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Commission on Human Rights- Meeting 1271, Mrs. Allende.  25 Feb. 1974 Commission on Human Rights- Meeting 1271, Mrs. Allende. 25 Feb. 1974
“A nation suffering from a state of internal war” according to Gen. Pinochet, imposed by his own troops who obey the servants of fascism that represents foreign interests.” Mrs. Hortensia Allende speaks out at the United Nations about the condition in Chile after the military coup on Sept. 11, 1973. She talks not only about the death of her husband but also about the murders of the people of Chile and the loss of their fundamental rights. She talks about the conditions on Dawson Island, the sentencing of the prisoners, the Chilean Constitution, economic policy, and the involvement of the United States. She ends with a call for international support for the Chilean people.
Chile - The Day of the Coup 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.
Interview with Mary Ann Rasmussen Interview with Mary Ann Rasmussen
Call Number: SS 156BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Mary Ann Rasmussen on Marxism and Feminism.
Paulo Freire: Pedagogy of the Oppressed, talk & discussion (with Ira Schor) Paulo Freire: Pedagogy of the Oppressed, talk & discussion (with Ira Schor)
Date: 4/14/1988Call Number: CD 016Format: CDProducers: NY Marxist SchoolCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Paulo Freire talks at the NY Marxist School with Ira Schor on Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
Native-American Struggle - 1 Native-American Struggle - 1
Date: 5/12/1976Call Number: FI 009Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber, BarbaraProgram: Freedom is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Pine Ridge Trials for killing of FBI agents, attempt to extradite Peltier, William Kunstler speaks on racism of media. Vern Harper on government attacks on Native culture and traditions--Native Americans and socialism. Building of ties between African-Americans and Native-Americans.
Joe Slovo speaking at the ‘Future of Socialism’ conference Joe Slovo speaking at the ‘Future of Socialism’ conference
Date: 10/13/1990Call Number: KP 049Format: Cass A & BCollection: African liberation movements
Joe Slovo speaking at the ‘Future of Socialism’ conference
Paul Robeson sings Paul Robeson sings
Call Number: KP 057Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson, sings “Joe Hill”.
Nelson Reeny speaking on Global Economics Nelson Reeny speaking on Global Economics
Call Number: KP 119Format: CassetteProducers: KPFACollection: General materials
This recording is from an informal lecture/discussion by Nelson Reeny on the future of global production and capitalism. He talks about the changes that have occurred and what he sees as inevitably coming as a result of globalization and the expansion of capitalism. He talks about the contradiction between wealth and poverty and how this will lead to a state of disaster and finally revolution. Reeny also speaks on the problems with international investing and how we can no longer look at the world from the framework of imperialism because capitalism knows no boundaries and foreign investment takes away the national identity of a product.
Poetry reading by Ernesto Cardenal Poetry reading by Ernesto Cardenal
Call Number: LA 113BFormat: Cass BCollection: Nicaragua
Poetry reading followed by a short question and answer dialogue from Father Ernesto Cardenal of Nicaragua. Poems, including "The Big Bang", "Wall and Water Street" and other pieces, are read in Spanish with English translation. Cardenal is known as one of the greatest living Latin American poets today. He wrote during the Samoza dictatorship and the Sandanista overthrow of Samoza in 1979. Through his poems, Cardenal brings together science and poetry, science and mysticism, mysticism and revolution, and poetry and politics. He speaks out against oppression and searches to preserve the unity of creation through spiritual insight. In a short question and answer period at the end of the reading, Cardenal discusses how Nicaraguan culture and revolution are entertwined and how poetry is an expression of the revolution. Cardenal also talks about his priesthood as a lifelong commitment and of poetry as a religious practice.
Robert F Williams Interview with Marc Schleifer Part 1 Robert F Williams Interview with Marc Schleifer Part 1
Date: 7/4/1962Call Number: RFW 037Format: CDCollection: Robert F. Williams!
We have no legal rights to reproduce or distribute this item! Pacifica Radio - Marc Schleifer interview Track 1 *7min - repression against them designed to crush the human rights movement…, leaving to Cuba (to 9min) Track 2 defends against Soviet weapons found in the community, lots about the minutemen, JBS (John Birch Society) being protected by the U.S. government Track 3 * 2 min "if we had not been armed in Monroe (to 4 min) Q- are you a communist? * *(4:15) ...not a communist, but every humanitarian movement in the u.s. is branded as communistic *6 min "people want to be liberated...Blacks rebelled long before Marx or Marxism" *7:30 "Blacks need not be told (by Marxists) that racial opression is wrong (to 8:11) 9:35 white allies movement branded as communist not true 10:37 nature of people to resist opression 11 Monroe as lesson & symbol of new era Track 4 there will be more racial explosions 0:57 opressor in us...more militant movement, non-violence will continue, but any struggle is flexible, not only one method of struggle *2min when fascism comes, non-violence is suicidal *4:40 average Afro-American is not a pacifist *5 min nonviolence is a tactic that we approve of, but... 6min soon the forces of opression are going to learn the hard way 7:30 Black nationalism? label to attack Blacks *8:20 I am an Afro-American 9min movement not excluding whites Track 5 *00 I am an internationalist 3 min bring attention to race problem throughout the world 7 mineven the pet cemetary was segregated, Klan leaders = preachers 11min stupidity of Jim Crow Track 6 2:50 people of the world join in the quest for justice Track 7 1min fellowship with the world