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Chumbawamba 1982-2000

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Chumbawamba is a Leeds based English anarchist music group. It evolved from its punk roots, through pop, techno, and various other styles, to the folk group which it is now. The band is known for its polyphony and its non-conformant lyrics. The band was formed in 1982 from two other bands based in Yorkshire, The Passion Killers and Chimp Eats Banana. They released a series of albums (such as Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records and the a capella album English Rebel Songs) and singles on their own Agit-Pop label before moving to One Little Indian in the early 90s. On One Little Indian, Chumbawamba released three albums, Slap!, Shhh, and Anarchy, on which influences of techno music are noticeable. The songs for these albums were written in a period when dance culture was thriving and the band were also influenced by it. The music had turned into a more popular sound, which they emphasized was to spread the message more effectively. Touring for Anarchy, the concert at Leeds was recorded for the live album “Showbusiness!”. The last album released on One Little Indian is Swingin’ with Raymond (1995). The albums first six songs are about (the right to) love and ends with seven songs loaded with hate (in the broadest sense of the word: it includes a song about anorexia nervosa). Anarchy or not, the band signed to EMI by 1997. At EMI, Chumbawamba had brief mainstream success, with the singles Tubthumping and Amnesia, taken from Tubthumper. Like Slap! and Shhh, the album was noticeably influenced by techno music. The new Chumbawamba fans needed for an overview, EMI might have thought. So Uneasy Listening, a compilation of work from 1986-1998 was released by 1998. http://www.last.fm/music/Chumbawamba
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Leeches: 4

Witness - Under the Neon Al Jazeera 2009 07

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Witness - Under the Neon Al Jazeera 2009 07 225mb / 22 mins Witness - Under the Neon (Las Vegas' homeless living beneath Casinos in underground tunnels & storm-drains) Las Vegas is the city of glitter, glamour and gambling. And if you believe the hype, a place to get rich quick. In just one year, the Las Vegas casinos can rake in more than $6 billion in revenue. And yet, in the state of Nevada, home to Las Vegas, one in ten people are unemployed and there are between 11,000 and 14,000 homeless people in Las Vegas itself. But the homeless are kept well out of sight of the all-important tourists. You can even be arrested for feeding a homeless person in a park. Quite a number of them have made their homes in the tunnels and storm drains right under the busy highways and casinos. Under the Neon is an extraordinary journey below the surface of the bright lights of Las Vegas, to meet some of the people who are battling to make some kind of home under the streets of gold. From Publishers Weekly: In 2002, as managing editor of the alternative weekly, Las Vegas CityLife, O'Brien was intrigued when a murderer eluded police by vanishing into the Vegas flood-control system. After O'Brien and CityLife contributor Josh Ellis explored half a dozen storm drains, their adventures attracted such attention on the Internet that the publication's Web site scored a million hits in a day. Continually contrasting the sparkling casinos above with the dank, cobwebbed catacombs below, the observant O'Brien writes with a noirish flair, but his compassion is also evident as he illuminates the lives of these shadowy subterranean dwellers. http://www.beneaththeneon.com/beneath_the_neon.html The author of the book below is interviewed in this film Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas (Paperback) by Matthew O'Brien http://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Neon-Death-Tunnels-Vegas/dp/0929712390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247407085&sr=8-1 Source:http://www.bitmetv.org/details.php?id=137408 Cap: anon Other shunster posts at:http://www.bt-chat.com/browse.php?category=11 http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/witness/2009/07/20097674529494786.html (you can view a streamed version of this film here) Watch Al Jazeera Live: http://www.livestation.com/channels/3-al_jazeera_english
Seeders: 9
Leeches: 2

