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Jeanette Lazan [part 2] (EH)
Date: 11/13/1990Call Number: CD 508Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interview between Estella Habal and Jeanette Lazam begins with the internal dynamics of the I-Hotel struggle. Lazam started with the UFA, which got her involved with the IH. Still a student at SF state, Lazan participated in a program that connected students with social service agencies. At that time, the UFA represented the tenants of IH as well as all housing issues in Manilatown. After spending a year Philippines, Lazan returned to San Francisco with a greater sense of cultural sensitivity. With motivation to continue activist work, she joined the KDP in '74. As her work became more politicized, Lazam moved into the hotel and befriended many of the tenants. With age and gender differences between her and the tenants, Lazan and the tenents still shared a working class identity that provided unity. Lazam describes the Roosevelt Hotel plan to pressure Moscone's declaration for eminent domain, and the plan for a buyback. Lazam ends with saying Cultural nationalism and its role in the movement creates tension between seeing the goal of saving the ethnic community of Manilatown and protecting all people's right to obtain housing.
Jeanette Lazan [part 2] (EH) cont., Jeanette Lazan [part 3] (EH)
Date: 11/13/1990Call Number: CD 509Format: Cass A & BCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interview between Estella Habal and Jeanette Lazam begins with the internal dynamics of the I-Hotel struggle. Lazam started with the UFA, which got her involved with the IH. Still a student at SF state, Lazan participated in a program that connected students with social service agencies. At that time, the UFA represented the tenants of IH as well as all housing issues in Manilatown. After spending a year Philippines, Lazan returned to San Francisco with a greater sense of cultural sensitivity. With motivation to continue activist work, she joined the KDP in '74. As her work became more politicized, Lazam moved into the hotel and befriended many of the tenants. With age and gender differences between her and the tenants, Lazan and the tenents still shared a working class identity that provided unity. Lazam describes the Roosevelt Hotel plan to pressure Moscone's declaration for eminent domain, and the plan for a buyback. Lazam ends with saying Cultural nationalism and its role in the movement creates tension between seeing the goal of saving the ethnic community of Manilatown and protecting all people's right to obtain housing.
Interview between Estella Habal and Jeanette Lazam on external social-political forces. As a self-examination of the struggle is made, identification of different group involvement are examined. An example is groups such as whites with weak political ties (Anarchists, Maoists). However, whites joined the movement with prevalent ideologies, which were politically tumultuous of the time. There were also artists, the white working class and farm workers who wanted affordable housing as well. Within the left sphere, Lazam analyzes the political spectrum from the range of "radical/ultra-extreme left" to liberal. These groups often clashed and made it difficult to work together. Finally, she looks into the city forces, specifically Hongisto. She believes that a lot of the activists' weaknesses had to do with lack of experience and lack of coalition work with others. The struggle came from all sides. (11/13/1990)
Bruce Occena [Tape 1] (EH)
Date: 11/16/1990Call Number: CD 510Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Estella Habal interviews Bruce Occena, a former U.C. Berkeley student activist and volunteer of the International Hotel (60s-70s). Bruce Occena comments on three prominent figures in the International Hotel movement, Legaspi, Ness Aquino, and Joe. Occena describes differences, role, significance, and the character attacks that came from activists later. Occena also describes the issues facing the Filipino American student activists of UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University. Issues such as the inter-ethnic tension between activists groups such as Filipino Americans, Chinese Americans, and Japanese American activists. Occena also comments on the affects and issues of Filipino student activists coming from the Philippines and joining the International Hotel movement. Occena also describes the lease between the Shorenstein corporation and United Filipino Association (UFA) appointing a UFA as property manager. This boosted much needed student support.
Bruce Occena [Tape 1] (EH) cont., Bruce Occena [part 2]
Date: 11/16/1990Call Number: CD 511Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Estella Habal interviews Bruce Occena, a former U.C. Berkeley student activist and volunteer of the International Hotel (60s-70s). Bruce Occena comments on three prominent figures in the International Hotel movement, Legaspi, Ness Aquino, and Joe. Occena describes differences, role, significance, and the character attacks that came from activists later. Occena also describes the issues facing the Filipino American student activists of UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University. Issues such as the inter-ethnic tension between activists groups such as Filipino Americans, Chinese Americans, and Japanese American activists. Occena also comments on the affects and issues of Filipino student activists coming from the Philippines and joining the International Hotel movement. Occena also describes the lease between the Shorenstein corporation and United Filipino Association (UFA) appointing a UFA as property manager. This boosted much needed student support.
Continuation of an informal discussion between Estella Habal and Bruce Occena. They talk about the political climate and its influence on the I-Hotel struggle. At first, the students helping the I-Hotel were not "more left" than other members in the community. When the KDP joined the struggle, the organization began being looked at as anti-capitalist. Attracting the attention of other progressive young people, the political meaning rose to a revolutionary level. The political climate at that time was described as "urban populism". With a mixture of urban decay, white flight, civil rights movements, and 3rd world movements created a revolutionary consciousness for people of color in urban areas.
Filmacion Esteli Heroico 1/16/90 Ediciones Tisey
Date: 1/16/1990Call Number: V 242Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews with female workers of Community-run Women's Day Care Center Collective in Nicaragua serving infants to children 6 years old.
Resistance Conspiracy - rough cut
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: V 261Format: VHSProducers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Alan Berkman, Tim Blunk, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Susan Rosenberg and Laura Whitehorn are long-time activists in support of peoples’ liberation movements here and around the world.
These six people, who the U.S. government has labeled “terrorists”
discuss their lives, the politics of the armed actions they are accused of, the conditions they and other political prisoners face, and their vision for the times ahead.
AIDS Definition Protest in Atlanta
Date: 12/3/1990Call Number: JG/ 111AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: Pacifica NewsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The final segment in a world news radio show - Women protested outside of the CDC to change the definition of AIDS as the now outdated one excluded many women from technically being able to receive aid such as social security.
Transition to Peaceful Democracy in Nicaragua: Daniel Ortega vs Chamorro
Set after the US sponsored war in Nicaragua. The conflict resolves with peaceful election and democratic transition of power to Mrs. Chamorro from former president Daniel Ortega. Talks about the extensive history on Sandinista revolution and Bush Sr's administration's new foreign policy on Nicaragua.
Interview with Charlie Roberts
Date: 5/22/1990Call Number: LA 170AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Charlie Roberts of the Washington D.C.-based Colombia Human Rights Committee discusses the May 1990 Colombian presidential elections. Of particular concern are both US involvement in the country and the legitimacy of an election overshadowed by the assassinations of three presidential candidates.
Interview with Robin Singer
Date: 6/8/1990Call Number: LA 170BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Nicaragua
An interview with Robin Singer of the Atlanta Committee on Latin America and the Nicaragua Network discusses the 1990 agreement between the Nicaraguan Contras and the new Chamorro government of Nicaragua to demobilize the Contras by June 10 of that year.
