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Her Wits About Her: interviews with women who defended themselves against rape and assault
Date: 11/1/1987Call Number: JG/ 082Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: Her Wits About HerCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The program consists of a series of interviews and testimonies from women who defended themselves from rapists and assault. The stories are often quite emotionally difficult to listen to, but the stories are ultimately hopeful and inspiring.
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.
Voice of Sandino
Sugar workers and sugar commission talks broke down. Government repealed a law that prohibited the commercialization of Christmas. Health ministry region declared that 2 children die everyday of illness. Hospitals in Managua are hit hard by bacteria resistant to antibiotics, bacteria was attributed to basic hygiene.
El Salvador in Focus
Date: 9/23/1989Call Number: LA 121Format: CassetteProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
Members of the FMLN and the Christiani Government met in Mexico City. They reached an agreement to open formal negotiations in San Jose, Costa Rica in October, negotiations aimed at finding peaceful political solutions to the current conflict. This tape includes a recording of a speech delivered by an FMLN commander in Mexico City. In San Salvador, 100,000 people march in support of the peace talks. Protesters are abducted by the military on their way to the march and health workers are abducted by the national guard.
Queer in Cuba (Part 1)
Date: 10/25/1992Call Number: JG/ 102Format: CassetteCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
In Part 1 of this moderated discussion recorded in 1992, Sonja De Vries and Jorge Cortinas talk about their experiences in Cuba and their observations on how HIV/AIDS and other LGBT issues are addressed in the country. De Vries spent six months in Cuba interviewing gay men and women. Cortinas spent a year in Havana, working for the National Center for Health Education. Several key topics raised during the discussion include: how the Communist party in Cuba is dealing with HIV/AIDS and LGBT issues, the impact of U.S. foreign policy, the effectiveness of sanatoriums, and different methods of safe sex education. In addition to this, both De Vries and Cortinas talk about daily aspects of queer life in Cuba, like the visibility of the LGBT community and the influence of machismo.
Queer in Cuba (Part 2)
Date: 10/25/1985Call Number: JG/ 103Format: CassetteCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
In Part 2, the question and answer portion of a moderated discussion continues. Members of the audience asked the speakers, Sonja De Vries and Jorge Cortinas, questions that called for a further exploration of the impact of race, class and colonialism on Cuba. De Vries and Cortinas talk about their experiences in Cuba and their observations on how HIV/AIDS and other LGBT issues are addressed in the country. De Vries spent six months in Cuba interviewing gay men and women. Cortinas spent a year in Havana, working for the National Center for Health Education. Several key topics continued from Part 1 include: how the Communist party in Cuba is dealing with HIV/AIDS and LGBT issues, the impact of U.S. foreign policy, and the effectiveness of sanatoriums.
HIV/AIDS in Cuba
Call Number: JG/ 029Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Various voices on HIV/AIDS policies in Cuba and its past and present polices on gays and lesbians. Journalist Karen Wald discuss Venceremos' old policy of not allowing gays and lesbians to join the brigade. NOTE: This tape seems to be Part 3 continuing from JG 102 and JG 103.
Abortion for Survival
Date: 7/23/1989Call Number: V 240Format: VHSProducers: Fund for Feminist MajorityCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Martin Agronsky narrates a Pro-Choice documentary produced by the Fund for Feminist Majority. The Documentary shows a first trimester abortion, outlines the history of victims of anti-abortion laws, and interviews representatives from Population Crisis Committee, The School of Public Health at Columbia University, the American Psychiatric Association, and Planned Parenthood. The tape ends with a panel discussion mediated by Agronski with Faye Wattleton, former president of Planned Parenthood, Eleanor Smeal, former president of National Organization for Women, Republican Congressman, Bob Dornan of California, and Nellie Gray from March for Life.
Journey with the Revolution
Call Number: V 267Format: DVDProducers: Global Women's Strike - Finn Arden, Nina LopezCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A journey into the heart of the Venezuelan revolution. Meet the midwives, nurses, doctors, housewives, teachers, gay and disability activists, who are transforming Venezuela. Visit health clinics, soup kitchens, land committees, education and micro-credit programmes… The excitement of the revolution is contagious.
Features: President Hugo Chávez, “the president of the poor”; Nora Castañeda, President of the Women’s Development Bank; Sharmini Peries, Adviser to President Chávez on International Relations.
Dick Gregory @ KPFA
Date: 6/15/1985Call Number: CV 017Format: CassetteProducers: KPFAProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Comedian and social activist Dick Gregory delivers a speech for KPFA Radio covering a range of topics from hunger and economic inequality to nutrition and organization.
