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Puerto Rico status Puerto Rico status
Date: 9/9/1989Call Number: JG/ 003Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
ACLA show, Just Peace Today Program, Bill Crossman from the Free PR committee on upcoming US government referendum on PR's status.
Felix Matta speaking at Puerto Rican Independence Event Felix Matta speaking at Puerto Rican Independence Event
Date: 11/17/1989Call Number: LA 028AFormat: Cass ACollection: Puerto Rico
Felix Matta speaking at a Solidarity event for Puerto Rican independence in San Francisco. Gloria Alunzo and Leslie Mullin give introductions. Slightly off-mic
Speech by Julio Rosado about Puerto Rican Independence Movement Speech by Julio Rosado about Puerto Rican Independence Movement
Date: 2/25/1989Call Number: LA 030Format: Cass A & BCollection: Puerto Rico
Former political prisoner and grand jury resistor Julio Rosado speaks on the status issue in Puerto Rico and calls for the decolonization and self-determination of the island. Set against the changing agenda of the government of the United States towards Puerto Rico, Rosado stresses the need for a plebiscite as opposed to a referendum and explains the difference between the two processes. The incentive for the US's proposal of a referendum, he argues, is to make Puerto Rico into a market for the assembly and distribution of American goods. Rosado traces the history of US/ Puerto Rico relations from the late nineteenth century to the present and discusses the different positions of the three main electoral parties in the island: The New Progressive Party (pro-statehood), The Independence Party, and the Popular Democratic Party. The Independence Movement of which Rosado has been part for several years asks for the removal of all the instrumentations of power (such as the armed forces and the federal courts of the United States) that have served to exercise colonial control in Puerto Rico.
Speech by Julio Rosado about Puerto Rican Independence Movement (2 of 2) Speech by Julio Rosado about Puerto Rican Independence Movement (2 of 2)
Date: 2/25/1989Call Number: LA 031AFormat: Cass ACollection: Puerto Rico
Continuation of speech by Julio Rosado on Puerto Rican Independence (LA 030). Question/ answer section. 10 min.
Grito de Lares Commemoration Event Grito de Lares Commemoration Event
Date: 9/23/1989Call Number: LA 033Format: Cass A & BCollection: Puerto Rico
This event, commemorating 121 years after El Grito de Lares (the “birth” of the Puerto Rican nation), was organized by Casa Puerto Rico, el Movimiento de Liberacion Puertorriqueno, and the Free Puerto Rico Committee. In mixed Spanish and English. Gloria Alonzo and Eli Jordan are the masters of ceremony. Taped from on and off mic. Continued on LA049.
Grito de Lares Commemoration Event Grito de Lares Commemoration Event
Date: 9/23/1989Call Number: LA 049AFormat: Cass ACollection: Puerto Rico
Continued from LA033 -- This event, commemorating 121 years after El Grito de Lares (the “birth” of the Puerto Rican nation), was organized by Casa Puerto Rico, el Movimiento de Liberacion Puertorriqueno, and the Free Puerto Rico Committee. In mixed Spanish and English. Gloria Alonzo and Eli Jordan are the masters of ceremony. This tape is the end of the speech by Josephina Rodriguez reading a message from prison from one of her daughters -- Alicia or Ida Luz. It might be on-mic.
Puerto Rican Plebscite Seminar -Tape 1 of 3 Puerto Rican Plebscite Seminar -Tape 1 of 3
Date: 6/30/1989Call Number: LA 060Format: Cass A & BProgram: recorded conferenceCollection: Puerto Rico
Tape 1 of 3. In Spanish. Off-mic reording of a day-long seminar at the University of Puerto Rico on the Puerto Rican Plebiscite and Independence. Carlos Gallisa starts in the middle of a sentence, talks for 15 min. Jose Lopez talks for 15 minutes. 15 Minutes blank. Juan Mari Bras starts in middle of a sentence, talks for 20 minutes. Carlos Quisos talks for 20 min, then cuts off to blank for 5min.
Puerto Rican Plebiscite Puerto Rican Plebiscite
Date: 8/28/1989Call Number: LA 055Format: Cass A & BProducers: Gloria AlonzoProgram: public talkCollection: Puerto Rico
Jose Lopez gives public talk on the Plebiscite and Puerto Rican status as a Free Associated State. Welcome by Gloria Alonzo. Lisa Roth talks about Huey P. Newton’s funeral and his legacy. Lopez talks about Pedro Albizu Campus’ legal trial and it’s legacy. He talks about the plebicscite as a form of consulting the people you conquer. Talks about Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners. question & answer.
Puerto Rican Plebscite Seminar -Tape 2 of 3 Puerto Rican Plebscite Seminar -Tape 2 of 3
Date: 6/30/1989Call Number: LA 061Format: Cass A & BProgram: recorded conferenceCollection: Puerto Rico
Tape 2 of 3. In Spanish. Off-mic reording of a day-long seminar at the University of Puerto Rico on the Puerto Rican Plebiscite and Independence. Carlos Quisos continues to talk. Then a number of other men speak. One woman speaks on side B -- Milsa Medina.
Puerto Rican Plebscite Seminar -Tape 3 of 3 Puerto Rican Plebscite Seminar -Tape 3 of 3
Date: 6/30/1989Call Number: LA 062AFormat: Cass AProgram: recorded conferenceCollection: Puerto Rico
Tape 3 of 3. In Spanish. Off-mic recording of a day-long seminar at the University of Puerto Rico on the Puerto Rican Plebiscite and Independence.