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Elizabeth Sibeko of the Pan African Congress - Part 3 Elizabeth Sibeko of the Pan African Congress - Part 3
Date: 10/8/1986Call Number: V 405Format: UmaticProducers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Pan African Congress (PAC) organizer, Elizabeth Sibeko, talks about the work of the PAC in Tanzania. She discusses the violence of the South African state against the colonized Black population, and about repression against liberation fighters. Sibeko also talks about the work of the PAC with refugee communities in Tanzania; the conditions of the Bantustans; and the origins of the PAC.
Elizabeth Sibeko of the Pan African Congress - Part 4 Elizabeth Sibeko of the Pan African Congress - Part 4
Date: 10/8/1986Call Number: V 406Format: UmaticProducers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Pan African Congress (PAC) organizer, Elizabeth Sibeko, talks about the work of the PAC in Tanzania. She discusses the violence of the South African state against the colonized Black population, and about repression against liberation fighters. Sibeko also talks about the work of the PAC with refugee communities in Tanzania; the conditions of the Bantustans; and the origins of the PAC.
Joe Moabi of the Pan African Congress - Part 1 Joe Moabi of the Pan African Congress - Part 1
Date: 10/9/1986Call Number: V 407Format: UmaticProducers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Pan African Congress (PAC) organizer Joe Moabi discusses the work of the PAC with the South African refugee communities in Tanzania and how they deal with the refugee crisis by helping to build self-determined communities,creating space for refugees to be politically educated, to participate in cultural projects, as well as to heal from the violence of the apartheid state.
Joe Moabi of the Pan African Congress - Part 2 Joe Moabi of the Pan African Congress - Part 2
Date: 10/9/1986Call Number: V 408Format: UmaticProducers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Pan African Congress (PAC) organizer Joe Moabi discusses the work of the PAC with the South African refugee communities in Tanzania and how they deal with the refugee crisis by helping to build self-determined communities,creating space for refugees to be politically educated, to participate in cultural projects, as well as to heal from the violence of the apartheid state.
Joe Moabi of the Pan African Congress - Part 3 Joe Moabi of the Pan African Congress - Part 3
Date: 10/9/1986Call Number: V 409Format: UmaticProducers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Pan African Congress (PAC) organizer Joe Moabi discusses the work of the PAC with the South African refugee communities in Tanzania and how they deal with the refugee crisis by helping to build self-determined communities,creating space for refugees to be politically educated, to participate in cultural projects, as well as to heal from the violence of the apartheid state.
Joe Moabi of the Pan African Congress - Part 4 Joe Moabi of the Pan African Congress - Part 4
Date: 10/9/1986Call Number: V 410Format: UmaticProducers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Pan African Congress (PAC) organizer Joe Moabi discusses the work of the PAC with the South African refugee communities in Tanzania and how they deal with the refugee crisis by helping to build self-determined communities,creating space for refugees to be politically educated, to participate in cultural projects, as well as to heal from the violence of the apartheid state.
Joe Moabi of the Pan African Congress - Part 5 Joe Moabi of the Pan African Congress - Part 5
Date: 10/9/1986Call Number: V 407Format: UmaticProducers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Pan African Congress (PAC) organizer Joe Moabi discusses the work of the PAC with the South African refugee communities in Tanzania and how they deal with the refugee crisis by helping to build self-determined communities,creating space for refugees to be politically educated, to participate in cultural projects, as well as to heal from the violence of the apartheid state.
10th Anniversary of Soweto Uprising News Footage 10th Anniversary of Soweto Uprising News Footage
Date: 6/16/1986Call Number: V 415Format: UmaticCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
On the 10th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising. Includes interviews with exiled South African activists, apartheid regime politicians, footage of the Uprising and 10th anniversary of the general strike.
Vivan Las Mujeres - Update with the BCTF - Fight Racism Vivan Las Mujeres - Update with the BCTF - Fight Racism
Date: 2/16/1986Call Number: V 472Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Vivan Las Mujeres features two feminist activists that spent six months in Central America meeting and working with women. Discusses the creation of the Women's Skills and Resource Exchange Center in Seattle that directed monetary and organizational resources to women in Central America. An interview with Dorothy Nell Turner and Velma Roberts of the Black Citizens Task Force of Austin about housing, development, busing, and conflicts within the Black community. Fight Racism Musical Benefit was a tribute to Malcolm X on the anniversary of his assassination. BCTF and Let the People Speak sponsor the event that features local bands and WC Clark. Trella Laughlin opens Fight Racism.
Let the People Speak - Enough Crying of Tears Let the People Speak - Enough Crying of Tears
Date: 1/1/1986Call Number: V 488Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A history of the work since 1977 of the Committe of the Mothers Monsignor Ryan and the disappeared of El Salvador. Features testimonies of COMADRES activists who had been tortured by the puppet government. They demand accountability for the disappeared as well as their release.