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Programs with the subject 'Economics'

  • A Conversation: Howard Zinn and Woody 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.
  • Chris Hedges at Culture Project
    Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist & author of "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt", speaks about rebellion, Occupy, & the power of resistance at The Culture Project. This is a part of Culture Project's "Conversation on Economy", filmed on July 25, 2012 at the IMPACT Festival.
  • Chris Hedges Speaking at the Left Forum 2012
    Chris Hedges, author, journalist, professor and cultural critic speaks at the closing plenary of the 2012 Left Forum.
  • 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.
  • Global Uprisings
    For over a year, Deep Dish TV producers Brandon Jourdan and Marianne Maeckelburgh have been traveling through Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East documenting the unprecedented global uprisings that began with Tunisia and Egypt’s Tahrir Square and continued with Occupy Wall Street, Spain’s Indignados and the Greek rebellion. To date, they have made 12 short films in 5 countries, on a tight budget. You can view all the short films in the series here.
  • 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.
  • Leave The Oil In The Soil-Leave the Coal in the Hole.
    Opening session of the Left Forum 2012. Intro remarks by Stanley Aronowitz and presentation by Nnimmo Bassey, Execuitive Director of Environmental Rights Action in Nigeria and Chair of Friends of the Earth International
  • Left Forum 2012 Getting Serious about Class Dynamics with Bill Fletcher Jr.
    Bill Fletcher of BlackCommentator.com speaks at a Left Forum 2012 Panel on the intersection of race, class and gender in the U.S.
  • Left Forum 2012 Getting Serious about Class Dynamics with Bill Tabb
    Author William Tabb speaks at a Left Forum 2012 Panel on the intersection of race, class and gender in the U.S.
  • Left Forum 2012 Getting Serious about Class Dynamics with Dr. Mary Gatta
    Dr. Mary Gatta of Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) speaks at a Left Forum 2012 Panel on the intersection of race, class and gender in the U.S.
  • Left Forum 2012 Getting Serious About Class with Michael Zweig
    SUNY Professor Michael Zweig speaks at a Left Forum 2012 Panel on the intersection of race, class and gender in the U.S.
  • Left Forum 2012 Horizontalism vs Revolutionary State Power Session
    Raymond Lotta and John Clarke discuss whether or not Occupy and similar movements require vanguard leadership to unleash conscious activism amongst the masses.
  • Left Forum 2012 Multiple Displacements: Neoliberalism, Gentrification, and Resistance in China, Chinatown and Beyond with Sam Stein
    Sam Stein speaks at a Left Forum 2012 panel on discusses gentrification in Chinatown, New York, and beyond in the context of the housing crisis, which has disproportionately affected working communities of color.
  • Left Forum 2012 Workers' Cooperatives: The International Context with Carl Davidson
    As the capitalist economy is in a state of rapid decline, the panel examines the historic and contemporary relevance of workers cooperatives as an alternative to capitalist and private ownership of property and enterprises. The panel explores the trajectory of worker control in the comparative national contexts and its challenge to capitalist domination.
  • Left Forum 2012 Workers' Cooperatives: The International Context with Peter Ranis
    As the capitalist economy is in a state of rapid decline, the panel examines the historic and contemporary relevance of workers cooperatives as an alternative to capitalist and private ownership of property and enterprises. The panel explores the trajectory of worker control in the comparative national contexts and its challenge to capitalist domination.
  • Left Forum 2012: Global Insurgencies Amidst the End of Empire with Gregory Wilpert
    Gregory Wilpert, professor, author, and activist, speaks at a Left Forum 2012 session on how the Arab Spring, protests against austerity in Europe, and the global Occupy movements have challenged U.S. and European hegemony.
  • Left Forum 2012: Global Insurgencies Amidst the End of Empire with Michael Klare
    Michael Klare speaks at a Left Forum 2012 session on how the Arab Spring, protests against austerity in Europe, and the global Occupy movements have challenged U.S. and European hegemony.
  • Left Forum 2012: Global Insurgencies Amidst the End of Empire with Neil Smith
    Neil Smith, CUNY Ph.D professor, speaks at a Left Forum 2012 session on how the Arab Spring, protests against austerity in Europe, and the global Occupy movements have challenged U.S. and European hegemony.
  • Left Forum 2012: Global Insurgencies Amidst the End of Empire with Phyllis Bennis
