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  1. Divide et Impera (Divide and Rule) (2015)

    Director
    Scott Noble
    Subject
    History; Politics & government; Social Studies

    The series examines early American history through an examination of class. Part 1 DIVIDE ET IMPERA includes sections on Mother Jones, the American Constitution; the Civil War draft riots; Reconstruction;...

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  2. Tony Benn: Will and Testament (2014)

    Director
    Skip Kite
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £17.99

    A film portrait of Tony Benn, the longest serving Labour MP in history, made shortly before Benn’s death in 2014. The film features Benn speaking directly to the camera as he addresses the events of his life.

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  3. Labor Union Films (2011)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $14.99

    A 2-DVD set comprising 15 short films made between 1917 and 1951 dealing with US labour history and America’s struggle to ensure a decent life for all its citizens. Contents: 17 DAYS: THE STORY OF...

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  4. Port in a Storm (1997 Video)

    Director
    Anne-Marie Sweeney
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 79 min., 1997 sale: £10.00 (inclusive)

    A video compilation about the Liverpool dockers’ dispute begun in September 1995. 1 (18 min): Women’s support for the strikers, as Women On the Waterfront (WOW) face icy blizzards and police on the...

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  5. Video News Issue 1 (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col 52 min., 1996 sale: £20.00 (inclusive) each 1996 sale: £60.00 (inclusive) subscription for 4 issues

    A video magazine offering an alternative viewpoint on political and social issues. Issue One carries reports on media bias regarding the labour movement; the Labour Party’s move to the right; the...

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  6. Free Voice of Labour: The Jewish Anarchists (1980 Film)

    Director
    Steven Fischler; Joel Sucher
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Based on the demise of a New York-based Jewish anarchist newspaper in 1977 and interviews with its activist editorial board. The interviews are interspersed with relevant stills and film from the turn of the...

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  7. Wobblies, The (1979 Film, Video)

    Producer
    Stewart Bird; Deborah Shaffer
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A documentary celebration of the heyday of the Industrial Workers of the World, the broad-based radical trade union that rallied thousands of American workers to the cry of ‘one big union’ between 1905...

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  8. With Babies and Banners: The Story of the Women’s Emergency Brigade (1978 Film, Video)

    Director
    Lorraine Grey
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Women’s participation in the key strike of the 1930s in the USA. Layoffs, poverty wages, hazardous working conditions and speed-ups were daily realities for auto workers. Women workers also suffered lower...

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  9. Trade Union Movement and the General Strike, The (1975 Audio)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette. 60 min.

    Discusses the development of the trade union movement culminating in the 1926 general strike.

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