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International Women's Day - Presidio Protest International Women's Day - Presidio Protest
Date: 3/8/1984Call Number: V 475Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
March and protest organized by Women Against Imperialism in Presidio of SF. Women call for solidarity with Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front and the Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional, Puerto Rican Independence, and an end to genocide in Palestine.
International Womens Day 1984 - In the Name of Democracy - Taking to the Street - Armed Forces Day demos 1984 International Womens Day 1984 - In the Name of Democracy - Taking to the Street - Armed Forces Day demos 1984
Date: 1/1/1984Call Number: V 476Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
International Womens Day march and protest at the Presidio organized by Women Against Imperialism. In the Name of Democracy - short documentary on the US managed elections in El Salvador in 1982. Interviews with several US and international journalists, activists in Mothers Committee for the Disappeared, FMLN, and FDR. Takin' to the Street - KQED special on radicals of the sixties who are still active in grassroots struggle today. Interviewees include Angela Davis, Ericka Huggins, Karen Koonan, Judy Gumbo-Albert, Dan Siegel, Mario Savio Interview with artist and Puerto Rican independence activist Marta Rodriguez, who discusses Puerto Rico's history, US colonialism, and performs some of her music. Members of National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War speak about the Puerto Rican independence movement and the imprisonment of Puerto Rican freedom fighters. Anti-Armed Forces Day protests at Fisherman's Wharf in SF. Protestors attempt to board military ships but are violently pushed back by police and military personnel.
Activision - Documents of Dissent Activision - Documents of Dissent
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: V 482Format: VHSProducers: Lisa RudmanProgram: PCTVCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Compilation of Activism Shorts. Includes Pledge of Resistance's Coit Tower El Salvador Action in San Francisco; Stop AIDS Now or Else’s Golden Gate Bridge Action; Ladies Against Women and the Right Wing skit on abortion rights; International Women's Day 1988; and a music video documenting imperialism and resistance in the Philippines.
Political Prisoner Installation - International Women's Day Political Prisoner Installation - International Women's Day
Date: 10/21/1991Call Number: V 492Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Street celebrations of International Women’s Day include the Women Against Imperialism Quilt, a political prisoner and prisoner of war street installation and street theater. Activists portray various figures like Linda Evans, Alejandrina Torres, Ricardo Flores Magon as well as pay tribute to the indigenous peoples of California, the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico. The performance is part of the International Women’s Day theme of 500 Years of Resistance.
Women in the Philippines - Tape 1 Women in the Philippines - Tape 1
Date: 1/1/1987Call Number: V 513Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews of political organizers in the Philippines by members of Women Against Imperialism. Topics range from the violent repression of movements against US militarization, resistance to the Marcos regime, and domestic violence against women and sex workers.
Women in the Philippines - Tape 2 Women in the Philippines - Tape 2
Date: 1/1/1987Call Number: V 514Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews of political organizers in the Philippines by members of Women Against Imperialism. Topics range from the violent repression of movements against US militarization, resistance to the Marcos regime, and domestic violence against women and sex workers.
Women in the Philippines - Tape 3 Women in the Philippines - Tape 3
Date: 1/1/1987Call Number: V 515Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews of political organizers in the Philippines by members of Women Against Imperialism. Topics range from the violent repression of movements against US militarization, resistance to the Marcos regime, and domestic violence against women and sex workers.
Women in the Philippines - Tape 4 Women in the Philippines - Tape 4
Date: 1/1/1987Call Number: V 516Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews of political organizers in the Philippines by members of Women Against Imperialism. Topics range from the violent repression of movements against US militarization, resistance to the Marcos regime, and domestic violence against women and sex workers.
Women in the Philippines - Tape 5 Women in the Philippines - Tape 5
Date: 1/1/1987Call Number: V 517Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews of political organizers in the Philippines by members of Women Against Imperialism. Topics range from the violent repression of movements against US militarization, resistance to the Marcos regime, and domestic violence against women and sex workers.
Women in the Philippines - Tape 6 Women in the Philippines - Tape 6
Date: 1/1/1987Call Number: V 518Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews of political organizers in the Philippines by members of Women Against Imperialism. Topics range from the violent repression of movements against US militarization, resistance to the Marcos regime, and domestic violence against women and sex workers.