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Attica Anniversary Program in Bay Area Attica Anniversary Program in Bay Area
Date: 9/13/1991Call Number: PM 086AFormat: Cass AProgram: Attica anniversary event, not for radioCollection: Attica
This tape in a recording of the 20th Attica anniversary event held in San Francisco. Bobby Castillo speaks on Native American and African American solidarity within the National Liberation movement, and the Movimento Liberacion Nacional (MLN) marching on Washington that week. Attorney. Bob Bloom gives an update on the Geronimo Pratt case. Dharuba Bin Wahad, s.n. Richard Moore, gives a talk on the history of national liberation struggle, including the Black Liberation Army, Attica, San Quentin and Cointelpro.
Puerto Rico: Oscar Collazo (2 of 3) Puerto Rico: Oscar Collazo (2 of 3)
Date: 11/7/1977Call Number: PM 136AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jonah RaskinCollection: Puerto Rico
Discusses Nationalist Party’s position on Korean War and Vietnam. Discusses Congress Act, those sent to prison, and his own trial. Discusses goals of Nationalist Party as Independence & Socialism. Discusses Socialism, Communism, Anarchism’s place within the independence movement. Discusses question of tactics and use of violent struggle within the independence struggle -- a question, he says, which had divided/destroyed the Party before he arrived in NYC in 1940. Mentions Party’s interaction with Congressman Mark Antonio. Describes briefly Don Pedro Albizu Campus’ & Benardo Diaz’ last years before their deaths. Describes his own life in prison. Mentions that the Civil Rights Movement had an impact on him and mentions the fallacies of the Freedom of Information Act.
Felix Matta speaking at Puerto Rican Independence Event Felix Matta speaking at Puerto Rican Independence Event
Date: 11/17/1989Call Number: LA 028AFormat: Cass ACollection: Puerto Rico
Felix Matta speaking at a Solidarity event for Puerto Rican independence in San Francisco. Gloria Alunzo and Leslie Mullin give introductions. Slightly off-mic
Lexington Prison Interviews (1987) Lexington Prison Interviews (1987)
Date: 5/1/1987Call Number: PM 184AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Political prisoners Alejandrina Torres, Silvia Baraldini, and Susan Rosenberg describe their living conditions at the control unit of the federal women’s prison in Lexington which opened in 1986: radical isolation, constant surveillance, sensory deprivation, no personal property, limited visits, etc. Defined by the government as the most dangerous women in prison for their political activities in various anti-war and liberation movements, Torres, Baraldini, and Rosenberg have been subjected to a sophisticated kind of psychological torture. According to them they have been used as examples of the consequences to be expected if one challenges the hegemony of US power. The interviews stress the importance of public pressure to have the unit closed.
Lexington Prison Interviews (1987) Lexington Prison Interviews (1987)
Date: 5/1/1987Call Number: PM 185AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Same as PM 184 Political prisoners Alejandrina Torres, Silvia Baraldini, and Susan Rosenberg describe their living conditions at the control unit of the federal women’s prison in Lexington which opened in 1986: radical isolation, constant surveillance, sensory deprivation, no personal property, limited visits, etc. Defined by the government as the most dangerous women in prison for their political activities in various anti-war and liberation movements, Torres, Baraldini, and Rosenberg have been subjected to a sophisticated kind of psychological torture. According to them they have been used as examples of the consequences to be expected if one challenges the hegemony of US power. The interviews stress the importance of public pressure to have the unit closed.
Puerto Rican Freedom Fighters Puerto Rican Freedom Fighters
Call Number: PM 193AFormat: Cass ACollection: Puerto Rico
Interviews with Dylcia Pagan, Judith Mirkinson, Eduardo Colon with Michael Deutsch, and Josephina Rodriguez.
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 6/21/2001Call Number: JH 645AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
"Golpe Bajo" de Jaier Arteaga; Danzones Tropicales Liliana Felipe en el libro de laura Esquivel "La ley del Amor"; 26 de junio mission cultural Center: tony Gonzalez 1975 South Dakota nacion Oglala, Leonard Peltier
Dhuruba Moore Interview Dhuruba Moore Interview
Date: 6/16/1973Call Number: PM 204AFormat: Cass ACollection: Dhoruba Bin Wahad
In this Interview Moore talks about the importance of the BLA, which lies in it’s concept. The concept was that a revolutionary arm struggle is a very vital aspect of any progressive movement for revolutionary change. This is a concept that the people of the movement had to be aware of in order to expose it to the people of te community. Moore states that “ locking up political prisoners is a way to waeken a movement.” Usually the political prisoner is the head of the movement. Moore also says that “ not only are brothers being captured for being apart of an organization but also for wageing concrete struggle against the power structure. Which makes their defense almost impossible in the court room, where the laws are determine by the ruling class.”
En contacto directo / Art From Behind Prison  Walls En contacto directo / Art From Behind Prison Walls
Call Number: LA 032AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sylvia Mulaly AguuirreProgram: El Contacto DirectoCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Spanish and English interview with Gloria Alonzo, National Committee to Free the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners, Bill Crossman, Friends of Elizam Escobar, and Enrique Chagoya, director Galeria de la Raza, on exhibit of art by Puerto Rican political prisoners. Continues 10 minutes on Side B.
Grito de Lares Commemoration Event Grito de Lares Commemoration Event
Date: 9/23/1989Call Number: LA 049AFormat: Cass ACollection: Puerto Rico
Continued from LA033 -- This event, commemorating 121 years after El Grito de Lares (the “birth” of the Puerto Rican nation), was organized by Casa Puerto Rico, el Movimiento de Liberacion Puertorriqueno, and the Free Puerto Rico Committee. In mixed Spanish and English. Gloria Alonzo and Eli Jordan are the masters of ceremony. This tape is the end of the speech by Josephina Rodriguez reading a message from prison from one of her daughters -- Alicia or Ida Luz. It might be on-mic.