anotherworldispossible

ICAHD's "MATRIX OF CONTROL" TOUR

2013-06-15T09:33:00.003+02:00

ICAHD's "MATRIX OF CONTROL" TOUR from samizdatfilms on Vimeo.

with Jeff Halper, founder of ICAHD

"Field Notes on Democracy" - a conversation with Arundhati Roy

2013-05-20T22:31:00.000+02:00

"Field Notes on Democracy"
A conversation with Arundhati Roy

Thorne Auditorium
Northwestern Law School Downtown Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago IL 60611

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"The fierceness with which Arundhati Roy loves humanity moves my heart." -- Alice Walker

Arundhati Roy is a world-renowned Indian author and global justice activist.

From her celebrated Booker-Prize winning novel The God of Small Things, to her prolific output of writing on topics ranging from climate change to war, the perils of free-market development in India, and the defense of the poor, Roy's voice has become indispensable to millions seeking a better world.

In 2002, Arundhati Roy won the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize.

Arundhati Roy will read from her most recent book, Field Notes on Democracy (http://bit.ly/YRGoQs), followed by a discussion with Anthony Arnove, editor of Howard Zinn Speaks (http://bit.ly/Usgxuk).

SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK | Master Class | Higher Learning

2013-05-06T19:34:00.001+02:00

Slavoj Žižek, the internationally renowned philosopher and cultural critic featured in the Sophie Fiennes-directed The Pervert's Guide to Ideology and The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, delivers a lecture entitled "Welcome to the Desert of Post-Ideology" for post-secondary students and faculty. This Higher Learning event was co-presented with York University and held on October 2, 2012 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

Visit the Higher Learning Digital Resource Hub to learn more about our upcoming events at TIFF Bell Lightbox and to access bibliographies, filmographies and additional resources associated with this event. http://www.tiff.net/higherlearning/

Capitalism Is The Crisis (Full Movie)

2013-04-21T14:58:00.000+02:00

Capitalism Is The Crisis: Radical Politics in the Age of Austerity examines the ideological roots of the "austerity" agenda and proposes revolutionary paths out of the current crisis. The film features original interviews with Chris Hedges, Derrick Jensen, Michael Hardt, Peter Gelderloos, Leo Panitch, David McNally, Richard J.F. Day, Imre Szeman, Wayne Price, and many more!

The 2008 "financial crisis" in the United States was a systemic fraud in which the wealthy finance capitalists stole trillions of public dollars. No one was jailed for this crime, the largest theft of public money in history.

Instead, the rich forced working people across the globe to pay for their "crisis" through punitive "austerity" programs that gutted public services and repealed workers' rights.

Austerity was named "Word of the Year" for 2010.

This documentary explains the nature of capitalist crisis, visits the protests against austerity measures, and recommends revolutionary paths for the future.

Special attention is devoted to the crisis in Greece, the 2010 G20 Summit protest in Toronto, Canada, and the remarkable surge of solidarity in Madison, Wisconsin.

It may be their crisis, but it's our problem.

Capitalism is the Crisis

The War You Don't See

2013-04-15T23:26:00.001+02:00

Documentary Exposes US Role in Iraq Sectarian Conflict

2013-03-17T10:03:00.001+01:00

Documentary Exposes US Role in Iraq Sectarian Conflict

Maggie O'Kane, Executive Producer, tells the story revealed by the Guardian documentary about the role of Col. James Steele in supporting torture, death squads and brutal sectarian conflict during the height of the Iraq war. Steel's reports went directly to Rumsfeld and Cheney.

Nathan Blanc - Video Statement נתן בלנק - הצהרת וידאו

2013-03-17T09:54:00.000+01:00

English follows
נתן בלנק בכלא כבר 110 ימים, כי הוא מאמין בדמוקרטיה. נתן, בן 19, הוא סרבן מצפון שמבקש לעשות שירות אזרחי במקום צבאי. מצפונו של נתן לא מאפשר לו להשתתף בשימור מצב לא דמוקרטי שבו פלסטינים וישראלים נשלטים על ידי ממשלה אחת, אבל רק האזרחים הישראלים מצביעים בבחירות. בסרטון נתן מסביר מדוע סירב ומה קרה מאז -- איך הממשלה כולאת אותו שוב ושוב.

