The IMF and World Bank summit in Prague in September 2000 provoked a large-scale mobilization of citizens around the world. Seattle, Washington and Millau have already demonstrated the power of the antiglobalization movement and the independent media. "Prague, People and Profit" examines the movement and the changes in Check society since the fall of the Eastern block.
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In the summer of 2004, citizens of Barcelona carried out an aquatic action against the hypocrisies and corruption involved in the concept and implementation of the Forum of Cultures. This documentary tells of their mission to reach the Forum in "pateras" (the small boats used by illegal immigrants to cross the Gibraltar Strait).
UntitledOkupa is the Spanish word for squat. This is a short video of two very large demonstrations that took place in Barcelona against evictions and property spectulation.
Actions and protests in Canada.
UntitledFrom conflicts and uprisings in Cincinnati, racism and misery, to the events that have shaken the start of this new century. Until there is justice there will not be peace. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE offers a window into the world of today's politically active youth. This compelling video presents portraits of four Ohio college students who are active in a variety of issues including the fight for equal education, affirmative action, affordable housing, civil liberties, and women's rights; an end to racial profiling and police brutality; and the Israeli-Palestine conflict. While all four share a passion for justice and equality, their perspectives, strategies and tactics differ - offering the audience a look at the complexity of youth activism in the new millennium.
Statement by Subcomandante Marcos in the Lacandona jungle, the role of neo-liberalism and the mass media. Such statements constitute a landmark document in that they were important to confirm the ability of coordination between media and independent platforms of resistance.
UntitledGood Copy Bad Copy is a documentary about copyright and culture in the context of Internet, peer-to-peer file sharing and other technological advances, directed by Andreas Johnsen, Ralf Christensen, and Henrik Moltke. It features interviews with many people who explain their views on copyright, including copyright lawyers, producers and artists.
UntitledAntiracist Fragment Cycle 4 Extract Antiracist Advertisement KKK Reportatge Unpopular Culture Mitjana Assasin The Conversation (Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gómez Peña) Antiracist Advertisement 2 Mostra de Vídeo Independent de Barcelona 1994.
TV Lata is an experience on education, creation and communication with young people of the community of Alagados in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. The contents published in this experimental television: texts, images, musics and films, have been produced by the adolescents and the collaborators of the project.
Famous and hooded, song lyrics, the 10 secrets of success, test: how well do you organize your time, beauty tricks. An extraordinary educational videotape! It´s main goals are to provide solidarity in the face of a repressive police state and to convey an anarchist critique of whatever is being protested nowadays. Highly recommended for your schoolkids!