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Ruchell Magee
Date: 8/1/1993Call Number: KN 003Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: Black August 93Collection: Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
Edited actuality w/ Ruchell Magee who talks about his case, Aug 7, 1971. Includes George Jackson actuality about Aug 7.
Black August
Date: 8/1/1993Call Number: KN 004Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: Black August 93Collection: Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
George Jackson, Mumia Abu Jamal (from CD) and Black August Commentary read by ?, Shiba Haven, Georgia Jackson, John Cluchette, Fleeta Drumgo, Hugo Pinell, Luis Talamantez on Hugo Pinell, Kiilu Nyasha
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference
Date: 11/1/1993Call Number: JG/ 030Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference in Durham, NC. Various speakers present on the Right and its agenda, violence, rhetoric and organizing tactics against it. Speakers include Jean Barstown from political research associates in Boston which does oppositional research about the right.
Interview with Dave Dellinger
Date: 5/2/1993Call Number: SS 144Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Dave Dellinger on his book about the elder and activist of the nonviolent peace and justice movement.
Luis Talamantez: Pelican Bay State Prison
Date: 11/18/1993Call Number: CV 016Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Chuy Varela interviews Luis Talamantez, a prison rights activist working against prison injustices. Throughout the interview Talamantez describes the torture and violence inflicted upon Black and Latino Pelican Bay prisoners. He highlights the lack of prisoners' rights and the brutality of prison guards. By participating in the Pelican Bay Information Project Talamantez hopes to put an end to these atrocities.
Voices On and Of Prisons in the U.S.
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: PM 341Format: Cass A & BProducers: Undercurrents Radio, WMUACollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
This tape is a series of interviews with [scholarly] activists and former prisoners discussing prisons in the United States. Dr Steve Whitman, from the Committee to End the Marion Lockdown and a top epidemiologist in Chicago, gives an interview titled "Overview on Race, Imprisonment and Control Unit Prisons," which provides a statistical and factual background for the following speakers. Ward Churchill discusses the American Indian Movement and its relationship with the U.S. government, specifically in the late 1960s involving Pine Ridge. Safiya Bukhari-Alston, former member of the Harlem Chapter of the Black Party, discusses political prisoners in the United States and the reasons for black people organized against an oppressive system/country. Akil Al-Jundi, former Attica prisoner, relates the events and conditions leading up to the 1971 Attica Prison riots. He emphasizes the racialized nature of relationships, job opportunities and authority that continued the oppression of black people within the prison system.
Anti- Recruitment Protests - Operation Rescue Protests - SF War supports Lorena Bobbit
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 437Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Women Against US Military Intervention in El Salvador protest. Protestors storm Armed Forces Recruitment Center in San Francisco resulting in police attack and several arrests.
Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights protest at meeting between anti-abortion organizations including Operation Rescue. BACORR attempts to block the entrances of meeting place resulting in several arrests.
CNN coverage of Lorena Bobbitt's trial. Jaime Lee Evans of SF Women Against Rape is interviewed stating that Bobbitt acted in self-defense and should be seen as a hero for fighting back against her husband.
Cesar Chavez Tribute in San Francisco
Date: 6/26/1993Call Number: CV 277Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Speakers recount Cesar Chavez's life and legacy and encourage allies to organize a California holiday honoring him. Carlos Santana performs.
Rodney King Demonstration and Dyke Zap National Coming Out Day
Date: 4/17/1993Call Number: V 568Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Documents the heavy police presence at a demonstration in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco against the Rodney King verdict.
dyke zap at Fruitvale BART station by Women Against Imperialism who agitate and raise awareness about lesbian parenting in response to high profile cases across US of lesbian parents losing custody of their children.
Cesar Chavez Boulevard Hearing, Fresno CA
Date: 11/30/1993Call Number: CV 317Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Radio BilingueCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Radio Bilingue hosts a live broadcast, in English and Spanish, of the Fresno City Council meeting that will decide whether or not to reverse an earlier decision to rename three streets Cesar Chavez Blvd. Tape covers several interviews prior to the meeting, both in favor and opposed to the decision. Tape includes a prominent interview with former councilman Les Kimber, who highlights the underlying racism of those opposed.
