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W.I.N.G.S- Women’s International News Gathering Service Report

Call Number: JG/ 038AFormat: Cass AProducers: Frida Warden, Kathleen DavenportCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms

1989: the first news story, “Abortion goes to court in Canada” is about the latest attack on womyn’s rights in Quebec, Canada regarding a new anti- abortion law. the second story, “U.S womyn organized against Rape” covers the 11th annual National Coalition against Sexual Assault conference in Philadelphia. The third story discusses the leadership of African womyn in “response to disasters.” the fourth story is on a conference, the national assembly of religious women held, titled “risk and resistance in the south.” The fifth story is about the Israeli court of justice ruling that the homes of Palestinians can not be demolished. The last story on this segment, talks about corporate backers taking control of 3 womyn magazines such as MS and sassy.

Female Political Prisoners - series of interviews

Call Number: JG/ 070Format: CassetteProducers: Judy Gerber, Lisa RudmanProgram: KPFACollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms

This is a collection of different interviews and recordings of female political prisoners from around the world. Lisa Rudman collages them together to show the injustice towards political prisoners and to highlight some of the many tactics used by the US government and prison system to get information out of political prisoners. Rudman defines political prisoners and interviews Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans and speaks about their cases and the circumstances leading to their imprisonment. The other political prisoners interviewed on the tape are: Dora Garcia, active in the national liberation struggles in the US colony of Puerto Rico; Mercedes Algado, a refugee active in the FSLM and FDR in El Salvador; Elizabeth Sebego, active in the Pan African Congress; Assata Shakur, active with the Black Panthers and now a refugee in Cuba; a Filipina imprisoned for her work with the church.

Red Star Singers

Call Number: KP 327Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude MarksCollection: General materials

Five less well known songs by The Red Star Singers: Kaiser, Prices Gotta Come Down, Amnesty, Rape Song, and Won't Cross That Line. Recorded in 1974.

Struggle: A Feminist Analysis of Rape & Racism

Authors: Eileen Bresnahan, Bobbe Ross, Kate SharpPublisher: Big Mama RagVolume Number: Vol. 7-1Format: ArticleCollection: Violence Against Women

Reproduction of original article.

Political Outline of Self-Defense Class

Format: ManifestoCollection: Violence Against Women

A political outline of a women's self-defense class including information about internalizing women's oppression, rape as a tool of colonial violence, the protection racket: the police and violence against women, and a reading list.

Speaking Out

Publisher: National Clearinghouse on Marital RapeFormat: PamphletCollection: Violence Against Women

Pamphlet about the national clearinghouse on marital rape; goals of the organization.

Abuse: Power and Control

Publisher: Mid-Peninsula Support Network for Battered WomenFormat: FlyerCollection: Violence Against Women

Flyer containing information about physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional abuse.

Take Back the Night Chant Sheet

Format: FlyerCollection: Violence Against Women

Flyer containing chants for the Take Back the Night event as well as some well known downtown SF locations and businesses that support violence against women.