Science, Religion & Human Nature - The Chomsky Sessions - (2) Tannhauser 2012-09-16 | Z Video Productions. February 2010. Interviewer - Michael Albert, co-founder of Z Communications.This is the second session of a 5-part series.
Harry Belafonte wrecks the Establishment #Bernie2016 Tannhauser 2016-02-12 | September 22 2005, Congressional Black Caucus Town Hall Meeting on Poverty — Broadcaster: C-SPANOn hearing the news that Harry Belafonte has just endorsed Bernie Sanders for President of the United States I wanted to take this opportunity to share this superb speech he delivered in which he takes aim at the establishment inside the Democratic Party and elsewhere, right within earshot of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Belafonte's endorsement of Sanders follows his speech.
Paul Robeson — KPFA Interview, February 8 1958 Tannhauser 2013-09-25 | Paul Robeson, noted actor and political activist, relates his personal history and views in this interview with Elsa Knight Thompson, KPFA, and Harold Winkler, then president of Pacifica Foundation. Discussion of his life as the son of a former slave, his life as an expatriate during the 1930s, his involvement in the civil rights movement, views of socialism, and the problems facing the emerging African nations.
Noam Chomsky — BBC Radio 3, 19 March 2013 Tannhauser 2013-09-25 | BBC Radio 3, Night Waves.Noam Chomsky came to prominence in the 1950s for his work in linguistics and the philosophy of language. But in the 1960s he became a vocal opponent of the US war in Vietnam, and he's been one of the leading critics of US foreign policy ever since.In London to deliver the Edward W Said Lecture on Middle Eastern Politics, Philip Dodd meets Chomsky for an extended conversation on American individualism, the role of reason, and a life spent holding authority to account.
Noam Chomsky — WKNO Interview, January 5 2012 Tannhauser 2013-09-24 | Counterpoint, NPRHost Jonathan Judaken talks with renowned M.I.T. Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy Noam Chomsky.An unrelenting critic of social injustice and state violence, in one scholar's words, "Chomsky's method involves a relentless erudition: scouring alternative sources; exhuming buried documents; reviving forgotten or abandoned histories." They discuss Chomsky's childhood and upbringing, his opposition to the war in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, and his thoughts on the Tea Party and the Occupy movements.
Noam Chomsky — Writers & Company, March 27 1994 Tannhauser 2013-09-24 | 'Original Minds'.Interviewer: Eleanor Wachtel, CBC.
Aneurin Bevan — This I Believe - Traitors or Heroes? Tannhauser 2013-07-14 | Aneurin Bevan shares his thoughts in this brief radio spot in the series 'This I Believe' from the 1950s.
Tony Benn — Democracy and Social Justice - Wolfson College, Oxford Tannhauser 2013-07-14 | 'The long hard road to democracy and social justice' - 11 Dec 2008. Veteran socialist and retired Labour MP Tony Benn speaks on the struggle for democracy and socialism in Britain, from the Peasant's Revolt and the Levellers up to the present. Introduced by Richard Sorabji.
Noam Chomsky — U.S. Interest in Vietnam, New York, 1968 Tannhauser 2013-07-14 | Speech delivered at a draft resistance meeting in NY, 1968.
Michael Foot, Enoch Powell, Roy Jenkins & Reginald Maudling — 15-07-1973 Tannhauser 2012-11-24 | Discussion chaired by Robin Day: the last of a series of programmes on Radio 4 named 'Politics in the 70s'. This discussion focuses on the state of conservatism & the Conservative Party in Britain in the 70's.
Tony Benn - In the Psychiatrists Chair Tannhauser 2012-10-07 | Radio 4 - 1995-08-13, interviewed by Anthony Clare.
Michael Foot & Enoch Powell — 10-06-1973 Tannhauser 2012-10-06 | Discussion chaired by Robin Day: the first of a series of programmes on Radio 4 named 'Politics in the 70s'. Enoch Powell, the now infamous right-wing pro-capitalist Conservative MP, and Michael Foot, the Marxist libertarian socialist Labour MP, later to be Labour leader, engage in a fairly detailed discussion of issues from parliament, the European market and immigration to left/right economics and democracy.
