Film: Politics and social change
Find out about new political movements, real utopias and green politics in this talk from Off Grid Festival 2014.
Find out about new political movements, real utopias and green politics in this talk from Off Grid Festival 2014.
Follow Steve from Permanent Culture Now as he shows you how to make a seed bomb, then go out an invade the derelict space around where you live.
The story of Wally Hope, the peace hippies and Stonehenge festival.
Gee Vaucher from CRASS, discussing her work and its impact from the 1980’s onwards, hear from people influenced by Crass and how Gee develops her art.
Film of talk by ex-members (such as the late General Baker) of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, arguably one of the most radical working class organisations in the US in the 20th century.
Changing the world talk from Bristol Green Week, see how companies in Bristol are developing new technologies and ways of doing things.
Does environmental campaigning work today and what do we need to do today to move towards a better world, these are some of issues discussed in this talk from Bristol Green Week 2013.
What is community energy, how can we reduce our reliance on energy through efficiency and renewables, listen to a range of viewpoints
Pilar Lopez’s performances/songs about the Spanish Social Revolution of 1936 brings to life the spirit of these times and to today’s struggles in Spain.
Hillbilly nationalists were a white radical movement in the US in the 1960’s and formed part of a coalition with Black panthers amongst others.
In a life defined by exploitation and suffering, the poor of the Middle Ages dreamed up a fantastical land of Cokaygne ; where people lived in idleness and plenty and the rich were barred.
Di Parkin was a revolutionary activist from the early 1960′s to the 1980′s, hear her story of involvement with syndicalist movements and members of Durutti amongst others.
In this talk hear how the Greenham common women’s movement against the nuclear arms race developed and campaigned for a peaceful world.
The forgotten history of British armed forces’ post WW1 strikes and mutinies.
Find out about Armed forces strikes in World War 1, The Greenham Common Women’s Movement, Hillbilly Nationalists, The Land of Cokaygne, Spanish Civil war songs and Anarcho Syndicalists in the 1960s, in these talks filmed at 2013 Bristol Anarchist Bookfair Radical History Zone, hosted by Bristol Radical History Group.
Check out this great little film of Rick’s Vertical Gardening experiments in Bolton, shows what you can do in a limited space.
Marx saw history as an active process that we are all part of, find out more about his ideas and how they relate to history.
Eveline Lubbers, shines a light on corporate and police spying on activists including blacklisting of trade unionists, McLibel, police spy Mark Kennedy.
Want to know what the real story of the 2011 riots was, then watch this talk on the riots based on hard facts, also features rebellion in Tottenham film by reel news.
Find out how blacklisting has been used against people arguing for better workplace rights and conditions and how we can fight back.