Programs with the subject '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.
• Born to Be Sold: The Strange Case of Baby M/S
  On Paper Tiger, Martha Rosler discusses the media coverage of surrogate mother Mary Beth Whitehead.
• 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.
• 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.”
• Fighting for Our Lives and The Wrath of Grapes
  This two part video foucuses 1) on the pesticides sprayed on the fruit we eat, and 2) the history of the united farm workers.
• Free Trade
  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.
• Herb Schiller Reads The New York Times
  Communications expert Herb Schiller peels away the many layers of the Sunday Times.
• Home Sweet Homefront
  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.
• Latinos and Labor
  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!"
• Latinos and Labor
  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.
• Latinos and Labor
  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.
• Many Yeses, One No
  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.
• Michael Harrington Looks At Democracy
  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.
• Mutiny on the Corporate Sponsorship
  Issues of media access, coverage decisions and the corporate underwriting of the media industry.
• 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.
• No Hay Paz (There is No Peace)
  A portrait of Salvadoran refugees living in the U.S.
• People and the Land
  This video focuses on the environmental destruction that has occurred due to the farm crisis.
• Phambili!
  Examines women's role in the South African economy.
• 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.
• Showdown in Seattle Part 2: People Unite, Police Riot
  Protests are met by Seattle poice and barrage of chemical weapons and rubber bullets.
• 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.
• Showdown in Seattle Part 4: Unwilling Captives
  Segment on questionable legal processing dealing with Seattle protesters
• Showdown in Seattle Part 5: What Democracy Looks Like
  The WTO ends in failure and celebration.
• Suncookers
  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.
• The Economy of Militarization
  Samir Amin examines the dynamic reconfiguration of imperial exploitation in the 21st century.
• The Last Televangelist on the First Amendment
  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.
• Theres no Place like Home: Housing Crisis, USA
  All kinds of people nationwide are suffering from the severe shortage of affordable housing.
• Voices of Democracy: Living the First Amendment
  Is it really safe to watch the six o'clock news?
• War on the Homefront
  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.
• Working Pictures
  This video explores the difficulties faced by the American labor movement, as corporate globalization takes hold.