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![The Force of Life](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: Vin 017Format: VinylProducers: Red Star Singers - Paredon RecordsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Songs focused on topical issues of the time, including the women's liberation movement, labor rights, the anti-war movement, and broader expressions of anti-imperialism. The Red Star singers formed in the Bay Area in 1971 as a songwriting collective aiming to communicate progressive social statements through music. Includes extensive liner notes.
![Desde Lonquen Hasta Siempre: Victor Jara](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1981Call Number: Vin 088Format: VinylProducers: Monitor RecordsCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
In tribute to the "disappeared ones" of Chile's workers and poor population, this album would play an important role in the later political events in Chile. These songs are a denunciation of the Chilean government and are in dedication to the workers and "the fruits of their labor."
![El Pueblo Unido: Quilapayun](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: Vin 094Format: VinylProducers: Monitor RecordsCollection: General materials
Quilapayun's songs are political and social commentaries but draw inspiration from South American folklore and Andean Altiplano culture. They sing about the foreign domination of Chile's economy, about worker solidarity and their comrades killed or imprisoned by the ruling junta.
![Justice. Do It Nike.](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/31/1996Call Number: JG/ 161BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Judy Gerber reads excerpts from an article called “The Globe Trotting Sneaker” to talk about human rights and globalization. Justice. Do It Nike is a group that is fighting against inhumane treatment in Nike sweatshops in Indonesia and countries throughout South East Asia. Nike is not the only target of this campaign, low wages and labor exploitation is a problem associated with many American sports companies who export their jobs to places like Southeast Asia where they are free to ignore human and labor rights.
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