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Behind the Burning Cross - In the Face of Hate
Date: 11/6/1992Call Number: V 333Format: VHSProducers: Workers' Film, Video ForumCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Two films from the Workers' Film and Video Forum cover issues of racist hate crimes in America. "Behind the Burning Cross" presents the history and present actions of the Ku Klux Klan, the New Klan, WAR and Neo-Nazi skinheads. "In the Face of Hate" discusses hate crimes in the Pacific Northwest.
Workers' Film & Video Forum
Date: 12/11/1992Call Number: V 340Format: VHSProducers: Workers' Film, Video ForumCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
"4 Dollars a Day? No Way!" on US corporations in Mexico following the signing of NAFTA, the conditions of workers at the Ford plant, where armed strikebreakers and rigged company elections were used to keep the workers repressed.
"The Last Pullman Car" follows the story of the Steelworkers Union members at Pullman-Standard who fought to keep their jobs despite the impending closure of the passenger car plant.
Sara Diamond: "Elections: The Christian Right"
A talk about the emergence of the Christian Right in US politics and the influence that the movement holds over Republican and the Right Wing. Focus on the "family values" agenda of the Republican party during the 1992 Presidential election, the structuring of the movement as a grassroots activist campaign, and the prominence of evangelical Christian broadcasting.
Andy Hernandez - Southwest Voter Registration & Gary Keller
Andy Hernandez talks about the Southwest Voter Registration drive trying to open up Chicano political power in the run-ups to the 1992 general elections (3/14/1992).
Two interviews with Chicano writer, Gary D. Keller. He discusses the Bilingual Review Press and the importance of a successful independent Chicano press. He also talks about his books-mainly "Zapata Rose in 1992" and new Chicano movements.
Latinos and the Election
Chuy Varela facilitates a forum on the issues affecting Latinos in the upcoming 1992 general elections. The panel features Jose Padilla, the Executive Director of the California Rural Legal Assistance, Deborah Escobedo of Multicultural Education Training and Advocacy, and Bernardo Garcia-Pandavenes, Chairman of the Oakland Voter Registration and Citizenship Project. Jose Padilla talks about the Republican regulations limit services to poor people, including restrictions on the pursuit of voting and civil rights cases. Deborah Escobedo talks about the reactionary political movements against bilingual education and undocumented children. Garcia-Pandeves focuses on the impact that Latino voters could have on the election.
Panel on Race and Justice
Date: 6/3/1992Call Number: CV 222Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
A forum on race and justice in light of the Los Angeles riots of 1992. Eva Jefferson Patterson, of the Lawyers Committee on Urban Affairs, UC Berkeley professor Carlos Muñoz, and Paul Igazaki of the Asian Law Caucus. The media's representation of different communities of color and the police role in those communities is emphasized.
John Gamboa
Date: 3/30/1992Call Number: CV 223AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
The Executive Director of the Latino Issues Forum speaks about voting power and consumer power in the Latino community. Also about economic and political inequalities that misrepresent Latinos as non-voting, powerless, or disinterested in their political lives.
Rolando Hinojosa
Date: 3/31/1992Call Number: CV 223BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Talks about his career and Chicano literature. An in-depth discussion about mainstream and independent publishing houses, bilingualism and Chicano identity. Hinojosa advocates for independent presses but does not ignore the importance of Chicano literature's mainstream success.
Labor Organizing and Latino Arts
Date: 9/1/1992Call Number: CV 224AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Jose Medina with el Instituto Laboral talks about the exploitation of mostly Latino minimum wage workers. Christine S. with the Day Labor Program describes how they help workers find jobs and protect themselves while at work.
Labor Organizing and Latino Arts
Date: 9/1/1992Call Number: CV 224BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rene Castro speaks about how the Mission Cultural Center has sustained itself on their 15th anniversary.