    Phyllis Bennis, writer, analyst, and activist on Middle East and UN issues, speaks at a Left Forum 2012 session on how the Arab Spring, protests against austerity in Europe, and the global Occupy movements have challenged U.S. and European hegemony.
  • Left Forum 2012: Multiple Displacements: Neoliberalism, Gentrification, and Resistance in China, Chinatown and Beyond with Ellen David Friedman
    Ellen David Friedman, a Visiting Scholar from the International Center for Joint Labor Research at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou speaks at a Left Forum 2012 panel on race, the housing crisis, and gentrification in Chinatown, New York,and beyond.
  • Left Forum 2012: Multiple Displacements: Neoliberalism, Gentrification, and Resistance in China, Chinatown and Beyond with Helena Wong
    Helena Wong, a community organizer focusing on Asian American communities, discusses gentrification in Chinatown, New York, and beyond in the context of the housing crisis, which has disproportionately affected working communities of color.
  • Left Forum 2012: Multiple Displacements: Neoliberalism, Gentrification, and Resistance in China, Chinatown and Beyond with Pengfei Li
    Pengfei Li, a student and researcher at the the CUNY Graduate Center's Environmental Psychology Program, speaks at a Left Forum 2012 panel on race, the housing crisis, and gentrification in Chinatown, New York,and beyond.
  • Left Forum Closing Plenary 2012
    The closing plenary for the 2012 Left Forum in its entirety.
  • 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.
  • Michael Moore at the Left Forum
    Michael Moore's speech at the Left Forum 2012.
  • 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.
  • Occupied Barcelona: The Spanish Election Rejection
    In the midst of rising unemployment rates, extensive austerity measures and increased privatization, many Spanish people are losing faith in electoral politics.
  • Occupy Wall Street - The Movement Grows!
    Since Saturday, September 17, 2011, thousands have been gathering at Zucotti Park in downtown New York City, in the eye of the storm of capitalism, to protest the erosion of economic justice, social equality and democracy itself over the past 40 years, during which the living standards of 99% of Americans has declined, while the richest 1% have reaped the benefits. But this isn't your average U.S. protest - inspired by the Arab Spring and protests in Greece, Spain and elsehwere in Europe, OWS is dynamic yet leaderless, organized yet broad-based. The media, the general public and the very politicians are looking to established media narratives to make sense of this movement, but they will not find any help there. One thing is clear: it is time to end our deference to corporate, monied power, and time to hold the banksters accountable for the financial crimes committed against the people of the United States. And, most importantly, it is time to find an alternative to the currently-deteriorating system of capitalism. As economist Richard Wolff emplored a gathering of listeners on an early October evening, "You can do better than capitalism!"
  • 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.
  • Robert Johnson at Culture Project
    Robert Johnson, Former Senate Economist, speaks about the disintegration of trust in government, banks, and in the present corporate capitalist economy. This is a part of Culture Project's "Conversation on Economy", filmed on July 25, 2012 at the IMPACT Festival.
  • 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.
  • Student Debt Serfdom
    If nothing changes, student debt will haunt today’s youth into old age. How did we get locked into debt, who’s profiting from the status quo, and how can we reclaim our futures?
  • 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.
  • The Last Televangelist: Bye Bye Buying
    Rev. Billy ponders the true meaning of Christmas in words, music and film, and leads a demonstration with a gospel choir in front of Radio City Music Hall, warning of the coming Shopocalypse. The Rev. Billy's Church of Life After Shopping offers messages of hope, revolution and humor.
  • The Oakland Commune
    Occupy Oakland's particular character resulted from years of struggle and repression in the Bay Area. This short documentary by Deep Dish TV producers Brandon Jourdan and Marianne Maeckelbergh details the ongoing story of the Oakland Commune.
  • The Problem Is the System of Unequal Privlege and Control. Occupy the Narrative!
    William Tabb is the author of The Restructuring of Capitalism in Our Time.
  • 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.
  • We Are The Crisis of Capital
    John Holloway is a Professor of Sociology in the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla in Mexico
  • Working Pictures
    This video explores the difficulties faced by the American labor movement, as corporate globalization takes hold.

