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An account of the 1985 riots in Handsworth, Brixton and Tottenham, concentrating on events on the Broadwater Farm Estate in Tottenham in the autumn of that year, following the maiming of Cherry Groce and the...
Looks at the way two interest groups, one of which supports tobacco advertising and one of which is opposed to it, try to affect what government does. The two interest groups are the Tobacco Advertising...
An examination of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) since its introduction in 1974. Focusses on its repressive effects on the Irish community in Britain. The tape moves between the experiences of people...
If the development of armaments by the superpowers is to be managed, then it is necessary to understand the forces which drive it. Professor Graham Allison, of Harvard University, discusses two rival...
The US intelligence community has come to rely increasingly on sophisticated technology to assess Soviet nuclear capabilities. The interpretation of data by the different branches of the intelligence...
Relates the daily battle for survival of the four million slum dwellers of Bombay, who constitute half of the city’s population. They are the workforce of Bombay: the industrial labour, the construction...
Describes the imprisonment and eventual release of a family of political prisoners in Argentina. During his eight years of imprisonment, Juan Carlos’ morale was sustained by the knowledge that groups such...
Documentary about Argentina dealing in particular with the effects of the country’s enormous debt. Traces the relationship between the disastrous economic policies of the military regime and its brutal...
Animation film viewing Canada’s history as seen by political cartoonists. Includes the cartoons of more than fifty Canadian artists, commentary by contemporary cartoonists including Duncan Macpherson,...
Suggests that the birth of policies and attitudes which are known as ‘Thatcherism’ was taking place within the declining Labour government of 1977. Expounds this theory by examining the relationship...
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