Democracy Now! Thursday, July 2, 2009 :: John Pilger

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines US Forces Launch Major Afghan Offensive Militants Capture US Soldier in Afghanistan Senate Dems Revise Healthcare Proposal Lieberman Opposes Public Health Proposal US Suspends Military Cooperation with Honduras Amnesty: Israel Committed “Wanton Destruction” of Gaza Poll: Pakistanis Oppose US Attacks, Afghan Occupation Morales: Bolivia Trade Suspension Shows Obama “Lied to Latin America” California Fiscal Crisis Intensifies Staffer: SEC Officials Ignored Madoff Warnings Obama Admin Accused of Relying on Torture-Induced Statements Military Panel Urges Discharge for Gay Servicemember Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Speaks from Israeli Jail Cell After Arrest on Boat Delivering Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Irish Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire speaks to us from her jail cell in Israel. She was taken into custody along with twenty others, including former US Congress member Cynthia McKinney, when the Israeli military boarded their ship in international waters as it tried to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. [includes rush transcript] Zelaya Vows to Return to Honduras Despite Threats of Arrest by Coup Leaders The ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has vowed to return to Honduras within the next few days in an attempt to reclaim power. Zelaya was forced out of office in a military coup d’etat on Sunday. He will reportedly return to Honduras accompanied by the OAS Secretary General, the presidents of Argentina and Ecuador, and the head of the UN General Assembly. But Roberto Micheletti, who was appointed interim leader by the Honduran congress, has given warning that Zelaya will be arrested should he return, regardless of who is traveling with him. We speak with Latin American historian Greg Grandin. [includes rush transcript] "Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City" We speak with NYU professor Greg Grandin about his new book, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City. The book tells the story of Henry Ford, the richest man in the world in the 1920s, and his attempt to build a rubber plantation and a miniature Midwest factory town deep in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. [includes rush transcript] Up in Smoke: How the Tobacco Industry Shaped the New Smoking Bill President Obama signed into law a bill last week that gives the US government broad regulatory power over cigarettes and other tobacco products. Obama said the law would curb the ability of tobacco companies to market their products to children. But several public health professionals have come out strongly against the new legislation. They argue that it was largely shaped by Philip Morris, now called Altria Group, the largest cigarette company in the country. We speak with Dr. Joel Nitzkin, chair of the Tobacco Control Task Force of the American Association of Public Health Physicians. [includes rush transcript] John Pilger Calls UK National Health Service a Treasure, Blasts US Lawmakers for Being "in Bed with Powerful Interests" and Neglecting "Their Own People's Basic Human Rights" We play an excerpt of an extended interview with Australian investigative journalist, John Pilger. Speaking about the US healthcare system, Pilger says, “What is it about US legislators that they appear to be so in bed with such powerful interests, such as the insurance companies, that they can’t represent their own people’s needs, their own people’s basic human rights.” [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 69
Leeches: 7