שתפו את הסרטון או לחצו "לייק" אם גם לכן\ם נראה שעדיף לאפשר לנתן לעשות שירות אזרחי חלופי, במקום לבזבז את הזמן שלו וכספי המיסים של כולנו על כליאתו. כליאה חוזרת על אותה עבירה מנוגדת לחוק הישראלי והבינלאומי, אך זו התקופה השביעית ברציפות שנתן נכלא על אותה 'עבירה' -- סירוב מצפון. לעדכונים על נתן אפשר לעקוב אחרי עמוד תנועת "יש גבול": www.facebook.com/yesh.gvul.1982

Nathan Blanc has been in prison for 110 days, because he believes in democracy. Nathan, 19 years old, is an Israeli Conscientious Objector who wants to do a civil service instead of a military service. Nathan's conscience does not allow him to participate in prolonging an undemocratic condition, where Palestinians and Israelis are controlled by one government, but only Israeli citizens have the right to vote. In this video Nathan explains why he refused conscription and what happened since -- how the government is sending him to prison again and again.
Hit 'like' or share this video if you too think that it is better to allow Nathan do a civil service instead of keeping him in prison, wasting his time and taxpayers money. Sentencing a person more than once for the same offence is against Israeli and international law, but this is the seventh consecutive term Nathan is sent to prison for the same 'offense' - being a Conscientious Objector. For updates about him follow the Yesh Gvul page: www.facebook.com/yesh.gvul.1982

This film should be seen by the entire world!

2013-02-17T19:55:00.002+01:00

This video is about an island in the ocean at 2000 km from any other coast line. Nobody lives, only birds and yet, you will not believe what you will see here. Please don't throw anything into the sea. Unbelievable, just look at the consequences.

http://www.midwayfilm.com

South 2 North - Is society inherently corrupt?

2013-01-19T17:07:00.004+01:00

A look at the global arms industry and the effect corruption has on our politics, society and culture.

John Pilger - Media & War conference

2012-12-09T08:46:00.000+01:00

Goldman Sachs - Eine Bank lenkt die Welt

2012-09-10T00:58:00.001+02:00

Seit fünf Jahren steht die amerikanische Investmentbank Goldman Sachs für sämtliche Exzesse und Entgleisungen der Finanzspekulation. Durch hochspekulative Geschäfte mit der Zahlungsunfähigkeit der amerikanischen Privathaushalte konnte sich die Bank an der aktuellen Finanzkrise bereichern und wurde dank ihrer politischen Verbindungen selbst vor dem Bankrott bewahrt. Als die amerikanische Krise über den Atlantik nach Europa schwappte, wurde Goldman Sachs zu einem der Protagonisten der Euro-Krise: Die Bank soll gegen die europäische Einheitswährung spekuliert und die griechische Staatsschuldenbilanz mit Hilfe komplexer und undurchsichtiger Währungsgeschäfte geschönt haben. Als die europäischen Regierungen nacheinander dem Zorn der Wähler zum Opfer fielen, nutzte Goldman Sachs die Gunst der Stunde, um ihr komplexes Einflussgeflecht auf den alten Kontinent auszuweiten.

Goldman Sachs ist mehr als eine Bank. Sie ist ein unsichtbares Imperium, dessen Vermögen mit 700 Milliarden Euro das Budget des französischen Staates um das Zweifache übersteigt. Sie ist ein Finanzimperium auf der Sonnenseite, das die Welt mit seinen wilden Spekulationen und seiner Profitgier in ein riesiges Kasino verwandelt hat. Mit weltweit einzigartigen Verflechtungen und einem Heer aus 30.000 Bankern konnte Goldman Sachs auch in den letzten fünf Krisenjahren kräftige Gewinne einstreichen, seine Finanzkraft weiter ausbauen, seinen Einfluss auf die Regierungen stärken und sich vonseiten der amerikanischen und europäischen Justiz völlige Straffreiheit zusichern.