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Economics

A Conversation: Howard Zinn and Woody Harrelson

Production Year: 2003
Runtime: 1:03:00
Producers: Brian Drolet, Marty Lucas, Elsa E'der
Subjects: American Studies, Economics, Labor Studies, Peace Studies, Politics, Iraq, Community Media, Environmental Justice
CatalogueNumber: 03512

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

On Paper Tiger, Martha Rosler discusses the media coverage of surrogate mother Mary Beth Whitehead.

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Breathless

Production Year: 1994
Runtime: 28:00
Producers: Cathy Scott, Paper Tiger, Susan Levine
Editors: Cathy Scott
Series: Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired
Subjects: Media Studies, African American Studies, Economics, Urban Studies, Health, Racism, Environmental Justice
CatalogueNumber: 03322

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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Chris Hedges at Culture Project

A Conversation on Economy: Moderated by Sam Seder with Chris Hedges, Robert Johnson, Taylor Jo Isenberg, & Patrick Markee.

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 17:15
Series: Culture Project Impact Festival 2012
Locale: New York, NY
Subjects: Economics, Economic Development, Globalization, Politics, Post-Colonialism, Occupy Wall Street
CatalogueNumber: 03599

Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist & author of "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt", speaks about rebellion, Occupy, & the power of resistance at The Culture Project. This is a part of Culture Project's "Conversation on Economy", filmed on July 25, 2012 at the IMPACT Festival.

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Chris Hedges Speaking at the Left Forum 2012

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 18:29
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Subjects: Political Science, Economics, Politics
CatalogueNumber: 03562

Chris Hedges, author, journalist, professor and cultural critic speaks at the closing plenary of the 2012 Left Forum.

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Empire and Oil

Production Year: 2005
Runtime: 28:00
Producers: Brian Drolet, Satya Colombo, Veronica Davidov
Editors: Satya Colombo, Veronica Davidov, Larilyn Sanchez
Series: Shocking and Awful - A Grassroots Response to War and Occupation
Locale: Iraq, U.S., Iran
Subjects: Middle East Studies, Economics, Globalization Studies, Peace Studies
CatalogueNumber: 03276

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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Not for individual sale. Only available as part of the series 'Shocking and Awful - A Grassroots Response to War and Occupation'.

Fighting for Our Lives and The Wrath of Grapes

The United Farmworkers Union Presents:

Production Year: 1988
Runtime: 51:00
Producers: Lorena Parlee
Series: Deep Dish Cooks Up a Second Series
Subjects: Economics, Globalization Studies, Labor Studies, Latino Studies, Social Movement Studies, Agriculture, Immigration , Health
CatalogueNumber: 03233

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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Global Uprisings

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 2:20:00
Series: Global Uprisings
Subjects: Economics, Work/Labor, Health Care, Youth, Housing, Occupy Wall Street
CatalogueNumber: 03597

For over a year, Deep Dish TV producers Brandon Jourdan and Marianne Maeckelburgh have been traveling through Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East documenting the unprecedented global uprisings that began with Tunisia and Egypt’s Tahrir Square and continued with Occupy Wall Street, Spain’s Indignados and the Greek rebellion. To date, they have made 12 short films in 5 countries, on a tight budget. You can view all the short films in the series here.

