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Lebanese Political Labyrinth - Hussein Ramadan - Part 1 Lebanese Political Labyrinth - Hussein Ramadan - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: CE 435Format: CassetteProducers: 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.
Cuba and Gay Liberation Forum Cuba and Gay Liberation Forum
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: KP 485Format: Cass A & BCollection: Cuba
Margarita Benitez from the Venceremos Brigade on her visit to Cuba, her account of their statistics and policies of AIDS prevention, and the differences between US Capitalist and Cuban Socialist care of AIDS patients; Oran Ivlan of ACT UP on quarantine as poor public health policy; Bernardo Garcia Pandavenes on growing up Cuban and Gay, his activism and experiences; Deeg Gold from Lesbians and Gays Against Intervention on the relationship between the Lesbian/Gay community and the Cuban solidarity movement.
Political Prisoners: There and Here Political Prisoners: There and Here
Date: 11/18/1990Call Number: PM 423Format: Cass A & BProducers: WBOMCollection: African liberation movements
Nelson Mandela addresses US Congress on the end of Apartheid, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, former Black Panther Party member and Freedom Now member speak out on the governments escalation of oppression and its parallels to attempts to stomp out the antiapartheid struggle in South Africa.
Political Prisoners: There and Here Political Prisoners: There and Here
Date: 11/18/1990Call Number: CD 813Format: CDProducers: WBOMCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Nelson Mandela addresses US Congress on the end of Apartheid, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, former Black Panther Party member and Freedom Now member speak out on the governments escalation of oppression and its parallels to attempts to stomp out the antiapartheid struggle in South Africa.
Workshop #3 - Part 1 Workshop #3 - Part 1
Date: 10/1/1990Call Number: PM 425Format: Cass A & BProducers: Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
One of the first strategy sessions to organize resistance to the opening of USP Florence CO and to shut down all control units. Facilitated by Steve Whitman.
Workshop #3 - Part 1 Workshop #3 - Part 1
Date: 10/1/1990Call Number: CD 815Format: CDProducers: Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
One of the first strategy sessions to organize resistance to the opening of USP Florence CO and to shut down all control units. Facilitated by Steve Whitman.
Workshop #3 - Part 2 Workshop #3 - Part 2
Date: 10/1/1990Call Number: PM 427Format: Cass A & BProducers: Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
One of the first strategy sessions to organize resistance to the opening of USP Florence CO and to shut down all control units. Facilitated by Steve Whitman.
Workshop #3 - Part 2 Workshop #3 - Part 2
Date: 10/1/1990Call Number: CD 816Format: Cass A & BProducers: Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
One of the first strategy sessions to organize resistance to the opening of USP Florence CO and to shut down all control units. Facilitated by Steve Whitman.
Marion Evening Program - Part 1 Marion Evening Program - Part 1
Date: 10/1/1990Call Number: PM 426AFormat: Cass AProducers: Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Program includes speakers from American Indian Movement, and Safiya Bukhari-Alston, former member of the Black Liberation Movement speaking out against Marion Control Unit. Facilitated by Nancy Kurshan.
Marion Evening Program - Part 1 Marion Evening Program - Part 1
Date: 10/1/1990Call Number: CD 817Format: CDProducers: Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Program includes speakers from American Indian Movement, and Safiya Bukhari-Alston, former member of the Black Liberation Movement speaking out against Marion Control Unit. Facilitated by Nancy Kurshan.