All Videos Tagged politics (True Skool Network) - True Skool Network

Cointelpro 101 (Documentary)

2016-02-14T22:04:59.222Z

COINTELPRO may not be a well-understood acronym but its meaning and continuing impact are absolutely central to understanding the government’s wars and repression against progressive movements. COINTELPRO represents the state’s strategy to prevent movements and communities from overturning white supremacy and creating racial justice. COINTELPRO is both a formal program of the FBI and a term frequently used to describe a conspiracy among government agencies—local, state, and federal—to destroy movements for self-determination and liberation for Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous struggles, as well as mount an institutionalized attack against allies of these movements and other progressive organizations.

COINTELPRO 101 is an educational film that will open the door to understanding this history. This documentary will introduce viewers new to this history to the basics and direct them to other resources where they can learn more. The intended audiences are the generations that did not experience the social justice movements of the sixties and seventies.

The Black Panther Party - Eyes on the Prize Excerpt

2016-02-09T23:00:43.013Z

Excerpt from the documentary Eyes on the Prize featuring input from

Huey P. Newton - Minister of Defense,

Bobby Seale - Party Chairman,

Emory Douglas - Minister of Culture,

and author Elaine Brown.

Circa…

President Obama Delivers Eulogy at Charleston Shooting Funeral of Clementa Pinckney [FULL SPEECH]

2015-06-26T22:34:14.103Z

President Barack Obama on Friday eulogized the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of the victims in last week's church massacre, calling him a "man of God who lived by faith."

"We are here today to remember a man of God who lived by faith," Obama said. "A man who believed in things not seen. A man who believed there were better days ahead, off in the distance. A man of service who persevered knowing full well he would not receive all those things he was promised, because he believed his efforts would provide a better life for those who followed."
The President's remarks both memorialized the victims and touched upon the current controversy surrounding the Confederate flag and what he said was a need for more gun control in the wake of the tragedy.

"By taking down that flag we express God's grace," he said.

Obama finished his remarks by breaking into song, leading the assembled in a rendition of "Amazing Grace."

Friday's funeral service for Pinckney isn't the first time Obama delivered a high-profile eulogy, and with a year and a half remaining in office, it may not be the last.

But when the President stood in historic downtown Charleston to remember the slain pastor and eight others shot down in their church last week, his speech moved beyond just grief for the victims -- Obama stepped directly into a national conversation about race in which he plays a central role.

President Barack Obama ended his at times solemn, at times rousing eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was killed along with eight other African-American churchgoers last week, by leading the congregation in “Amazing Grace.”

After repeating those words, “Amazing Grace,” several times, the president paused before launching into the song as the mourners joined him.

Filmmaker Ken Burns: Flag issue is not about heritage

2015-06-25T21:18:34.044Z

Filmmaker Ken Burns joins Morning Joe to talk with Mike Barnicle and the panel about the upcoming PBS re-broadcast of his popular, award-winning documentary “The Civil War,” made all the more relevant by recent calls across the country to remove the Confederate flag from government sites. Watch the full discussion here and listen to Burns provide historical context for recent issues of racism and the lingering influence of the American Civil War, in which maintaining slavery and opposing civil rights was indeed a primary motivator for the South’s rebellion.

H2Oil [FULL DOCUMENTARY]

2014-02-07T22:49:11.790Z

http://tarsands.co.uk/

Moving between a local microcosm and the global oil crisis, H2Oil weaves together a collection of compelling stories of people who are at the front lines of the biggest industrial project in human history: Canada's tar sands. H2Oil is a feature-length documentary that traces the wavering balance between the urgent need to protect and preserve fresh water resources and the mad clamouring to fill the global demand for oil. It is a film that asks: what is more important, water or oil? Will the quest for profit overshadow efforts to protect public health and the environment in Canada's richest province?

Buy the DVD at http://shop.dogwoof.com/products/h2oil

Stream the full film by visiting Dogwoof TV at http://dogwoof.tv/watch/h2oil. You can also make money by sharing the Dogwoof.TV player with your friends - see the FAQ on the website for more details