Free Mumia
Abul
Jamal
3 part series
Free Mumia! Pt. 1 of 3
beginning Friday February 11 on Rogers Television
working TV # 168, RT: 27:30 each
We mark Black History month with a series on Mumia Abul Jamal. He is an award winning journalist from Philadelphia, who was convicted of murdering a white policeman in 1982 and who has been on death-row ever since.
Mumia Abul Jamal incurred the wrath of authorities during the 1970's and early 1980's with print and radio reports documenting Philadelphia police brutality and corruption. At his trial, critical evidence was withheld from the defence and crucial witnesses were "away on holiday".
Our first program, Free Mumia!, which begins February 11 2000 on Rogers Television, provides history and background on Mumia's case. It is a compilation of 3 videos produced by Deep Dish Television and the People's Video Network in New York including Millions for Mumia, Death Row Notebook, and The Killing State. .
Ron Hampton, Executive-Director of the National Association of Black Police, "It is apparently clear that Mumia is innocent and ought not to be in jail, and ought not to be on Death Row"
Pam Africa, a key activist in the campaign to save Mumia, "All we are demanding is a fair trial."
Rage for Mumia! Part 2 of 3
first broadcast Friday February 18 on Rogers Television
working TV # 169, RT: 27:30 each
We continue our Black History month series on Mumia Abul Jamal with highlights from Rage for Mumia!, from the People's Video Network in New York. This video was taped at a Mumia Benefit concert in January 1999 featuring Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy and Chumbawumba.
Rage Against the Machine
Audience @ Mumia Benefit
In Vancouver, we hear from Spearhead in concert, and interview Michael Franti, the groups main writer and front person. They played Vancouver on February 15 as part of their west coast "Mumia Awareness" tour.
February 15 2000: Spearhead in Vancouver, in front of a huge Mumia banner. It reads "We cannot allow the murder of an innocent journalist"
"Mac-Pap" Monument Unveiling
Also this week we report on the Saturday February 12 2000 unveiling of a beautiful 7 foot tall bronze statue at the B.C. Legislature. Called the "Spirit of the Republic" it was created to honour the 1600 British Columbian members of the MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion, or "Mac Paps", who volunteered to fight fascism in Spain during the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War. They were a division of the legendary International Brigades of volunteer anti-fascist fighters from 53 countries, who came to the aid of the infant Spanish Republic against a right-wing military coup.
Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion and International Brigade veterans of the Spanish Civil War march to monument site on the grounds of the B.C. Legislature, in Victoria, Saturday February 12 2000.
"The Spirit of the Republic", by B.C. artist Jack Harmon, draped in the Spanish Republic's tri-colour flag, after unveiling. This event was the culmination of years of campaigning both to secure the site at the Legislature, and to raise funds to have it produced. Nearly $70,000.00 was raised in an all volunteer grass-roots campaign.
The Killing State Part 3 of 3
first broadcast on Friday February 25 on Rogers Television
working TV # 170, RT: 27:30 each
We complete our Black History month series on Mumia Abul Jamal with highlights from The Killing State, by the People's Video Network and Deep Dish Television , both in New York.
The American Fraternal Order of Police have been some of the strongest advocates for the death penalty. At this demo they target Mumia specifically.
Ron Hampton, head of the 30,000 member Association of Black Police, "We have been on the inside and we have seen what is going on . . . this brutal police department in the city of Philadelphia makes up its own history"
This video looks at the struggle to save the life of Mumia Abul-Jamal, specifically, in the context of the larger struggle against the Death Penalty generally. It is an expose of the Philadelphia killing machine by journalist Cathy Scott who shows the growing struggle to bring back justice, focusing on the protests around Mumia. The Killing State video looks at the background of the growing culture of prison building, harsh penalties and increased repression in the United States. It also presents the significance of the case for the future ability of all of us to speak out and keep the right to dissent in a growing climate of deteriorating living conditions and corporate control of information.
For more information on Mumia,contact
Pam Africa,
International Concerned Family &
Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Phone 215-476-8812.On the web check:
Mumia 2000
Mumia.org
Free Mumia.org
Mumia 2000
Mumia911.org
In British Columbia contact thecontact@workingtv.com.
