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Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1991Volume Number: Vol. 15-1 WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
George Bush and the Last Crusade; The Anti Feminist Mystique: Men R Back; Interview with Hungary's Feminist Newwork: Starting from Absolute Zero; Glimpses of South Africa, August 1990; War of Words: Language, Colonialism and English Only; Malcolm X Speaks in the 1990s: Declaration of the African-American Delegation to Symposium in Havana; Femininity: What's it to You?; A Golden Cage: Dora Maria Tellez Talks About Women and Men in Nicaragua; Free Mumia Abu Jamal: An Open Letter from the Black Cultural Workshop, Lompoc Federal Penitentiary; Spanish Political Prisoners: Hunger Strike, One Year Later; CIPES on El Salvador; Write Through the Walls
Interview with Rudolfo Acuña Interview with Rudolfo Acuña
Date: 2/19/1991Call Number: CV 160Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
About the Persian Gulf War.
Anti Persian Gulf War Rally Anti Persian Gulf War Rally
Date: 1/19/1991Call Number: CV 177Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Anti-war rally with many groups from the left. Includes speakers, a march and interviews by Chuy Varela.
Amanuel Tecle on Eritrean Independence Amanuel Tecle on Eritrean Independence
Date: 7/12/1991Call Number: JG/ 130AFormat: Cass ACollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Discussion on colonial history of Eritrea and the EPLF's (Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front) creation, motives, actions, and victories.
Chicanos against the war - Part 1 Chicanos against the war - Part 1
Date: 2/10/1991Call Number: CV 233Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Conference organized by the committee “Raza united against the war” to plan actions to end the US war in the Middle East. 65 % of the troops in the Gulf War were people of color. Many felt that they were fighting an unjust war and for a system that did not represent their own interests.
Chicanos against the war - Part 2 Chicanos against the war - Part 2
Date: 2/10/1991Call Number: CV 234Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Conference organized by the committee “Raza united against the war” to plan actions to end the US war in the Middle East. 65 % of the troops in the Gulf War were people of color. Many felt that they were fighting an unjust war and for a system that did not represent their own interests.
Chicanos against the war - Part 3 Chicanos against the war - Part 3
Date: 2/10/1991Call Number: CV 235Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Conference organized by the committee “Raza united against the war” to plan actions to end the US war in the Middle East. 65 % of the troops in the Gulf War were people of color. Many felt that they were fighting an unjust war and for a system that did not represent their own interests.
Incident at Oglala Resource Packet Incident at Oglala Resource Packet
Publisher: Leonard Peltier Support GroupYear: 1991Format: CompilationCollection: Leonard Peltier
Educational Materials and additional resources related to the documentary film.
Poems Against War, Part 1 Poems Against War, Part 1
Date: 1/25/1991Call Number: CV 265Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Poetry critical both of war in general and the Gulf War (1st Iraq War) specifically. Criticism of high Latino involvement in the war (35-40% of troops were Latino/Chicano). Discussion of past wars and what they meant for Mexican Americans. Recitation of poetry on the “immigration wars”, the raids and attacks on immigrant communities.
Poets Against War - New College part 2 Poets Against War - New College part 2
Date: 1/25/1991Call Number: CV 271AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Poets speak out against US imperialism in Iraq and violence on the streets. Steve Han, a Vietnam war veteran, reflects on the traumas of war in his own life. Others describe how war wastes lives and only continues suffering.