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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.
Gay & Lesbian Programming
Call Number: JG/ 031Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Part of eight hours of programming put together by Judy Gerber on Gays and Lesbians. Great into song "Glory, Glory I'm a Homosexual". Interview with Carlos Ortiz, a Puerto Rican Independista and member of National committee to free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners. Ortiz discuss the Stonewall riots, AIDS work in Puerto Rican community, and repression and acceptance of homosexuality in the national liberation movement. Also interview with Carmen Vasquez a Puerto Rican Independista and member of GLTF. Music from local Atlanta gay/lesbian bands. Interview with Bill Haskill of ACT UP SF on the investigation NC senator Jesse Helms instigated against ACT UP.
Pajaro Latino
Date: 12/19/1996Call Number: JH 518Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Marta Cruz, Puerto Rico
Have You Seen La Nueva Mujer Revolucianaria Puertorriquena?
Various Puerto Rican women reflect upon their struggle to immigrate to America as well as Puerto Rican people that still live on the island. There is considerable talk about the Puerto Rican independence movement and these women tell their stories of imprisonment as political prisoners of war in the United States. Women’s suffrage in Puerto Rico and the United States is also a topic frequently discussed.
Female Political Prisoners - series of interviews
Call Number: JG/ 070Format: CassetteProducers: Judy Gerber, Lisa RudmanProgram: KPFACollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This is a collection of different interviews and recordings of female political prisoners from around the world. Lisa Rudman collages them together to show the injustice towards political prisoners and to highlight some of the many tactics used by the US government and prison system to get information out of political prisoners.
Rudman defines political prisoners and interviews Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans and speaks about their cases and the circumstances leading to their imprisonment.
The other political prisoners interviewed on the tape are: Dora Garcia, active in the national liberation struggles in the US colony of Puerto Rico; Mercedes Algado, a refugee active in the FSLM and FDR in El Salvador; Elizabeth Sebego, active in the Pan African Congress; Assata Shakur, active with the Black Panthers and now a refugee in Cuba; a Filipina imprisoned for her work with the church.
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Dora Garcia’s Release Celebration
This recording is from the release celebration of Dora Garcia, one of the Puerto Rican political prisoners in the United States. The celebration honors Dora and remember the remaining political prisoners in U.S. prisons. Performs at the event include Piri Thomas, Puerto Rican poet, reading the work of Pedro Pietri. Also speaking are several activists including Antonia Rodrieguez.
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Dora Garcia’s Release Celebration
This recording is from the release celebration of Dora Garcia, one of the Puerto Rican political prisoners in the United States. The celebration honors Dora and remember the remaining political prisoners in U.S. prisons. Performs at the event include Piri Thomas, Puerto Rican poet, reading the work of Pedro Pietri. Also speaking are several activists including Antonia Rodrieguez. (missing first 5 minutes of the event)
Interview with Luis Nieves Falcon, Chair of Puerto Rican Committee on Human Rights
Spanish interview with Luis Nieves Falcon chronicles his work for the independence of Puerto Rico, as well as the securing of human rights for the Puerto Rican People. Discusses Puerto Rican politics on the island, colonial state, and his work fighting for the release of the numerous Puerto Rican political prisoners held in the United States. In particular, he describes his own visits with Alejandrina Torres, one of the Puerto Rican political prisoners.
Interview with Guillermo Morales
A short interview with Guillermo Morales, a Puerto Rican political prisoner. He discusses his release from a Mexican prison on July 20th, 1988 and his journey to Cuba. He also discusses the struggle for independence in Puerto Rico and the end of American imperialism and colonialism in Puerto Rico.
Interview with Guillermo Morales
Guillermo Morales, a Puerto Rican political prisoner held for many years in a Mexican jail discusses in this interview his experience growing up as a Puerto Rican in New York and dealing with poverty and racism. He also discusses his eluding of U.S. authorities, his eventual capture in Mexico, and his exile into Cuba after his release in 1988 after almost a decade in prison.
