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Teach-in - 1990 Invasion of Iraq
Speakers discuss imperial-hypocrisy, call for presidential accountability and impeachment, an analysis of media forces at play, criticism of congress, and what is to be done in response.
CEML Program - Bob Robideau, Safiya Bukhari-Alston, Rafael Cancel Miranda Moderator Nancy Kurshan
Date: 11/17/1990Call Number: V 377Format: VHSProducers: Nancy KurshanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A program by the Committee to End the Marion Lockdown about Control Unit Prisons. Harsh prison conditions (including super-max prison, Marion) are described by Bob Robideau of the American Indian Movement, Safiya Bukhari of the Jericho Amnesty Movement and Rafael Cancel Miranda a Puerto Rican Independentista.
Nguyen Thi Dinh Interview
Date: 8/25/1990Call Number: KP 445Format: CassetteProducers: Karen WaldProgram: Nguyen Thi Dinh InterviewCollection: Vietnam
Talk by Nguyen Thi Dinh and interview by Karen Wald. She was a founding member of the National Liberation Front (NLF), chair of the South Vietnam Women's Liberation Association, and the first woman general in the People's Army.
Lebanese Political Labyrinth - Hussein Ramadan - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: CE 326Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Member of the Independent Nasserite Movement's militia discusses political conflict in Lebanon and debunks the Western media's portrayal of the violence as Christian versus Muslim. Describes the origins of the Nasserite movement, its principles, growth, and decline.
Tells of his experience joining the Independent Nasserite Movement when Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982.
Gives a history of the rise in power of the fascist and racist Phalangist movements and recounts massacres of Palestinian organizers and Muslim civilians. Describes atrocities committed by other rightist militias, the support they receive from the West, and their rise in power - discrimination against Muslims.
Describes Israeli attack on Sabra and Shatila refugee camps and how the IDF allowed Christian Lebanese Forces to massacre thousands of Palestinian refugees and Muslim civilians.
Also about Mossad activity in Beirut - assassinations of civilians and Palestinian liberation organizers.
How the PLO protected journalists and Muslim and Jewish civilians from rightist militias, how the PLO was persecuted by Jordan during Black September.
Lebanese Political Labyrinth - Hussein Ramadan - Part 2
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: CE 327Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Member of the Independent Nasserite Movement's militia discusses political conflict in Lebanon and debunks the Western media's portrayal of the violence as Christian versus Muslim. Describes the origins of the Nasserite movement, its principles, growth, and decline.
Tells of his experience joining the Independent Nasserite Movement when Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982.
Gives a history of the rise in power of the fascist and racist Phalangist movements and recounts massacres of Palestinian organizers and Muslim civilians. Describes atrocities committed by other rightist militias, the support they receive from the West, and their rise in power - discrimination against Muslims.
Describes Israeli attack on Sabra and Shatila refugee camps and how the IDF allowed Christian Lebanese Forces to massacre thousands of Palestinian refugees and Muslim civilians.
Also about Mossad activity in Beirut - assassinations of civilians and Palestinian liberation organizers.
How the PLO protected journalists and Muslim and Jewish civilians from rightist militias, how the PLO was persecuted by Jordan during Black September.
Teatro Campesino 25th Anniversary - Part 1
Date: 11/16/1990Call Number: CV 244Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Teatro Campesino celebrates its 25th Anniversary with speeches, music and theater performances.
Teatro Campesino 25th Anniversary - Part 2
Date: 11/16/1990Call Number: CV 245Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuvy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Speeches, music and theater performances, includes Dolores Huerta.
Teatro Campesino 25th Anniversary - Part 3
Date: 11/16/1990Call Number: CV 246Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interviews with the Culture Clash, Esai Morales, and Luis Valdez.
Resistance Conspiracy Defendants
Date: 3/20/1990Call Number: JG/ 135AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Judy Gerber interviews 6 activists accused of “conspiracy to affect the foreign and domestic policies of the US government through violent means.” Marilyn Buck, Laura Whitehorn, Linda Evans, Susan Rosenberg, Alan Berkman, and Tim Blunk speak of their trial, imprisonment, and state power, the conditions for political prisoners in the US, and social justice movements worldwide “in the context of greater and greater social control.” The activists stress the importance of support and collaboration within and between movements in the face of government repression and criminalization.
Al Sharpton - The battle of New York City
Date: 6/8/1990Call Number: CV 261AFormat: Cass AProducers: Castillo International TapesCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Al Sharpton criticizes newly elected mayor Dave Dickens for overlooking his base in the African American community. Bob Abrahms, the governor of New York, is also criticized as is the mishandled investigation into the hate-crime murder of Yusuf Hawkins.