Roy Bailey - Song of The Leaders Tannhauser 2012-09-28 | Roy Bailey - Past Masters (1974-87)The men of Kent have met today to put oppression downAnd joined with Essex's valiant sons to march on London TownWith Surrey and with Middlesex, with Suffolk, Norfolk tooAnd gallant lads from Hertfordshire to see the struggle throughWith Ball and Tyler, Wraw and Lister, Grindcobbe and Jack StrawFrom miles around unto Blackheath, the people made their wayAnd John the priest of Colchester these words to them did say,"When Adam toiled to win his bread and Mother Eve she spunAll folk were equal, one and all, and masters there were none"Say Ball and Tyler, Wraw and Lister, Grindcobbe and Jack StrawOn Corpus Christi in the morn' we gathered on BanksideThen boldly entered London Town, the gates were opened wideOh John of Gaunt the traitor, we burnt his palace downThrew all his treasure in the flood, yet never took one crownFor Ball and Tyler, Wraw and Lister, Grindcobbe and Jack StrawThen to the temple off we went, to flush the lawyers outWe burnt their charters and their books and put them to a routThey all went scuttling for their lives, squeaking out with frightLike imps of hell or sewer rats, it was a wondrous sightTo Ball and Tyler, Wraw and Lister, Grindcobbe and Jack StrawUpon the fourteenth day of June the King rode to Mile EndAnd he spoke softly to us all, "I am the poor man's friendYour wrongs shall all be righted, all bondsmen be made free"Oh curse the day we trusted him, for he lied wickedlyTo Ball and Tyler, Wraw and Lister, Grindcobbe and Jack StrawAt Smithfield next we met the King, the nobles gathered roundThe Lord Mayor struck a killing blow, Wat Tyler struck the groundOur masters bared their teeth and smiled, to see our hero slain"You have been slaves since you were born, and slaves you'll now remain"Ball and Tyler, Wraw and Lister, Grindcobbe and Jack StrawThe men of England long ago rose to demand their rightsThough they've been dead six hundred years remember them tonightThey raised the flag of liberty, they fought the battle wellThey died but others will arise to ring the freedom bellLike Ball and Tyler, Wraw and Lister, Grindcobbe and Jack Straw
Socialism in Britain - Interview with Tony Benn Tannhauser 2012-09-16 | December 2006, 'Brief Encounters' - Guardian Unlimited. Interviewer - Nick Stadlen QC.Tony Benn speaks as lucidly as ever on democracy, socialism, the Labour Party, the trade-union movement, and much more.
International Relations - The Chomsky Sessions - (5) Tannhauser 2012-09-16 | Z Video Productions. February 2010. Interviewer - Michael Albert, co-founder of Z Communications.This is the fifth session of a 5-part series.
The Political System - The Chomsky Sessions - (4) Tannhauser 2012-09-16 | Z Video Productions. February 2010. Interviewer - Michael Albert, co-founder of Z Communications.This is the fourth session of a 5-part series.
Education and Economics - The Chomsky Sessions - (3) Tannhauser 2012-09-16 | Z Video Productions. February 2010. Interviewer - Michael Albert, co-founder of Z Communications.This is the third session of a 5-part series.
Printworkers vs. News International - Wapping Dispute, 1986 Tannhauser 2012-09-16 | ' Wapping and The Wire'The Wapping dispute, a defiant printworkers' struggle against the anti-trade union Thatcher era, took place after the defeat of the historic Miner's dispute of 1984-85.The workers' frustration and anger with the trade union leadership, and the police charges, is clearly expressed. See some of the leading labour and trade union figures of this period (Benn, Scargill) speaking in support for the print workers.
The Responsibility Of Intellectuals - The Chomsky Sessions - (1) Tannhauser 2012-09-16 | Z Video Productions. February 2010. Interviewer - Michael Albert, co-founder of Z Communications. This is the first session of a 5-part series.
Noam Chomsky - Dialogue with Trade Unionists, 1999, Pt. 2 Tannhauser 2012-08-09 | Harvard Trade Union Program. Recorded in Cambridge, MA on February 02, 1999.Chomsky, in a great informal give-and-take with union leaders from around the world, covers topics such as Alan Greenspan, the fairy-tale economy, manufacturing consent, Internet, Boeing, crime and the drug war.
Noam Chomsky - Dialogue with Trade Unionists, 1999, Pt. 1 Tannhauser 2012-08-09 | Harvard Trade Union Program. Recorded in Cambridge, MA on February 02, 1999. Chomsky, in a great informal give-and-take with union leaders from around the world, covers topics such as Alan Greenspan, the fairy-tale economy, manufacturing consent, Internet, Boeing, crime and the drug war.
Aneurin Bevan speech, Trafalgar Square, 1956 Tannhauser 2012-02-13 | 4th November 1956, Trafalgar Square rally. Aneurin Bevan delivers one of the great anti-war speeches, condemning the government's decision to take military action against Egypt in the Suez crisis.