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Herb Schiller Reads The New York Times

Production Year: 1991
Runtime: 28:00
Series: ROAR - Paper Tiger - A Mini Retrospective
Subjects: Political Science, Media Studies, Economics, Paper Tiger, Community Media, Communication
CatalogueNumber: 03040

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

Production Year: 1988
Runtime: 58:00
Producers: Louis Massiah
Series: Deep Dish Cooks Up a Second Series
Locale: US
Subjects: Economics, Urban Studies
CatalogueNumber: 03227

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

Production Year: 1992
Runtime: 58:00
Producers: Cheche Martinez, Colin Jessop
Series: Siempre Trabajando: Latinos and Labor
Locale: Mexico, United States
Subjects: Economics, Globalization Studies, Labor Studies, Latin-American Studies, Latino Studies, Immigration , Human Rights, Mexico
CatalogueNumber: 03389

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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Leave The Oil In The Soil-Leave the Coal in the Hole.

Nnimmo Bassey

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 1:30:00
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Locale: New York City
Subjects: Economics, Environmental Studies, Africa, Environmental Justice
CatalogueNumber: 03555

Opening session of the Left Forum 2012. Intro remarks by Stanley Aronowitz and presentation by Nnimmo Bassey, Execuitive Director of Environmental Rights Action in Nigeria and Chair of Friends of the Earth International

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Left Forum 2012 Getting Serious about Class Dynamics with Bill Fletcher Jr.

Bill Fletcher of BlackCommentator.com speaks at a Left Forum 2012 Panel on the intersection of race, class and gender in the U.S.

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Left Forum 2012 Getting Serious about Class Dynamics with Bill Tabb

Author William Tabb speaks at a Left Forum 2012 Panel on the intersection of race, class and gender in the U.S.

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Left Forum 2012 Getting Serious about Class Dynamics with Dr. Mary Gatta

Dr. Mary Gatta of Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) speaks at a Left Forum 2012 Panel on the intersection of race, class and gender in the U.S.

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Left Forum 2012 Getting Serious About Class with Michael Zweig

SUNY Professor Michael Zweig speaks at a Left Forum 2012 Panel on the intersection of race, class and gender in the U.S.

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Left Forum 2012 Horizontalism vs Revolutionary State Power Session

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 50:09
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Locale: New York City
Subjects: Political Science, Economics, Labor Studies, Politics
CatalogueNumber: 03570

Raymond Lotta and John Clarke discuss whether or not Occupy and similar movements require vanguard leadership to unleash conscious activism amongst the masses.

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Left Forum 2012 Multiple Displacements: Neoliberalism, Gentrification, and Resistance in China, Chinatown and Beyond with Sam Stein

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 19:22
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Subjects: Economics, Economic Development, Asian Studies, Asian American Studies, Housing
CatalogueNumber: 03585

Sam Stein speaks at a Left Forum 2012 panel on discusses gentrification in Chinatown, New York, and beyond in the context of the housing crisis, which has disproportionately affected working communities of color.

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Left Forum 2012 Workers' Cooperatives: The International Context with Carl Davidson

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 11:45
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Subjects: Political Science, Economics, Labor Studies, Politics, Work/Labor
CatalogueNumber: 03572

As the capitalist economy is in a state of rapid decline, the panel examines the historic and contemporary relevance of workers cooperatives as an alternative to capitalist and private ownership of property and enterprises. The panel explores the trajectory of worker control in the comparative national contexts and its challenge to capitalist domination.

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Left Forum 2012 Workers' Cooperatives: The International Context with Peter Ranis

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 13:31
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Subjects: Political Science, Economics, Labor Studies, Work/Labor
CatalogueNumber: 03571

As the capitalist economy is in a state of rapid decline, the panel examines the historic and contemporary relevance of workers cooperatives as an alternative to capitalist and private ownership of property and enterprises. The panel explores the trajectory of worker control in the comparative national contexts and its challenge to capitalist domination.

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Not for individual sale. Only available as part of the series 'The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism'.

Left Forum 2012: Global Insurgencies Amidst the End of Empire with Gregory Wilpert

Gregory Wilpert, professor, author, and activist, speaks at a Left Forum 2012 session on how the Arab Spring, protests against austerity in Europe, and the global Occupy movements have challenged U.S. and European hegemony.

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Not for individual sale. Only available as part of the series 'The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism'.

