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![A Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle by Asians in America](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: Vin 015Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Chris Kando Iijima, Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto, Charlie ChinCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Folk songs by a Japanese-American song writing collective that protests racism and imperialism in America. Lyrics also express support for other solidarity movements, particularly that of African-Americans and Latin Americans, as well as the political impetus for a socialist state. Notably the first Asian American music album. Liner notes includes a lengthy political statement by the artists.
![What Now People? (Vol. 1)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 019Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Various ArtistsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The first volume in a compilation of political ballads by various folk singers and activist musicians. Songs cover a range of social movements, including women's rights, the antiwar movement, civil rights for African-Americans and American Indians, and the revolutionary movements in Cuba and Puerto Rico. "What Now People?" serves as a representation of the political song movement.
![What Now People? (Vol. 3)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1978Call Number: Vin 020Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Various ArtistsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The third volume in a compilation of political ballads by various folk singers and activist musicians. Songs cover a range of social movements, including women's rights, the anti-war movement, civil rights for African-Americans and American Indians, and the revolutionary movements in Cuba and Puerto Rico. "What Now People?" serves as a representation of the political song movement.
![Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1970Call Number: Vin 031Producers: Paredon Records, Organization of Latin American SolidarityCollection: General materials
Protest songs recorded by activist musicians from Argentina Chile, Cuba, Peru, and Uruguay. In 1967, the Cuban revolutionary government under Fidel Castro held a meeting of the Organization of Latin American Solidarity (OLAS) in Havana. Artists and activists discussed the importance of protest songs in communicating the messages of freedom movements. After this conference, OLAS recorded this album. Includes liner notes with contextual information and lyrics.
![Cuba: Songs for our America](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 034Producers: Paredon Records, Carlos PueblaCollection: General materials
Carlos Puebla, the self-declared "minstrel of the revolution" in Cuba, sings political ballads in celebration of the new Cuban society. Also emphasizes solidarity with other freedom struggles around the world, namely in Puerto Rico, Vietnam, and the Chicano Movement in the United States. Liner notes include biography and song lyrics.
![Cuba: Songs for our America](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 035Producers: Paredon Records, Carlos PueblaCollection: General materials
Carlos Puebla, the self-declared "minstrel of the revolution" in Cuba, sings political ballads in celebration of the new Cuban society. Also emphasizes solidarity with other freedom struggles around the world, namely in Puerto Rico, Vietnam, and the Chicano Movement in the United States. Liner notes include biography and song lyrics.
![Taone- Taone en Cuba](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
This album was recorded in Havana, Cuba by a Puerto Rican group called Taone. Influenced by the Nueva Trova movement in Cuba, Taone traveled to Havana in 1973 to record an album of protest songs in solidarity with revolutionary Cuba. Liner notes contain song lyrics.
![Canta Cuba Libre (Songs of Free Cuba)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1972Call Number: Vin 045Producers: I Dischi Dello Zodiaco, Canzoniere InternazionaleCollection: General materials
Protest songs in solidarity with revolutionary Cuba by the 1970s Italian pop group, Canzoniere Internazionale. Although the album concentrates on Cuba, there are also topical songs about other social movements, namely the struggle of the Viet Cong. Includes liner notes in Italian.
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