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Puerto Rico status Puerto Rico status
Date: 9/9/1989Call Number: JG/ 003Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
ACLA show, Just Peace Today Program, Bill Crossman from the Free PR committee on upcoming US government referendum on PR's status.
Interview with Dave Dellinger Interview with Dave Dellinger
Date: 5/2/1993Call Number: SS 144Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Dave Dellinger on his book about the elder and activist of the nonviolent peace and justice movement.
Plenary on Family Plenary on Family
Call Number: SS 015Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
A session from a conference.
Interview with Dr. K. Mathews Interview with Dr. K. Mathews
Call Number: SS 054Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Dr. K. Mathews at the Conference of Seeking the True Meaning of Peace in San Jose, Costa Rica. He is researching at the University of Oxford focusing on the refugee issue in Africa.
Lynn’s El Salvador Reportback Lynn’s El Salvador Reportback
Date: 4/3/1992Call Number: LA 081Format: CassetteCollection: El Salvador
An East Bay women’s delegation speaks of their recent trip to El Salvador immediately following the peace accords ending the civl war there. They worked closely with a women’s delegation newly started there, learning and teaching, as well as visited a FMLN camp to see the conditions of the women soldiers there. A lot of good information about the condition of women in El Salvador paralleled with the delicate political situation there.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 2/4/1990Call Number: LA 102Format: CassetteCollection: El Salvador
Headlines on current events in Christiani government including political dismissals, international image, UN visit, and refusal to participate in mediation with FMLN. Interview of Oscar Chacon, the Central America Program Coordinator of Oxfam America on the government’s unjustified attacks on civilian organizations labeled “fronts for the FMLN”.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 9/23/1989Call Number: LA 121Format: CassetteProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
Members of the FMLN and the Christiani Government met in Mexico City. They reached an agreement to open formal negotiations in San Jose, Costa Rica in October, negotiations aimed at finding peaceful political solutions to the current conflict. This tape includes a recording of a speech delivered by an FMLN commander in Mexico City. In San Salvador, 100,000 people march in support of the peace talks. Protesters are abducted by the military on their way to the march and health workers are abducted by the national guard.
FMLN and El Salvador government peace settlement FMLN and El Salvador government peace settlement
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: JG/ 090Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Gladis Sibrion, representative of the FMLN, regarding the New Year’s peace settlement between the FMLN and government of El Salvador. Sibrion sees the settlement as a victory for all Salvadorans because it represents the defeat of military control over civilian life. She outlines the major points of the settlement presented by the FMLN: cleansing of the military, establishing a new civilian police including FMLN representatives, dismantling civilian defense forces, reforming the judicial system, and establishing human rights oversight. Sibrion believes that while the U.S. wants to end the Salvadoran conflict, it also wants to retain a strong presence, which she believes requires a weakening of the FMLN. She notes mixed popular reaction to the settlement by the Salvadoran people - both of optimism and skepticism.
Kofi Annan: Nobel Peace Prize Speech Kofi Annan: Nobel Peace Prize Speech
Call Number: KP 161Format: CassetteCollection: African liberation movements
Kofi Annan accepts the Nobel Peace Prize and presents a speech about his view on humanity in December 2001.
Rigoberta Menchu: Indigenous Struggle for Peace in Guatemala (part 2 of 2) Rigoberta Menchu: Indigenous Struggle for Peace in Guatemala (part 2 of 2)
Date: 5/4/1993Call Number: CV 023Format: CassetteCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rigoberta Menchu speaks about the peace she hopes to bring to Guatemala. The program ends with the music video by Watchfire Production and a performance by "All Nations Drum." Bilingual.