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Fidel Castro 1984 Speech
Fidel Castro's speech announcing the agreement to normalize migration between the United States and Cuba. He reads the agreement, gives an account of how it came about, and what it means for the future.
Las Nicas/Home Life
Date: 1/1/1984Call Number: V 432Format: VHSProducers: Julia LesageCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Two short films focusing on women's lives and politics in Nicaragua.
La Nicas is a narrative accompanied with images of Nicaragua during the revolution. Carole Isaacs and Julia Lesage interviewed women in the Managua area. Discussions range from labor, involvement in the FSLN, sexual politics, children, family, social participation, and self-defense.
Home Life features interviews with US based minister Randall Mullins and Sylvia Diaz's family. Mullins stayed with Diaz in Nicaragua. Lesage and Chuck Kleinhams film the interview and provide a translation. Describes family life of Sylvia Diaz since the revolution.
Back from Nicaragua - Tape 1
Date: 3/25/1984Call Number: V 461Format: UmaticProducers: Julio Moline, Chuck HudinaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Rehersal studio recording with the Looters. Band members Mat Callahan, Joe Johnson, Jim Johnson, Bobby Imsolucki and Marcus 'Akal' Fillinger.
Back from Nicaragua - Tape 2
Date: 3/25/1984Call Number: V 462Format: UmaticProducers: Julio Moline, Chuck HudinaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Rehearsal and outside with the Looters. Band members Mat Callahan, Joe Johnson, Jim Johnson, Bobby Imsolucki and Marcus 'Akal' Fillinger.
Back from Nicaragua - Tape 3
Date: 3/25/1984Call Number: V 463Format: UmaticProducers: Julio Moline, Chuck HudinaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Rehearsal and interviews with the Looters. Band members Mat Callahan, Joe Johnson, Jim Johnson, Bobby Imsolucki and Marcus 'Akal' Fillinger.
Back from Nicaragua - Tape 4
Date: 3/25/1984Call Number: V 464Format: UmaticProducers: Julio Moline, Chuck HudinaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Rehearsal and interviews with the Looters. Band members Mat Callahan, Joe Johnson, Jim Johnson, Bobby Imsolucki and Marcus 'Akal' Fillinger.
International Women's Day - Presidio Protest
Date: 3/8/1984Call Number: V 475Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
March and protest organized by Women Against Imperialism in Presidio of SF. Women call for solidarity with Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front and the Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional, Puerto Rican Independence, and an end to genocide in Palestine.
International Womens Day 1984 - In the Name of Democracy - Taking to the Street - Armed Forces Day demos 1984
Date: 1/1/1984Call Number: V 476Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
International Womens Day march and protest at the Presidio organized by Women Against Imperialism.
In the Name of Democracy - short documentary on the US managed elections in El Salvador in 1982. Interviews with several US and international journalists, activists in Mothers Committee for the Disappeared, FMLN, and FDR.
Takin' to the Street - KQED special on radicals of the sixties who are still active in grassroots struggle today. Interviewees include Angela Davis, Ericka Huggins, Karen Koonan, Judy Gumbo-Albert, Dan Siegel, Mario Savio
Interview with artist and Puerto Rican independence activist Marta Rodriguez, who discusses Puerto Rico's history, US colonialism, and performs some of her music.
Members of National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War speak about the Puerto Rican independence movement and the imprisonment of Puerto Rican freedom fighters.
Anti-Armed Forces Day protests at Fisherman's Wharf in SF. Protestors attempt to board military ships but are violently pushed back by police and military personnel.
The Making of Black History: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee Event
Event held by John Brown Anti-Klan Committee for Black History Month, with speech by Chokwe Lumumba, speaking on the importance of history, the role of John Brown, and the critical juncture in the Black liberation movement. There is an opening dramatic presentation by Robbie McCauley.
Speech by Michelle Chandler on the case of the New York 8 and talk on Washington DC Grand Jury and the NY 3 case.
Out of the Darkness
Date: 1/1/1984Call Number: Vin 048Producers: Fire on the Mountain, Pete Seeger, Kate Wolf, Holly Near, Don Lange, Cris Williamson, Charlie King, Jesse Colin Young, Dick Gaughan, Sweet Honey in the RockCollection: General materials
A compilation of protest songs against nuclear energy and war sung by folk singers, including Pete Seeger, Kate Wolf, and Jesse Colin Young. Themes include peace and environmental justice.