Videos
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Video: Jimmy Smith Trio on Jazz Scene USA
Jazz Scene U.S.A. was a short-lived syndicated television show shot in Los Angeles in the early ‘60s and hosted by Oscar Brown, Jr. This episode is given over to the Jimmy Smith trio with Quentin Warren and Donald Bailey. If you’ve never had the pleasure of seeing this amazing musician live, enjoy this. Continue reading
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Video: South Africa: The Big Debate – Episode 1 – Land
The recent farmworkers’ strike in the Western Cape has highlighted low pay and unbearable working conditions as the main causes of the workers’ grievances. However, some farmworkers have also revealed that land reform and redistribution are at the centre of their concerns. Continue reading
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"Miles Ahead" – Documentary about the classic Miles Davis Quintet of the 60s
Documentary on Miles Davis, and this is the section featuring the Miles Davis Quintet with Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Ron Carter. Continue reading
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Video: 1959…the year that changed jazz
A sixty-minute doccie, produced and narrated by Nat Hentoff. In 1959 four major jazz albums were made, each a high watermark for the artists and a powerful reflection of the times. Each opened up dramatic new possibilities for jazz which continue to be felt: Miles Davis Kind of Blue, Dave Brubeck, Time Out, Charles Mingus,… Continue reading
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Popstars Politics in the New South Africa: A Conversation with Masello Motana By Zachary Rosen
Well, life would be much simpler for Masello if only she was content with collecting paychecks from beauty contracts and soap opera gigs. If only she pretended last year’s horrific massacre of mineworkers at the now infamous Marikana platinum mine in South Africa’s northwest never happened. If only she ignored the fact that businessman Cyril… Continue reading
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Michel Camillo 'Calle 54'
An excellent documentary on Latin music, ‘Calle 54’ by Spanish director Fernando Trueba. Michel Camillo plays ‘From Within’. Also in the video: Paquito De Rivera, Bebo y Chucho Valdes, Eliane Elias Trio, Chano Domínguez, Tito Puente & Amigos. Continue reading
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Video: The Bomb Sends a Message to the World – Untold History
Peter Kuznick (co-author with Oliver Stone of The Untold History of the Unites States): The atomic bomb did not end the war with Japan, it was a threat to the Soviet Union that the US would dominate the post-war world – Continue reading
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Video: Cuba Feliz – A Trip Through Cuba
Seventy-six-year-old Cuban street musician Miguel Del Morales, known as El Gallo (The Rooster), travels around Cuba with his guitar, making music in the homes of friends, in bars, and on street corners, in courtyards and stairwells. Continue reading
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Dizzy Gillespie 'Salt Peanuts' and more…
Recorded at a time when Diz was fronting his fabled post-war big band featuring jazz greats such as pianist John Lewis, vibraphonist Milt Jackson or bassist Ray Brown, this concert film catches the irrepressible trumpeter in top artistic form. Continue reading
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Video: A New Pope and "The Most Corrupt Vatican Since the Borgias"
Matthew Fox (former Catholic priest) discusses the Vatican’s work with the CIA and it’s alliance with far right political forces and Pope Francis’ opposition to liberation theology in Latin America. Continue reading
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Video: The EyeOpener- Chile-Contra: The CIA's Latest Latin American Scandal
Bring up the issue of US interference in Latin America, and among that section of the public that does not greet the topic with blank stares, you will usually hear about t he same few pieces of well-documented history. US involvement in the overthrow of Allende in Chile in 1973, for instance, or Iran-Contra, where… Continue reading
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Video: The fatal choice between food or heating in Modern Britain
Senior Citizens and Disabled people say they’re being abandoned by society. Thousands are left to die in cold homes every year in the UK, while energy companies threaten to raise cost of heating further Continue reading
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Video: Harper's Venezuela Insult Shows Right Ideology Trumping Canadian Interest
Yves Engler: Harper’s “condolence” message on death of Hugo Chavez shows Harper has pushed Canadian policy so far right it even jeopardizes business interest in Latin America Continue reading
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Videos: Israel is seeking Security Zone in Syria
Bashar al-Jaafari ~ Failure of Hostage Release in Golan ~ Golan clashes and hostages ~ Israel is seeking Security Zone in Syria ~ (Eng-Ita +4 Videos) Continue reading
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FAIR TV: Hugo Chavez in U.S. Media, Time's Path to Iran War, Keystone XL and the TV Left By Peter Hart
This week on FAIR TV: Hugo Chavez was loathed by the U.S. press–and that didn’t change when they reported his death. Plus Time magazine provides a look at the “Path to War” with Iran–omitting a key fact along the way. And the Keystone XL pipeline is back in the news. But when it came up… Continue reading
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Video: A Sea of Tears in Caracas
In a raw emotional outpouring, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans walk along side the coffin of President Hugo Chavez Continue reading
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Video: Chavez Dead – VP Accuses "Historical Enemies"
Venezuela’s Vice President Maduro announces the death of President Hugo Chavez, says they believe Venezuela’s enemies are responsible Continue reading
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4 Videos on the passing of el Commandante
5 March 2013 — The Real News Network Chavez Democratized Venezuela Making it the Most Equal Country in Latin AmericaGregory Wilpert: Chavez led Venezuela to many accomplishments but leaves unsolved critical problems he hoped to addressGo to story | Go to homepage Continue reading
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Video: Class Struggles in Crisis: From Walmart to the State
A panel discussion introduced and moderated by Socialist Register co-editor Greg Albo Continue reading
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