Das Geschäftsgebaren der Bank ist überaus diskret. Ihr Einfluss reicht weit in den Alltag der Bürger hinein - vom Facebook-Börsengang über die Ernennung des Präsidenten der Europäischen Zentralbank bis hin zum Lobbying gegen die Regulierung des Finanzsektors. Der Arm der Bank ist lang, und sie befindet sich stets auf der Gewinnerseite.

(Frankreich, 2012, 75mn)
ARTE F

Quelle: Goldman Sachs - eine Bank lenkt die Welt

Ten Years of Terror: Guggenheim Edit

2012-07-24T12:29:00.001+02:00

Ten Years of Terror: Guggenheim Edit from HISTORIES OF VIOLENCE on Vimeo.

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Ten Years of Terror
It seems remarkable that we have reached the 10th anniversary of the fateful attacks on that clear, sunny September morning. Numb as we become to suffering through endless re-runs of scenes of mass violence, the images of 9/11 still seem to have the same surreal yet unnerving effect. Looking back, not only can we reflect on the significance of the violence. Meaningful political and philosophical judgments can be made about the opportunities lost. While the attacks themselves were certainly abhorrent and criminal, our response over the past decade represents nothing short of a profound failure of the political imagination.

From the initial suicidal attacks to the subsequent despair faced by those who decided to take their own lives, we too experienced the precariousness of globalisation through the raw reality of catastrophe. It quickly became common sense to assert in the immediacy of this post-9/11 moment that our “world changed forever”. Truly, if that was the case, then shouldn’t we have spent more time considering the stakes of the event?

Whilst the many human faces to the tragedy provided a passing glimpse into a genuine ethical responsiveness mobilized by grief, all too quickly the time of mourning was declared to be at an end as matters turned to the usual militarism. From the invasion of Afghanistan, the illegal bombardment of Iraq, onto the establishment of torture camps from Camp Delta to Abu Ghraib, the rule of force disguised as law reigned supreme. Perhaps none of this really surprised us. Despite our continued lip-service to global security, peace, and justice, the history of the West continues to be marked by violence against those who refuse to capitulate to it.

Giorgio Agamben wrote in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks that security was fast becoming the main criterion of political legitimacy. Elections would be won and lost on claims to better secure domestic populations from all rogue elements. More than simply defending the borders, security invariably meant taking the fight to those enemies who apparently hated our existence. Of course, when the state over-securitizes in this way, it too is capable of becoming a terrorist entity. While many mobilised against the subsequent flagrant abuses of political power after 9/11, still the dramatic securitisation of life goes unabated. Tony Blair’s reasoning is central here: “no liberty without security”. Security allows us to live freely. Let’s try however to explain to the innocent victims of torture that their suffering makes for a more liberated world.

Another failure of the political imagination has been the revival of fascistic discourses. Adrift from its historical moorings, the left has accused the right of suffocating politics by taking political advantage of so-called exceptional conditions; while the right has accused the left of being blind to the ideological dangers of Islamo-fascism. Neither of these has been particularly helpful. The left happily condemns the unmediated abuse of power, while it openly supports or remains largely silent to NATO led violence. All the while the right has sought to draw connections between Islam and one of the most shameful episodes in modern history to justify its own recourse to violence. Without any attempt to understand more critically why people happily support the wilful oppression and slaughter of “Others” – especially within the shallow and deceitful remit of international “norms” – our continued justification to control through violence is never brought into critical question.