Kwame Ture: The Revolutionary

Category: Documentary
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Kwame Ture was born as Stokely Carmichael on the Caribbean island of Trinidad, on June 29, 1941. Kwame became a household name in america during the 1960s when after enrolling as a student of Howard University in Washington D.C., Kwame decided to join the freedom rider efforts to integrate the southern portion of the united snakes. As a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, SNCC (pronounced SNICK), Kwame was arrested 26 times between 1964 and 1966 because of his work to register Africans in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia, to vote. In June, 1966, Kwame defeated now usa Congressman John Lewis to become Chairperson of SNCC. Kwame's election as SNCC Chairperson signaled the growing militancy within SNCC, and the movement, and a desire on behalf of many in the membership to take a more militant and uncompromising stance on African liberation. During the summer of 1966, Kwame became known as the person who popularized the phrase "Black Power" when he articulated that demand in Greenwood, Mississippi, during the great Civil Rights march of that summer. It should be noted that although Kwame has been credited with creating that phrase, the phrase has a long history that extends back to the 1700s and the movement and writings of Martin Delaney. During his tenure as Chairperson of SNCC, Kwame helped the organization develop into one of the most militant African organizations in america. SNCC became the first African organization to come out against the Vietnam war. SNCC was also the first African organization to take a position against the zionist state of israel. In 1968, Kwame briefly spent time as the Prime Minister of the Black Panther Party (BPP) that was founded in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. By the end of 1968, Kwame had resigned from the BPP, not because, as the imperialist press has consistently claimed, the BPP "forged links with whiteradicals", but because the BPP's ideological framework was not completely consistent with Kwame's developing ideological orientation. In 1967, while still Chairperson of SNCC, in the height of the united snakes of amerikka imperialist war against Vietnam, Kwame had the privilege of going to Vietnam and visiting the Great Nguyen Al Thouc (Ho Chi Minh), the leader of the Vietnamese war resistance against amerikkkan imperialism. It was during that visit when Kwame expressed his disillusionment with the direction of the struggle in the amerikkka, that Al Thouc told Kwame "why don't you go to Africa? It is your home." Taking Al Thouc's advice further, Kwame took up the offer made by Guinean (West African) President Sekou Ture made three years prior to a visiting SNCC delegation, to come to Guinea, stay, and help to build the African revolution. In 1968, Kwame moved to Guinea and began to live and study under Sekou Ture, and Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana who was overthrown in a central intelligence agency-organized Coup in 1966. After the coup in Ghana, Ture invited Nkrumah to come to Guinea and become Co-President of Guinea. At that time, Guinea was struggling to build the Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG), as a mass, Pan-Africanist political party that would function as a base within West Africa in which to launch the Pan-African struggle to unite Africa under one continental, socialist, government (see Nkrumah; Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare pg. 56-59). Kwame Ture stayed in Guinea from 1968, until his death in 1998, working to bring about Pan-Africanism. Ture and Nkrumah passed on in 1984 and 1972 respectively. In 1977, Kwame changed his name from Stokely Carmichael to Kwame Ture in order to honor the Pan-Africanist work of Sekou Ture and Kwame Nkrumah. From 1968 to 1998, Kwame worked tirelessly to build the All African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP), which is the revolutionary Pan-Africanist political party that Nkrumah discussed in his handbook as the logical vehicle to bring about unity and socialism to Africa. In the Handbook, Nkrumah talked about the inability of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which he founded, to bring about genuine African unity. He offered up the A-APRP, through it's organization of the All African Committee for Political Coordination (A-ACPC) as the vehicle to bring about true unity. The A-ACPC, unlike the OAU, would not depend on the governments to unite, but would instead unite the genuine African revolutionary political parties and movements under the direction and guidance of the A-APRP to bring about continental unification. Kwame Ture spent 4 years at Howard, three years in SNCC, less than one year in the BPP, but thirty years in the A-APRP. He didn't run away, disappear, or become irrelevant after 1968, as the imperialists, and many so-called progressives and revolutionaries would have you believe. Instead he worked tirelessly to build the A-ACPC and the A-APRP. Today, five years after his physical transition, no one can deny the fruits of his work. The A-APRP, in its efforts to build the A-ACPC, has developed strong principled brother/sister relationships with the Democratic Party of Guinea, Pan-African Union of Sierra Leone, African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau, Azanian People's Organization of Azania/South Africa, and Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania/South Africa, all of which consider themselves A-ACPC organizations as called for by Nkrumah. The A-APRP has organizers on the ground, openly integrated with the A-APRP and those respective parties and organizations in each of those countries, as well as Ghana, Senegal, The Gambia, Britain, Canada, Barbados, Virgin Islands, Brazil, and throughout the united snakes of amerikkka. These organizers are working to build the A-ACPC which will serve as a worldwide fighting force of Pan-African revolutionaries who are dedicated to fighting amerikkkan led imperialism to liberate Africa under one unified, socialist government. As Kwame Nkrumah and Sekou Ture predicted, once Africa is free, unified, and socialist, Africa, and Africans, wherever they live on the planet, will be empowered to make a proper forward contribution to all of human civilization. Kwame Ture's life, from Civil Rights, to Black Power, forward to Pan-Africanism, is the logical forward progress of the international struggle of African people to achieve self-determination. He should be remembered, three years after his death, as Rev. Jesse Jackson described him in 1998, as "a man who never made peace with capitalism, racism, and american policy."Some legacies of Kwame Ture's life: - Contributions to the A-APRP which include actualizing a genuine international Pan-African political party, based in Africa. - Contributing towards developing true principled relationships with< non-African revolutionaries such as -the Palestine Liberation Organization, -Irish Republican Socialist Party, International Indian Treaty -Council/American Indian Movement. - Contribution towards institutionalizing African Liberation Day as an international Pan-Africanist day of protest and unity throughout the world. - Contributions towards developing and building an African United Front in amerikkka between groups as far apart ideologically as the NAACP, Urban League, Nation of Islam, Republic of New Afrika, and A-APRP.
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Leeches: 4

