videos

The Dublin lockout of 1913 - Interview with Padraig Yeates

A video interview/ documentary on The Dublin Lockout of 1913 with Padraig Yeates, a leading historian on the subject. He has written extensively on it and is the author of 'Lockout: Dublin 1913'. This Interview, conducted by two UCD students Aoife O’Neill and Michael Smalle, was filmed in Liberty Hall and is being used by the 1913 committee in their program of events.

Alternatively, one can listen to the full audio version via soundcloud here.

The Angry Brigade: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Britain's First Urban Guerilla Group (Documentary)

The complete documentary.

Between 1970 and 1972 the Angry Brigade used guns and bombs in a series of symbolic attacks against property. A series of communiqués accompanied the actions, explaining the choice of targets and the Angry Brigade philosophy: autonomous organization and attacks on property alongside other forms of militant working class action.

Noam Chomsky on courses of intellectual self-defence

Short video clip in which Chomsky discusses the role of grassroots organisers in relation to the 'big names' of history and the need to develop "courses of intellectual self defence". Taken from the 1992 documentary "Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media".

Noam Chomsky on anarchism - interview by Barry Pateman

Video of an interview by Barry Pateman with Noam Chomsky about anarchism.

Rebellion in Tottenham, 2011

Video of raw footage and interviews with Tottenham locals about the reality of the community before, during and after the riots of 2011.

November 9th 2011: Sparks national day of action

In the continued battle over a 35% pay cut and the tearing up of the national agreement, rank and file sparks battle through police lines to hold pickets at 5 building sites, visit the occupation at St. Pauls, occupy Cannon St. station themselves and almost join the student demo before being stopped by huge numbers of police...or were they?? Email jointsitescommittee [AT] gmail.com to keep up with the most important industrial dispute for years.

Original: youtube.com/​watch?v=RUaA3dBuZWs&feature=player_embedded#!

Video of Poll Tax riots, 1990

Footage of the 1990 Poll Tax Riots as well as interviews with participants.

Video footage from the Seattle general strike, 1919

Excerpt from Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong. Contains original film footage from 1919, the only known footage of the strike. Produced and directed by Lucy Ostrander.

Video footage of Nestor Makhno, 1919

Newsreel footage from 1919 of Nestor Makhno and his troops.

Austerity Kills

Helen and Mark Mullins.

Phil Dickens stresses the importance of fighting the cuts to welfare following the deaths of Mark and Helen Mullins.

Tuesday, 8 November 2011