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Teurai Ropa Nonor of Zimbabwe
Minister Teurai Ropa Nonor of Zimbabwe speaks about the women’s role in the struggle against imperialism and plans for the redistribution of land to all people, creating a three year education program funded by the government and UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), and how the women of Zimbabwe can get involved in projects, leadership training, and jobs.
AZAPO and conditions in Southern Africa
Program on AZAPO and the state of Southern Africa. AZAPO chairman Pokela, SWAPO representative, and AZAPO representative Nick Tucker speak.
AZAPO (Azanian People’s Organization) chairman Pokela speaks about the lack of knowledge people in the United States and Europe have about the struggles in Azania. He also speaks about how the native African people lost their land and their rights to the white imperialists. He says that in order for Africans to fight back, they must remove their inferiority complexes (as Robert Sobukwe, former president of the PAC (Pan African Congress), suggests). He speaks about the injustices of the Pass Laws in South Africa, and encourages blacks to go to the prisons and challenge the police to arrest them.
Next, a woman representative of SWAPO (South West African People’s Organization - dedicated to opposing injustice in Southern Africa) speaks about the problems of violence in South Africa, and also about the bloody war going on in Namibia. She speaks about the policy of “Destabilization” that was designed by the white Nationalists, and about the Western media’s perception, pressure, and influence on events in South Africa.
Lastly, Nick Tucker of AZAPO speaks about AZAPO and the current events and conditions in Southern Africa, mourning the large number of murders in the area.
He quotes Amilcar Cabral, “We should tell no lies and claim no easy victory”.
Tucker speaks about two theories that determine revolutions: 1) To have a revolution, one must have a revolutionary theory and convey it to the masses. 2) Continued economic depression will heighten revolutionary anarchy and the masses will want to organize and revolt. He says that AZAPO is trying to do the former strategy. Lastly, Tucker speaks about the formation of black worker’s unions - that they form under Black Consciousness because black men can truly understand the hardships and oppression of other blacks, and can then translate that idea to whites.
Angolan music and poems/KPFA program on injustices of the US government
Date: 1/3/1976Call Number: AFR 084Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFAProgram: Nothing Is More Precious Than... ProgramCollection: Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique
Poetry and revolutionary Angolan music.
Wounded Knee Massacre and countless atrocities against Native Americans.
Vern Harper
Vern Harper - A Cree elder, Healer, Aboriginal rights activist, Korean War Vet. Known as "Urban Elder". In 1974 with wife Pauline Shirt Harper organized the Native Peoples' Caravan, a cross Canada trek to raise awareness of broken treaties against the Canadian government. In 1976 founded the Wandering Spirit Survival School of Toronto. Author of "Following the Red Road: The Native Peoples' Caravan" 1974.
Vern Harper Tape 2,
Barbara Lavinsky KPOO, Else Collins Interview, Housing in the Fillmore
Vern Harper - A Cree elder, Healer, Aboriginal rights activist, Korean War Vet. Known as "Urban Elder". In 1974 with wife Pauline Shirt Harper organized the Native Peoples' Caravan, a cross Canada trek to raise awareness of broken treaties against the Canadian government. In 1976 founded the Wandering Spirit Survival School of Toronto. Author of "Following the Red Road: The Native Peoples' Caravan" 1974.
Side 2 has Interview with Else Collins by Barbara Lavinsky of KPOO radio about housing in the Fillmore. Some Audio problems.
Mexico 1910-1920: Chronicles of a Revolution
Date: 1/1/1986Call Number: CV 082Format: Cass A & BProducers: Lucero Cabral, Steven A. ScottCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
The period of Mexican revolution, civil war, and American invasion, between 1910 to 1920. Program narrated in English features contemporary and historically relevant musical recordings in Spanish.
Noticiero Ahora-Arturo Grigsby
Date: 7/16/1994Call Number: CV 105Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Noticiero AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Reports by Latino USA about misrepresentations of Colombians in the United States, and a film about Chola culture in Los Angeles. Varela interviews Nicaraguan economist Arturo Grigsby about the state of the Nicaraguan economy after the end of the civil war and Sandinista government. Grigsby talks about exiled caciques trying to reclaim land taken over by the Sandinista government, and the lack of US aid to the struggling economy.
Riverside Immigration Conference
Date: 1/14/1995Call Number: CV 275Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Jose de Pass of the California Immigrant Worker Association discusses the fight against Proposition 187. He puts little faith in Chicano or Chicana politicians. Reies Tijerina, an early leader of the Chicano movement gives a history of the struggle for land grants to the descendants of the original Mexican owners.
Guatemala 1
Jose Ortiz , a former Guatemalan guerrilla fighter, describes the civil war. He recounts the origins of the conflict from Nov 13, 1960, the history of the war which would last over thirty years, to the conclusion of the fighting in 1996.
Speech by Ricardo Romero Part 1
Cultural, historic, and political analysis of the Chicano and Mexican struggle in the Americas. Topics include ancient civilizations and their cultural contributions, an overview of political struggles, their development with a specific focus on armed struggle. Following the speech is a Q and A session (Tape 2).
