Programs with the subject 'Labor Studies'

• 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.
• A Dish Of Central America
  The goal of this video is to bring to light some of the popular misconceptions that people have about Central America. It brings together experpts to help people understand the various countries that make up the region.
• Drawing the Line at Pittston
  This program chronicles the year-long miners strike against the Pittston Mine Company in western Virginia.
• Environmental Action and the Labor Movement
  This program shows coalitions are being formed nationally between the two movements: environmental action and the labor movement
• Expansion, Intervention and Migration
  Operation Bootstrap: a 1950s precursor of NAFTA forced on Puerto Rico as an "industrialization" program. And a look at an evangelical crusade in Latin America
• 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.
• Korea: Until Daybreak
  This tape features south Korea's decade-long street insurrections from the point of view of students, farmers and workers who have stood in the front line of the reunification movement, against economic exploitation and-militarism.
• Labor Produces: Access to Solidarity
  Alternative news, documentary, talk show and music video formats provide an insightful and creative examination of issues involving exploitation and livelihood seldom confronted by the mainstream media.
• 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.
• 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.
• Voices of a People's History of the United States
  Author Howard Zinn is honored at the NY Society for Ethical Culture, where actors, activists and authors read excerpts from book with Anthony Arnove, Voices of a People's History of the United States.
• What is a Patient?
  The struggle of South African public health workers.
• Working Pictures
  This video explores the difficulties faced by the American labor movement, as corporate globalization takes hold.