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Who's In Control Teach-In

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The finding aid follows the order of sessions or panels of the teach-in as extracted from the outlines, schedules, and tape labels. The summaries of speaker remarks included in the finding aid came from the "rough outline of speakers" which can be found in the first folder. Sessions generally stretched over two or three tapes. There is usually a small overlap on the continuation tape, though on occasion it appears a small portion of a talk may have been missed. The tapes and derivatives are identified as part 1, 2 or 3 of a session. The scope and content note for each session indicates the part(s) on which each speaker appears. The quoted descriptions of the sessions are taken from notes that accompanied the tapes

The bicentennial dilemma: who's in control? videorecordings, 1975
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The bicentennial dilemma: who's in control? videorecordings, 1975

19 videotapes — 1 folder

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Teach-in organized by University of Michigan students. Held from November 2-4, 1975, this three-day teach-in investigated the role of technology in corporate and government "control." Specific topics included: assassinations, corporate manipulation, subversion of the forces of dissent, police repression, surveillance and dataveillance, and mind control. DVD and streaming files from original EIAJ 1/2" open-reel videotapes of speakers at all sessions.

The collection consists of nineteen original recordings on 1/2-inch EIAJ reel-to-reel videotapes of the teach-in and one folder with teach-in schedules and outlines as well as handwritten notes taken during the sessions (writer unknown). In 2009 preservation and use copies of the tapes were made including a Beta SP preservation master, a DVD copy and a streaming file. The original tapes were in relatively good condition, though there are occasional problems with audio and video levels in the recordings and occasional tracking and dropout problems during dubbing. The derivatives were created on a one-to-one basis with the original.

Only a selection of the streaming files are currently on-line. Others can be mounted by sending a request the Bentley Historical Library reference staff (bentley.ref@umiclh.edu)

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Surveillance & Dataveillance, November 3, 1975, 10:00 a.m.

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The panel titled Surveillance & Dataveillance consisted of three speakers:

  1. Lapity, Jon -- (part 1)
  2. Corsetti, George -- (part 1) ("He documents specifics of police surveillance and infiltration of various Mich. area groups. The maintaining of files, informers and dirty tricks.")
  3. Morgan, Chuck, ACLU -- Electronic Surveillance Systems and Computer Data (p 2) ("A speech everyone should hear. He outlines the use of satellites, computers, voiceprints, wire-tapping. The CIA, Dept. of Defense, the NSA. An Orwellian nightmare. Very good question and answer period follows.")
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Subversion of the Forces of Dissent, November 3, 1975, 1:30 p.m.

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The Subversion of the Forces of Dissent panel (3 original tapes) consisted of seven speakers:

  1. Oglesby, Carl, AIB -- (moderator) (part 1) ("An excellent introduction to this section. Discusses among other things, how the Allies set up ex-Nazis as the new German post-war intelligence community. Also the connections between the federal govt. and organized crime.")
  2. Stapleton, Syd -- The FBI's Cointelpro and the CIA's Chaos (part 1) ("Former SWPer discusses first-hand how the govt. infiltrated legitimate protest movements. COINTELPRO and Wounded Knee provide the examples of a concerted effort to breakup dissent.")
  3. Freed, Donald -- Counter-terrorism and the Agent Provocateur (parts 1-2) ("Examples and methods used to kill protest. The connections between Watergate and Patty Hearst. He provides theories on the true nature of the SLA. Ties in the prison system, the CIA and other international criminals.")
  4. Borman, Nancy, Majority Report -- Subversion of the Women's movement (part 2) ("Documents efforts by the govt. to buy off and subvert the women's movement. Operation Chaos, Mary Jo Cook, Susan Saks and other topics never mentioned in the national media.")
  5. O'Rourke, Maurine, UM Gay Advocate -- Repression of Gay People (part 2) ("The harassment and oppression of radical lesbians. Kathy Power and Susan Saks, Jill Rayman. A passionate, articulate presentation.")
  6. [last name not given], Stella -- Repression of Gay People (part 2) ("Attacks homophobia in the New Left and the Teach-In. Relates it to similar experiences with straight academic conferences.")
  7. DuBois, David, Black Panther -- Conspiracy Against the Black Liberation Movement (part 3) ("DuBois relates his experiences as a Black American living in Black Africa. Relates African liberation struggles to the idea of a world socialist revolution. King, Malcolm X, the Panthers, and busing are tied in to an overview of racism and imperialism.")
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