George Orwell wrote in 1984 that “War is Peace”. Leaders of contemporary liberal societies seem to have taken this fateful paradox to heart with oxymoronic novelties like “Humanitarian war”. Beginning with the NATO bombing of the former Yugoslavia, war has been increasingly tied to the ideological formation of a global political community. Humanity as a whole is said to be a hollow aspiration without the will to fight. As the Leslie Nielson character from Police Squad would say, ‘I’m interested in justice, and that means bullets’. Whilst George Bush happily followed this Clinton-Blairite humanitarian mantra to support his own violent expeditions, it continues to resonate in the policies of the only wartime president to win a Nobel Peace prize – Barack Obama. Obama’s foreign policy has consistently shown that war-like strategies are overwhelmingly favoured when confronted with problems that expose the universal frailties of the liberal political imagination. The execution of Osama Bin Laden without any recourse whatsoever even to established practices of legality and sovereignty is just one case in point.

Osama’s death removed the need for some uncomfortable political decisions. No longer do we have to decide whether to try him in a military or criminal court; whether to put him on trial for crimes against humanity in The Hague or for crimes against citizens of the United States; whether the content of the trial itself would be open to public broadcast; whether we would allow him to use it as a forum to discuss our once sympathetic past; whether the event would simply be a formal procession in order to condemn a man already deemed to be guilty as charged; whether it would descend into a media circus as the crime of the century went digital; whether this would lead to greater cultural polarisation and vilification of Islamic culture; whether this would lead to further radicalisation, especially if a publicly sanctioned execution took place seemingly with our approval; or whether in the process of eventually putting him to death we would have been endangered further.

Neither do we have to come to terms with the prospect of another Nuremburg in which the horrifying likes of Hermann Goering proved to be far too intellectually sophisticated for the legal process.
Osama’s death was no doubt timely. Not for the evident improvement in Obama’s domestic popularity, which is important as the USA braces itself for yet another seemingly endless and increasingly pointless round of Presidential campaigning. Rather, it marked a brutal interjection into the remarkable non-violence of the so-called “Arab Spring”. Once again, we learn that one of the West’s most enduring exports is violence. The bombing of Libya is a mere extension of this. While the global south continue to show us that left to their own devices they will resist that which they find intolerable, our response is to remind the globally impoverished that they cannot be allowed to be left to their own devices whatever the cost. Our way of life depends upon it.

Modern politics continues to be infected by a utilitarian mindset which bets the future against the present: “Our present actions are justified because they will make the world a better place”. Such decisions always favour existing power since their hypothesis can never be disproved. The implications however become far more pernicious when lives are on the line. Not only have these reasoned deliberations underwritten the collateral slaughter of millions. The calculus provides us with no answer to the question: when is too much killing enough? How many littered corpses does it take before a well intentioned action loses all moral credibility? There is of course no answer to be given. Any form of power which believes unreservedly in the righteousness of its mission recognises no specific approximation.

Now more than ever, we require new ethical ways of thinking about living together in a radically inter-connected world. Faced with this challenge, we invited contributions from some of the world’s foremost thinkers to reflect critically on “Ten Years of Terror”. Our aim with this symposium is not to establish the “definitive truth” about the initial or subsequent events. Neither have we been content to accept the conventional narratives which tend to receive widespread media attention. Our focus instead has been to re-open the field of discussion so that we may evaluate the impact 9/11 has had on all aspects of life, while in the process offer new critical thinking on a problem that still continues to plague and suffocate the political landscape of the 21st Century.
Brad Evans & Simon Critchley

The Julian Assange Show: Noam Chomsky & Tariq Ali (E10)

2012-06-26T22:58:00.000+02:00

A surprise Arab drive for freedom, the West's structural crisis and new hope coming from Latin America. That's the modern world in the eyes of Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali, two prominent thinkers and this week's guests on Julian Assange's show on RT.

If you've missed the previous episodes, you can always watch them online at http://assange.RT.com

Tariq Ali: Capitalism and Democracy: Economic Crisis and Democratic Deficit

2012-06-24T19:32:00.001+02:00

Cultural & Critical Theory Library

The Julian Assange Show: Cypherpunks, Part 2 (E8, p.2)

2012-06-12T16:42:00.000+02:00

You can't do much online or with your phone without someone, somewhere, knowing what you're doing. But there's one group on your side. They're called the Cypherpunks Movement, and they're on Julian Assange's show here on RT to talk about their plans to keep your private data, private.

