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Issue 24, July 2010

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1: Gaza Flotilla Attack (Reel News/Palestine Solidarity Campaign) 29:42
Eyewitness testimonies and film from the Mavi Marmara tell the real story of Israel’s murderous attack on the Gaza aid flotilla. ***PLAY***
2. Blacklisted (Reel News) 16:00
The construction industry blacklists thousands of workers for their trade union activities, who then can’t get a job. It’s time this criminal practice was stopped.  ***PLAY***
3: UCU strike in London (Reel News) 10:00
On the eve of the election, CONEL lecturers strike to defend jobs and courses along with 13 other colleges in London.
4: Bolivia 2006: Start of the process (Reel News, 2006) 35:00
Bolivian social movements talk about their incredible struggles of the previous decade, and their thoughts on the new president, Evo Morales.
5: Decommissioners: Victory! (Schmovies) 11:00
Remember the people who caused £250,00 worth of damage to the EDO bomb component factory last year during the attack on Gaza? They’ve just walked free!
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Issue 21, December 2009

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1: Bolivia is Not For Sale (Various) 35:06
On the 10th anniversary of Seattle, a look back at the high point of the anti-capitalist movement so far: the astounding social movements of Bolivia, who brought down governments and defeated privatisation through general strikes, roadblocks and mass direct action by a quarter of the population.
2: Trade Union Delegation to Palestine (Dave Watson, Reel News) 33:22
Trade unionists from the PCS and NUT on a very moving visit which proves that the two state solution is impossible.
3: Postal Workers Strike (Reel News) 14:22
Postal workers walk out to defend our postal service and their jobs, as Crozier and Mandelson try to finish the job they started in 2007.
4: Glastonbury 2009: Trash City (Reel News) 8:00
Not the Glastonbury you see on the telly, the Mutoid Waste Company put on a dazzling show in their own inimitable style.
5: Imagine a Garden (Schmovies) 15:00
A disused petrol station in Brighton is turned into a vibrant garden for the community – guerilla gardening at its best!
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Issue 3, December 2006

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1: Conference For Fighting Unions (Reel News) 18:26
Organised by RESPECT, this conference brought together militants from all the major current campaigns. Includes footage from the firefighters’ strike earlier in the year.
2: Justice For Cleaners: Victory! (Reel News) 13:14
Cleaners in the T&GWU conduct a serious of noise protests, culminating in an audacious occupation of Merrill Lynch’s foyer in pursuit of a living wage.
3: Venezuela Today, The World Tomorrow (extract) (CWU & Gateshead UNISON) 5:16
An extract from a film made during a trade union delegation visit to Venezuela.
4: Save Adult Education (Reel News) 18:48
A brilliant conference organised by Lambeth UCU, UNISON and NUS, plus the fight to save one of the few schools for students with hearing difficulties in Redhill from closing.
5: Palestine: Bethlehem (extract) (Ed Hill) 14:54
This is not the image of Bethlehem that Israel wants you to see at Xmas or any other time, as Ed concentrates on the apartheid wall that splits the city in half.
6: Fluffy Smiff: A Christmas Poem (No Budget Films) 3:03
Fluffy looks at Xmas in her own inimitable way.
7: Bolivia: Justice For Goni Now! (Reel News) 10:20
2003: The war against the sell off of the gas supply – an uprising of a quarter of the population brings down the government. Now they want ex-president Goni brought to justice for the massacres he sanctioned.
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Issue 2, November 2006

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1: Argentina – Zanon: A Victory For Workers’ Control (Reel News)
The Zanon ceramics factory in Neuquen, leading workplace in the recovered factories movement, has been under workers control since 2001. This is their incredible story.
2: Bolivia – Miners Fight For Their Lives (Reel News)
More workers control in Latin America, this time a tin mine and an airport in Bolivia.
3: Battle To Save The NHS (Reel News)
NHS Logistics workers strike to try and stop TNT taking over the service, while 10,000 march in Epsom against their local hospital closing.
4: Workington – Getting Agency Staff Unionised (Reel News)
Addecco agency workers in the PCS achieved an historic first in their ballot for union recognition – 100% turnout, 100% yes vote. This shows how they did it.
5: Cable St – 70 years of Fighting Fascism (Reel News)
Veterans of the great battle in the East End which spelt the end of Mosely’s British Union of Fascists gather to commemorate one of our class’s key victories.
6: Fluffy Smiff – Political Performance Poetry (No Budget Films)
Fluffy’s thoughts on the police.
7: No Sweat – The Case For Solidarity (Reel News/No Sweat)
A look at the work of the anti-sweat shop group which includes incredible footage of all the key anti-capitalist struggles across the world.
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