Chuy Varela Collection
This collection takes its name from Jesse “Chuy” Varela, a Bay Area radio host who frequently interviewed political, activist, and labor figures connected to issues affecting Latin and Central American communities. Topics includes immigration to the US, the 1994 NAFTA treaty, labor issues such as the activism of Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, and the UFW, and related political developments affecting the region (1994 Mexican election, CA Prop 187, Sandinistas, Zapatistas, (EZLN) etc.) and others.
Documents
James Baldwin
James Baldwin speaking about collective movements, what it means to be an American, early American history, the slave trade, and what it means to be an African American in the United States.
Question and Answers from audience.
Soledad Earphones Part 1
Date: 8/25/1970Call Number: CV 008Format: CassetteProducers: Denny SmithsonProgram: KPFA Public Affairs DepartmentCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Radio documentary on conditions in Soledad Prison with prisoner interviews and descriptions of prison administration.
Soledad Earphones Part 3
Date: 8/25/1970Call Number: CV 010Format: CassetteProducers: Denny SmithsonProgram: LPFA Public Affairs DepartmentCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Radio documentary on conditions in Soledad Prison with prisoner interviews and descriptions of prison administration.
Dick Gregory @ KPFA
Date: 6/15/1985Call Number: CV 017Format: CassetteProducers: KPFAProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Comedian and social activist Dick Gregory delivers a speech for KPFA Radio covering a range of topics from hunger and economic inequality to nutrition and organization.
Racism in the SF Fire Department
Date: 1/19/1987Call Number: CV 034Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interview and call in show about racism in the San Francisco Fire Department in January 1987.
Interview with Jim Gonzalez
Date: 10/24/1989Call Number: CV 040AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interview with Jim Gonzalez on issues concerning the Latino community such as the grape boycott, INS raids, immigration rights, affordable housing in San Francisco, sponsorship for Latino community events and police brutality, specifically the beating of Dolores Huerta.
Carole Standing Elk & the American Indian Movement
Interview with Carole Standing Elk, a member of the American Indian Movement. She discusses prison rights, responsibility of tribal members, and the question of who is the American Indian Movement.
California Bear Flag Revolt
Date: 6/19/1996Call Number: CV 045Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
A large protest against Governor Pete Wilson and the 150th commemoration of the California Bear Flag Revolt of 1846 - an uprising and occupation of Sonoma, then Mexican territory. Shouts from the protest: "Deport Wilson!" and "We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us!"
California Latino Alcohol and Other Drugs Coalition Conference (Part 1)
Conference informing the Latino community about the problems of alcohol and other drugs. The participants explain the effectiveness of policymaking beginning at the grassroots level.
California Latino Alcohol and Other Drugs Coalition Conference (Part 2)
Begins with a speech by Sylvia Castillo on educating and empowering the community to become effective activists and policymakers. Followed by Jerry Tello who tells many stories to present cultural values to help strengthen the bond within the Latino community. Also a short interview with one of the conference coordinators and a short discussion of Ross Perot.
