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Judy Gerber's Report on El Salvador
Date: 3/29/1992Call Number: JG/ 112Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: slide show presentationCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Audio recording of a slide show presentation. Gerber describes the country two months after the Feb. 1st cease-fire, particularly in terms of women's conditions and rights. Issues of health care, land ownership, sexual and domestic abuse, single female heads of households, illiteracy, and women-as-property are addressed amid discussion of El Salvador's path to reconstruction.
Ben Linder Memorial
Herbst Hall, San Francisco May 4, 1987
Ben Linder Memorial service held at Herbst Hall, San Francisco California May 4, 1987.
Engineer building hydro electric plants in Nicaragua from 1983 until he was killed by Contras April 28, 1987. Includes speakers and songs and short interview of Ben Linder in 1986 in which talks about Contra attacks.
Rigoberta Menchu's Speech in Mexico about
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CV 032Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy ValeraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rigoberta Menchu speaks in Mexico in 1992 about her first novel, "I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala". She refers to it as an instrument of peace and justice for those who suffer inequality socially, economically, culturally and politically in the world and a portal the denounce the human rights violations that had been going on in Guatemala and the world. Among other things she talks about the contributions the Mayan Civilization, the significance of respecting the earth, the need for peace, the need for discourse between different global communities and the dire situation facing indigenous communities (especially women) in Guatemala. Her speech is followed by music.
New Voices: Health care and unions in El Salvador
Patrick Esmond White and Rosetta Robinson host public radio news program. One segment of interest addresses the lack of health care and unions in El Salvador.
Musica De El Salvador En Lucha 1980-1986
Tape of revolutionary music from El Salvador during the civil war. Music sung in Spanish.
Street kids and police abuse in Guatemala
Casa Alianza advocate Josh Zinner discusses the street kids of Guatemala City and the social context of their sex work, petty crime and drug use. Also covers the police abuse, brutality and disappearances of the street children in Guatemala.
"Unfinished Conquest"
Chuy Varela interviews Victor Perera about his book "Unfinished Conquest" about the legacy of conquest in Maya Guatemala.
Unfinished Conquest
Date: 1/28/1994Call Number: CV 145Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Victor Perera discusses his book on the history of mayan oppression in Guatemala. Also the history of indigenous struggle in Guatemala from the beginnings of colonization and christianization to the modern political conflicts between popular revolutionary groups and paramilitary death squads. The forced displacement of Guatemalans across the border to Chiapas, as well as the Chiapas political struggle are also discussed.
Women in El Salvador
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: JG/ 119Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with members of the El Salvadorian Women's Social Movement on the post-war situation in El Salvador and its relation to women at work and at home. Because women are a majority in El Salvador, their participation in the processes of transition, democratization and social change in the country—after the signing of accords and leading up to the 1994 elections—is crucial.
Dia de los Muertos
Date: 10/31/1987Call Number: CV 232Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Jose Luis Orozco tells the story and origins of Dia de los Muertos. A special day where many Central Americans come together to mourn for their dead and honor their souls. Families come together to celebrate their dead with flowers and gifts for them to take to the next world. This day is also celebrated in Mexico where the Spaniards brought these customs including leaving food and objects at the graves of the dead for them to use in the next world, to honor their souls and so that they will not be angry.
