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![AIDS in Focus: Joyce and Jackie music performance](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: JG/ 072Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: AIDS in FocusCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The tape begins abruptly in the middle of a lecture on AIDS. The taping is from the same conference as JG/LS 071. What is primarily on the tape is a concert performed by two feminist folk musicians Joyce and Jackie. It is about forty-five minutes of their music which such songs as “Higher Ground” and “Sisters of the World.”
![Assata Shakur: clips from her 1980 address to the people after her escape from prison](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
This program is an edited version of her address to the people after she escaped. She begins the recording by stating that she loves everyone and encourages everyone to continue to struggle for our liberation. Assata talks about how Black people are constantly under attack by the poor school system, infiltration of drugs, welfare system, police state, etc. She talks about the necessity for a Black Nation and how Black women must play a key role in the struggle for liberation. She says that they are the most closely related to the struggle because of their position in White American society. Assata talks about the direction of the US government and how it is continually becoming more racist and fascist; how the government sees Black peoples as expendable and just "a thorn in their side."
![Assata Shakur: clips from her 1980 address to the people after her escape from prison](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Same as PM 227. This program is an edited version of her address to the people after she escaped. She begins the recording by stating that she loves everyone and encourages everyone to continue to struggle for our liberation. Assata talks about how Black people are constantly under attack by the poor school system, infiltration of drugs, welfare system, police state, etc. She talks about the necessity for a Black Nation and how Black women must play a key role in the struggle for liberation. She says that they are the most closely related to the struggle because of their position in White American society. Assata talks about the direction of the US government and how it is continually becoming more racist and fascist; how the government sees Black peoples as expendable and just "a thorn in their side."
![Dhoruba Bin Wahad Program](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Event celebrating the freedom of former political prisoner Dhoruba Bin Wahad. Dhoruba was unjustly imprisoned 19 years and was freed after disclosure of suppressed evidence and the FBI Cointelpro program. Members of the community welcome Dhoruba with solidarity statements and applause. According to Dhoruba, Black America is in need of a new revolution based on an analysis of facts, courage, and principles and the support of other political prisoners. Discussion of the concept of power as "the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired fashion," and how this concept is applied to the government's racist agenda and the potential power of Black people. Dhoruba states that the economy, the war on drugs, and private prison systems are industries deliberately created to oppress people of color. Dhoruba sets a goal of organizing international attention and action to free U.S. political prisoners, specifically liberating Geronimo Pratt.
![The impact of the drug war on women](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
UC Berkeley presentation on how drug laws affect women. Gus Smith talks about the experience of his daughter, Kemba Smith. Kemba was sentenced to 20-years because of her involvement with her boyfriend, Peter Hall, who was a drug dealer. Although see had never sold or even used drugs she was convicted of conspiracy. Also focuses heavily on the subject of mandatory sentences
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