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Real Dragon
Date: 5/17/1972Call Number: RD 011Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
News coverage of Stanley Bone killing in Walpole State Prison in Massachusetts; Racial fighting in a Georgia state prison in which 7 were killed; Miss USA pageant being held at a Puerto Rico hotel where two bombs went off just before winners were announced, including spoken word on pageants and slavery; In Ankara, Turkey 2,000 people tried or undergoing trial for socialist politics and worker parties trying to establish new government in Turkey; Bombing at U.S. military base in Germany; Nixon signs Arms Limitiation Agreement with Soviet Union; Crime Control Act in place designed to threaten radical political acts in the US; the Weather Underground action on the Pentagon; Geneva Accords are used to argue demarcation line in Vietnam
The Case of Silvia Baraldini
Date: 4/16/1991Call Number: PM 267Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Sally O'BrianProgram: Where We LiveCollection: Silvia Baraldini
Silvia Baraldini describes her harsh treatment and that of other U.S. political prisoners. Her attorney, Elizabeth Fink, comments on the lack of evidence presented at trial and the extreme sentencing and punishment of Baraldini at the Lexington Federal Prison. Italian member of Parliament Emma Bonino, and Italian journalist Patricia Lambroso comment on Italian parliamentary and public support for Baraldini.
Prison Poetry
Unidentified African-American woman reads two poems on Black liberation.
Ruben Scott Interview
Date: 12/2/1975Call Number: CD 519Format: CDProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
In this interview Scott discusses the circumstances of his arrest. Sep. 3rd, Scott was detained and beaten, charged with two counts of assault. Originally Scott was stopped for indecent exposure but never charged. Scott was charged with assault after defending himself from an unidentified officer whom had cocked his gun in Scott's face. Bail was set at $5000 and he was out on bond the next day. 8/25 Scoot was detained after being tailed since 7/3. Scott was arrested again, where he and a couple others were repeatedly beaten and questioned about a bank robbery as well as the where abouts of others.
The San Quentin Six Sue the Prison System
Date: 6/17/1974Call Number: PM 269Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious Than/SpecialCollection: San Quentin Six
Some of the San Quentin Six and others speak about their upcoming suit on brutality within the California prison system. They describe prisoner treatment-including shackles, tear gas, degradation, and specifically the Adjustment Center Unit. Includes Johnny Larry Spain, Luis "Bato" Talamantez, James "Doc" Holiday, Hugo Pinell, Michael Burgener, Fleeta Drumgo, David Johnson. Interspersed is commentary from lawyer Fania Davis Jordan. George Jackson's voice opens and closes the program.
Press Conference at San Quentin
Date: 8/22/1971Call Number: PM 270Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFACollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Warden Luis Nelson, Associate Warden James Parks, and the State Director of Corrections, Raymond Procunier, field questions from reporters the day after George Jackson's death. Details on their story of the timeline, gun, visitors, number of dead and body placement. Questions and theories on whether the event was pre-planned by Jackson and the role of the Black Panthers, including revolutionary reading material. Begins with short comments from Georgia Jackson & Doris Maxwell.
Out of the Mouth of Babes #2
Date: 1/1/1994Call Number: KP 201Format: DATProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: Out of the Mouth of BabesCollection: Black Arts
Holiday Season children's programming with performances by children ranging from age 2 -17 years old. Holiday songs from the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts led by Martie Vandry. Some poems, essays, and stories on racism and sexism. Includes interviews with some of the children. Also has performances from "Vocal Motion" of the Oakland Youth Chorus, Gail Sandoval, Angela Castilla, Lonnie Houston, and Owen Davis.
Interview of workers organizing against Capwell's Department Store.
Rosalie Jones, Alice Stanford, and George Edward Junior speak of gaining community support for their lawsuit against Capwell's Department Store and The Culinary Union, Local 28. After experiencing racism and sexism, the two women went to their union for support but were denied. Managers and union representatives began threatening the two women and their families to suppress the development of their suit.
Interview with Herman Bell
Date: 6/21/1974Call Number: CD 538Format: CDProducers: Claude MarksProgram: KPFACollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Black Panther Herman Bell talks openly about the criminal charges filed against him in New York and San Francisco. The discussion also ranges from examples of police corruption and the relationship between the police and the black community, to the need for “people’s” media outlets to compete with the ruling class monopoly on information dissemination. Later in the tape Bell talks of the possibility of bringing the case of Human Rights abuses in the U.S. to the attention of the United Nations. And he ends with his analysis of what the differences are between a “real” revolutionary and a superficial one.
Interview with Herman Bell
Date: 9/16/1974Call Number: CD 540Format: Cass A & BProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interviews with Herman Bell by Claude Marks. The first conducted on September 16, 1974, the day of his conviction of a San Francisco bank robbery and the second September 25, 1974. “just came from the courtroom..if I had had my hopes up high for justice or fair play, I would have been disappointed. No great surprise. The whole charade. I was very relaxed and prepared for it. My position and always will be...look for nothing from these people...”
Herman Bell speaks to the issue of prison and how he will continue to struggle ‘I dare to struggle and I dare to win.”
