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Yasser Arafat speaks in Havana
At a Cuban press conference, head of the PLO, Yasser Arafat thanks friendly Socialist and Islamic countries for their support of the Palestinian Liberation struggle. He condemns the United States, Israel, and Egypt's President Sadat for their abuse of the rights of the Palestinian people. Arafat responds to press questions about his formula for peace.
Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad (a little bit of so much truth)
Date: 6/1/2006Call Number: V 268Format: DVDProducers: Corrugated FilmsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
In the summer of 2006, a broad-based, non-violent, popular uprising exploded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Some compared it to the Paris Commune, while others called it the first Latin American revolution of the 21st century.
But it was the people’s use of the media that truly made history in Oaxaca.
A 90-minute documentary, A Little Bit of So Much Truth captures the unprecedented media phenomenon that emerged when tens of thousands of school teachers, housewives, indigenous communities, health workers, farmers, and students took 14 radio stations and one TV station into their own hands, using them to organize, mobilize, and ultimately defend their grassroots struggle for social, cultural, and economic justice.
New World Border
Call Number: V 277Format: VHSProgram: Peek MediaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
New World Border documents the rise in human rights abuses along the US Mexico border since the implementation of border blockades, which have been erected in populated areas throughout the border region during the last decade. Included are interviews with immigrant rights organizers, testimony from immigrants, analysis of "free trade" policies and current efforts to build a vibrant movement for immigrant rights.
Crimethink, Guerilla Fil Series, Volume 1
Date: 1/1/2008Call Number: V 283Format: DVDProducers: CrimethinkCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Our first DVD release features two discs loaded with some of the best films in modern anarchist filmmaking: three feature-length documentaries (Pickaxe, Breaking the Spell, and The Miami Model) and five short films (three documenting various thinktank experiments and two CrimethInc. essays brought to life by SubMedia).
New commentary tracks recorded by the filmmakers are included for the films Pickaxe, Breaking the Spell, and Auto-Revision. All films are in English. All three features have subtitles in Spanish and English, additionally The Miami Model has Portuguese subtitles. Disc Two features computer-accessible DVD-ROM content including MP3s, PDFs, and other assorted documentation & reading materials.
PICKAXE
An eclectic mix of activists take a stand to protect an old growth forest from logging at Warner Creek in the Willamette National Forest of Oregon, blockading the logging road and repelling the State Police. Over months a community builds around the illegal blockade as it develops into the Cascadia Free State and similar actions spread across the region. Years after its release, Pickaxe has become a classic document of the potential for grassroots direct action to achieve victory against the forces of both government and big business. Lovingly crafted by the participants themselves, the film expertly presents every moment, from confrontation to celebration. Includes new commentary track by filmmakers Tim Lewis and Tim Ream. [94 min.]
BREAKING THE SPELL
An hour-long look at the 1999 Seattle WTO protests and the anarchists who traveled there to set a new precedent for militant confrontation, this documentary picks up where Pickaxe left off. Filmed in the thick of the action, including footage that aired nationally on 60 Minutes, it captures a moment when world history was up for grabs. Includes new commentary track by filmmakers Tim Lewis, Tim Ream & Sir Chuck A. Rock. [63 min.]
THE MIAMI MODEL
Against the prescribed template of paramilitary oppression, information warfare, and profit above all values, activists converge in Miami to demonstrate grassroots resistance, creative action, and international solidarity—a clash between competing visions of globalization, soon to be known as the Miami Model. Indymedia activists shot hundreds of hours documenting the 2003 FTAA protests in Miami and shaped it into a documentary that cuts through the mass media blackout to reveal the brutal repression and assault on civil liberties that took place, as well as the inspiring alternatives to capitalist globalization that were also in full effect in Miami. [91 min.]
FIVE SHORT FILMS
An hour of shorts with three documented thinktank experiments and two CrimethInc. essays recreated for the screen by SubMedia.
Thinktank:
Safetybike [3 min.]
How to Turn a Bicycle into a Record Player (includes original version and new 21st century version) [13 min.]
Auto Re-Vision (includes new commentary track by participants Mark, Etta & James) [26 min.]
SubMedia:
Join the Resistance, Fall in Love [17 min.]
Why I Love Shoplifting From Big Corporations [5 min.]
Vern Harper
Vern Harper - A Cree elder, Healer, Aboriginal rights activist, Korean War Vet. Known as "Urban Elder". In 1974 with wife Pauline Shirt Harper organized the Native Peoples' Caravan, a cross Canada trek to raise awareness of broken treaties against the Canadian government. In 1976 founded the Wandering Spirit Survival School of Toronto. Author of "Following the Red Road: The Native Peoples' Caravan" 1974.
Vern Harper Tape 2,
Barbara Lavinsky KPOO, Else Collins Interview, Housing in the Fillmore
Vern Harper - A Cree elder, Healer, Aboriginal rights activist, Korean War Vet. Known as "Urban Elder". In 1974 with wife Pauline Shirt Harper organized the Native Peoples' Caravan, a cross Canada trek to raise awareness of broken treaties against the Canadian government. In 1976 founded the Wandering Spirit Survival School of Toronto. Author of "Following the Red Road: The Native Peoples' Caravan" 1974.
Side 2 has Interview with Else Collins by Barbara Lavinsky of KPOO radio about housing in the Fillmore. Some Audio problems.
Indigenous Vioces of Amazonia and Chiapas
Representatives from Chiapas spoke about the land issues between the Mexican government and the indigenous people as a result of NAFTA and Article 27 of Mexico's Constitution. The Ecuadorian representatives focused on the exploitation of the Amazon Rainforest and it's negative effects on their people. In both counties, the indigenous people are frustrated because they are not included in these land decisions that have social, environmental and economic impact on their communities.
Battle of People’s Park May 15. 1969.
Date: 5/15/1969Call Number: CD 584Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Live recording of the events that took place at People’s Park in Berkeley, California on May 15th, 1969. The battle is between the people of the community, who built it from a muddy parking lot into a park, versus the University and the Berkeley Police for trying to rip it down. Although the land was owned by the University, the people claimed it had been a muddy mess for years, and the people needed a park in South Berkeley. People were injured and killed by police in full riot gear, by guns as well as tear gas.
World Trade Watch: Corporate Globalization
Date: 1/1/1999Call Number: KP 279BFormat: Cass BProducers: National Radio Project, Corporate Watch, Insitute for Public AccuracyCollection: Eco-justice
Recorded before the WTO Summit in Seattle in 1999. Speakers Norman Soloman and Julie Light moderate brief interviews and clips from a number of activists who have are critical of the WTO and the dissolution of trade barriers. Arif Jamal, a Sudanese scholar and activist, speaks about farmers and agriculture. Colin Raja, a Malaysian national in the US, discusses inflation and Malaysian economic collapse. Kevin Danaher, author of 10 Reasons to Abolish the IMF and World Bank, discusses who gets representation at the summit. Paige Fischer of the Pacific Environment and Resource Center speaks about the timber lawsuit against US trade representatives and the Department of Commerce that her organization filed. Peter Rosset, executive director of Food First, Oakland, presents the problem of access to food that has manifested because of free trade and deregulation. There is also a clip from Renato Ruggiero, former director general of the WTO.
Pit River Indians: A Question of Land
Date: 11/20/1973Call Number: KP 307Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Frances EmleyCollection: Native Americans
"A history of genocide and of the struggle today." On the Northern California Pit River Indians.
