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Mark Essex Mark Essex
Date: 1/6/1974Call Number: KP 012AFormat: Cass AProducers: Dave LampellCollection: Black Liberation
Dave Lampell delivers a short program documenting the shootout in New Orleans in 1974 where Mark Essex, a 23 year old Vietnam veteran killed police officers. The area was closed off, and calling on backup for reinforcements, police numbers were in the hundreds. They believed there to be more than one sniper. They shot Mark Essex over one hundred times, killing him the first night of the shootout. The police also took out many of their own in an insane display of force. The rest of the program gives a history of Mark Essex’s life in Kansas and suffering racism in the military. Great quotes about the racist State from his mother and sister.
What is the MIR? Notes on the History of the MIR: Miguel Enriquez Collection (Documents from Chile on Party Building) What is the MIR? Notes on the History of the MIR: Miguel Enriquez Collection (Documents from Chile on Party Building)
Publisher: MIRYear: 1974Volume Number: No. 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Chile
Contents include notes on the history of the MIR: how the organization was founded, the history preceding the foundation, basic political concepts of the MIR, the general history up to the writing of the periodical in 1974.
The Road to Wounded Knee V The Road to Wounded Knee V
Date: 7/18/1974Call Number: KP 198Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFACollection: Native Americans
A demonstration in Rapid City, South Dakota, where members and supporters of the American Indian Movement who took over Wounded Knee in South Dakota protest the Department of the Interior rejecting a request for a land permit. Indian, White, and Chicano supporters attempted to get past the barricades and violent confrontations with the military and police resulted in the killing of a young Chicano man. Protesters spoke about government media control and lack of fair coverage and police and BIA violence as well as Chicano support of Native Americans. Tom Cook, the president of the Indian Press Association, and an Iroquois, describes the sophisticated culture and governmental structure on the Mohawk reservation; a new movement of Native Americans that are refusing to subscribe to traditional American values and conventions and that they will not concede to a government that shows disregard for land, water and life. The Mohawks refuse to acknowledge the Canadian/American border which separates their land. Readings from Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee:Indian History of the American West.
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communiqué 2/12/1974 Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communiqué 2/12/1974
Date: 2/12/1974Call Number: KP 235Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Cinque introduces SLA, discusses media-fascism and Hearst Empire, and demands Hearst establish free food giveaway programs as ransom for Patty Hearst. Patty Hearst speaks to assure family of her safety, discusses press distortions of SLA actions, and identifies herself as a prisoner of war.
Communiqué from Patricia Hearst and Cinque 2/16/1974 Communiqué from Patricia Hearst and Cinque 2/16/1974
Date: 2/16/1974Call Number: KP 236Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: SLACollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Patty Hearst attempting to clarify demands around food program. She discourages FBI from ambushing SLA and explains that she is a prisoner of war. Cinque speaks briefly at the end of recording to further clarify call for a good faith effort from the Hearst family to create food program.
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communiqué 2/21/1974 Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communiqué 2/21/1974
Date: 2/21/1974Call Number: KP 237Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: SLACollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Cinque clarifies specifications of the free food program. Discusses Hearst wealth in attempt to compel Randolph Hearst to comply with SLA demands.
Interview with Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization Interview with Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: KP 239Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Puerto Rico
Interview about state of Puerto Rican Independence movement.
Puerto Rico Independence special Puerto Rico Independence special
Date: 10/27/1974Call Number: NI 107Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, CamomileProgram: Puerto Rico specialCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Special documentary on Puerto Rican history/chronology and independence movement, broadcast on KPFA in the morning of the same day as major solidarity rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Summarizes 20th century history, women and struggle against forced sterilization. Patriotic songs interspersed.
The Battle of Karameh The Battle of Karameh
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: CE 002Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: The Battle of KaramehCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Documentary on battle between Palestinian guerrillas and Israeli forces at town of Karameh in Jordan on March 28, 1968, that established reputation of PLO as a fighting force and brought thousands of volunteers to its ranks. Includes accounts by two journalists. Produced in 1974.
Interview with Nellie Zaibak Interview with Nellie Zaibak
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: CE 350Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Nellie Zaibak debunks US claims of neutrality in the Middle East made by US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. She discusses US attempts to reach a consensus differing from UN Resolution 242, despite broad support for it within the UN. Discusses the close relationship of Apartheid regime in South Africa and Israel. Criticizes the press for siding with the glaring lies in Kissinger’s claims.