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La Mujer; en la literatura Chicana y Latino Americano: Festival del Sexto Sol Panel
Date: 3/30/1973Call Number: CAA 032Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poets, academics and students discuss the role of women in Chicano/Latino and Latin American literature. Panelists include: Dorinda Moreno, Antonia Casteneda, Roberto Vargas, andTomas Ybarra-Fausto. Themes include: Women’s presence as subject matter but not as published and known writers; If women realize themselves will the family disintegrate?; The legacy of sexism in 19th & 20 century Mexican literature;the need for positive images of women; the movement as one movement and the need for men to support women’s efforts.
Same as CD 374.
Vicki Garvin interview by Lincoln Bergman
This is the first installment of an interview of labor organizer, Vicki Garvin, conducted by Lincoln Bergmen. In this volume Vickie speaks of growing up in Richmond, Virginia, her family’s exodus to Manhattan and the challenges of growing up black in New York during the depression. She describes here her beginnings in labor and union organizing and her opportunity to study economics at Smith College. She talks as well about working with Adam Clayton Powell on his campaign for state representative.
Vicki Garvin interview by Lincoln Bergman
same as KP 149.This is the first installment of an interview of labor organizer, Vickie Garvin, conducted by Lincoln Bergmen. In this volume Vickie speaks of growing up in Richmond, Virgina, her family’s exodus to Manhattan and the challenges of growing up black in New York during the depression. She describes here her beginnings in labor and union organizing and her opportunity to study economics at Smith College. She talks as well about working with Adam Clayton Powell on his campaign for state representative.
Sansera performs “Jasper Texas” by Marilyn Buck,
Date: 11/18/2002Call Number: WP 006Format: CDProducers: KPFA Tony PerooCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Sansera, women’s acapella singing group, put Marilyn Buck’s poem, “Jasper, Texas” to music. The poem/song relates the viscious murder of James Byrd and violent racism, to music. Original recording for the Wild Poppies cd.
Carolyn Baxter performs “Truthful”
Date: 7/4/2003Call Number: WP 014Format: CDProducers: Carolyn BaxterCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Carolyn Baxter, writer, musician, actor and former prisoner with Marilyn Buck at Alderson Federal Prison sings and plays “Truthful” about the exploitation of young women in the ghetto.
Nov 1 Puerto Rico Rally San Francisco
Nov 1 "Puerto Rico" rally in San Francisco in the late 1970’s. This rally was a part of an International Campaign to free the 5 Puerto Rican Nationalists who were incarcerated for their actions to free Puerto Rico from U.S. colonial rule. Two of these independentistas, Lolita Lebron and Oscar Collazo sent words to be read at the rally. Along with other speakers/performers, Lucas Demont of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party Nucleus, spoke about the revolutionary history of Puerto Rico, including the Nationalist Party's taking up of arms against US imperialism, the ensuing ultra-repressive US colonial occupation, and also the actions that lead to the incarceration of Puerto Rican Nationalists. Mary Ellen Polluck of the Puerto Rican Solidarity Committee explained the ways in which the US has turned Puerto Rico into a colony instead of the "free associated state" as it has been named. Also featuring performance by Nina Serano.
Four Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
Puerto Rican Political Prisoners Alicia and Ida Luz Rodriguez explain the 1898 US military invasion of Puerto Rico, stripped the island of its independence, continue to maintain Puerto Rico as a colony. As Puerto Rican Revolutionary women, they stress the importance of family, describe the violent US military presence with 11 military bases on the island. They defend the use of arms as essential in protecting life when threatened with colonial violence. They explain how these conditions create the need for a clandestine struggle. They explain how the fight is against multinational corporations, not the people of the US.
They expose the torturous realities of prison life for them as Puerto Rican women imprisoned for their political beliefs. They discuss torture units, known as "control units" where they were held.
Elisabeth Sibeko- Secretary for Labor of Pan African Congress of Azania
Discussion/interview with Elisabeth Sibeko, the Secretary for labor of the Pan African congress of Azania, South Africa. Sikeko centers her discussion on the plight of female prisoners, especially political prisoners and describes torture tactics inflicted on these women for information. She details sexual torture tactics used against both men and women, but explains how the women have the worst plight in this situation. The tape becomes jumbled but soon becomes audible as Sibeko talks about "Influx Control Laws" that force people in urban areas to move from their homes. The process leaves many stranded and abandoned with no homes, which created conditions for what she calls "squatter camps." The tape then suddenly ends.
Lolita Lebron on safety and terrorism
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner, Lolita Lebron on safety and terrorism. Lebron emphasizes the vital and irreplaceable role that women play and describes the role of Puerto Rican women as transcendental. She also discusses three liberation events: el Grito de Lares, el Grito de Jayuya y el Grito de Washington. Lebron talks about key figures involved in each battle for freedom against oppressive colonial powers. She stresses the immediate need for women to realize that they are still led by men and that they must first free themselves before they can help anyone else. Lebron ends with a solidarity statement calling for revolutionary education and action.
La Mujer en la literatura Chicana y Latino Americano: Festival del Sexto Sol Panel and “Song for Salvador Allende”
Date: 3/30/1973Call Number: CD 374Format: CDProducers: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Poets, academics and students discuss the role of women in Chicano/Latino and Latin American literature. Panelists include: Dorinda Moreno, Antonia Casteneda, Roberto Vargas, and Tomas Ybarra-Fausto. Themes include: Women’s presence as subject matter but not as published and known writers; If women realize themselves will the family disintegrate?; The legacy of sexism in 19th & 20 century Mexican literature;the need for positive images of women; the movement as one movement and the need for men to support women’s efforts.
Songs by Phil Serrano. First is 2 versions of a song for Salvador Allende with the Aztlan band and Sonia Ramirez, 2nd version is solo by Phil Serrano.
The second song is “Wounded Knee”. Probably recorded in 1973.
Same as CAA 032 and CAA 036.