Hunger (2008 film about Bobby Sands)

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from wikipedia: Hunger is a 2008 film about the 1981 Irish hunger strike. It is written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen, who also directed.[1] It was made by Blast! Films and commissioned by Channel 4 and Film4. It premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival[2], winning the prestigious Caméra d'Or award for first-time filmmakers.[3] It went on to win the Sydney Film Prize at the Sydney Film Festival, best picture by the Evening Standard British Film Awards, and received 2 BAFTA nominations, winning one. The film was also nominated for 4 awards at the 2009 IFTA's winning 2 at the event.
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Leeches: 3

Socialist Standard May 2009.pdf

Category: eBooks, Magazines, Audio Books
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Socialist Standard magazine May 2009 - Editorial – ‘Toxic Products’ (economics and the environment) Articles – 'The cult of Irish Republicanism': The Real IRA and the Continuity IRA represent nothing but the pale ghosts of yesterday. 'Greatness – perceived and real': The “Great” are only great because ruling-class historians tells us they are. 'It’s election time again': The manifesto on which Socialist Party candidates will be standing in the elections to the European Parliament on 4 June. 'Whose news?': Why are high house prices and high profits considered good news? 'How I got to be a socialist': “I could hardly fail to notice that all was not well with the world of the mid-seventies”. 'Crassness': An educational dialogue explaining the workings of modern capitalism and rebellion, based on genuine events. Regular features - Pathfinders (science & technology) – ‘‘Drugs’, ‘Downloading & Copyright’, ‘No-spam Socialism’’ Material World – ‘Global Warming’ Pieces Together – news cuttings from mainstream media Cooking the Books 1 (economics) – ‘The theology of interest’ Cooking the Books 2 – ‘Capitalism, but not as they know it’ (Eric Hobsbawn and Amartya Sen) 50 Years Ago – ‘Turmoil in Tibet’ Greasy Pole – UK politics: ‘Bloggers at loggerheads’ Voice From the Back - selected news items Free Lunch – cartoon Book reviews - ‘Spies, Lies and the War on Terror’; ‘Why History Matters’; ‘Too Little, Too Late’. Plus letters, meetings, contacts, etc. Also see www.worldsocialism.org and http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/
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Leeches: 0

[SaccoVanzetti.1971.torrent

Category: Misc
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Clsaaic 1971 film "Sacco & Vanzetti" directed by Giuliano Montaldo, with Soundtrack Score & songs by Ennio Morricone & Joan Baez. Produced by an Italian Studio & shot mostly in English in Dublin, Ireland (as 1920's Mass USA town) with an international cast, including the Irish actor Milo O'Shea. Riccardo Cucciolla won for Best Actor at the Cannes film festival, while Montaldo received a nomination for Best Film Direction. Once available on VHS, the English language version also appeared briefly as a DVD by VCI Home Video in 2000,but is not out of print. "Sacco & Vanzetti" is in Color & B&W Widescreen Aspect Ratio. The "ready to play version is in Italian with Spanish subtitles, but 3 subtitle text files are provided, including one in English. These can be switched with subtitle editing software, inclucing Jubler 4.0, Belle Nuit Subtitler 1.7.8 & SubBits3.6.7 for Mac & Belle Nuit Subtitler 1.7.8 & SubBits 3.6.7 &b WinCaps for Windows.
Seeders: 8
Leeches: 17

