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Indigenous Stories
Date: 8/18/1993Call Number: V 607Format: VHSProducers: Global Vision, WNET-ThirteenProgram: Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights TelevisionCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Discusses the rights of indigenous people to protect their land and culture.
History of US annexation of Hawaii and impact of displacement of native Hawaiians. Discusses the dispute between the US government and the people of Hawaii over land rights - Hawaiians displaced from their hometown of Papakolea. Homeless Hawaiians peaceful demonstration broken up by police.
The impact of the gold rush on the Philippines. Current state of the Tasaday people and the media hoax about them in the 1970s and 1980s. Discusses the unregulated use of mercury in gold mining and its damaging effects.
The UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, informally called the Earth Summit. Various indigenous groups perform.
Por Eso Luchamos: Songs of the Salvadoran Struggle
Date: 1/1/1985Call Number: Vin 022Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Cutumay CamonesCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This album is a musical homage to the Salvadoran citizens that perished in an uprising against the dictatorship in 1981. In addition to commemorating the battle that took place in the town of Cutumay Camones, these protest songs also trace the ongoing struggle of the Salvadoran people towards liberation and self-determination.
Un Son Para Mi Pueblo (Songs from the new Nicaragua)
Date: 1/1/1983Call Number: Vin 025Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy, Grupo MancotalCollection: General materials
Songs that promote the new cultural identity of Nicaraguan society post-revolution. Produced by the Ministry of Culture, the album is principally nationalistic in content. Includes extensive liner notes with translations.
Judy Gerber and The School of the Americas
Date: 5/21/1993Call Number: JG/ 154Format: CassetteProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The radio broadcast by Judy Gerber illustrates the dangers of the School of the Americas and its graduates. Many of the criminals of war who incited multiple killings and massacres in Central and South America graduated from The College of the Americas.
John Stockwell Speaks at Berkeley
John Stockwell speaks at Berkeley about the CIA and the results of various programs and covert operations he was involved with during his time with the Agency and Bush's involvement with the CIA as Director.
El Gupo: Songs and Poetry of the Latin American Struggle
Date: 12/1/1973Call Number: Vin 069Format: VinylProducers: Canto LibreCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
El Grupo is composed of Latin American poets, singers and musicians who have composed songs that voice concerns about the unjust status of central and south America. This album a collection of songs that promote and encourage social change, independence, and revolutions for these countries during the early 70's.
Healthcare in Zonas de Control, El Salvador
Clara Mendez and translator Rene Vallez are guest speakers at a discussion in Georgia; Mendez, a nurse in the “Zonas de Control” of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMNL), discusses the challenges of providing access to health care, preventative and curative methods of care, and health education to rural communities despite government repression.
Ferlinghetti reading "Nicaraguan Volcanto"
Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading a poem about the Nicaraguan revolution.
Saul Landau on US Intervention in Central America
Saul Landau is the guest speaker discussing US foreign policy in Central America. Landau discusses what he calls the "national security" state, anti-communism, and the American public opinion. Landau makes connections between the Nixon and Reagan administrations, and discusses the Arias Plan. Followed by Q&A.
Jose Maria Ortiz - Guatemalan Worker's Party – Part 1
This recording details how Jose Maria Ortiz became involved in guerilla movements, student movements, and communist movements in Guatemala. Interview conducted in Spanish and translated to English.
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