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Not sure where this was recorded. Jack Urich discusses his own family history and poverty. Also gives his professional history than launches into answering questions about his position on funding the WIC program, on education and block grants and on federal efforts to extend the programs of schools.

Scope and Contents This report covers the 1996 campaign for the NM State House of Representatives seat in district 18. Simmons states that district 18 is very liberal and voters have a choice between Democrat Gail Beam, Green Bob Anderson, or Independent Jeff Gittleman. She discusses how district 18 was one district the Greens could theoretically take but cites Beam and Gittleman who accuse Anderson of going too far with scare tactics. Simmons talks about Anderson accusing Gittleman of being part of a...

Scope and Contents This tape contains five shows. The first three shows are individual profiles of the candidates starting with Jeff Gittleman, followed by Gail Beam, and finally Bob Anderson. The seat the candidates are running for was vacated by Cisco McSorley who gave up the district to run for Senate. Each profile includes background of candidates, the issues they are emphasizing and how they believe they stand apart from one another. Also provides a small profile of district 18 and the regions it includes...

Scope and Contents Tape begins with national native news. The show on Zuni Salt Lake highlights the concerns of the Zuni people as they face fifty years of strip mining operation. The Salt River Project planned to strip mine 80 million tons of coal to provide low cost energy for Arizona and the mine was to be located south of Zuni Pueblo and between Zuni Salt Lake, home to Zuni Salt woman'a powerful deity. Zuni people are concerned that 538 of their sacred sites would be destroyed and that the life cycle of...

Scope and Contents Topic: Higher Education. Guests: Bob Anderson, Geoff Barret; Host: David Alire Garcia On this show the guests discuss the debates over institutions of higher education such as the value of the modern research university, issues of affordability, athletics vs. academics, application of internet, and the privatization of public institutions. A general theme is that funding from private institutions is moving the activities of campus further away from the idea of education first. They also...

Scope and Contents This show is a recorded lecture given by Elaine Bernard, the former director of the Labor Program at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. At the time of the lecture she was the director of the Harvard Trade Union Program. This is a strong presentation about and for third parties. Bernard argues Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP) can be a model for U.S. third parties. She talks about how the NDP came to be and discusses how the party is not a major party but did manage to...

Scope and Contents This show talks about the Green Party gaining appearance in the U.S. and that NM races are the most closely watched. The host discusses Roberto Mondragon's 1994 run for governor as a Green explaining that his 10% showing catapulted Greens to major party status. Another topic of discussion is how the Green Party is seen as electoral spoilers. A NM Conservation Alliance representative complains that Greens running has served to elect anti-environment and anti-socially progressive republicans....

Scope and Content From the Collection: The New Mexico Green Party records consists in large part of correspondence, flyers and brochures, newspaper clippings, newsletters, agendas, budgets, meeting minutes, and audio/video recordings. The collection is divided into 6 series. The largest series, "New Mexico Green Party," contains the bulk of material pertaining to political activism of the Green Party in New Mexico, and here is where the researcher can get a good sense of the strides made by the New Mexico Green Party. The other...

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This is a profile on Libertarian candidate Bruce Bush running for June 23rd special election for Steve Schiff's vacated congressional seat. Bush is asking voters not to vote for him. While he is interested in forwarding libertarian views, his goal is to run an "anti-Heather" campaign because he fears Heather Wilson's imposing her own morality on the country, which he likens to "Gingrich-Helms repressive politics at the national level."

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This is a discussion with a representative of the New Mexico Progressive Action PAC about the candidates the PAC endorses. The show is opened up to callers. Some questions posed concern the crucial difference the PAC sees between the Democratic and Republican parties; whether the representative believes the PAC should continue to work within the Democratic Party; and Gary Johnson's plan to veto the bill on employee right to collective bargaining.

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This is a discussion with Bob Anderson, Carol Miller, and Geoff Barret. It includes statistics of percentage of votes won by the Green Party in the 1998 elections, number of Greens who ran for seats in NM in 1998 election, where Greens ran, and percentage of voters registered Green. The discussion also includes an outline of the NM Green Party platform and the direction the Green Party needs to move in order to establish a stronger presence in NM.

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Bob Anderson talks about mobilizing voters after the special election for the November elections. He says the main support has come from people under 35 years of age, and talks about poll pulling and negative campaigning. The show is opened to callers and Bob receives a call from a republican voter who took interest in Anderson's universal health care proposal. Callers also asked about electric industry and how he proposes to protect both the interest of the consumer and the environment.

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This tape is a little hard to understand because the host seems to be lost on who the candidates are and introducing them. The show is conducted in an informal way and slants very much towards Greens. It is a good tape for a brief bio of Bob Anderson and his accomplishments.

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Here Wilson begins the show by explaining the Dollars to the Classroom Act arguing that this act puts more money into special education and into the classroom rather than in administrative costs. The show is opened to callers and a major topic of inquiry seems to have been abortion as Wilson was asked to state whether she is pro-choice or pro-life. Wilson identified herself as "pro-life with exceptions."

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This recording provides a profile of Bob Anderson and the reasons why he is running for Congress. It also provides a run down of Anderson???s issues of interest that distinguish him from Wilson and Maloof such as his position on education and social security privatization. It also includes questions taken from callers.