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Lynn’s El Salvador Reportback Lynn’s El Salvador Reportback
Date: 4/3/1992Call Number: LA 081Format: CassetteCollection: El Salvador
An East Bay women’s delegation speaks of their recent trip to El Salvador immediately following the peace accords ending the civl war there. They worked closely with a women’s delegation newly started there, learning and teaching, as well as visited a FMLN camp to see the conditions of the women soldiers there. A lot of good information about the condition of women in El Salvador paralleled with the delicate political situation there.
FMLN and El Salvador government peace settlement FMLN and El Salvador government peace settlement
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: JG/ 090Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Gladis Sibrion, representative of the FMLN, regarding the New Year’s peace settlement between the FMLN and government of El Salvador. Sibrion sees the settlement as a victory for all Salvadorans because it represents the defeat of military control over civilian life. She outlines the major points of the settlement presented by the FMLN: cleansing of the military, establishing a new civilian police including FMLN representatives, dismantling civilian defense forces, reforming the judicial system, and establishing human rights oversight. Sibrion believes that while the U.S. wants to end the Salvadoran conflict, it also wants to retain a strong presence, which she believes requires a weakening of the FMLN. She notes mixed popular reaction to the settlement by the Salvadoran people - both of optimism and skepticism.
Rigoberta Menchu's Speech in Mexico about Rigoberta Menchu's Speech in Mexico about
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CV 032Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy ValeraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rigoberta Menchu speaks in Mexico in 1992 about her first novel, "I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala". She refers to it as an instrument of peace and justice for those who suffer inequality socially, economically, culturally and politically in the world and a portal the denounce the human rights violations that had been going on in Guatemala and the world. Among other things she talks about the contributions the Mayan Civilization, the significance of respecting the earth, the need for peace, the need for discourse between different global communities and the dire situation facing indigenous communities (especially women) in Guatemala. Her speech is followed by music.
Real Heroes Real Heroes
Date: 3/25/1992Call Number: CE 665Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Two commentaries highlighting as real heroes military personnel who refused to engage in war crimes, from a German soldier in WW2 who was executed for refusing to take part in a firing squad against civilians, to the bombing of Egypt and Iraq/Persian Gulf, NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, attacks on Panama and Grenada, and other war crimes. Captain Yolanda Huet-Vaughn. M, was serving 2-and-a-half years for refusing to go to Persian Gulf war at the time of this commentary.
Area Repression Report Area Repression Report
Publisher: Human Rights CommissionDate: 4/1992Volume Number: AprilFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa: Human Rights Reports
Human Rights Commission compiled and published monthly area repression reports in which are detailed acts of repression by the Apartheid State and its supporters against communities in all regions of the country.
Area Repression Report Area Repression Report
Publisher: Human Rights CommissionDate: 5/1992Volume Number: MayFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa: Human Rights Reports
Human Rights Commission compiled and published monthly area repression reports in which are detailed acts of repression by the Apartheid State and its supporters against communities in all regions of the country.
Area Repression Report Area Repression Report
Publisher: Human Rights CommissionDate: 6/1992Volume Number: JuneFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa: Human Rights Reports
Human Rights Commission compiled and published monthly area repression reports in which are detailed acts of repression by the Apartheid State and its supporters against communities in all regions of the country.
Area Repression Report Area Repression Report
Publisher: Human Rights CommissionDate: 7/1992Volume Number: JulyFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa: Human Rights Reports
Human Rights Commission compiled and published monthly area repression reports in which are detailed acts of repression by the Apartheid State and its supporters against communities in all regions of the country.
Area Repression Report Area Repression Report
Publisher: Human Rights CommissionDate: 8/1992Volume Number: AugustFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa: Human Rights Reports
Human Rights Commission compiled and published monthly area repression reports in which are detailed acts of repression by the Apartheid State and its supporters against communities in all regions of the country.
Area Repression Report Area Repression Report
Publisher: Human Rights CommissionDate: 9/1992Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa: Human Rights Reports
Human Rights Commission compiled and published monthly area repression reports in which are detailed acts of repression by the Apartheid State and its supporters against communities in all regions of the country.