Left Forum 2012: Global Insurgencies Amidst the End of Empire with Michael Klare

Michael Klare speaks at a Left Forum 2012 session on how the Arab Spring, protests against austerity in Europe, and the global Occupy movements have challenged U.S. and European hegemony.

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Not for individual sale. Only available as part of the series 'The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism'.

Left Forum 2012: Global Insurgencies Amidst the End of Empire with Neil Smith

Neil Smith, CUNY Ph.D professor, speaks at a Left Forum 2012 session on how the Arab Spring, protests against austerity in Europe, and the global Occupy movements have challenged U.S. and European hegemony.

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Not for individual sale. Only available as part of the series 'The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism'.

Left Forum 2012: Global Insurgencies Amidst the End of Empire with Phyllis Bennis

Phyllis Bennis, writer, analyst, and activist on Middle East and UN issues, speaks at a Left Forum 2012 session on how the Arab Spring, protests against austerity in Europe, and the global Occupy movements have challenged U.S. and European hegemony.

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Not for individual sale. Only available as part of the series 'The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism'.

Left Forum 2012: Multiple Displacements: Neoliberalism, Gentrification, and Resistance in China, Chinatown and Beyond with Ellen David Friedman

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 24:13
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Subjects: Economics, Economic Development, Racism, Asian Studies, Asian American Studies, Housing
CatalogueNumber: 03587

Ellen David Friedman, a Visiting Scholar from the International Center for Joint Labor Research at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou speaks at a Left Forum 2012 panel on race, the housing crisis, and gentrification in Chinatown, New York,and beyond.

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Left Forum 2012: Multiple Displacements: Neoliberalism, Gentrification, and Resistance in China, Chinatown and Beyond with Helena Wong

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 19:06
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Locale: New York City
Subjects: Economics, Economic Development, Racism, Asian Studies, Asian American Studies, Housing
CatalogueNumber: 03584

Helena Wong, a community organizer focusing on Asian American communities, discusses gentrification in Chinatown, New York, and beyond in the context of the housing crisis, which has disproportionately affected working communities of color.

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Left Forum 2012: Multiple Displacements: Neoliberalism, Gentrification, and Resistance in China, Chinatown and Beyond with Pengfei Li

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 17:20
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Locale: New York City
Subjects: Economics, Economic Development, Racism, Asian Studies, Asian American Studies, Housing
CatalogueNumber: 03586

Pengfei Li, a student and researcher at the the CUNY Graduate Center's Environmental Psychology Program, speaks at a Left Forum 2012 panel on race, the housing crisis, and gentrification in Chinatown, New York,and beyond.

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Left Forum Closing Plenary 2012

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 1:19:03
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Locale: New York City
Subjects: Political Science, Economics, Labor Studies, Politics, Work/Labor, Occupy Wall Street
CatalogueNumber: 03564

The closing plenary for the 2012 Left Forum in its entirety.

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Michael Harrington Looks At Democracy

An Election Special

Production Year: 1988
Runtime: 58:00
Producers: Paper Tiger
Series: Deep Dish Cooks Up a Second Series
Subjects: Political Science, Civil Liberties, Economics, Social Movement Studies
CatalogueNumber: 03239

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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Michael Moore at the Left Forum

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 1:19:00
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Locale: New York City
Subjects: Economics, Politics, Work/Labor, Elections
CatalogueNumber: 03560

Michael Moore's speech at the Left Forum 2012.

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Mutiny on the Corporate Sponsorship

Production Year: 1991
Runtime: 58:00
Producers: Paper Tiger
Series: Behind Censorship: The Assault on Civil Liberties
Subjects: Political Science, Media Studies, Economics, Education, Cultural Studies
CatalogueNumber: 03371

Issues of media access, coverage decisions and the corporate underwriting of the media industry.

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National Health Emergency: An Activist Survey

Production Year: 1994
Runtime: 58:00
Producers: Cindy Nelson
Series: Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired
Subjects: Economics, Social Movement Studies, Aging, Health, Health Care
CatalogueNumber: 03286

A trenchant analysis of health care reform in the United States. Though made in 1994, it remains, sadly, accurate.

