Riots, pink fairies, corporate men and money. An insight into the IMF/World Bank summit which activists shut down in 2000. 50,000 people traveled to Prague to stop the money men destroying our planet. http://www.undercurrents.org
This week we meet the people setting up a radically inspiring new IPTV channel. The founders of Undercurrents alternative news discuss how Bit torrent, RSS and the camcorder wil form the basis of a media revolution.
http://www.wdm.org.uk/ http://visionon.tv
The harassment and exclusion of legal observers, the violent arrest of women refusing to be searched, the aggressive interrogation of local residents, the threatening of journalists with arrest for doing their job, the confiscation of 100s of items such as childrens' costumes and crayons, attempted dawn raids on the camp, the use of batons and CS gas against peaceful protesters, and the forced search of 1000s of people and the adding of their personal data to a secret database. This type of political policing has to stop, and the right to legitimate protest re-established. http://visionon.tv http://climatecamp.org.uk
Beyond TV radical environmental films, forums and masterclasses from the world of documentary filmmaking. http://www.undercurrents.org/beyondtv/
Links between war, oil and climate change http://visionon.tv
Exposing government tactics in reaction to environmental protests. Tactics shown in the film include arresting journalists and environmental protesters, Espionage, news manipulation and legal threats. Melting Point looks at the escalating battle between direct action protest groups and those they accuse of failing to act on climate change.
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Funding & Distribution for independent Filmmakers
Funding and Distribution for independent Filmmakers. Radical environmental films, forums and masterclasses from the world of documentary filmmaking. This years festival will be focused upon the filmmakers. http://www.undercurrents.org/beyondtv/
Migrants take action against brutal deportations in Germany, and asylum-seekers escape from a detention centre in Italy.
Introduction to a series about the Venezuelan Revolution from the point of view of the people living and creating it.
Tewkesbury Medieval festival celebrates 25 years in 2008. This is a look at the free festival which re-enacts the 1471 battle.
An Oxford squat with a difference holds out against the property developers banging on their door. The difference? They live on boats.
The Europe-wide resistance to migrant detention grows...
Camps for refugees and migrants are everywhere across Europe, but cannot be found on regular maps. In Part 1 we see the beginnings of resistance to these prisons for people who have committed no crime.
The boatpeople of Oxford have taken back their boatyard from corporate interests and now are turning it into a community village.....
Despite massive support from local residents, the Jericho community boatyard is invaded by bailiffs.
Discovering the Outdoors..indoors.We travel to Birmingham to see the canoes,axes and discover how to DIY flying.We also meet Nordic Outdoors and check out their Swedish tools.
2000 people shut down Kingsnorth polluting power station in Kent. VisionOn.Tv reports as a daily chat show about the events http://www.visionOn.tv
Back in 1997 Australian PM John Howard’s 1st step on the road to “Work Choices” was to support the attempt to remove union representation from Australia’s wharves. That action included the training of para-military mercenaries to forcefully take the jobs of unionists. The actions were defeated by the union in court. Before the last election Howard’s team revisited the issue creating an ad with a unique view on history.
Re-enacting the battle of 1471. Tewkesbury is celebrating the 25th anniversary in 2008 of its famous medieval festival by making it the biggest and best ever. It will include a grand parade, a display of jousting skills, a spectacular battle, and hordes of entertainers, all rounded off with a fantastic fire show. It will feature over 2000 re-enactors, portraying knights in full steel armour, men at arms, archers and gunners. http://www.tewkesburymedievalfestival.org
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