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![International African Forum and the celebration of Elombe Brath’s 85th Birthday](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 9/30/1994Call Number: AFR 044Format: Cass A & BProducers: The Patrice Lumumba CoalitionProgram: Making Our Struggle A Lifetime Committment: The Only Way Forward For African Worldwide LiberationCollection: African liberation movements
An international African Forum and the celebration of Elombe Brath’s 85th Birthday. Speakers include: Uganda Ambassador to the UN (United Nations) Ambassador Perezi Kamunanwire, Dr. Betty Shabazz, Sonny Carson, Don Rojas, Les Payne, Bernard White, moderator,and Viola Plummer. Viola Plummer gives an introduction to Elombe Brath, speaking on his accomplishments over his lifetime. Kamunanwire speaks about the history of the struggles in Africa, about the superficial divisions between the Hutus and the Tutsis in Rwanda made by the Europeans, the evils of colonialism, and how colonialists use the people of Africa to divide and rule each other. He gives a brief update on the status of most African countries, and praises Elombe Brath’s continued work with those who are liberating the African continent. Next, Sonny Carson speaks about having committment to freedom and the black people, and remembering those who have been committed to liberation, like Elombe Brath. Les Payne speaks on the power of journalism and the ongoing struggle for empowerment for black Africans like Brath. Lastly, Don Rojas, former executive editor of Amsterdam of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), celebrates Elombe Brath’s work against oppression and for the People’s University of Harlem.
![Panel Discussion on the current state of Congo.](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Panel discussion on the current state of Congo. Zairian Political Scientist Ilunga Kabongo speaks about the past struggles of Congo, and about former Congo Prime Minister and revolutionary Patrice Lumumba’s efforts in the struggle for liberation in Congo. He speaks about how FLN (National Liberation Front) was restricted because of revolutionary mercenaries from South Africa and other neighboring countries. He speaks about Congo’s abundance of natural resources as well. Next, Nzongola Ntalaja, Congolese Political Scientist, speaks about the continuing struggles in Congo, and about the struggle for autonomy in that country. He calls for the complete liberation of the Congolese people, and speaks about the struggle against Sese Seko Mobutu, president/dictator of Congo from 1930 - 1997, who had usurped power through a coup and was backed by Western powers. Ntalaja speaks about the struggle for a “second independence”, and the need to continue the struggle for liberation against Mobutu’s regime.
On Side B, Dr. Tshiteya Mukona of Penn State University speaks about Mobutu’s Development policy of bribery, and how American foreign policy in Zaire (DRC - Democratic Republic of Congo) is supportive of Mobutu. Lastly, he speaks about the US’s role as a superpower and how it can influence other countries without destroying them.
![Whose Jerusalem?](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: American Council on the Middle EastYear: 1968Format: PamphletCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
Piece on the history of Jerusalem and the contemporary context of claims on the city.
![The Role of International Law in Achieving Justice and Peace in Palestine-Israel](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Americans for Middle East UnderstandingYear: 1974Format: MonographCollection: Americans for Middle East Understanding
Presented at the Conference on Human Rights in Palestine of the World Conference of Christians for Palestine, Geneva, switzerland, January 11-14, 1974.
![What is the U.S. Position on the U.N. Vote?](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Americans for Middle East UnderstandingVolume Number: Public Affairs Series No. 15Format: MonographCollection: Americans for Middle East Understanding
A Question and Answer Analysis with: Complete Text & Pretext of UN Resolution 465 adopted unanimously March 1, 1980; President Carter's Disavowal, March 3, 1980; Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's clarification before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, March 20, 1980; US Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg's address to the UN General Assembly, July 14, 1967; and US Ambassador Charles Yost's address to the UN Security Council, July 1, 1969.
![And So Moscow Moved In](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Outlines the events which gave Russia the opportunity to establish her presence in the Arab World, a presence which is not in the interest of the United States.
![Must the United States Go to War Against Its Conscience in the Middle East?](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
![Israeli Settlements Under International Law](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Americans for Middle East UnderstandingVolume Number: Public Affairs Series No. 16Format: PamphletCollection: Americans for Middle East Understanding
Contents: The International Law Applicable in Occupied Territories; The United States Position; Appraisal of the Claims of the Government of Israel Under the Criteria of International Law; Conclusions.
![Israel and Human Rights (as observed in the portions of Egypt, Jordan and Syria occupied by Israel since June, 1967)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Americans for Middle East UnderstandingDate: 10/11/1977Volume Number: 11-OctFormat: ReportCollection: Americans for Middle East Understanding
Preliminary report to the 216th session of the UN General Assembly Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories.
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