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Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks before the National Newspaper Publishers Association
Date: 3/14/1996Call Number: V 159Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Louis Farrakhan is being honored with the 1995 newsmaker of the year award,given by the National Newspaper Publishers Associaton ( the assciaton is a trade association for 200 black newspapers). He speaks about how the media has distorted and crushed black leaders and their views; but he honors the National Newspaper Publishers Association for going against the mainsteam and awarding him for his work.He talks about his trips to Africa and the Islamic world.
Noam Chomsky Trilogy
Bringing 3rd World Home and Manufacturing Consent (Tape 2 of 2)
Edited version of soundtrack to Manufacturing Consent. Noam Chomsky speaks about the essential role of the common man in democracy. He draws attention to the ongoing agenda of the elite, using media as a tool, to exclude the common person from participating in the political process, thereby undermining democracy. He likens propaganda in democracy to violence in totalitarianism as controlling the actions of the masses. He points to East Timor as a dramatic example of media's active role in engendering apathy through ignorance to atrocities such as genocide. He speaks a bit about his childhood and political awakening. He suggests the large movements are made of a large collection of small groups and encourages people to engage in political discussions and educate themselves and each other within their communities.
AZAPO and conditions in Southern Africa
Program on AZAPO and the state of Southern Africa. AZAPO chairman Pokela, SWAPO representative, and AZAPO representative Nick Tucker speak.
AZAPO (Azanian People’s Organization) chairman Pokela speaks about the lack of knowledge people in the United States and Europe have about the struggles in Azania. He also speaks about how the native African people lost their land and their rights to the white imperialists. He says that in order for Africans to fight back, they must remove their inferiority complexes (as Robert Sobukwe, former president of the PAC (Pan African Congress), suggests). He speaks about the injustices of the Pass Laws in South Africa, and encourages blacks to go to the prisons and challenge the police to arrest them.
Next, a woman representative of SWAPO (South West African People’s Organization - dedicated to opposing injustice in Southern Africa) speaks about the problems of violence in South Africa, and also about the bloody war going on in Namibia. She speaks about the policy of “Destabilization” that was designed by the white Nationalists, and about the Western media’s perception, pressure, and influence on events in South Africa.
Lastly, Nick Tucker of AZAPO speaks about AZAPO and the current events and conditions in Southern Africa, mourning the large number of murders in the area.
He quotes Amilcar Cabral, “We should tell no lies and claim no easy victory”.
Tucker speaks about two theories that determine revolutions: 1) To have a revolution, one must have a revolutionary theory and convey it to the masses. 2) Continued economic depression will heighten revolutionary anarchy and the masses will want to organize and revolt. He says that AZAPO is trying to do the former strategy. Lastly, Tucker speaks about the formation of black worker’s unions - that they form under Black Consciousness because black men can truly understand the hardships and oppression of other blacks, and can then translate that idea to whites.
Pinochet assemblea
Date: 11/1/1989Call Number: CD 266Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Pinochet addresses a group of people in Spanish about the liberty of the press in Chile as well as the difference in the conditions of the country from Allende’s time to the, then, present time.
Pinochet assemblea
Pinochet addresses a group of people in Spanish about the liberty of the press in Chile as well as the difference in the conditions of the country from Allende’s time to the, then, present time.
Interview with Assata Shakur and Rita Bo Brown
Same as PM212
This tape is a series of interviews between Assata Shakur and Rita Bo Brown. They both met each other in prison to discuss the isolation of those involved in armed struggle.
Arundhati Roy: Public Power in the Age of Empire
Date: 8/16/2004Call Number: CD 304Format: CDProducers: Alternative RadioProgram: ROY A8Collection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The U.S. is the world's greatest military power. Always projecting an image of reluctance and innocence, American presidents attack and intervene in the affairs of other countries. They routinely claim history, providence, destiny or some other abstraction has conferred certain obligations on Washington. The U.S. practices imperialism without formal colonies. Surrogates, often trained in the U.S., are recruited to rule. They implement and enforce Washington's rules. If the natives raise their heads and revolt the empire's centurions are called in. To effectively carry out its imperial projects the "free press" play the vital role of keeping the citizenry in the dark. What can the public do in the age of empire?
Food Not Bombs: Selective Enforcement
Call Number: V 165Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This tape contains a collection of corporate news footage regarding Food Not Bombs and police attempts to thwart their distribution of free food in front of the San Francisco City Hall. One police officer states: "They are here to make an anarchist statement, and we aren't going to allow it."
The tape also contains a collection of video evidence of police interference with Food Not Bombs food distribution and portrays the selective enforcement of food distribution laws by SFPD.
Festival at the Lake: KTVU
Date: 6/6/1994Call Number: V 170Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
KTVU footage of 1994 Festival at the Lake “mini-riot.”
Virtually identical to V168 and V169
Festival at the Lake: Channel 7
Date: 6/6/1994Call Number: V 171Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Channel 7 footage of Festival at the Lake incident. Anchorperson describes the event as a “full-scale riot.”
This tape is virtually identical to V170, V169, and V168.
