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Focus on Racism Focus on Racism
Date: 10/20/1995Call Number: JG/ 096AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Focus on Racism. Interview with Judy Siff and Bill Crossman of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee on their class 'Culture Clash' on the history of white supremacy and its impact on U.S. history. At the occasion of the Million Man March, racism is on the public agenda for the first time in many years. Siff and Crossman note how 1995 has been a remarkable year for publicity of racism, particularly the Mumia Abu Jamal and Susan Smith cases. They believe that the problem of race in the U.S. transcends racism to root inequality through institutions, including a very central role of the police and judicial system in promoting white supremacy. They argue that the white perception of reality needs to change, that a new common consciousness must be forged. They note how racism targets many different groups in the U.S., not just Blacks, and how mainstream white society usually turns a blind eye.
Focus on Racism Focus on Racism
Date: 11/3/1995Call Number: JG/ 096BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Focus on Racism continued. Interview with Judy Siff and Bill Crossman of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee on their class 'Culture Clash' on the history of white supremacy and its impact on U.S. history. Siff and Crossman talk about the book 'The Myth of the White Proletariat' that challenges deep myths of White America. According to the book, popular misconceptions regarding race and racism in the U.S. stem historically from the national foundation, particularly notions about who the early settlers were, what the existing native population was like, and who actually benefited from the system of slavery. Siff and Crossman argue that this nation was an empire from the start, seizing and subjugating nations, and that the nation as a whole benefited from slavery. They believe that all white people no matter what social class, has benefited from white supremacy.
The all too typical case of Sandy Butler (Silver). Re HB rape case The all too typical case of Sandy Butler (Silver). Re HB rape case
Call Number: KP 285Format: Cass A & BCollection: General materials
The wife of a former prisoner (13 years incarcerated) tells how her husband was convicted of a rape against a 68 year old white woman despite a large amount of evidence proving his innocence.
County Jails and Repression County Jails and Repression
Call Number: PM 350Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist RadioProgram: On the OutsideCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Michael Novick, a member of LA-based People Against Racist Terror (PART), talks about police abuse and repression. He discusses KKK members who stand trial without their political affiliations revealed and political prisoners such as Geronimo Pratt whose role as a Black Panther led to his prosecution and criminalization.
Moncada Library Newsletter Moncada Library Newsletter
Author: Moncada LibraryPublisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationDate: 2/1981Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Moncada Library
Newsletter with updates on Mayor Ed Koch's Police policies, SCAN and the Fox and Agrillo case. Also includes information on SWAPO and the Dollars for Bullets campaign, the Pontiac brothers case and the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee National Day of Action in Washington D.C. for the Reagan inauguration.
Moncada Library Newsletter Moncada Library Newsletter
Author: Moncada LibraryPublisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationDate: 10/1981Volume Number: OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Moncada Library
Newsletter featuring articles on the Azanian liberation movement, the Anti-Springboks Five, Native American Sovereignty and the encampment at Yellow Thunder, Park Slope's "anti-drug" campaign, women and police intimidation, and the Chairman of P.A.C.'s visit to Harlem.
Moncada Library Newsletter Moncada Library Newsletter
Author: Moncada LibraryPublisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationDate: 1/1982Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Moncada Library
Newsletter with updates on the murder of Augustin Muniz and other attacks by police in Park Slope, January's month of solidarity with African Liberation, SCAN, and the Solomon Brown case.
Paint a Mural with the Young People's Program of the Moncada Library Paint a Mural with the Young People's Program of the Moncada Library
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
An Open Call to the Park Slope Community: STOP RACIST VIGILANTE PATROLS! GET SCAN OUT OF PARK SLOPE! An Open Call to the Park Slope Community: STOP RACIST VIGILANTE PATROLS! GET SCAN OUT OF PARK SLOPE!
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Moncada Library
Phamlet with information about the creation of SCAN and their activites in Park Slope.
Park Slope Community Demonstrates Against Vigilante Recruitment Center Park Slope Community Demonstrates Against Vigilante Recruitment Center
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeDate: 6/9/1981Volume Number: 9-JunFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Moncada Library