Air India 182 2009 04 09 CBC Doc Zone~Ekolb

Category: Documentary
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Air India 182 2009 04 09 CBC Doc Zone~Ekolb 700 MiB for 1h 29mn 59s 24ms Air India flight 182 left Montreal en route to Delhi with 329 passengers aboard, most of them Canadian. Four hours later, an explosion in the baggage compartment destroyed the plane, killing all on board. Canada’s longest criminal investigation revealed the attack was the work of Sikh terrorists operating in British Columbia. The powerful, intelligent and provocative film recounts the final hours, days and weeks before the plane disappeared off Irish radar screens. It reveals the story of how Canada’s first major counter-terrorism operation failed to thwart the conspiracy and lays bare the ‘perfect storm’ of errors that resulted in the world’s most lethal act of aviation terrorism before Sept. 11. Filmmaker Sturla Gunnarsson gained unprecedented access to those directly involved, including the families of those who died and to key CSIS and RCMP investigators. Court documents, de-classified CSIS reports and inquiry transcripts provide the factual framework for the dramatic reconstructions. Family members speak directly of their tragic loss and express outrage at the failure of Canadian authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice. “The conspiracy was Vancouver-based, most of the victims were Canadian and it has profound implications about the way we think of ourselves and the society we live in,” says Gunnarsson. “I hope this film goes some way toward distilling a very complex story and giving a voice to the Air India families, who are among the most gracious and dignified people I've met.” AIR INDIA 182 is written and directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, and produced by Gunnarsson and David York. It was honoured at Hot Docs 2008 as the Festival’s Canadian Opening Presentation, where it was hailed as “compelling, poignant...the definitive film about the Air India tragedy and the most important documentary of the past few years.” AIR INDIA 182 is produced by 52 Media Inc. and Eurasia Motion Pictures Inc. in association with CBC Television. Enjoy! Ekolb
Seeders: 16
Leeches: 6

The Gama Strike

Category: Documentary
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THE GAMA STRIKE - A VICTORY FOR ALL WORKERSFor workers' unity against the "race to the bottom"In 2005, the Socialist Party uncovered a major scandal of migrant worker exploitation. "A modern form of bonded slavery" was how former Socialist Party TD, Joe Higgins, described the regime for Turkish workers at the multinational construction company, GANA, which came to Ireland following an invitation from the Irish Government.This documentary captures the historic struggle waged by the GAMA workers for justice. It shines a light on the gross exploitation that is the dark side of Ireland's economic growth. It demonstrates that rather than migrant workers being used to undermine pay and conditions, with organisation, action and solidarity, decent pay and conditions can be won for all workers.Contact the Socialist Party:Email: info@socialistparty.netPhone: Dublin - (01)6772592 & Belfast - (02890)232962The Socialist Party is affiliated to the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI)Website: http://www.socialistworld.netPhone: +442089888760A Socialist Party / Frameworks Films production
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Leeches: 0

Irish History In Song v 3

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Irish native Paul Dunne has created an exceptional resource and online book at http://ireland.dyn.dhs.org/A_History_of_Ireland_in_Song.html, detailing the History of Ireland through its popular songs from prehistory to the modern armistice. About a year and a half ago, another uploader went to a considerable amount of trouble to collect many of the songs as mp3Γ??s in a torrent to accompany this website. He/She subsequently created an improved version, and then apparently dropped off the scene. Much thanks to this OP. The problem was that the files were badly labeled, and still only covered about half the songs in DunneΓ??s book. There was also only one cover to choose from. This is my favorite kind of music, so I reordered the torrent file to include every song in the book, and began to collect as many covers as I possibly could, as well as to correct the tags wherever possible. IΓ??ve used my spare time over the past month to research multiple sites and tracks, track down rare covers, convert files to mp3, and to correct tags. As of today, the only five songs of the original 88 that are still missing from the collection are: ClareΓ??s Dragoons Rouse, Hibernians Joe Brady Ring Money Long March To Derry All other songs have at least a single cover. I am asking all folks who download the torrent and bother to read this to please let me know if they have any of the missing songs, or covers that are not here, or better quality mp3Γ??s (NO FLAC!!!!) of some of the scratchy LP recordings. My email address is included in the read me file of the torrent. A WORD doc of the entire book is included as well, although you will need to click on the links to bring up the lyrics. I am also doing research on each song and era to add photos and background, but I will include that along with version 4 at some later point depending on what luck I have finding more covers and the missing five songs. Lastly, there is far more Irish history (and DRINKING SONGS!) than Mr. Dunne chose to include in the book, so you may want to check out the torrent IRISH CELTIC MUSIC COLLECTION, which includes more than a thousand songs.
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Leeches: 9