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Role of Mujeres in the Party and Chicano movement
La Raza Unida national convention: first time La Raza Unida as a political party has met on a national level, and women met to discuss their roles. Evelina Alarcon speaks about the role of women.
Interviews with UNICOR officials
Call Number: SS 019Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
1) Unicor official spokesperson 2) Curt Gray, union 3) another union personal 4) Henry Kroll Businessman 5) Dr. Corey Weinstein
Mickey Mouse Goes to Haiti: Walt Disney and the Science of Exploitation
Date: 1/1/1996Call Number: V 117Format: VHSProducers: National Labor CommitteeCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Mickey Mouse Goes to Haiti, by the National Labor Committee, 275 7th Ave., 15th floor, New York, NY 10001. 212-242-3002. Approximately 20 minutes. Depictions of working and living conditions of Disney workers in Haiti. Responds effectively to the argument that it's OK to pay workers in poor countries less because it costs less to live. (The National Labor Committee also distributes "Zoned for Slavery," focusing on conditions for GAP sweatshop workers in Central America, which I have not seen, but which has gotten excellent reviews from other teachers. It includes extensive interviews with young workers and family members who describe the impact sweatshop labor has on their lives.)
El Salvador In Focus
This tape includes a statement from the FMLN on the recent election in Nicaragua placing the UNO party in power. Military choppers bomb civilians and refuse to prosecute the pilots. Labor movement repression worsens. CDHES, the non-governmental Human Rights Commission of El Salvador, issue its statistics on civilian deaths for 1989. Miguel Ramirez, U.S. representative of the Union of Independent Unions and Associations of El Salvador, speaks about attempts to organize under the current state of siege.
Vicki Garvin interview by Lincoln Bergman
This is the first installment of an interview of labor organizer, Vicki Garvin, conducted by Lincoln Bergmen. In this volume Vickie speaks of growing up in Richmond, Virginia, her family’s exodus to Manhattan and the challenges of growing up black in New York during the depression. She describes here her beginnings in labor and union organizing and her opportunity to study economics at Smith College. She talks as well about working with Adam Clayton Powell on his campaign for state representative.
Vicki Garvin interview by Lincoln Bergman
same as KP 149.This is the first installment of an interview of labor organizer, Vickie Garvin, conducted by Lincoln Bergmen. In this volume Vickie speaks of growing up in Richmond, Virgina, her family’s exodus to Manhattan and the challenges of growing up black in New York during the depression. She describes here her beginnings in labor and union organizing and her opportunity to study economics at Smith College. She talks as well about working with Adam Clayton Powell on his campaign for state representative.
Vicki Garvin interview by Lincoln Bergman
This is the second cassette in a series. Vicki Garvin is interviewed by her step-son Lincoln Bergman about her life. In this interview Vicki talks about her experience with the Communist Party and how she was ultimately expelled. She also speaks about becoming the head of the Negro Labor Council and organizing their first convention October 1951 in Cincinnati. Here Ms. Garvin speaks about her friendship with Paul Robeson. She wrote for his publication entitled, “Freedom.” She also begins to speak about her friendship with Dubois who she met while working on his campaign for state senate in 1948.
Vicki Garvin interview by Lincoln Bergman
This is the third cassette in a series. Vicki Garvin is interviewed by Lincoln Bergman. In this interview Ms. Garvin discusses living in Africa and China during the 60s. Ms. Garvin talks about living in Ghana with Maya Angelou and spending time with Dubois and his family. She speaks in depth about the CIA monitoring her travel through Africa and the difficulty this caused when she moved throughout. She talks about a meeting with Malcolm X in Cairo just before she moved to China and shortly before his death. Her experience with Chairman Mao is discussed as well as the Chinese understanding of black liberation politics.
Vicki Garvin interviewed by Lincoln Bergman
This is the fourth and final cassette in a series. Vicki Garvin is interviewed by Lincoln Bergman. In this portion Ms. Garvin speaks further about her experience living and teaching in China during the cultural revolution. Also she describes details her return to the U.S. after many years abroad and her relationship with her family. She discusses organizing with the Friendship Committee and Black Liberation Committee in Chicago after the death of her mother. This tape has a long block of unintelligible noise.
Vicki Garvin interviewed by Lincoln Bergman
Call Number: CD 337Format: CDProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
same as KP 152. This is the second in a series. Vicki Garvin is interviewed by her step-son Lincoln Bergman about her life. In this interview Vicki talks about her experience with the Communist Party and how she was ultimately expelled. She also speaks about becoming the head of the Negro Labor Council and organizing their first convention October 1951 in Cincinnati. Here Ms. Garvin speaks about her friendship with Paul Robeson. She wrote for his publication entitled, “Freedom.” She also begins to speak about her friendship with Dubois who she met while working on his campaign for state senate in 1948.
