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- Andrew Herod, professor of Geography at the University of Georgia, delivers a talk entitled, "Hammering against the reds: How that AFL-CIO fought communism in Latin America through urban planning." Herod talks about the relationship between the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the U.S. government in Latin America throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Herod says that the U.S. government used local labor unions to promote capitalism and democracy and to stop the spread of communism. Herod also says that democratic and capitalistic ideology was encouraged by the construction of social spaces such as housing units, schools, community centers which promoted social interaction. He answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by John P. Beck, Michigan State University professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-04-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Wright describes her first days on campus, her roommates, and her course of study. She also talks about leading the student effort to support the change to MSU, lobbying President John Hannah, and dealing with the state legislature. Wright explains the turf battle with the University of Michigan over the change and its fear that MSU would gain in the competition for state funding and prestige. Wright is interviewed by MSU Archivist, Whitney Miller.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-09-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- In an oral history interview, Robert Repas, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations, talks about being admitted to Ruskin College in England on a trade unionist scholarship and his tour of the continent during the post war period. He decries the failure of American labor to take a truly international approach in Europe after the war because of the fear of Communist influence on unions and how little the CIO, in particular, did to assist in the rebuilding the German unions until Walter Reuther assumed CIO leadership. He also talks about his staff position at the School for Workers in Wisconsin, teaching labor history, running afoul of company owners and conservative faculty and describes his "most productive years" spent working with the American Friends Service Committee and Hugh Rickert in Philadelphia and later teaching in union schools. Repas is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1986-12-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- A Michigan State University faculty panel participates in a discussion entitled, "Zombies, apocalypses and monsters : real and imagined." Panelists describe their research, perspectives and conclusions around real and imagined threats to humanity and the impact these perceptions have on human behavior, culture, theology, and politics. Panelists are: Valeta Wensloff, outreach coordinator for the Department of Media and Information and Media Sandbox in the College of Communication Arts & Sciences; Malcolm Magee, associate professor in the Department of History in the College of Social Science and the Department of Religious Studies within the College of Arts and Letters; Megan Donahue, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Natural Science; and Glenn Stutzky, senior clinical instructor in the School of Social Work within the College of Social Science. MSU Professor John P. Beck convenes the session and moderates questions from the audience. Part of the series "Sharper Focus/Wider Lens" sponsored by the MSU Honors College. Held in the MSU Student Union.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-02-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Vice President Joseph Biden addresses the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Civil Society Forum in Washington, D.C. Biden talks about the essence of democracy and what it takes for a country to succeed both politically and economically. He advocates for empowering and educating women suggesting to not do so "is a waste."
- Date Issued:
- 2014-08-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Heather Prishtash, professor of English at Western Wyoming Community College, gives a presentation entitled "A Handmade Response to Sweatshops: Craftivism, Protest, and Critique of Consumer Culture." She discusses the history of the term craftivism and ties it to the idea of rhetorical needlework, defining both ideas before positioning both as important feminist tools in the material culture. Pristash looks at recent and historical examples of rhetorical needlework, pointing out the elements that make it rhetorical as well as the ways in which these materials were used as activism, focusing on "Wool against weapons," a project connecting two towns in England housing nuclear weapons with a single, continuous wool scarf to protest the Trident missile program. Pristash also explores the Nike Blanket Petition, organized by Cat Mazza, as an example of large scale public art and contrasts it with mini-banners created by the Craftivist Collective. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, and the MSU Museum. Held in the MSU Museum Auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-11-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks to reporters and answers questions in his first formal news conference since his re-election. Topics addressed include: the resignation of General David Petraeus as CIA director, demographics of the American electorate, the state of the economy, budget negotiations and efforts to avoid the economic "fiscal cliff" in January 2013, potential cabinet appointments, and his agenda for a second term. Obama says his offer to meet with Mitt Romney stands. He criticizes Republican Senators for their attack on UN Ambassador Susan Rice calling their comments "outrageous."
- Date Issued:
- 2012-11-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Karin Zitzewitz, professor of art history at Michigan State University, delivers a talk entitled "#LOVEWINS: sly religiosity and queer politics in the secular museum". Zitzewitz describes how two artists and their works of art, steeped in religiosity, use the secular space of the art museum to prove the truth of love. Zitzewitz highlights the works of gay Hindu artist Bhupen Khakhar and gay Cuban-American artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Zitzewitz is introduced by Fine Arts Librarian Terrie Wilson. She answers questions from the audience. Part of the History of art new publication speaker series held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-03-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Know your city" Captain Parisi and Chaplain Pollock, representing the Kalamazoo County reserve officers corps, debate issues of military preparedness and national security. In particular, Parisi and Pollock focus on the cost and wisdom of a strong military reserve and the how such military strength relates to the mandate of the United Nations. Dr. Willis Dunbar also introduces Ross Anderson, the acting manager of the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce, who discusses the Democracy Works Here program, which highlights the role of retail stores in the nation's democracy.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-02-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lansing autoworker Gary Watson, president of UAW Local 652, discusses his career at the General Motors Oldsmobile Main Plant in Lansing, MI. He talks about being born near Lansing, starting at the GM Fisher Body plant in 1957, moving to Oldsmobile after a series of layoffs and recalls, becoming a journeyman tinsmith and active in the union, efforts to desegregate the skilled trades, and bringing women into the trades. Watson also talks about being a local president, training new committee people, teaching existing members about unionism and the UAW, how his local and the international UAW function, how decisions are made, and why the union conducts political action efforts, and community projects. Watson is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-04-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection