Undercurrents News Network
The alternative video news magazine is back after a five-year break – and sizzling with cheeky radicalism. The logo says it all: UNN (Undercurrents News Network) formed out of CNN with the C twisted back.
The first issue of the relaunched magazine is a medley of news footage, stylish animations and clips (or the full works) from some of the best activist documentaries around. Included are extraordinary scenes from Australia's Woomera detention centre break-out, but also videos featuring other less well-known actions, such as US students taking on Harvard in defence of the Ivy League university's underpaid cleaners.
There are many hilarious moments. The Meatrix – a cartoon parody which takes us into the world of intensive animal farming – has the power to convulse. The Keanu Reeves character as a pig, sporting fashionably small dark glasses, is inspired. A love duet between Bush and Blair provides another sure-fire humour hit.
The mix and internationalism of issues is good. One quibble, some of the clips are just that little bit too short – but web addresses are given and you can easily log on for more. It's radical, it's not for profit, and it's damned good.
- Product information
- produced by Paul O’Connor and Zoe Broughton
- Star rating
(available on VHS and DVD) To buy the video or become a subscriber see http://www.undercurrents.org or write to Undercurrents, Old Telephone Exchange, Pier St, Swansea SA1 1RY, Wales, UK. For the radical docs featured go to http://www.cultureshop.org
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Voices from the margins:
Multimedia: video, podcasts, and more.
- Poetry Slam in Zimbabwe
- The House of Hunger poetry slam held in Zimbabwe in 2006, and organised by the Pamberi Trust, showcased young artists performing inspirational work on issues from corporate power to child soldiers. The video features four of the poets.
Published by Pambazuka News.
- Iranian women speak out
- 3 March 2007, London. Women's rights activists marched through the English capital last week to celebrate International Women's Day with a protest against the misogyny of the Islamic regime in Iran and the threat of invasion by the US. Hear the voices of Iranian feminists Azar and Leila Parnian and the sounds of the demonstration as it passed through the heart of the city. Click here to learn more about the campaign.
Produced by Heidi Bachram.
- Raised Voices audio:
- Benny from West Papua on Corporate Power
- Vinayan from India on agriculture
New Internationalist (NI) workers' co-operative exists to report on issues of world poverty and inequality; to focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide; to debate and campaign for the radical changes necessary to meet the basic needs of all; and to bring to life the people, the ideas and the action in the fight for global justice.
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