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![Chile: Promise of Freedom - Promo Sample MP3](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
About the coup in Chile September 11, 1973 (the 'other' September 11th).
This CD documentary Features Isabel Allende, Ariel Dorfman, and others along with historic sound recordings and music.
![Zionist Attacks, Nicaraguan Revolution](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 7/18/1981Call Number: FI 138Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Condemnation of Israeli bombing of Beirut and Zionist actions in general. Rest of program celebrates 2nd anniversary of Nicaraguan revolution, with interview of Roberto Vargas, Consul for Labor and Cultural Affairs of Nicaragua, and with Valerie Landau introducing a song celebrating corn.
![Margaret Randall - Feminism in Sandinista Government](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Reads an excerpt from her book "Gathering Rage" about the oppression and struggle of feminist women in the revolutionary Nicaraguan government.
![Aliusha Guevara](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Interview with Aliusha Guevara, the oldest daughter of Che, just before an event commemorating the 26th of July Movement in Cuba. A speech by Aliusha and others follow.
![Ricardo Alarcon on Guillermo Sardiñas](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: KP 448Format: CassetteProducers: Karen WaldProgram: Ricardo Alarcon on Guillermo SardiñasCollection: Cuba
Ricardo Alarcon, Cuban Vice Minister of Foreign Relations, commemorates revolutionary Cuban Catholic priest, traces history of Cuban revolution and religion. Eight Catholic priests joined the rebel forces fighting Batista, others fought clandestinely. Rural priest Guillermo Sardiñas became a rebel army officer after accompanying Castro and the guerrillas for a year and a half, developing pastoral work among the peasants in the Sierra Maestra. When the revolution triumphed, he was granted the rank of Comandante. He died in 1964, at 47, and until the end carried out his ministry without taking off his olive green uniform. He was a forerunner of liberation theology in Latin America.
![Woman to Woman Campaign](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/1/1987Call Number: V 417Format: UmaticCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Short segment of a larger project depicting a popular assembly in Nicaragua where women critique the new constitution, emphasizing the need for a stronger and feminist commitment to reproductive rights, family structure, and work.
![Dr. Leonel Argüello on healthcare in Nicaragua](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 11/15/1991Call Number: JG/ 144AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: WRFG/ A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Describes the changes in healthcare after Contra and US-backed Violeta Chamorro became president, replacing the Sandinista government. Critical of the lack of resources and funding for healthcare systems after privatization.
![Judy Gerber: El Salvador Report-Back](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 7/20/1990Call Number: JG/ 145AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Gerber shares her impressions of the political and popular climate in El Salvador during her visit at the time of the Civil War (1979-1992). She discusses the government’s propaganda campaign and their coercive enlistment of young men into the military, the poor living and working conditions, and the importance of efforts to demilitarize the country.
![Ann Marie Mann & Cindy Lutenbacher on Nicaragua](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: JG/ 145BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The activists met with many groups in Nicaragua after the election of Violeta Chamorro and the Contra government. They explain how people feel as though they are still in wartime because of economic crisis and increases in hunger and disease. The activists lament the abandonment of many Sandinista institutions and massive firings under the new regime, but they say there is no sense of defeat among the people, who declare, “Not one step back.”
![Barbara Trent: The Making of the Panama Deception](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/9/1994Call Number: LA 188Format: Cass A & BProgram: Alternative RadioCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Barbara Trent, the writer and director of The Panama Deception, a documentary about the 1989 invasion of Panama talks about its production. Some challenges in making the movie include exclusion from press pools, interference by the US military, and a lack of funding.