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![Mexican Workers strike against the Yazaki corporation](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Strike of Mexican workers at the US Maquiladora Yazaki in Ciudad Juarez. Workers demand a 30% increase of their $20 weekly salary, a free cafeteria, transportation and the creation of a union.
!["...And Ain't I A Woman?"](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: Vin 004Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, New Harmony Sisterhood BandCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This album by the New Harmony Sisterhood Band contains folk songs centered on issues of women's liberation, gender normativity, and labor unions. The New Harmony Sisterhood Band formed in 1973 by a group of female students who wanted to re-imagine traditional folk songs and write songs with politically conscious, feminist messages. Includes extensive liner notes.
![Chile: The Seige of Santa Maria de Iquique - A People's Cantata](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1970Call Number: Vin 012Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Luis Advis, Quilapayun, Hector DuvauchelleCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Spoken word narration set to music that recounts the history of the 1907 massacre of Chilean nitrate miners. 18,000 workers and their families marched to the port of Santa Maria de Inquique demanding fair wages and working conditions. The Chilean government, which had strong stakes in the nitrate industry, ordered the Chilean army to attack the miners' nonviolent protest at the port. 2,000 people were killed and thousands were injured. The album serves to tell this silenced history, and demonstrates the determination and solidarity of the Chilean miner unions. Includes liner notes with history, photographs, and lyrics.
![Working People Gonna Rise!](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 016Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, The Human Condition, Beverly GrantCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Political ballads about the history of the American working class and the contemporary struggle for labor rights. The Human Condition were a songwriting collective of labor activists. Songs chronicle the everday experience of the working class. Includes liner notes with political statement and lyrics.
![The Force of Life](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: Vin 017Format: VinylProducers: Red Star Singers - Paredon RecordsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Songs focused on topical issues of the time, including the women's liberation movement, labor rights, the anti-war movement, and broader expressions of anti-imperialism. The Red Star singers formed in the Bay Area in 1971 as a songwriting collective aiming to communicate progressive social statements through music. Includes extensive liner notes.
!["...And Ain't I A Woman?"](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: Vin 027Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, New Harmony Sisterhood BandCollection: General materials
This album by the New Harmony Sisterhood Band contains folk songs centered on issues of women's liberation, gender normativity, and labor unions. The New Harmony Sisterhood Band formed in 1973 by a group of female students who wanted to re-imagine traditional folk songs and write songs with politically conscious, feminist messages. Includes extensive liner notes.
![Elizabeth Martinez; Maquila Workers](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 12/6/1993Call Number: CD 824Format: CDProducers: KPFAProgram: La onda BajitaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interview by Chuy Varela with Elizabeth Martinez in 1993 about her book "500 Years of Chicano History In Pictures." They discuss
Latino and Chicano identity and politics. Varela goes on to interview workers from maquilas in Tijuana, Mexico about their struggles to unionize, and the working conditions in the factories.
![Elizabeth Martinez; Maquila Workers](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 12/6/1993Call Number: CD 825Format: CDProducers: KPFAProgram: La onda BajitaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interview by Chuy Varela with Elizabeth Martinez in 1993 about her book "500 Years of Chicano History In Pictures." They discuss
Latino and Chicano identity and politics. Varela goes on to interview workers from maquilas in Tijuana, Mexico about their struggles to unionize, and the working conditions in the factories.
![Role of Mujeres in the Party and Chicano movement](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 9/3/1972Call Number: CD 826Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
La Raza Unida national convention: first time La Raza Unida as a political party has met on a national level, and women met to discuss their roles. Evelina Alarcon speaks about the role of women.
![Grape Boycott](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 7/22/1987Call Number: CV 310Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
United Farm Workers organized a table grape boycott in Berkeley because of the use of pesticides and chemicals. Proponents of the boycott spoke to the Berkeley City Council and the resolution was passed. Also, homelessness in Berkeley was discussed.