Economics
A Conversation: Howard Zinn and Woodly Harrelson
Famed people's historian Howard Zinn died at the end of January 2010. A rigorous scholar, tireless advocate for economic and social justice, and a man of great good humor and generosity, he will be greatly missed. This delightful and engaging conversation with actor Woody Harrelson reveals Howard's rigorous scholarship and profound, gentle wisdom.
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Born to Be Sold: The Strange Case of Baby M/S
Production Year: 1991
Runtime: 28:00
Producers:
Martha Rosler,
Paper Tiger
Series:
ROAR - Paper Tiger - A Mini Retrospective
Subjects:
Media Studies,
Crime, Law, and Justice,
Economics,
Women's Studies,
Art and Literature,
Health,
Reproductive Rights,
Video Art,
Women's Movement,
Health Care,
Paper Tiger,
Communication,
Gender Studies,
Film Studies
CatalogueNumber: 03041
On Paper Tiger, Martha Rosler discusses the media coverage of surrogate mother Mary Beth Whitehead.
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Breathless
In 1992, New York City announced its plan to build seven garbage incinerators in low income neighborhoods to solve the city's waste problem.
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Empire and Oil
Modern empires run on oil, and controlling these resources is key to the domination of potential rivals. This program examines the recent history of the Middle East and the Iraq War in relation to the desire of Western powers to control its petroleum resources, "the greatest strategic prize in history.”
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Fighting for Our Lives and The Wrath of Grapes
The United Farmworkers Union Presents:
This two part video foucuses 1) on the pesticides sprayed on the fruit we eat, and 2) the history of the united farm workers.
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Free Trade
A National Disaster
Production Year: 1988
Runtime: 58:00
Producers:
Bob Hercules
Subjects:
Crime, Law, and Justice,
Economics,
Globalization Studies,
Labor Studies,
Social Movement Studies,
Urban Studies,
Agriculture,
Politics,
Sociology,
Unions
CatalogueNumber: 03236
Apparel industry imports have had a devastating effect on US communities. Free Trade" explores the destructive economic realities of domestic plant closures, not just on the thousands of unemployed workers and their families, but on the entire community they support.
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Herb Schiller Reads The New York Times
Communications expert Herb Schiller peels away the many layers of the Sunday Times.
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Home Sweet Homefront
Fighting For A Decent Place To Live
This video both exposes the drastic living situations that people have faced due to Reagan year cut backs, and attempts to recreate the media image of a homeless person as someone with dignity and strength.
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Latinos and Labor
Program 1
Production Year: 1992
Runtime: 58:00
Producers:
Cynthia Lopez,
DeeDee Halleck,
Centro Estudios Puertorriquenos
Series:
Siempre Trabajando: Latinos and Labor
Locale: Los Angeles, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, New York City
Subjects:
Media Studies,
Economics,
Globalization Studies,
Labor Studies,
Latin-American Studies,
Latino Studies,
Immigration
CatalogueNumber: 03386
Dramatic and moving stories of seemingly powerless laborers, many of them immigrants, all of them working in low paying jobs, uniting to achieve remarkable contract victories in the face of corporate power and police brutality. "Si Se Puede = Yes We Can!"
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Latinos and Labor
Program 2
Two programs explore labor struggles in Puerto Rico. The first a look a Puerto Rican labor history through the eyes of retired workers. The second chronicles a victorious 1970 General Strike.
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Latinos and Labor
Program 3
The U.S.Mexican border: zone of hope, brutalization and exploitation. Does "free trade" free people or only capital? Two half hour programs explore U.S. Mexico relations on key issues.
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Many Yeses, One No
Confronting Corporate Globalization
Many Yesses, One No is a remarkable look back at the Global Justice Movement, or "anti-globalization" movement as it was often called by mainstream media. This DVD collects material that spans from 1988 to 2000 and provides real insight into the development of this important recent social movement, and the role that independent media has played within that movement. Part three of DIY Media: Movement Perspectives on Critical Moments.
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Michael Harrington Looks At Democracy
An Election Special
Why was the 1988 electorate at an all time low? Micheal Harrington, author of "The Other America", begins to de-mystify the American political process.
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Mutiny on the Corporate Sponsorship
Issues of media access, coverage decisions and the corporate underwriting of the media industry.
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National Health Emergency: An Activist Survey
A trenchant analysis of health care reform in the United States. Though made in 1994, it remains, sadly, accurate.
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People and the Land
Farming and Agri*Culture
This video focuses on the environmental destruction that has occurred due to the farm crisis.
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Showdown in Seattle Part 1: Seattle Prelude
Seattle heats up as thousands pour into the city for week-long rallies and demonstrations in protest of WTO.
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Showdown in Seattle Part 2: People Unite, Police Riot
Protests are met by Seattle poice and barrage of chemical weapons and rubber bullets.
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Showdown in Seattle Part 3: Occupied Seattle
Segment includes Steelworkers' rally which is met with Police teargas, as well as examinations of legal issues posed by Police abuse, indigenous issue with the WTO, and a critical look at how the media has covered the protests.
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Showdown in Seattle Part 4: Unwilling Captives
Segment on questionable legal processing dealing with Seattle protesters
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Showdown in Seattle Part 5: What Democracy Looks Like
The WTO ends in failure and celebration.
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Suncookers
A Solution Rises Every Morning
Wood is the basic fuel for over 2.5 billion people in the world. Women in northeastern Kenya spend hours a day searching for wood resulting in deforestation, soil erosion and cooking smoke induced lung diseases. Margaret Owino has found a solution: solar cookers.
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The Economy of Militarization
Samir Amin at the World Tribunal on Iraq
Samir Amin examines the dynamic reconfiguration of imperial exploitation in the 21st century.
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The Last Televangelist on the First Amendment
Excerpt from new Deep Dish series
This is an excerpt from a new Deep Dish series which will run on Free Speech TV in Fall 2008. It features the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir and Reverend Billy. It was produced by Big Noise Films in collaboration with FSTV and the Church.
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Theres no Place like Home: Housing Crisis, USA
All kinds of people nationwide are suffering from the severe shortage of affordable housing.
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Voices of Democracy: Living the First Amendment
Is it really safe to watch the six o'clock news?
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War on the Homefront
Gulf Crisis TV Project
Production Year: 1990
Runtime: 28:00
Producers:
Simin Farkhondeh,
Marty Lucas,
Cathy Scott,
DeeDee Halleck
Series:
The Gulf Crisis TV Project
Subjects:
Political Science,
Middle East Studies,
Media Studies,
Economics,
Peace Studies,
Urban Studies,
Work/Labor,
Iraq
CatalogueNumber: 03288
An accelerated decline of the US economy, labor, housing and healthcare lie in the wake of the first Gulf War.Gulf Crisis TV Project: made in collaboration with Paper Tiger Part 10 of the 10-part "Gulf Crisis TV Project" series. The billions of dollars spent on mass destruction in the war is paralleled to the decline of the US economy, budget cuts in labor, healthcare, housing and education. It examines the military treatment of public lands within the US, the ecological devastation that occurs in the production of weapons and the grassroots movements efforts to change this nation's priorities. An accelerated decline of the US economy, labor, housing and healthcare lie in the wake of the first Gulf War.
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Working Pictures
Labor in the Eighties
This video explores the difficulties faced by the American labor movement, as corporate globalization takes hold.
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