![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Alternative Views #030: MARX AND "SOCIALISM" TODAY: THE PROMISE BETRAYED? - Frank Morrow
30. MARX AND "SOCIALISM" TODAY: THE PROMISE BETRAYED? Svetozar Stojanovic, Yugoslavian writer and dissident, offers an eyewitness account of struggles to democratize Eastern bloc "socialism" and evaluates the ideas of Marx in the contemporary world. News ******************************************* * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no longer in use. *******************************************
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News; Marx; Svetozar Stojanovic; Yugoslavia; socialism
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| Alternative Views #524: POTPOURRI 30: LIMBAUGH; HAITI; ESTHER'S FOLLIES; '52 ELECTION - Frank Morrow
The lies of Rush Limbaugh are exposed; the historical background of US-Haitian relations is discussed; skits of Austin's satirical review group Esther's Follies are presented; and more of the Democratic radio jingles from the Eisenhower-Stevenson election of 1952 are replayed. News: September, 1994 Copyright October, 1994 ******************************************* * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no longer in use...
Keywords: progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; Rush Limbaugh; Haiti; Esther's Follies; Eisenhower-Stevenson election; 1952
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| Alternative Views #010: GARY SHAW & THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION - Frank Morrow
Author of _Cover Up_ discusses the JFK assassination with emphasis on the new evidence obtained by Congress and by himself through the Freedom of Information Act; also features startling blowups of photographs of the assassination. News: May, 1986 Recorded 1981 Gary Shaw film recorded July, 1978 Copyright July, 1979 ******************************************* * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no longer in use...
Keywords: progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; JFK; Kennedy assassination; CIA
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| Alternative Views #175,176,177: LIES AGREED UPON: GEORGE SELDES AND THE AMERICAN PRESS (PARTS I,II&III) - Frank Morrow
175. LIES AGREED UPON: GEORGE SELDES AND THE AMERICAN PRESS (PART I) Although George Seldes is one of the giants in the history of American journalism, particularly in the field of press criticism, he has been neglected and blacklisted by the mainstream press. In this three-part series we present the American TV debut of Seldes, who was a foreign correspondent from 1917-1939 and who published the alternative newspaper "In Fact" in the 1940s and l950s...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; Seldes; journalism; mass media; McCarthy
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| Alternative Views #543,544: HOLY TERROR (PARTS I&II) - Frank Morrow
543. HOLY TERROR (PART I) Through an interview and an incredible documentary we take a comprehensive look at the radical Christian Right and its efforts to take over political power at all levels of society. Through information provided by undercover agents and by monitoring of Christian Coalition TV programs, the documentary shows the strategies, the deviousness, and the dangers which these religious fanatics pose to secular society and civil liberties...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; documentary; Christian Right; political power; secular society; civil liberties; Christian Coalition TV; book; Holy Terror
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| Alternative_Views-Program_Catalog - Frank Morrow
Catalog for all Alternative Views programs. See http://www.archive.org/details/alternative_views/
Keywords: progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; power structure
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| Alternative Views #034: A CONVERSATION WITH EDWARD DMYTRYK - Frank Morrow
34. A CONVERSATION WITH EDWARD DMYTRYK A fascinating hour with Hollywood director Edward Dmytryk, whose credits include such films as _The Caine Mutiny_, _Raintree County_, and _The Young Lions_. Dmytryk gained notoriety as one of the "Hollywood Ten" and highlights of the interview include his frank discussion of his early attraction to and later disavowal of the Communist Party. ****************************************** * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; Edward Dmytryk; Hollywood; director; Communist Party
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| Alternative Views #042: ALTERNATIVE VIEWS FIRST RETROSPECTIVE - Frank Morrow
42. ALTERNATIVE VIEWS FIRST RETROSPECTIVE (1979) This documentary contains representative sections of many programs produced during our first season. It shows the wide range of subjects and views presented, and has been shown often in schools and other public functions to provide an overview of our program. Recorded 1978 and 1979 Copyright October, 1987 ******************************************* * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no longer in use...
Keywords: Alternative Views; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; retrospective
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| Alternative Views #050: A CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE WALD - Frank Morrow
50. (N) A CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE WALD The Nobel Prize-winning biologist discusses the insanity of nuclear weapons, the dangers of nuclear energy, and the threats to survival which we currently face. He analyzes the socioeconomic roots of our current crisis and proposes solutions. News: November, 1979 Recorded November, 1979 ******************************************* * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no longer in use...