World
Trade
Organization
6 part series
Nov. 30 WTO
Rally highlights
working TV #163, Dec. 17 1999, RT: 27.30 minutes
Week 6 of 6 weeks of Special Programming on Globalization, Global Capital & the World Trade Organization
Nov. 30 1999 Rally: tens of thousands packed this Seattle centre stadium for an AFL-CIO sponsored rally prior to a giant march of 50,000 against the WTO.
Linda Chavez-Thompson
AFL-CIO Executive Vice-President, introduced several speakers at the rally.The last program in our 6 weeks long series on Global Capital and the World Trade Organization, this week we bring you highlights from the rally in Seattle on November 30 against the World Trade Organization, sponsored by the AFL-CIO.
Amparo Reyes who works in a Mexican "Maquila" near the U.S. border, described how NAFTA and "free" trade had affected her wages and working conditions.
Glen Mpufane a miner from South Africa described how the global economy is oppressing workers in his country.
George Becker, President of the 700,000 member USWA (Steelworkers' Union) asked "who the hell asked for the WTO? did any of you?".
Kelly Amrstrong from Students Against Sweat Shops, which has members on 150 U.S. & Canadian campuses.
working TV #163, RT: 27:30
December 17 1999Watch this program now in
streaming video @ working TV videonline (1999)
The Road
to Seattle
working TV #162, December 10 1999,
RT: 27.30 minutes
Week 5 of 6 weeks of Special Programming on Globalization, Global Capital & the World Trade Organization
Welcome to Seattle: Robocop thugs greeted many visitors to Seattle during November 29 - December 3 the World Trade Organization meeting in that city.
The latest program in our series on Global Capital and the World Trade Organization, the Road to Seattle looks at highlights from the Vancouver organizing that brought more than 40 busloads of Canadians to the giant November 30 rally and march against the WTO in Seattle. It includes video from the Seattle march and rally which drew 50,000 protestors; highlights from the police violence against protestors in Seattle streets, and comments from Maude Barlow at "The Last Protest of the Century", that same evening back in Vancouver.
Dr. Vandana Shiva
speaking at the huge anti-WTO rally before the November 30th march in Seattle.
Protestors often would sit-down en mass when police confronted them chanting "no violence" and "the whole world is watching".
1st Amendment
this man reminded police - in vain - of his 1st Amendment rights to peacefully assemble and protest government.
Maude Barlow in Vancouver, at 8:00 pm on November 30, after returning from Seattle: "the tide turned today in Seattle . . . and the world will never be the same."
working TV #162, RT: 27:30
December 10 1999
This program was produced with funding from
Teachers Federation
Employees - BC Division
the BC Health Services Division of the
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Also from this same week -
The Road
to Seattle
WTO Special #2
working TV WTO Special #2
December 05 1999,
RT: 57:30
Sierra Youth Coalition members arrived in Vancouver after traveling by train from across Canada
9 foot tall WTO caricature loomed over the November 30 march and rally.A one hour special in our series on Global Capital and the World Trade Organization, the Road to Seattle WTO Special #2 looks at highlights from the Vancouver organizing that brought more than 40 busloads of Canadians to the giant November 30 rally and march against the WTO in Seattle. It includes video from the November 30 1999 Seattle march and rally which drew 50,000 protestors, including interviews with some of the more than 3000 Canadians who made the trip. Also includes video of some of the police violence against protestors in Seattle streets on that same day.
Tens of thousands packed this football stadium just beneath Seattle's Space Needle for the November 30 rally.
1st Amendment
this man reminded police - in vain - of his 1st Amendment rights to peacefully assemble and protest government.
working TV WTO Special #2,
RT: 57:30 December 05 1999
This program was produced with funding from
Teachers Federation
Employees - BC Division
the BC Health Services Division of the
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Last Protest of the Century
Nov. 30 1999 post-Seattle Anti-WTO rally in Vancouver featuring Maude Barlow
working TV #161
first broadcast December 03 1999,
RT: 27.30 minutes
Week 4 of 6 weeks of Special Programming on Globalization, Global Capital & the World Trade Organization
"The tide turned in Seattle today . . . We represent a clear alternative to corporate rule and we will no longer be shut out of the hallways of power." - Maude Barlow The Last Protest of the Century!
was organized by the B.C. Federation of Labour, on Tuesday evening November 30 1999, for people who couldn't make it to Seattle for the huge anti-WTO protest earlier that day. It drew 700 people who packed the ballroom at the Hyatt Hotel in Vancouver. They saw video shot earlier that same day at the giant anti-WTO Seattle protest, and a speech from Maude Barlow that drew several standing ovations.
