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Warsaw Ghetto/Tal al Zaatar Warsaw Ghetto/Tal al Zaatar
Date: 1/1/1978Call Number: JG/ 051Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman At La Pena Cultural CenterCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Palestinian struggle, Jewish revolt, Siege of Warsaw Ghetto, Uprising at the Palestinian refugee camp of “Tal Al-Zaatar,” reading of poems, testimonials, and commentaries from Palestinian Resistance. Singing of “The International”.
American Indian Prisoners In The U.S American Indian Prisoners In The U.S
Publisher: International Indian Treaty CouncilDate: 3/1978Volume Number: MarchFormat: MonographCollection: Native Prisoners
The struggle of Native people in United States, Native poltiical prisoners, and their brutal conditions in prisons.
The Motherload with Ricardo Romero and Lolita Lebron The Motherload with Ricardo Romero and Lolita Lebron
Date: 5/6/1978Call Number: PM 142Format: CassetteProducers: Joan Townsend, Judy Gerber, Lori SimsProgram: The MotherloadCollection: Puerto Rico
A music-filled interview with Ricardo Romero and Puerto Rican Nationalist Lolita Lebron. A commemoration to to Nationalist prisoners and an account of the isolation of prison and the torturous living conditions therein.
Speech at Crampton Auditorium Speech at Crampton Auditorium
Date: 2/26/1978Call Number: RFW 027Format: CDCollection: Robert F. Williams!
We have no legal rights to reproduce or distribute this item! TR-1 Describes China-I'm a grandson of a slave 9:20-Birmingham bombing 11:30-China's statement about Birmingham 12:50-I am not a communist/broadness of Chinese TR-2 2:20 why left china 5:00 socialism means… 8:00 differences with Mao 10:15 China and drugs/colonialism 11:00 fleeing US TR-3 rebellion, students & rebellion 1:20 drug problem in US 2:30 British/China drugs as pacification, people not cops solved the problem 4:00 uprisings in Detroit & Watts contained militarily but they won't rid community of dealers 5:00 drugs & genocide 7:50 Bakke 8:10 Reconstruction & now decline of culture & dope as pacification 10:00 flight to Canada 12:30 Black man escapes 14:00 signs of segregation 15:30 Roots, history and hostility 10:00 MLK, Malcolm X, Medgar Evers TR-4 white heroes, Black leaders dead 1:00 Black vs white 2:40 Rosa Parks know about the dead not the living 3:40 obligated to build better world resist tyranny 5:20 Crusader & China 6:00 China & rumors 9:00 history of Native Americans & slavery 14:50 Blacks killed for using restrooms.
Who’s Who in Asia America: The I-Hotel Tenants (EH) Who’s Who in Asia America: The I-Hotel Tenants (EH)
Date: 8/13/1978Call Number: IH 005Format: CassetteProducers: KFRCProgram: Who’s Who in Asia AmericaCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Edited radio retrospective of the 1977 International Hotel Eviction in San Francisco. Three former tenants, Fred De la Cruz, Mary Lai, and Mr. Yip reflect on their eviction night experiences and speak of their continuing affordable housing struggle, now in its 10th year. Ends with a male, accompanied by music, reading a poem about the I-Hotel Eviction.
Oshewa Kudze: SF Medical Center Oshewa Kudze: SF Medical Center
Date: 5/18/1978Call Number: PM 263AFormat: Cass ACollection: African liberation movements
The commander of medical care in Mozambique's refugee camps explains the problems of displaced refugees. Because of the heightened political turmoil, refugee camps in surrounding areas such as Rhodesia, Zimbabwe are being overpopulated. The commander explains that Mozambique's numbers in camps are rapidly increasing due to displaced people joining their camps. Population is passing 150,000 and people in crowded camps make medical care difficult. Threats of an epidemic such as typhoid can create a massive danger and vaccines are not being provided efficiently. Along with this current struggle, the commander explains the past injustices the Rhodesian army was doing to innocent refugees. Injustices like US supplied napalm, infecting drinking water and just providing the vaccination to white Africans, killing 700 in one camp, and poisoning crops.
Who’s Who in Asia America: The I-Hotel Tenants (EH) Who’s Who in Asia America: The I-Hotel Tenants (EH)
Date: 8/13/1978Call Number: CD 442Format: CDProducers: KFRCProgram: Who’s Who in Asia AmericaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Edited radio retrospective of the 1977 International Hotel Eviction in San Francisco. Three former tenants, Fred Dela Cruz, Mary Lai, and Mr. Yip reflect on their eviction night experiences and speak of their continuing affordable housing struggle, now in its 10th year. Ends with a male, accompanied by music, reading a poem about the I-Hotel Eviction.
Yasser Arafat speaks in Havana Yasser Arafat speaks in Havana
Date: 7/1/1978Call Number: KP 200Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Greg GoldinCollection: Palestine
At a Cuban press conference, head of the PLO, Yasser Arafat thanks friendly Socialist and Islamic countries for their support of the Palestinian Liberation struggle. He condemns the United States, Israel, and Egypt's President Sadat for their abuse of the rights of the Palestinian people. Arafat responds to press questions about his formula for peace.
The International Policies of the MIR: Miguel Enriquez Collection The International Policies of the MIR: Miguel Enriquez Collection
Publisher: MIRYear: 1978Volume Number: No. 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Chile
Contents include an outline of the MIR's history and an explanation of its tactical and strategic principles for revolutionary struggle and party building.
Prairie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC) Press Statement & Conference Prairie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC) Press Statement & Conference
Date: 3/23/1978Call Number: PM 273Format: CassetteCollection: LA Five
Leslie Mullin and Judith Bissell, as part of the LA Five arrested for conspiracy to bomb the offices of Senator John Briggs, give a telephone interview from prison. They describe D.A. Jorgenson's strategy of "railroading" the trial date leaving them little time to prepare a defense. They talk of the government's fear of the exposure of FBI misconduct and COINTELPRO during the trial, and the inadequacy of prison law research facilities for women prisoners as compared to those in the men's system. PFOC press conference calling attention to the LA Five case and point to the similarities of illegal government tactics used against other anti-imperialist groups.