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No Hay Paz (There is No Peace)

Production Year: 1992
Runtime: 28:00
Producers: Robert Arevalo
Series: Rock the Boat
Subjects: Economics, Latin-American Studies, Immigration , Central America, Immigration and Exile, Racism
CatalogueNumber: 03415

A portrait of Salvadoran refugees living in the U.S.

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Occupied Barcelona: The Spanish Election Rejection

Production Year: 2011
Runtime: 05:34
Producers: Brandon Jourdan, Marianne Maeckelbergh
Editors: Brandon Jourdan
Series: Occupy Wall Street!
Subjects: Economics, Globalization, Politics, Media Justice
CatalogueNumber: 03546

In the midst of rising unemployment rates, extensive austerity measures and increased privatization, many Spanish people are losing faith in electoral politics.

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Occupy Wall Street - The Movement Grows!

Grit TV's Laura Flanders Live Broadcast on FSTV

Since Saturday, September 17, 2011, thousands have been gathering at Zucotti Park in downtown New York City, in the eye of the storm of capitalism, to protest the erosion of economic justice, social equality and democracy itself over the past 40 years, during which the living standards of 99% of Americans has declined, while the richest 1% have reaped the benefits. But this isn't your average U.S. protest - inspired by the Arab Spring and protests in Greece, Spain and elsehwere in Europe, OWS is dynamic yet leaderless, organized yet broad-based. The media, the general public and the very politicians are looking to established media narratives to make sense of this movement, but they will not find any help there. One thing is clear: it is time to end our deference to corporate, monied power, and time to hold the banksters accountable for the financial crimes committed against the people of the United States. And, most importantly, it is time to find an alternative to the currently-deteriorating system of capitalism. As economist Richard Wolff emplored a gathering of listeners on an early October evening, "You can do better than capitalism!"

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People and the Land

Farming and Agri*Culture

Production Year: 1988
Runtime: 58:00
Producers: Wade Britzius, Marilyn Klinkner
Series: Deep Dish Cooks Up a Second Series
Locale: USA
Subjects: American Studies, Economics, Native American Studies, Agriculture
CatalogueNumber: 03220

This video focuses on the environmental destruction that has occurred due to the farm crisis.

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Phambili!

Production Year: 1993
Runtime: 28:00
Producers: Video News Services
Series: News You Can Use I
Subjects: Economics, Women's Studies, Africa, Gender Studies
CatalogueNumber: 03439

Examines women's role in the South African economy.

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Robert Johnson at Culture Project

A Conversation on Economy: Moderated by Sam Seder with Chris Hedges, Robert Johnson, Taylor Jo Isenberg, & Patrick Markee.

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 04:08
Series: Culture Project Impact Festival 2012
Subjects: Economics, Economic Development, Globalization, Politics, Post-Colonialism, Occupy Wall Street
CatalogueNumber: 03600

Robert Johnson, Former Senate Economist, speaks about the disintegration of trust in government, banks, and in the present corporate capitalist economy. This is a part of Culture Project's "Conversation on Economy", filmed on July 25, 2012 at the IMPACT Festival.

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Showdown in Seattle Part 1: Seattle Prelude

Production Year: 1999
Runtime: 28:00
Series: Showdown in Seattle
Subjects: Political Science, Economics, Globalization Studies, Economic Development, Politics, International Relations
CatalogueNumber: 03468

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

Production Year: 1999
Runtime: 28:00
Series: Showdown in Seattle
Locale: Seattle
Subjects: Political Science, Economics, Globalization Studies, Politics, International Relations, Housing
CatalogueNumber: 03469

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

Production Year: 1999
Runtime: 28:00
Series: Showdown in Seattle
Subjects: Political Science, Economics, Globalization Studies, Labor Studies, Politics, International Relations, Housing
CatalogueNumber: 03470

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

Production Year: 1999
Runtime: 28:00
Series: Showdown in Seattle
Subjects: Political Science, Economics, Globalization Studies, Labor Studies, Economic Development, Politics, Housing
CatalogueNumber: 03471

Segment on questionable legal processing dealing with Seattle protesters

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Showdown in Seattle Part 5: What Democracy Looks Like

Production Year: 1999
Runtime: 28:00
Series: Showdown in Seattle
Subjects: Political Science, Economics, Globalization Studies, Labor Studies, Economic Development, Politics, Housing
CatalogueNumber: 03472

The WTO ends in failure and celebration.