Audience which packed the ballroom at the Hyatt to hear Maude Barlow at the "Last Protest of the Century"
working TV #161,
RT: 27:30 December 03 1999
This program was produced with funding from
Teachers Federation
Employees - BC Division
the BC Health Services Division of the
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Also from this same week -
Hassan Yussuff,
Canadian Labour Congress
Vice-President, at the
Take It Personally
Teach-In on the World Trade Organization
(Program 3 of 3)
excerpted from working TV
WTO Special #1
first broadcast November 28 1999,
RT: 57:30 minutes
Canadian Labour Congress Vice-President Hassan Yussuff, at the Take It Personally Teach-In on the World Trade Organization
excerpted from working TV
WTO Special #1, RT: 57:30
November 28 1999
This program was produced with funding from
Teachers Federation
Employees - BC Division
the BC Health Services Division of the
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Take It Personally
Teach-In on the World Trade Organization #2
Confronting Globalization . . . Demanding Democracy
with keynote speaker Chee Yoke Ling, from Malaysia and the Third World Network
working TV #160
first broadcast November 29 1999,
RT: 27.30 minutes
Week 3 of 6 weeks of Special Programming on Globalization, Global Capital & the World Trade Organization
Chee Yoke Ling, from Malaysia and the Third World Network presented a prespective from the South and from so-called "developing" countries to the Teach-In. Take It Personally! A Teach-In On the World Trade Organization was organized by the Common Front on the WTO (CF-WTO), a network of Canadian labour, environmental and public interest organizations. The CF-WTO was organized prior to the first Minsterial Meeting of the WTO in Singapore, in December 1996. Since that time, it has sponsored or supported a variety of education and action events on international trade issues, including the campaign against the MAI, the Multilateral Agreement on Investment. Activists from several countries and continents are converging on Seattle, Washington for a massive anti-WTO demonstration on November 30 1999 - concurrent with the WTO's Millenium Round of Ministerial Meetings which will take place in Seattle that same day. Multi-Billionaire Microsoft CEO Bill Gates is chair of the "official" welcoming committee.
Opening Forum of
Take It Personally!
Teach-In On the
World Trade Organization,
November 12 and 13 1999 in Vancouver.
working TV #160, RT: 27:30 each,
November 26 1999
This program was produced with funding from
Teachers Federation
Employees - BC Division
the BC Health Services Division of the
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Take It Personally
Teach-In on the World Trade Organization #1
Confronting Globalization . . . Demanding Democracy
with keynote speaker Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
working TV #159
first broadcast November 19 1999,
RT: 27.30 minutes
Week 2 of 6 weeks of Special Programming on Globalization, Global Capital & the World Trade Organization
Opening Forum of
Take It Personally!
Teach-In On the
World Trade Organization,
November 12 and 13 1999 in Vancouver.Take It Personally! A Teach-In On the World Trade Organization was organized by the Common Front on the WTO (CF-WTO), a network of Canadian labour, environmental and public interest organizations. The CF-WTO was organized prior to the first Minsterial Meeting of the WTO in Singapore, in December 1996. Since that time, it has sponsored or supported a variety of education and action events on international trade issues, including the campaign against the MAI, the Multilateral Agreement on Investment. Activists from several countries and continents are converging on Seattle, Washington for a massive anti-WTO demonstration on November 30 1999 - concurrent with the WTO's Millenium Round of Ministerial Meetings which will take place in Seattle that same day. Multi-Billionaire Microsoft CEO Bill Gates is chair of the "official" welcoming committee.
Nearly 600 people crammed into the Robson Square Conference Centre in Vancouver for
Take It Personally:
A Teach-In On the
World Trade Organization
Take It Personally was the biggest and best organized of several pre-November 30 WTO events and conferences. More than 600 people crammed into the Robson Square Media Centre to hear speakers such as Maude Barlow from the Council of Canadians, Chee Yoke Ling from the Third World Network and Hassan Yussuff from the Canadian Labour Congress. This week, in the first of several programs taped at this event we feature opening remarks from Tony Clarke, acting chair of the CF-WTO, and a "call to arms" from Maude Barlow voluntary Chair of the Council of Canadians.
