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Chile - The Day of the Coup
Date: 9/11/1973Call Number: CAP 059 R1Format: Reel 1Collection: Political issues of the time – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
The day of the coup, eye witness accounts and the death of President Salvador Allende; the conflicts and resistance inside the Chilean military by those who opposed the coup and repression against the people of Chile.
Rally Before Sproul Hall occupation
Date: 12/2/1964Call Number: KP 015Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: John Scott KeechProgram: Free Speech MovementCollection: General materials
This is a recording of the famous Free Speech Movement rally at Sproul Plaza in UC Berkeley, just before students occupied the administration building, Sproul Hall. Includes excerpts from Mario Savio, Michael Rossman, Charles Powell, Joan Baez, Marty Roiche, and John Scott Keech.
Note: tape begins in middle of an announcement and ends in the middle of a song.
The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer
Date: 1/5/1979Call Number: KP 018Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Life of Fannie Lou HamerCollection: Voices from the South
This recording focuses on Fannie Lou Hamer, known as the lady who was "sick and tired of being sick and tired." This is a tribute to her life and work with Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the struggls she engaged in throughout her life.
Jalil Muntaqim interview (2 of 4)
Call Number: V 079Format: VHSProducers: John O’ReillyCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Continues about the tampering and destruction of evidence in his case. Once you’re convicted the burden is to prove yourself innocent. Discusses cases of Dhoruba and Geronimo, who spent almost 50 years together in prison after proving that the state had set them up. Calls the US a plutocracy, where the rich rule and control the government, operating under a hypocritical veneer of democracy. Hegemonic powers of the media, describes it as the wizard in the background. We need to break the illusion that the system works for the benefit of the people. All he sees in prison are black and brown faces because of the unequal distribution of wealth and poverty being an impetus towards “crime”, and institutional racism has created a mechanism for people of color to go to prison. Talks about bodies becoming commodities, his prison number is like his bar code, economics analysis of PIC. Discusses tax breaks for rural counties who can include prisoners in their population even though majority of prisoners come from NYC. Control units/SHU - for rebellious prisoners and mentally ill inmates who can’t be controlled among rest of general population. Discusses his own most recent experience in the “box”, where the state fabricated evidence that he was organizing a statewide prison strike. Talks about SHU, feed you through a slot in cell, 1 hour of recreation time, everything even food is a privilege, no phone use, visitation once a week but through glass. Talks about the extended effects of isolation and sensory deprivation, claustrophobia, loneliness, anxiety and panic disorders. There is no rehab/education/employment/therapeutic/skill s offered to prisoners, thus they leave embittered and destructive. Talks about manifest destiny and how it was turned into a country. Ideas are power if you know how to take control. Starts to talk about returning to San Quentin adjustment center post-sentencing, housed with San Quentin six. Talking about freeing political prisoners with Ruchell Magee, who just received a letter from Yuri Kochiyama about starting a movement around amnesty.
Interview with woman from Selma, Alabama on election fraud.
Interview with unknown woman on election in Selma, Alabama, “Joe Gotta Go” campaign, voter fraud against African-Americans and tactics to keep their vote from counting.
She recalls Dr. King’s “I stood on the bridge” speech and asks, “Have we made any progress?”
This is what Democracy Looks Like
Call Number: V 122Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Produced by the Independent Media Center, and Big Noise films, with footage shot by over 100 media activists, this is yet another great film on the Seattle/WTO protests. It's certainly the most 'professional' of the videos, with narration by Michael Franti and Susan Sarandon, and music from the likes of Rage Against the Machine, Company of Prophets, DJ Shadow, DJ Moosaka, Jim Page and more.
Victor Hugo Tenoco of the FSLN, Part 2
Call Number: JG/ 077AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Part two of a speech by Victor Hugo Tenoco, former Vice Foreign Minister of the Sandinista Government in Nicaragua, delivered at Georgia State University in 1991. Tenoco argues that Nicaragua today faces two major problems: democracy and reconciliation and economic recovery. The FSLN needs to serve as constructive opposition to the ruling government. He argues that democracy and reconciliation have made great progress in Nicaragua with the disbanding of the Contras but that the economic problems of the country still loom large for the future. The FSLN is in a difficult position of balancing national interests in economic reconstruction and protecting the concrete interests of the poor. He sees aide as unavoidable. The question remains whether U.S. aide will simply service the national debt or go to rebuild the Nicaraguan economy.
Salvadoran Politics, 1995
Date: 1/6/1995Call Number: JG/ 087AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This is a recording on the political realignments in El Salvador on the Third Anniversary of the ceasefire. Reading of Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador's 'El Salvador Watch' article: "FMLN Redefining and Renewing the Salvadoran Left.' The article describes the December 17, 1994 FMLN party convention in which the group split. While centrist groups departed from the FMLN, the party is in whole solid and reorganizing into a renewed leftist political option. There have also been realignment across the Salvadoran political spectrum including on the right. ARENA has broken off from the Liberal Democratic Party because it supposedly resents the peace. While half the population abstained in the last election, the political reality is much more democratic in El Salvador.
Noam Chomsky Trilogy
Bringing the 3rd World Home and Manufacturing Consent
Tape 1 of 2
Noam Chomsky discusses the parties involved in determining the development, or lack thereof, of the 3rd world. He notes the contrast between the staunch protectionism that allowed for western development and the free market plan being forced on the 3rd world that intentionally stunts its development. Social and economic policies that are designed to oppress poor countries are used across 1st world countries as well, only on specific sects of the population, namely the workers. He discusses the idea that nations are not entities, as 3rd world characteristics can be observed in 1st world cities and nations (e.g. disparity between rich and poor), and 1st world wealth can be enjoyed by a small percentage of the 3rd world population. His discussion focuses on the policies that aim to bring 3rd world conditions to the US and the methods by which they are implemented.
Noam Chomsky Trilogy
Bringing 3rd World Home and Manufacturing Consent (Tape 2 of 2)
Edited version of soundtrack to Manufacturing Consent. Noam Chomsky speaks about the essential role of the common man in democracy. He draws attention to the ongoing agenda of the elite, using media as a tool, to exclude the common person from participating in the political process, thereby undermining democracy. He likens propaganda in democracy to violence in totalitarianism as controlling the actions of the masses. He points to East Timor as a dramatic example of media's active role in engendering apathy through ignorance to atrocities such as genocide. He speaks a bit about his childhood and political awakening. He suggests the large movements are made of a large collection of small groups and encourages people to engage in political discussions and educate themselves and each other within their communities.
