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1991 CWA Convention 1991 CWA Convention
Date: 6/25/1991Call Number: KP 418Format: Cass A & BCollection: General materials
Labor convention to inform members about passing legislation in Congress in support of workers' right to strike.
Karen Thompson Interview on homophobia Karen Thompson Interview on homophobia
Date: 6/12/1991Call Number: JG/ 128AFormat: Cass ACollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with lesbian lover of Sharon Kowalski, a who was woman fully paralyzed and brain-damaged in car accident, speaking on her battle with Kowalski's homophobic parents to attain guardianship over Kowalski.
Amanuel Tecle on Eritrean Independence Amanuel Tecle on Eritrean Independence
Date: 7/12/1991Call Number: JG/ 130AFormat: Cass ACollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Discussion on colonial history of Eritrea and the EPLF's (Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front) creation, motives, actions, and victories.
Karen Thompson Interview on homophobia Karen Thompson Interview on homophobia
Date: 6/12/1991Call Number: JG/ 131BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Lesbian lover of Sharon Kowalski, a who was woman fully paralyzed and brain-damaged in car accident, speaking on her battle with Kowalski's homophobic parents to attain guardianship over her.
Chicanos against the war - Part 1 Chicanos against the war - Part 1
Date: 2/10/1991Call Number: CV 233Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Conference organized by the committee “Raza united against the war” to plan actions to end the US war in the Middle East. 65 % of the troops in the Gulf War were people of color. Many felt that they were fighting an unjust war and for a system that did not represent their own interests.
Chicanos against the war - Part 2 Chicanos against the war - Part 2
Date: 2/10/1991Call Number: CV 234Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Conference organized by the committee “Raza united against the war” to plan actions to end the US war in the Middle East. 65 % of the troops in the Gulf War were people of color. Many felt that they were fighting an unjust war and for a system that did not represent their own interests.
Chicanos against the war - Part 3 Chicanos against the war - Part 3
Date: 2/10/1991Call Number: CV 235Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Conference organized by the committee “Raza united against the war” to plan actions to end the US war in the Middle East. 65 % of the troops in the Gulf War were people of color. Many felt that they were fighting an unjust war and for a system that did not represent their own interests.
Guatemala: Carmen Camey Guatemala: Carmen Camey
Date: 1/1/1991Call Number: V 383Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interview with Carmen Camey of the Guatemala’s Human Rights Commission. She appeals to the world to put an end to the huge number of assassinations and disappearances which have taken place in her country since 1954. This genocide/ethnocide is part of a military strategy to remove the base of support for the popular guerilla movement. She also discusses the terrible working and living conditions of poor Guatemalans.
The Texas Civil Rights Project The Texas Civil Rights Project
Date: 10/1/1991Call Number: V 388Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Jim Harrington, Sissy Farenthold and Craig Washington discuss the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP), founded in 1990 and are part of Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido. They promote racial, social, and economic justice through education.
Can't Jail the Revolution - Leonard Peltier Can't Jail the Revolution - Leonard Peltier
Date: 1/1/1991Call Number: V 378Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews with many US political prisoners about revolutionary politics and actions. Includes Black Panther Assata Shakur, Puerto Ricans Guillermo Morales, Alejandrina Torres & Dylcia Pagan, Native American Bob Robideau, and anti-imperialist Laura Whitehorn. Ahmed Obafemi explains how maximum security jails are intended to break political prisoners down mentally and physically. Safiya Bukhari-Alston also talks about her own experiences being locked down in a maximum security prison for eight years. Others include Kwame Ture, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Mutulu Shakur, and Fred Hampton. Interview with Native American activist Leonard Peltier conducted in 1990 by Trella Laughlin in Leavenworth USP.