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![Ireland’s Struggle Liberates Women](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: V 098Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Documentary about Ireland's long history of struggle for liberation and the role which women have played in the movement and in Irish culture. Provides a history of Ireland's conquest and offers a noble image of its women, as warriors and as ancient leaders with rights equal to those of men. Discusses the manifold abuses at the hands of the English, Gaelic legend, the potato famine, the renewed struggle for a United Ireland in 1798 and the current status of the struggle. The film consists of a number of still images and short video footage narrated from historical texts. Made on low budget by amateur filmmakers.
![The history of the slave trade](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: AFR 056Format: Cass A & BProducers: WBAI RadioProgram: WBAI Special Premium: “Spirits of the Passage”Collection: Africa- General Resources
Historian John Henrik Clarke reads Madeline Burnside’s book “Spirits of the Passage”. The recording begins with a background history of slavery in the world, and of the slave trade. Clarke, author of the book “Critical Lessons of Slavery and the Slave Trade”, speaks on the slave trade in its historical context. Professor of African American history at Howard University, Olive Taylor, explains how the slave trade has had an impact on dancing, and she also discusses international law and the slave trade. Ali Mazrui, creator of the PBS TV series “The Africans”, discusses modern day slavery in Sudan.
Side B is a continuation of Side A, with Mazrui speaking about South Africa, Brazil, and the Arab world’s involvement in the slave trade and racial categories.
![Historical Perspectives](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 11/15/1991Call Number: PM 249Format: CassetteProducers: Prison Radio ProjectProgram: Can't Jail the Spirit #1Collection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Discussion of definitions of political prisoners and the US government's denial of their existence in the US. Readings from Harriet Jacob's "Diary of a Slave Girl", from Assata Shakur's "Assata", and from Emma Goldman, in addition to discussions from Dr. Chinasole from San Francisco State University, and a question and answer segment with Gloria Alonzo of the National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners, Dr. Candace Falk, Dr. Jose Lopez from the Movimento de Revolucion Nacional, and former political prisoner Alvaro Luna Hernandez from the Jailhouse Conveyor.
![Political Prisoners - Historical Perspectives](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 11/15/1991Call Number: PM 405Format: CassetteProducers: Prison Radio ProjectProgram: Can't Jail the Spirit #1Collection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Discussion of definitions of political prisoners and the US government's denial of their existence in the US.
Readings from Harriet Jacob's "Diary of a Slave Girl", from Assata Shakur's "Assata", and from Emma Goldman, in addition to discussions with Dr. Chinasole from San Francisco State University, and a question and answer segment with Gloria Alonzo of the National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners, Dr. Candace Falk, Dr. Jose Lopez from the Movimento de Revolucion Nacional, and former political prisoner Alvaro Luna Hernandez from the Jailhouse Conveyor.
![Political Prisoners - Historical Perspectives](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 11/15/1991Call Number: PM 406Format: CassetteProducers: Prison Radio ProjectProgram: Can't Jail the Spirit #1Collection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Discussion of definitions of political prisoners and the US government's denial of their existence in the US.
Readings from Harriet Jacob's "Diary of a Slave Girl", from Assata Shakur's "Assata", and from Emma Goldman, in addition to discussions with Dr. Chinasole from San Francisco State University, and a question and answer segment with Gloria Alonzo of the National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners, Dr. Candace Falk, Dr. Jose Lopez from the Movimento de Revolucion Nacional, and former political prisoner Alvaro Luna Hernandez from the Jailhouse Conveyor.
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