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Avotja poetry performance
Avotja reading poetry - public event on Puerto Rican political prisoners. Off-mic recording. Gloria Alonzo, mc.
Peter Jones on Steve Biko
Date: 12/17/1986Call Number: AFR 015Format: Cass A & BProgram: Jacobin ProgramCollection: South Africa
Peter Jones of AZAPO (Azanian People’s Organization) speaks about Steve Biko & the Black Consciousness Movement. He speaks about the 1960s era of heightened political agitation and the Soweto Uprisings of 1976. Jones talks about the ANC (African National Congress) and the PAC’s (Pan African Congress) role abroad and at home, and how AZAPO has taken over where the Black Consciousness Movement has left off. He discusses the possible role of non-blacks (whites with a conscience) to the cause of liberation. He also links the Black student struggle to community struggles.
Peter Jones of AZAPO (Azanian People’s Organization)
Date: 12/17/1986Call Number: AFR 018Format: Cass A & BProgram: Jacobin ProgramCollection: South Africa
Peter Jones, of Azanian People’s Organization (AZAPO), speaks on the Black Consciousness Movement, the struggles of the black community in South Africa, and current political and social conditions.
Same as AFR 015A
Jose Lopez
Jose Lopez, of the Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN) of Puerto Rico, grand jury resister, co-founder of Pedro Albizu Campus High School, brother of Oscar Lopez Rivera, talks about counterinsurgency, Prisons and Puerto Rico, US imperialism at home and abroad. Talks about 1978 secret conference on "terrorists" in PR, about Angel's (last name?) "suicide" in prison, the Federal Raids on homes in PR, Macheteros and the FALN, etc. Cuts off after he finishes.
Kate Wolf Memorial Show
Date: 12/17/1986Call Number: KP 274Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFAProgram: Accross the Great DivideCollection: General materials
Robbie Osman hosts a Kate Wolf memorial show with Wavy Gravy, Hugh Shacklet, and Nina Gerber one week after her death (December 10th 1986). Includes unpublished music and poetry.
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.
La Migra
Date: 7/25/1986Call Number: CV 187Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: KPFA radioCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Francisco Garcia Rodriguez, from the Mexican America Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), and Raquel Riviera, from the National Moratorium on Prison Construction, speak about immigration issues. They also discuss the Simpson Rodino Act, temporary workers programs, amnesty.
Marion Wirth- Beyond Acceptance
Date: 7/3/1986Call Number: JG/ 120Format: Cass A & BCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Co-author of Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lesbians & Gays Talk About Their Experiences and cofounder of P-FLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), talks about her son's coming out process and her increasing interest in organizing as a parent of an LGBT child.
Corazon Aquino at Moscone
Date: 1/1/1986Call Number: CV 286Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines, speaks to a large Filipino-American audience at Moscone Center asking for support to overcome the high poverty rate after the 14-year dictatorship of the Marcos Regime.
Dolores Huerta Interview
Huerta discusses the third grape protest and a new documentary. Also about pro’s and con’s of the new Immigration Bill, the status of women in the Labor Movement and the ongoing strike in Watsonville.
