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Gender Issues in Russia, 1992
Call Number: JG/ 085BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Gene Peters, lesbian & gay activist who traveled to Russia in 1992 with Friendship Force to examine women's issues after the dissolution of the USSR. Peters talked extensively with female Russian professors and officials. She describes how many women were forced out of the workforce with the fall of communism, particularly in high status jobs. 70% of the Russian unemployed are women and fewer women have been elected to office since the fall of USSR. Peters describes the work of the Russian Federation of Women, a Soviet women's organization. She notes a lack of adequate medical supplies and dearth of contraceptives in Russia that renders an average of 8 abortions per woman. She describes the AIDS epidemic in the former USSR and current Russian AIDS campaigns. She also describes political reform initiatives for gay men & women who were brutally repressed under the Soviet regime, as well as the development of open gay life. She concludes with a general warning against Western media coverage of Russia, noting remarkable social retrogression and stratification in the wake of the fall of the USSR.
International Women’s Day 1995
Date: 3/5/1995Call Number: JG/ 087BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Judy Siff of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee who speaks of the creation, destruction and recreation of International Women's Day. It is a day when women recognize women who are in struggle around the world. Siff advocates visiting women in prison and describes the situation of Laura Whitehorn, an anti-racist political prisoner accused of resistance conspiracy and sentenced to 15 years of prison.
Readings from Margaret Randall's 'Sandino's Daughters Revisited,' a book of interviews and commentary about Nicaraguan feminism following the defeat of the FSLN in 1990. The book describes how the Sandinista movement brought women into public leadership but within its male-dominated power structure. Following are excerpts of an interview with Michelle Nageles, a feminist activist at the University of Central America who envisions a newfound solidarity amongst women in Nicaragua.
Women’s Movement Discussion
Call Number: JG/ 099Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
An interview with an unnamed Spanish speaking woman translated into English. Discussion focuses on the feminist movement and social transformation. The clarification of whether this movement is pushing for more of their own demands as women, or simply creating a greater awareness as to the social position of women. This topic is fleshed out, and the emergence of new groups and ideals are discussed as the word ‘feminism’ begins to find definition in the movement.
Women’s Movement Discussion #2
Call Number: JG/ 100AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A continuation of tape JG/LS 099. Details the situation of women in a Catholic country and the obstacles feminism must overcome. Personal details of the interviewee.
Assata Shakur: clips from her 1980 address to the people after her escape from prison
Same as PM227
This program is an edited version of her address to the people after she escaped. She begins the recording by stating that she loves everyone and encourages everyone to continue to struggle for our liberation. Assata talks about how Black people are constantly under attack by the poor school system, infiltration of drugs, welfare system, police state, etc. She talks about the necessity for a Black Nation and how Black women must play a key role in the struggle for liberation. She says that they are the most closely related to the struggle because of their position in White American society. Assata talks about the direction of the US government and how it is continually becoming more racist and fascist; how the government sees Black peoples as expendable and just "a thorn in their side." .
The Victimization of Women
Michael Parenti speaks of the long-standing victimization of women in United States; gender oppression has been inherently linked to the United States' history as a exploitative, capitalist class system. This talk underscores the political economy of gender oppression.
Real Dragon
Call Number: RD 007Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Report on the release of "Word Is Out" about 26 gay men and women across the United States, directed by Peter Adair and the Mariposa Film Group of San Francisco. Made in the 1970s, this is the first film made shedding light on the lives of gay people on an individual basis, unmasking traditional and conventional stereotypes over what it is to be gay or lesbian. Includes actuality of an interview with Pat, a 53 year lesbian woman who spoke of her experiences growing up with the full knowledge and acceptance that she was a lesbian, and several stories from her days in WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps), and her perception of the lines of gender roles as she had seen them to be from the 40s to the 70s. Also speaks of the contained feeling felt by women who moved to San Francisco as their only refuge, and feared being trapped within only those bounds where they were accepted.
Interview with Gladys Baez
Call Number: V 236Collection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Tape Two:
Students interview Gladys Baez, Vice President of the Commission of
Women, Children, Youth, and Family in Nicaragua, at Leon Legal Office. Baez speaks on Women's contributions to Nicaraguan economy. This tape has partial translation.
Female Tobacco Workers Interviewed
Call Number: V 237Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Tape Three:
Nicaraguan women working in Tobacco fields are interviewed. This tape is in Spanish only.
Sofia Montenegro Interview
Call Number: V 238Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Tape Four:
Sofia Montenegro one of the founders of the Sandinista Daily Paper, Barricada, is interviewed. She speaks on the development of a feminist movement in Nicaragua since the 1979 U.S. supported the insurgence of counterrevolutionaries. The women's movement originated out of necessity changed old military, economic and social values.Women began working manual labor jobs normally only given to men, lobbied for a national referendum on abortion, and participated in guerrilla warfare.