If you've missed the previous episodes, you can always watch them online at http://assange.RT.com
Assange 'The World Tomorrow' Ep 8: Cypherpunks part 2 — Privacy

Slavoj Zizek: The heart of the people of Europe beats in Greece

2012-06-09T14:07:00.001+02:00

Discussion, "The heart of the people of Europe beats in Greece".

3. 6. 2012, Athens, Greece

Slavoj Žižek, one of the most prominent contemporary thinkers, Alexis Tsipras, president of the parliamentary group of SYRIZA/EKM and Kostas Douzinas, professor of Philosophy of Law at the of Birkbeck University of London, will talk about the overthrow of the neo-liberal policies which generate the crisis, exacerbate the recession and impose austerity, leading to a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.

At this point, it would be useful to remind that the Slovenian philosopher has already declared his support for SYRIZA, in an article that was published in London Review of Books, under the title " Save us from the saviours."

Prisotnost steje - 15o - OccupyLjubljana
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Lifting the Veil

2012-06-08T23:02:00.002+02:00

Lifting the Veil from S DN on Vimeo.

Barack Obama and the failure of capitalist 'democracy'.
The Power Principle

Discussing the nature of the US Empire and how it got to where it is today with most US residents is always a challenge. Recommending books explaining it is equally so. This is especially true when one considers that most people who live in the United States have little or no concept of what an empire is and, when explained to them, are reluctant to believe that their nation is such a thing. I have often thought that someone should make a film that might accomplish this educational goal. After all, film is simultaneously informative and entertaining, especially when it is well made. That is the case with radical documentarian Scott Noble’s (Rise Like Lions, Psywar, Lifting the Veil) latest effort, The Power Principle. more about Scott Noble's "The Power Principle" American Empire: the Feature Film

Sacred Economics

2012-03-19T15:03:00.008+01:00

Directed by Ian MacKenzie Produced by Velcrow Ripper, Gregg Hill, Ian MacKenzie

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Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth.

Today, these trends have reached their extreme - but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.

This short contains some visuals from the upcoming feature documentation Occupy Love

in memoriam Vittorio Arrigoni and the attack on Gaza 2008/09

2011-11-01T20:31:00.001+01:00

The marriage between democracy and capitalism is over

2011-10-29T20:35:00.001+02:00

Everybody Dies, but Not Everybody Lives

2011-10-23T14:54:00.003+02:00

Vijay Prashad's electrifying speech at "Bring the War Dollars" home protest in Hartford City Hall, Oct. 16, 211

TARIQ ALI: SOLIDARITY WITH THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE

2011-02-08T13:23:00.001+01:00

Tariq Ali

Egyptian and Tunisian People vs US Dominance

2011-01-30T16:16:00.001+01:00

Egyptian and Tunisian People vs US Dominance

Roots of the Egyptian Revolutionary Moment

2011-01-30T15:55:00.001+01:00

Roots of the Egyptian Revolutionary Moment

A Garden for Ibrahim - A Family in Gaza

2011-01-05T01:41:00.001+01:00

One Family in Gaza from Jen Marlowe on Vimeo.

Just months after the Israeli assault that killed 1,390 Palestinians, I (Jen Marlowe)visited Gaza. Among dozens of painful stories I heard, one family stood out. I spent several days with Kamal and Wafaa Awajah, playing with their children, sleeping in the tent they were living in, and filming their story.

Wafaa described the execution of their son, Ibrahim. As she spoke, her children played on the rubble of their destroyed home. Kamal talked about struggling to help his kids heal from trauma.

What compelled me to tell the Awajah family's story? I was moved not only by their tragedy but by the love for their children in Wafaa and Kamal's every word.

Palestinians in Gaza are depicted either as violent terrorists or as helpless victims. The Awajah family challenges both portrayals. Through one family’s story, the larger tragedy of Gaza is exposed, and the courage and resilience of its people shines through.

For more information or to purchase a DVD, please contact donkeysaddle@gmail.com