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UFW David Bacon, Bruce Janigian
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CV 279Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
The third UFW boycott and the effects on buyers, growers, and workers. Both interviewees attack the boycott itself and defend farmers, growers, and labor contractors. They oppose UFW arguments and positions. Also discussed is the Agriculture Labor Relations Board and its regulation and oversight of workers rights.
Polito Ibanez
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CV 289Format: Cass A & BProducers: Polito IbanezCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Music of Cuban singer and composer Polito Ibanez, the person largely viewed as the originator of the New Trova music scene.
Raul Izaguirre
Date: 2/14/1992Call Number: CV 290AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Raul Izaguirre the president of the National Council of La Raza speaks on issues facing the Chicano community - a failing education system, electoral representation. He also discusses Chicano contributions to communities.
Mismanagement in the Richmond Unified School District
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CV 290BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Environmental Conservation and its effects on different indigenous populations. Discussion of the mismanagement of funds in the Richmond Unified School District, as well as racism in high schools by faculty members and the school board.
Genocide in Hispaniola
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: KP 467Format: CassetteProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Indigenous Struggles
Interview with historian Woodrow Borah of UC Berkeley, a leading expert on the genocide against the Native peoples of the Caribbean by Columbus and the conquistadors who followed. Detailed facts and figures on genocide.
Former Black Panthers Meet in Oakland
Publisher: San Francisco ChronicleDate: 1/3/1992Volume Number: 3-JanFormat: ArticleCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Original Article
John Trudell: Tribal and AKA Graffiti Man
John Trudell, a Santee Sioux artist and activist was a spokesperson for the Indians of All Tribes occupation of Alcatraz Island from 1969-1971 and worked with the American Indian Movement (AIM), serving as the chairman of AIM from 1973-1979. He performs albums Tribal, 1983 and AKA Graffiti Man, 1992.
Interview with Jean Peters
Date: 12/4/1992Call Number: KP 476AFormat: Cass AProgram: A Defiant Heart Collection: General materials
Jean Peters talks about her recent trip to Russia and her investigation of women’s rights issues. Peters outlines the social conditions and details their struggles at home and in the employment sector. She further discusses Abortion, AIDS, LGBT issues and Russia’s anti-gay law. Peters gives an overview of strategies women are taking to extend their access to resources, specifically sexual health resources, and secure and strengthen their legal rights.
Walter Turner on Somalia
Walter Turner discusses the political and humanitarian situation in Somalia. He provides historical background and context, then covers a number of issues including Western perception of Somali culture, an explanation of clans and their role in the conflict, and the role cold war politics played in destabilizing Somalia. He also discusses the role of the US in the current crisis and the need to reevaluate the purposes of Western interventions in Africa.
Tierra Amarilla Youth Brigades - Leadership Institute
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: V 602Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Summer program of the T.A.Y.B. Beginning of long hike, and songs and speeches. Extensive footage on the educational forums with topics that range from Nahuatl philosophy, La Mujer, Critical Educational Theory, Contemporary Mexican History, the Mexican Revolution and the history of the Chicano Movement.
