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Women in El Salvador
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: JG/ 119Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with members of the El Salvadorian Women's Social Movement on the post-war situation in El Salvador and its relation to women at work and at home. Because women are a majority in El Salvador, their participation in the processes of transition, democratization and social change in the country—after the signing of accords and leading up to the 1994 elections—is crucial.
El Salvador and Palestine
Date: 1/10/1981Call Number: FI 127Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
El Salvador events and analysis, as insurrection rises, repression intensifies. Solidarity demonstrations in US just before Reagan takes presidency. Palestinian spokesman visits US speaks about solidarity.
Anti-Semitism and racism on rise in US, many incidents. Klan-Watch weekly feature.
El Salvador and La Intersectorial
Call Number: JG/ 122Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
An interview with members of El Intersectorial, a coalition of 13 social justice organizations including farmers, students, professors and women in El Salvador working towards peace through intersectional organizing.
El Salvadorian National Debate 1988
Date: 1/1/1991Call Number: JG/ 124AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
An overview of the El Salvadorian National Debate of 1988, organized by the Catholic Church. 72 grassroots and social organizations joined forces to form the Committee for the National Debate, discuss peace and produce a consensus document with a socioeconomic platform to be addressed by both sides of the debate. Committee members also discuss obstacles to peace negotiations, such as the presence of armed forces, the corruption of the judicial system and the structural problems created by foreign loans.
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.
Atlanta Child Murders and El Salvador
Date: 7/11/1981Call Number: FI 139Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Murders of 28 Black children in Atlanta, arrest of one Black man, later convicted of some of the killings. Many comments of people on street. Then reports on situation in El Salvador with speakers at support event in San Francisco.
Roots of Resistance - Pro Tools Backup 8/04
In 71 carefully selected minutes, you will hear:
Ho Chi Minh speaking in English to the U.S. anti-war movement
Fannie Lou Hamer leading the singing of Go Tell It On the Mountain and much, much more.
Topics include civil rights and Black liberation, Vietnam victory, the prison movement, Puerto Rico, Chile, Native American movements, women's liberation, the International Hotel.
Among other voices you will hear are: Assata Shakur, Amilcar Cabral, Lolita Lebron, Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Maya Angelou, Ruchell Magee, Angela Davis, Fred Hampton, Mario Savio, Bernardine Dohrn, Kathy Boudin, Jane Fonda, Ramsey Clark, Salvador Allende, Fidel Castro, Cesar Chavez--and the list goes on. The CD also features poetry recited by June Jordan, Judy Grahn, Marge Piercy, and Meridel LeSueur, with music by Joan Baez, Victor Jara, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and others.
The voices and sounds on this CD are but a tiny fraction of a wondrous multiplicity of recorded sound, with in-depth analysis, live coverage, incisive interviews, highly-produced documentaries, poetry, music, and raw materials on many topics--all found in The Freedom Archives. There's no way we can convey the entire collection on just one CD - that's why we call it Volume 1!
Gay and Lesbian Anti-Recruiters
Date: 9/25/1987Call Number: V 423Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Gay and Lesbian anti recruiters protest outside of the Armed Forces Recruiting Center in downtown SF. Carrying banners stating “No Contra Aid” and “No US Intervention in Latin America” and chanting “We’re Dykes and Fags and we’re here to say: Down with the army and CIA” The protesters smear the door and windows of the recruitment center with yellow and red paint protesting US intervention in El Salvador and Honduras. G/L anti recruiters momentarily block the recruitment centers door, but they disperse as SFPD arrive.
Gay and Lesbian Anti-Recruiters - Raw Material
Date: 9/25/1987Call Number: V 425Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Gay and Lesbian anti recruiters protest outside of the Armed Forces Recruiting Center in downtown SF. Carrying banners stating “No Contra Aid” and “No US Intervention in Latin America” and chanting “We’re Dykes and Fags and we’re here to say: Down with the army and CIA” The protesters smear the door and windows of the recruitment center with yellow and red paint protesting US intervention in El Salvador and Honduras. G/L anti recruiters momentarily block the recruitment centers door, but they disperse as SFPD arrive.
