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Huey Newton Birthday Party
Date: 2/15/1970Call Number: CD 752Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Huey Newton birthday gathering in Oakland 2/15/1970. Ron Dellums and Don Cox. Don Cox talks about Bobby Seale then reads an essay by Huey P Newton on political prisoners.
Ron Dellums speaking in Oakland on repression against the Panthers and the use of the term "Uncle Tom."
Chile: The Seige of Santa Maria de Iquique - A People's Cantata
Date: 1/1/1970Call Number: Vin 012Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Luis Advis, Quilapayun, Hector DuvauchelleCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Spoken word narration set to music that recounts the history of the 1907 massacre of Chilean nitrate miners. 18,000 workers and their families marched to the port of Santa Maria de Inquique demanding fair wages and working conditions. The Chilean government, which had strong stakes in the nitrate industry, ordered the Chilean army to attack the miners' nonviolent protest at the port. 2,000 people were killed and thousands were injured. The album serves to tell this silenced history, and demonstrates the determination and solidarity of the Chilean miner unions. Includes liner notes with history, photographs, and lyrics.
Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America
Date: 1/1/1970Call Number: Vin 031Producers: Paredon Records, Organization of Latin American SolidarityCollection: General materials
Protest songs recorded by activist musicians from Argentina Chile, Cuba, Peru, and Uruguay. In 1967, the Cuban revolutionary government under Fidel Castro held a meeting of the Organization of Latin American Solidarity (OLAS) in Havana. Artists and activists discussed the importance of protest songs in communicating the messages of freedom movements. After this conference, OLAS recorded this album. Includes liner notes with contextual information and lyrics.
Joni Mitchell- Ladies of the Canyon
Joni Mitchell's third studio album. A collection of folk songs that became highly influential, many with a distinct social consciousness. Notable tracks include "Big Yellow Taxi," a song about environmental issues, and "Woodstock," which chronicles the pivotal music and arts festival with a critical eye.
Chicago Conspiracy Trial - Part 1: The Trial of Bobby Seale
Bobby Seale on Racism and fascism in America, what the trial represents, war on the constitutional Rights of Black and Brown people, Warren Kimbrow and Sergeant Vincent De Rosa.
Charles Garry on the trial and climate of judicial prejudice, the trial's impact on the country and the genocide of the Black Panther Party.
National distribution of these tapes as through activist networks in preparation for the TDA ("The Day After") demonstration to be initiated the day following the announcement of the verdicts by Judge Julius Hoffman (February 18, 1970). Demonstrations broke out in a number of cities on February 19; a police riot led to several dozen arrests at the Westwood office of Bank of America in Lost Angeles. Demonstrators reported that undercover plainclothes officers, without warning, physically attacked specific targeted individuals with blackjacks, brass knuckles and other weapons.
Chicago Conspiracy Trial - Part 2: Conspiracy Defendants
Dave Dellinger on Chicago Mayor Daley's Revenge; Government persecution and attempts to squash rebellion against the Civil Rights and Anti-Vietnam movement in reference to indictment of leaders and tactics of co-option and intimidation; The corruption of an acquittal driven defense; The Spock Trial and expressing revolutionary consciousness through political trials.
Jerry Rubin on thought crimes against the government via conspiracy of intent; eating lunch with Judge Julius Hoffman at the Standard Club.
National distribution of these tapes as through activist networks in preparation for the TDA ("The Day After") demonstration to be initiated the day following the announcement of the verdicts by Judge Julius Hoffman (February 18, 1970). Demonstrations broke out in a number of cities on February 19; a police riot led to several dozen arrests at the Westwood office of Bank of America in Lost Angeles. Demonstrators reported that undercover plainclothes officers, without warning, physically attacked specific targeted individuals with blackjacks, brass knuckles and other weapons.
Chicago Conspiracy Trial - Part 3: Conspiracy Defendants, Continued
Rennie Davis on experiences on the stand and using the stand as an attempt to speak to "the other" America, as well as an account of the Chicago 1968 Republican National Convention. Lee Weiner comments on his experiences and hopes for the trial.
National distribution of these tapes as through activist networks in preparation for the TDA ("The Day After") demonstration to be initiated the day following the announcement of the verdicts by Judge Julius Hoffman (February 18, 1970). Demonstrations broke out in a number of cities on February 19; a police riot led to several dozen arrests at the Westwood office of Bank of America in Lost Angeles. Demonstrators reported that undercover plainclothes officers, without warning, physically attacked specific targeted individuals with blackjacks, brass knuckles and other weapons.
Chicago Conspiracy Trial - Part 4: Conspiracy Defendants, Continued
Lee Weiner Part 2: Plans if he doesn't go to prison to work in Women's Liberation struggle. Abbie Hoffman on his very being an lifestyle on trial; Dramatization in the court room of an American symbol; The ideology behind events in Chicago; What he expects in the trial; the illegitimacy of US judicial system; Attacking the use of contempt. John Friones' opinion of the trial and hopes for further action.
National distribution of these tapes as through activist networks in preparation for the TDA ("The Day After") demonstration to be initiated the day following the announcement of the verdicts by Judge Julius Hoffman (February 18, 1970_. Demonstrations broke out in a number of cities on February 19; a police riot led to several dozen arrests at the Westwood office of Bank of America in Lost Angeles. Demonstrators reported that undercover plainclothes officers, without warning, physically attacked specific targeted individuals with blackjacks, brass knuckles and other weapons.
Chicago Conspiracy Trial - Part 5: Conspiracy Defendants, Concluded
Tom Hayden on how he decided to present the defense and the arguments to show the truth about Chicago; The awareness and creation of organizers; Presenting a historical defense to bring the illumination of 60's political consciousness; Change in the attitude of police towards young white protesters from tolerance to oppression. Bill Kunstler part 1: What he thinks of outcomes; The ideology of the Jury; Where he stands as a lawyer in this trial.
National distribution of these tapes as through activist networks in preparation for the TDA ("The Day After") demonstration to be initiated the day following the announcement of the verdicts by Judge Julius Hoffman (February 18, 1970_. Demonstrations broke out in a number of cities on February 19; a police riot led to several dozen arrests at the Westwood office of Bank of America in Lost Angeles. Demonstrators reported that undercover plainclothes officers, without warning, physically attacked specific targeted individuals with blackjacks, brass knuckles and other weapons.
Chicago Conspiracy Trial - Part 6: Defense Attorneys, Concluded
Bill Kunstler part 2: His personal changes during the trial; Feelings on being held in contempt of court; Thoughts on witnesses and the prosecution's approach. Len Weinglass: First case in history where crossing state lines with intent to promote a riot is held a crime; Definitions of why they are being tried and the relation to their lifestyle and a larger push for political trials; Thoughts on his own personal and professional change and the accusations of professionalism against him; Comments on his contempt citations; Predictions on outcomes of the trial in relation to how the evidence is weighed and the judges influence on jurors and proceedings.
National distribution of these tapes as through activist networks in preparation for the TDA ("The Day After") demonstration to be initiated the day following the announcement of the verdicts by Judge Julius Hoffman (February 18, 1970_. Demonstrations broke out in a number of cities on February 19; a police riot led to several dozen arrests at the Westwood office of Bank of America in Lost Angeles. Demonstrators reported that undercover plainclothes officers, without warning, physically attacked specific targeted individuals with blackjacks, brass knuckles and other weapons.
