to press questions about his formula for peace.
Pit River Indians: A Question of Land
Date: 11/20/1973Call Number: KP 307Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Frances EmleyCollection: Native Americans
"A history of genocide and of the struggle today." On the Northern California Pit River Indians.
Israeli Occupation - Testimony of Father Gauthier and Sister Marie-Therese - Part 1
Call Number: CE 171Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
On the conditions in Palestine. Accounts of Israeli violence in Jerusalem, Nazareth, and their exile in Jordan during the 1967 war and afterwards. Also on the Palestinian refugee camps, and the need for justice for the nation of Palestine.
