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Emergency Campiagn to Drop Charges Emergency Campiagn to Drop Charges
Publisher: Emergency Committee to Defend the Human and Legal Rights of Political PrisonersYear: 1989Format: CompilationCollection: Resistance Conspiracy
Form letter from the 'Emergency Campaign to Drop the Charges' of three of the R.C.C. Includes form letter to Attorney General, fact sheet and an article about the prosecution from the New York Times.
Greetings of Solidarity Greetings of Solidarity
Publisher: Emergency Committee for Human Rights for Political PrisonersDate: 9/30/1989Volume Number: 30-SepFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Resistance Conspiracy
A letter from the Defendants in the 'Resistance Conspiracy Case' petioning for help in the reprinting and distribution of their 'Open Letter to the Progressive Community'. Includes a form for reprinting the letter and donating ad space.
FENASTRAS in El Salvador FENASTRAS in El Salvador
Date: 12/1/1989Call Number: JG/ 017Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Julio Cristalis (?) about FENASTRAS (Federation of Workers) about the repression from the ARENA government. Discusses support of the FMLN, and the most recent bombings by ARENA of FENASTRAS' offices
Bolivia: Drug War Bolivia: Drug War
Date: 8/25/1989Call Number: JG/ 033AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
ACLA (Atlantic Committee on Latin America) show. Covers Bolivia following the murder of 2 Mormon missionaries the crackdown on left wing guerilla organizations and the US War on Drugs , FBI involvement and $11 million for War on Drugs in 1989. Uruguay from a article in the "Guardian" on massive unemployment, the exodus of youth and youth withdrawal from activism. El Salvador on the ARENA party and Salvadorian refugees in the US and the repression they face when trying to organize against right wing ARENA. Vieques: 4 month stand off between Puerto Rican residents and the US Navy, history of resistance on Vieques and the living/environmental conditions.
El Salvador: Guadalupe Gonzales from the FMLN/ FDR speaks El Salvador: Guadalupe Gonzales from the FMLN/ FDR speaks
Date: 9/8/1989Call Number: JG/ 036AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Guadalupe Gonzales from the FMLN/ FDR speaks on the 9/7/'89 announcement that the FMLN wants to sit down with ARENA Pres. Cristiani for peace negotiations. Judy Gerber reads a NACLA interview w/ ARENA Colonel Juan Zapata, Zapata in ARENA's vice minister of defense, he defines the FMLN as terrorists.
Historical Evolution of the Black Power Movement - Kwame Toure Historical Evolution of the Black Power Movement - Kwame Toure
Date: 2/8/1989Call Number: KP 047Format: Cass A & BCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Historical Evolution of the Black Power Movement - Kwame Toure
Bobby Seale, Huey Dead, Reggie Major Bobby Seale, Huey Dead, Reggie Major
Date: 8/23/1989Call Number: CV 005Format: Cass A & BProducers: Pacifica Radio, KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Panel discusion and Q & A about fair election laws and the media. Discussion about "Bad jacketing" - Cointelpro practice of labeling someone a snitch in an organization to disrupt it. Interview with Enola Maxwell director of the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House. Ms. Maxwell discusses auto row protests in the 1960's, March on Washington with MLK, NAACP, and the Black Panther Party.
The Student Movement in China The Student Movement in China
Date: 6/12/1989Call Number: JG/ 126BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: Just PeaceCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A Chinese PhD student at Emory University talks about the student movement in China, its misrepresentations in the mainstream press and its struggle against the repression and corruption in China.
Bashir Hameed - Shawangunk Prison Hearing - 1 of 3 Bashir Hameed - Shawangunk Prison Hearing - 1 of 3
Date: 11/1/1989Call Number: CD 676Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
BLA Political Prisoner fights prison write-up in this hearing recorded in Shawangunk New York State prison. Hameed defends himself against charges of obstructive behavior and disruptive protest in hearing with prison officials. Clearly an attack on him as an effective organizer.
Bashir Hameed - Shawangunk Prison Hearing - 2 of 3 Bashir Hameed - Shawangunk Prison Hearing - 2 of 3
Date: 11/1/1989Call Number: CD 677Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
BLA Political Prisoner fights prison write-up in this hearing recorded in Shawangunk New York State prison. Hameed defends himself against charges of obstructive behavior and disruptive protest in hearing with prison officials. Clearly an attack on him as an effective organizer.