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Betty Shabazz speaks
Betty Shabazz. widow of Malcolm X, speaks on Spike Lee film, on merchandising of Malcolm, family's process putting up his pictures in the house. Speaks of respect for Wallace Muhammad. Also says, "The conditions for Black Diaspora have not changed appreciably," and says "by any means necessary," is a "comprehensive" not violent statement, describing all "options."
Betty Shabazz speaks
Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X's widow, speaks about young people, their rights to full respect, and to learn full respect for others, also comments on educational programs.
Malcolm X Speaks Out - The CD
Malcolm X inspired people to act, to defend themselves and to defend their rights. He was recorded under all kinds of conditions - in radio studios, in front of crowds in Harlem, by reporters in London and Los Angeles - and he was always electrifying. A compilation CD and Booklet With many graphics and some text, released by Curtis Management, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1992.
Resisting Militarism and Social, Economic Injustice in El Salvador
Date: 1/2/1992Call Number: JG/ 127AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A member of the FMLN recounts the 6 major conjunctures of democratic struggle against institutionalized militarism and social injustice. This begins with the mass insurrections in 1932 after the democratically elected government was overthrown by the Minister of War and ending with the organization of the Peace Agreements in 1992.
Militarism in El Salvador After the Peace Accords
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: JG/ 127BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Focuses on the corruption and heavy involvement of military forces in drug trafficking and money laundering in El Salvador, as well as the outright subordination of public security over military police. President Cristiani’s decision to reduce the budget for public security, which was put into place after the end of the civil war, is a direct violation of the Peace Accords, which created the National Civil Police as an apolitical force to protect human rights.
Postmodernism
Date: 11/22/1992Call Number: KP 419Format: Cass A & BCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
The saturation of images in society, how they affect social trends and behavior, and how image saturation as a result of the production and distribution of goods supersedes the free flow of information.
World Women's Congress for a Healthy Planet - 1
Date: 2/1/1992Call Number: V 380Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews with Dr. Rosina Wiltshire from DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era) and Magda Renner from ADFG (Acao Democratica Feminina) who took part in the World Women’s Congress for a Healthy Planet. Both women discuss hardships for women in developing countries. They share their anguish about disparities of wealth which keep widening and their desire for greater human rights, morality, equality and justice for all.
The congress sought to produce a Women's Action Agenda , to demand global gender balance, and to build an international network of women acting in solidarity to ensure a strong women's voice on all issues pertaining to environment and development.
Navajo/Dine: the Weaving Project, No. 2
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: V 381Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Since 1974 the US government has tried to remove 10,000 Dine/Navajo from their ancestral lands to make profits of the huge amount of energy resources they possess. Marsha Gomez discusses the Weaving Project which aims to sell Navajo rugs made by the traditional weavers of the Joint Use and Big Mountain Area. Rug sales help restore self-sufficiency and sovereignty of the Dine/Navajo peoples and supports the women and their families in their resistance to the US government’s policy of forced relocation.
Broken Rainbow
Date: 2/1/1992Call Number: V 382Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Documentary about the resistance by the Navajo and Hopi nations against forced relocation, genocide and white supremacy. Also about their struggle to repeal a 1974 law calling for their removal from the site of a massive strip mine run by Peabody Western Coal Company.
The Iran - Contra Affair: and when did you first know?
Date: 3/1/1992Call Number: V 384Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Sissy Farenthold and John C. Mattes discuss the Iran-Contra affair, a political scandal in the US which came to light in 1986. It involved President Reagan and his administration which organized and financed an armed opposition group (the Contras) who waged war against Nicaragua to overthrow their government.
