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Poetry and Music by Ruben Ruyal & Phil Serrano; Audio from the documentary "Nueva Havana’" neighborhood in Chile
Call Number: CD 411Format: CDProducers: Communicacion AztlanProgram: Communicacion AztlanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
This tape begins with a poem by Ruben Ruyal called ‘Cat in the Mission Nights’ about the conditions in San Francisco’s Mission district and how they connect to the larger US society. Ruben then reads one of his poems about about the conditions and struggles prisoners go through. Both poems are read while Phil Serrano plays guitar in the background. Phil then sings a song he wrote called ‘Graciano’ which is about a young man in college who was killed by police while he was protesting at Wounded Knee. The CD ends with audio from a Chilean film shown that night called ‘Nueva Havana’ about a neighborhood in Chile created by peasants and workers. It includes individual stories and some Chilean political history.
Same as CAA 067
Labor Organizing and Latino Arts
Date: 9/1/1992Call Number: CV 224AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Jose Medina with el Instituto Laboral talks about the exploitation of mostly Latino minimum wage workers. Christine S. with the Day Labor Program describes how they help workers find jobs and protect themselves while at work.
Labor Organizing and Latino Arts
Date: 9/1/1992Call Number: CV 224BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rene Castro speaks about how the Mission Cultural Center has sustained itself on their 15th anniversary.
Prop. 187 Protest 11/9/1994 taped by Sammy Leigh Webster
Interviews with protesters during a march in San Francisco against the passing of California Proposition 187. Gauging their reactions to the proposition, which would have required those who seek social services to have their immigration statuses verified. With this proposition the state hoped that without social services, undocumented people would leave California.
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