Maude Barlow: "We have envisaged a moral alternative to economic globalization and we will not rest until it is realized."
Tony Clarke: "The biggest threat on the planet to democracy and to our democratic rights and freedoms is the World Trade Organizaton. So we're asking you to . . . Take It Personally."
Maude Barlow: "Thank you all for being here. I think this is boding well for the new millennium and for the 21st century which will be the century when we take down corporate rule. Let us vow that tonight."
working TV #159, RT: 27:30 each,
November 19 1999
This program was produced with funding from
Teachers Federation
Employees - BC Division
the BC Health Services Division of the
Canadian Union of Public Employees
(VVTV) A web-based working TV special project, for the 1999 Vancouver Civic Election
Vancouver's Voice is a coalition of the labour-backed COPE (Committee of Progressive Electors) and the Green Party, to challenge the right-wing / developer-controlled NPA ( or so called "Non-Partisan" Association ) in the 1999 Vancouver Civic election.
Since 1996, the city of Vancouver has endured one-party rule as the business/developer backed NPA has held all seats on Vancouver City Council, Vancouver Park Board and Vancouver School Board. The new Vancouver's Voice coalition is determined to bring democracy back to city government.
working TV's Heather Nicholas on the street, asking citizens about the issues that affect them, from one of 10 daily VVTV On The Street webcasts.
With barely 10% of the budget the NPA has for advertising, the COPE-Green coalition is using the web and e-mail to get the word out.
No more blurry jerky images with muffled and distorted sound!!! working TV has achieved our best quality webcasts ever with this campaign. With the use of a T1 internet connection, courtesy of Communicopia, we have been able to webcast, for the first time ever, at ASDL or LAN data rates of 220kps (compared to typical rates of 20kps or 34kps). Viewers with high-speed cable modems or ADSL connections have been able to watch VVTV webcasts with image and sound quality equivalent to broadcast television!
BC Campaign to Honour "Mac Pap" Veterans
working TV #94, RT: 27:30, January 09, 1998
working TV #131, RT: 27:30, December 11, 1998
Justice delayed is justice denied, and the veterans of Canada's Mackenzie Papineau Battalion have been denied justice for 60 years now by the Canadian government.
Click here for working TV's Mac Pap pages, and the B.C. "Monumental" Campaign to honour their contribution to the fight against fascism.
Click here for Eugene Plawiuk's definitive Spanish Civil War website.
MAI Inquiry series
working TV #122, RT: 27:30; first broadcast October 09, 1998
MAI Inquiry (#1 of 3)
Taped September 25 & 26 in Vancouver, the first of three special programs with highlights from the MAI Inquiry's "citizens' search for alternatives" to the MAI, the Multilateral Agreement on Investment.
Marjorie Griffin CohenFeaturing: Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Chair of Womens' Studies at Simon Fraser University; Joan Smallwood, MLA (NDP) and chair of the BC Legislature's Special Committee on the MAI; and Ontario based actor and activist, R.H. Thomson.
Joan Smallwood, MLA (NDP) and chair of the BC Legislature's Special Committee on the MAI Ontario based actor and activist, R.H. Thomson.
working TV MAI Inquiry One Hour Special RT: 57:30; first broadcast October 11, 1998
MAI Inquiry Special (#2 of 3)
The second of three special programs with highlights from the MAI Inquiry's "citizens' search for alternatives" to the MAI, the Multilateral Agreement on Investment.
Featuring: keynote speech by Toronto based CBC TV host and author, Judy Rebick;
Canadian Auto Workers union president Buzz Hargrove;
and comments from Murray Dobbin of the Council of Canadians and an award presentation of cash from the Council of Canadians to APEC Student Protestors.
working TV #123, RT: 27:30; first broadcast October 16, 1998
MAI Inquiry (#3 of 3)
The third of three programs, this one from the "Roundtable" sessions taped Saturday September 26 at Vancouver City College, with Chief Saul Terry, Union of BC Indian Chiefs; Steve Shrybman, West Coast Environmental Law Association; Jean Swanson, End Legislated Poverty; Buzz Hargrove, Canadian Auto Workers.
Steve Shrybman
Jean Swanson
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