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Student Debt Serfdom

Left Forum 2012 Panel

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 1:47:00
Producers: Brian Drolet, Gary Edwards
Editors: Karla Cote
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Locale: New York City
Subjects: Economics, Education
CatalogueNumber: 03592

If nothing changes, student debt will haunt today’s youth into old age. How did we get locked into debt, who’s profiting from the status quo, and how can we reclaim our futures?

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Suncookers

A Solution Rises Every Morning

Production Year: 2006
Runtime: 2:18:20
Producers: Cathy Scott, DeeDee Halleck
Editors: Cathy Scott
Locale: Kenya
Subjects: Economics, Environmental Studies, Women's Studies, Agriculture, Africa, International Relations
CatalogueNumber: 03261

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

Production Year: 2005
Runtime: 28:05
Editors: DeeDee Halleck
Series: The World Tribunal on Iraq - Complete Speeches
Locale: Istanbul, Turkey
Subjects: Middle East Studies, Economics, Economic Development, Iraq
CatalogueNumber: 03507

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

Production Year: 2008
Runtime: 02:00
Producers: DeeDee Halleck, Jacqueline Soohen, Rick Rowley
Series: The Last Televangelist
Locale: NYC
Subjects: Media Studies, Economics, Art and Literature, Music and Performance, Religion, Cultural Studies
CatalogueNumber: 03401

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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The Last Televangelist: Bye Bye Buying

Production Year: 2009
Runtime: 28:00
Series: The Last Televangelist
Subjects: Economics, Environmental Studies
CatalogueNumber: 03528

Rev. Billy ponders the true meaning of Christmas in words, music and film, and leads a demonstration with a gospel choir in front of Radio City Music Hall, warning of the coming Shopocalypse. The Rev. Billy's Church of Life After Shopping offers messages of hope, revolution and humor.

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The Oakland Commune

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 11:32
Producers: Brandon Jourdan, Marianne Maeckelbergh
Editors: Brandon Jourdan, Marianne Maeckelbergh
Series: Occupy Wall Street!
Locale: Oakland California
Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economics
CatalogueNumber: 03549

Occupy Oakland's particular character resulted from years of struggle and repression in the Bay Area. This short documentary by Deep Dish TV producers Brandon Jourdan and Marianne Maeckelbergh details the ongoing story of the Oakland Commune.

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The Problem Is the System of Unequal Privlege and Control. Occupy the Narrative!

Left Forum 2012 Opening Plenary

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 18:33
Producers: Brian Drolet
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Locale: New York City
Subjects: Economics, Labor Studies, Economic Development, Work/Labor
CatalogueNumber: 03559

William Tabb is the author of The Restructuring of Capitalism in Our Time.

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Theres no Place like Home: Housing Crisis, USA

Production Year: 1986
Runtime: 58:00
Producers: Fiona Boneham, Pamela Hoelscher
Series: The Opening Series
Subjects: Economics, Human Rights, Immigration and Exile
CatalogueNumber: 03464

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

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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We Are The Crisis of Capital

Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 15:00
Series: The Left Forum 2012 - Confronting Global Capitalism
Subjects: Economics, Social Movement Studies, Economic Development
CatalogueNumber: 03553

John Holloway is a Professor of Sociology in the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla in Mexico

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Working Pictures

Labor in the Eighties

Production Year: 1988
Runtime: 58:00
Series: Deep Dish Cooks Up a Second Series
Locale: USA
Subjects: American Studies, Civil Liberties, Crime, Law, and Justice, Economics, Labor Studies, Work/Labor
CatalogueNumber: 03218

This video explores the difficulties faced by the American labor movement, as corporate globalization takes hold.

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