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Victor Hugo Tenoco of the FSLN, Part 2
Call Number: JG/ 077AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Part two of a speech by Victor Hugo Tenoco, former Vice Foreign Minister of the Sandinista Government in Nicaragua, delivered at Georgia State University in 1991. Tenoco argues that Nicaragua today faces two major problems: democracy and reconciliation and economic recovery. The FSLN needs to serve as constructive opposition to the ruling government. He argues that democracy and reconciliation have made great progress in Nicaragua with the disbanding of the Contras but that the economic problems of the country still loom large for the future. The FSLN is in a difficult position of balancing national interests in economic reconstruction and protecting the concrete interests of the poor. He sees aide as unavoidable. The question remains whether U.S. aide will simply service the national debt or go to rebuild the Nicaraguan economy.
Salvadoran Politics, 1995
Date: 1/6/1995Call Number: JG/ 087AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This is a recording on the political realignments in El Salvador on the Third Anniversary of the ceasefire. Reading of Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador's 'El Salvador Watch' article: "FMLN Redefining and Renewing the Salvadoran Left.' The article describes the December 17, 1994 FMLN party convention in which the group split. While centrist groups departed from the FMLN, the party is in whole solid and reorganizing into a renewed leftist political option. There have also been realignment across the Salvadoran political spectrum including on the right. ARENA has broken off from the Liberal Democratic Party because it supposedly resents the peace. While half the population abstained in the last election, the political reality is much more democratic in El Salvador.
Martha Reese on economic and political situation in Mexico
Date: 2/17/1995Call Number: JG/ 093AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Martha Reese, anthropology professor at Agnes Scott College in Georgia on the economic and political situation in Mexico. Reese outlines the course of the economic crisis in Mexico, noting growing divisions within the PRI. She harshly critiques the Mexican voting system and comments on popular Mexican perceptions of said system. She notes massive protests in Mexico City supporting the EZLN and protesting international and U.S. finance organizations and the CIA. She doubts that the PRI will take any steps towards fostering democracy.
The Victimization of Women
Michael Parenti speaks of the long-standing victimization of women in United States; gender oppression has been inherently linked to the United States' history as a exploitative, capitalist class system. This talk underscores the political economy of gender oppression.
Interview with Charlie Roberts
Date: 5/22/1990Call Number: LA 170AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Charlie Roberts of the Washington D.C.-based Colombia Human Rights Committee discusses the May 1990 Colombian presidential elections. Of particular concern are both US involvement in the country and the legitimacy of an election overshadowed by the assassinations of three presidential candidates.
Jesse Jackson: Voter Registration Campaign (Part II)
Date: 9/26/1988Call Number: CV 014AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
This is a continuation of Jackson's voter registration speech at U.C. Berkeley on September 26, 1988. He ends his speech by reminding the youth that their vote counts and that the power is in the students' hands to make a difference around the world. He has students come up to register to vote.
In an interview with Jackson he expresses his support for Dukakis and his disapproval of Bush's political positions.
Mario Savio Speaks
Savio speaks about changing social status in America. He highlights the achievements of the Civil Rights movement and how it acts as a role model for other people. He encourages communities to transform capitalist America into a more democratic society where the peoples' voices matter.
Normon Solomon at UCSC
About media, democracy, and progressive social change.
Cuatemoc Cardenas at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco (Part 1 of 2)
A discussion about the contested Mexico election of 1988 and examining the question of democracy in Mexico. He covers Mexico-US relations, migration, foreign debt, political corruption, economic recession and a decline in social welfare. He advocates for political reforms and economic modernization within the limits of the Mexican Constitution. Speech is followed by a Q and A session.
Interview with Ted Vincent about Mexico
Date: 6/15/1994Call Number: CV 170AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Ted Vincent speaks about electoral fraud and corruption in Mexico.
