Videos
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Video: Black History Special: Jazz Legend Randy Weston on His Life and Celebration of "African Rhythms"
In a Black History Month special, today we spend the hour with the legendary pianist and composer Randy Weston. For the past six decades, Weston has been a pioneering jazz musician incorporating the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa. His most famous compositions include “Little Niles,” “Blue Moses” and “Hi-Fly,” and his 1960 album, “Uhuru Afrika,”… Continue reading
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Video: Syrian 'Activists' in action
The Free Syrian Army is battling government forces in Homs. The United Nations says 5,400 people have died in Syria since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began. Continue reading
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Video: Danish TV-station retracts after presenting false evidence of systematic torture in Syria
Roughly he says: that yesterday night they “brought a newscast, where there were some pictures that showed violence and assaults against civilians, allegedly committed by Syrian security forces. Unfortunately the pictures did not come from Syria, and can therefore not be used as evidence for torture against civilians” And in the end he says that… Continue reading
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Video: US double standards: Indirectly arming Syrian rebels? — RT
The conflict in Syria is intensifying and the UN is unable to agree on a solution to end the bloodshed. Meanwhile, US politicians are calling to arm opposition forces, amid suspicions the US may already be supplying weapons through its Arab allies. Continue reading
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Video: High-Tech Trickery in Homs? By Sharmine Narwani
The “satellite photos,” says Ford, “have captured both the carnage and those causing it — the artillery is clearly there, it is clearly bombing entire neighborhoods…We are intent on exposing the regime’s brutal tactics for the world to see.” But within 24 hours, the blog Moon of Alabama had taken a hammer to the ambassador’s… Continue reading
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Video: Chris Hedges and David Zucchino On War Reporting
War correspondents Chris Hedges and David Zucchino, a 1973 graduate of the UNC journalism school, had a discussion with UNC J-school students on Feb. 13, 2012, in Carroll Hall. Hedges spoke later that evening as part of the PlayMakers Repertory Company’s Vision Series. Continue reading
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Video: The Hijacking of Libya (Trailer) By grtv
Trailer for a documentary on last year’s imperialist assault on Libya, during which a sovereign nation was hijacked by the West and their local henchmen under the guise of bringing “freedom and democracy” to the country. Continue reading
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Video: Arab League Calls for Arming Syrian Opposition
Christian Henderson: Great hypocrisy of Saudis, crushing opposition in Bahrain and and supporting it in Syria Continue reading
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Video: Austerity Policy Destroying Greek Society
Dimitri Lascaris: Heart wrenching personal stories show that Greece should reject austerity deal and pull out of Eurozone Continue reading
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Video: The Greek Experiment By Michael Hudson
Michael Hudson: Greek crisis used to find out how far finance can drive down wages and privatize Continue reading
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Video: Bahrain crackdown: Tactics & weapons imported from UK — RT
Pictures of a crackdown by heavily armed police on protesters in Bahrain appear to be similar to many others during the Arab Spring. This time the weapons, as well as the tactics, have been imported from the UK. Continue reading
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Video: The Truth of the Apple iPad Behind Foxconn's Lies
Video produced by Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior Continue reading
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Disaster Capitalism in Action in Europe (with Video) By Moira Dalgetty in Athens
Make no mistake: what took place in Greece on the 12th of February 2012 – the agreement by the Greek parliament to the wholesale sell-off of their country – is about something far bigger, and much more insidious and dangerous, than debt, the story that is being sold to the public across Europe. To demonise… Continue reading
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Video: ‘Western media indiscriminate in Syria reports’ — RT
Reports about hundreds of dead and wounded coming from Syria on a daily basis has become commonplace in Western media, while the sources of such information are highly questionable, investigative journalist Asa Winstanley told RT. Continue reading
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Video: – Eric Hobsbawm 'Responsible Capitalism?'
Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm told Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman that capitalism was concerned only with growth and making profit, not responsibility. Continue reading
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Video: Oliver Nelson and the Berlin Dream Band 1970
‘Black, Brown and Beautiful’ – Oliver Nelson and The Berlin Dream Band, 1970 Continue reading
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Video: Operation Cast Lead – a testament
An extremely rare example of the mainstream media going where few dare tread these days, revealing the lives of Palestinians imprisoned in the Gaza Strip. But heartbreaking as the beautiful Palestinian girl’s tale is, the interviewer still managed to introduce, right at the end of the interview the following voiceover, reinforcing the stereotype of the… Continue reading
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