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Report on Festival de Sexto Sol and La Mujer
Date: 3/29/1974Call Number: CD 289Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Andres Alegria reports on the first day of the Festival de Sexto Sol. He interviews Fernado Alegria who defines the Sexto Sol as an Age of conciousness, a link between creation, art, and tradition of the Aztec and Mayans. He also interviews Nina Serrano who talks about the preparation for the festival, including different ceremonies. Also included is audio from the opening ceremony.
Same as CAA 025 & 026
Cuba’s new Family Law
Lincoln Bergman on fighting machismo and sexism in Cuba and the new Cuban Family Law
Commentary about the International Human Rights Tribunal on US war crimes in Vietnam and the struggle for Blacks in the US. Appeal to Black GIs encouraging them to refuse to fight in the Vietnam War.
US POW statements from captivity in Vietnam.
Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 4/20/1974Call Number: CD 557Format: CDProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark Schwartz, Susan MatrossProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Updates on a number of trials, including NY 5, Tombs attempted escape, California prisons, women's section of program.
The Force of Life
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: Vin 001Format: VinylProducers: Red Star Singers - Paredon RecordsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Songs focused on topical issues of the mid 1970s, including the women's liberation movement, labor rights, the antiwar movement, and broader expressions of anti-imperialism. The Red Star singers formed in the Bay Area in 1971 as a song writing collective aiming to communicate progressive social statements through music. Includes extensive liner notes.
The Status of Women in the Arab World
Publisher: Arab Information CenterDate: 3/22/1974Volume Number: 22-MarFormat: TranscriptCollection: Arab Information Center
Pamphlet contains lecture delivered at a seminar on the Middle East at the Church Center for the United Nations.
Women Armed for Self-Protection letter
Publisher: Women Armed for Self-ProtectionDate: 10/30/1974Volume Number: 30-OctFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Violence Against Women
Letter from the organization WASP (Women Armed fro Self-Protection); a group based in Dallas Texas.
H.E.W. is an Enemy of Women
Publisher: Weather UndergroundDate: 3/6/1974Volume Number: 6-MarFormat: CommuniqueCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This communique by the Women's Brigade of the Weather Underground states that the actions taken by SLA to give food to the impoverished highlight the amount of people in poverty and in need. They argue that the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare denies women their needs and rights and their should be a revolution against the organization.
35% Puerto Rican Women Sterilized
Publisher: Committee for Puerto Rican DecolonizationYear: 1974Volume Number: Vol. 2-5Format: ArticleCollection: Puerto Rico: A History of the People
An article from the Committee for Puerto Rican Decolonization in New York exposing the massive sterilization program carried out by the U.S. Government and the Rockefeller Foundation in response to the "population problem" in Puerto Rico that was seen as responsible for widespread unemployment.
Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 4/6/1974Call Number: NI 022Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark Schwartz, Susan MatrossProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Roundup of local news, report on SLA, then national and international, with emphasis on women and women's liberation and report on Wounded Knee and NY 5 trials.