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International Hotel Tenant’s Association
Call Number: KP 010Format: CassetteCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
recording of May 13 rally includes speakers from International Hotel Tenant’s Association (IHTA), United Farm Workers (UFW), and AIM.
Interviews with UNICOR officials
Call Number: SS 019Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
1) Unicor official spokesperson 2) Curt Gray, union 3) another union personal 4) Henry Kroll Businessman 5) Dr. Corey Weinstein
Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle - Malcolm X Conference - Black Liberation and Social Revolution: U.S.A.
Day Two (tape 1 of 2)
Date: 11/2/1990Call Number: KP 132Format: CassetteProducers: Manhattan Community CollegeProgram: Radical Tradition and a Legacy of StruggleCollection: Malcolm X
“Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle,” held at Manhattan Community College in NYC with more than 100 speakers led 24 sessions during November 1-4, 1990. The conference was meant to commemorate and honor Malcolm X and his contributions, as well as see what we have to learn from him. The speakers are interested in adapting and promoting their understanding of Malcolm X’s teachings.
This recording is the first tape from the second day of the conference. The focus of this panel is Black Liberation and Social Revolution: World. On this tape the speakers include: Chokwe Lumumba, New African Peoples Organization, By Any Means Necessary Newspaper, Linda Burnham, Frontline Political Organization, Crossroards Magazine, Bill Fletcher, Freedom Road Organization, Forward Motion Journal, Nelson Peery, Communist Labor Party, Peoples Tribune Newspaper.
For more information please visit the website: http://www.brothermalcolm.net/sections/malcolm/
Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle - Malcolm X Conference - Black Liberation and Social Revolution: U.S.A.
Day Two (tape 2 of 2)
Date: 11/2/1990Call Number: KP 133Format: CassetteProducers: Manhattan Community CollegeProgram: Radical Tradition and a Legacy of StruggleCollection: Malcolm X
“Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle,” held at Manhattan Community College in NYC with more than 100 speakers led 24 sessions during November 1-4, 1990. The conference was meant to commemorate and honor Malcolm X and his contributions, as well as see what we have to learn from him. The speakers are interested in adapting and promoting their understanding of Malcolm X’s teachings.
This recording is the second tape from the second day of the conference. The focus of this panel is Black Liberation and Social Revolution: World. On this tape the speakers include: Chokwe Lumumba, New African Peoples Organization, By Any Means Necessary Newspaper, Linda Burnham, Frontline Political Organization, Crossroards Magazine, Bill Fletcher, Freedom Road Organization, Forward Motion Journal, Nelson Peery, Communist Labor Party, Peoples Tribune Newspaper.
For more information please visit the website: http://www.brothermalcolm.net/sections/malcolm/
El Salvador In Focus
This tape includes a statement from the FMLN on the recent election in Nicaragua placing the UNO party in power. Military choppers bomb civilians and refuse to prosecute the pilots. Labor movement repression worsens. CDHES, the non-governmental Human Rights Commission of El Salvador, issue its statistics on civilian deaths for 1989. Miguel Ramirez, U.S. representative of the Union of Independent Unions and Associations of El Salvador, speaks about attempts to organize under the current state of siege.
Vicki Garvin interview by Lincoln Bergman
This is the first installment of an interview of labor organizer, Vicki Garvin, conducted by Lincoln Bergmen. In this volume Vickie speaks of growing up in Richmond, Virginia, her family’s exodus to Manhattan and the challenges of growing up black in New York during the depression. She describes here her beginnings in labor and union organizing and her opportunity to study economics at Smith College. She talks as well about working with Adam Clayton Powell on his campaign for state representative.
Women in Panama
An account of devastating unemployment situation in Panama. A female leader of women's trade union in Panama speaks out about Panama, Panama Canal, Panama's economy and its relationship with United States and her views on anti-imperialism. She also speaks about the workers' right to bear arms for self defense. She emphasizes on Panamanian women workers' rights and their importance in their families as breadwinners.
Jesse Jackson @ AFL-CIO
Jesse Jackson delivers a speech at an AFL-CIO meeting calling for a strong and independent labor movement to create a climate for leaders to enact change.
NAFTA Debate
Raul Hinojosa, UCLA professor, and others discussing NAFTA and its impact.
Prison Labor
Activists protest labor in prison, calling it slavery. Prisoners make far less than minimum wage and are subjected to hazardous work conditions. For example at the Folsom recycling plant, prisoners working there make very little money and are not even provided with gloves to protect their hands.