Keywords: Alternative Views; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; George Wald; nuclear weapons; nuclear energy
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| Alternative Views #120: AN INFORMAL EVENING WITH CHARLIE KING - Frank Morrow
120. AN INFORMAL EVENING WITH CHARLIE KING Charlie King writes and performs songs about ordinary people's lives, political events and various protest movements. His song "Acres of Claims" is a best seller and has become the anthem of the anti-nuclear movement. King sings several of his songs, explains the background of his music's origins and content and recounts his anti-nuke experience. A special feature of the program is the insertion of visual materials to enhance the meaning and drama of Ki...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; Charlie King; protest songs; anti-nuclear movement
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| Alternative Views #336: POTPOURRI V - Frank Morrow
336. POTPOURRI V This mixture of news and special presentations emphasizes Latin America. The news emphasis is on the Iran-Contra scandal, with information which the Congress and the Establishment media are ignoring. A special guest is Brazilian Professor Hugo Assman, who is one of the world's experts on Liberation Theology. Also, two moving political songs are presented. One is a song about Guatemala, with video added from previous documentaries about that country; the second is an extremely im...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News; CIA; Hugo Assman; Guatemala; Lives in the Balance; Jackson Browne
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| Alternative Views #407: OBSERVING THE NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS - Frank Morrow
407. OBSERVING THE NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS Two people from Pastors for Peace relate their experiences and provide their insights into the 1990 Nicaraguan elections. They met with top Sandinista officials, and spent time in the cities and countryside talking with ordinary people from the opposition as well as the FSLN. Recorded March 24, 1990 News: February 13, 1990, January 18, 1990, February 27, 1990 Joe Berra interview on elections in El Salvador recorded December 1, 1989 Copyright April, 1990 **...
Keywords: Alternative Views; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; Pastors for Peace; Nicaragua; elections; FSLN; Joe Berra; El Salvador Sandinista
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| Alternative Views #413:A LIVELY CONVERSATION WITH ARTHUR KINOY - Frank Morrow
413. A LIVELY CONVERSATION WITH ARTHUR KINOY A long time civil rights lawyer-activist and member of the National Lawyers Guild, Kinoy has fought and won many legal fights at the national and local levels. He had an acrimonious appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee, and he argued cases before the Supreme Court. In a colorful and vivid style, Arthur describes his battles, places civil liberties abuses by governmental agencies in historical perspective, and dramatically warns...
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| Alternative Views #417: POTPOURRI XII: ABORTION, POLAND, ECON. COLLAPSE, SUPPRESSED SCIENCE - Frank Morrow
This assortment of news and special reports contains sections on abortion and birth control, the impending economic collapse as seen by insiders in the national and international power structure, a pictorial history of Poland, and two scientific discoveries which, had they not been suppressed, could have had tremendous impact on our lives. News/recorded: June 23, 1990; April, 1990; December, 1989; November, 1989 "Suppressed Science" Copyright 1989 Copyright July, 1990 ***************************...
Keywords: progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; power structure
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| Alternative Views #433: JUDGE NOT - Frank Morrow
Devon Webber tells her incredible story of how her pederast, drug addict ex-husband (a prominent medical doctor) was given custody of her children by a judge with a questionable past. She also relates the devastating effect this had on her life, and how she overcame these problems so that now she lectures and assists others who are in need of help and information about child abuse. This program also shows how the power structure of a small town works to protect its members, even when one of the ...
Keywords: progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; power structure; child abuse
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| Alternative Views #451: DON'T PAY, FOR PEACE - Frank Morrow
A documentary "Paying for Peace" about peace activists who refuse to pay their taxes. News: July 9, 1991; June 20, 1991 Copyright August, 1991 ******************************************* * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no longer in use. *******************************************
Keywords: progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; peace; tax resistance
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| Alternative Views #455: THE WORLDLY WARBLERS II - Frank Morrow
455. THE WORLDLY WARBLERS II The second in our programs featuring political songs gleaned from previous shows. This program especially spotlights some music by Richie Havens and by peace activist women in England and in New Zealand. Copyright October, 1991 ******************************************* * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no longer in use. *******************************************
Keywords: Alternative Views; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; peace activist; Richie Havens; political songs; England; New Zealand
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| Alternative Views #473: POTPOURRI 19: IRAQ, THE ECONOMY, VIET NAM, THE NEW WORLD ORDER - Frank Morrow
Among the subjects presented are the lies of the Bush Administration about the Iraq situation, especially Iraqgate; the catastrophic results of the political and economic policies of the previous 14 years by both the Democratic and Republican administrations; songs and poetry by Viet Nam vet "Sarge" Linticum; a music video by Joan Harvey about Bush's New World Order; and a short, humorous video about Bush--"Read My Lips." Recorded June 17, 1992 Copyright September, 1992 *************************...
Keywords: progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; Iraq; Iraqgate; Bush; Viet Nam; New World Order
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| Alternative Views #016: VIET NAM AND CHINA - Frank Morrow
16. VIET NAM AND CHINA Features slides of Vietnam taken by Chris Cunningham, who visited the area as part of a church-sponsored tour. We also explore the rapprochement between the U.S. and the Peoples' Republic of China, and discuss the China-Vietnam war. Run time: 59:31 News ******************************************* * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no longer in use...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; Chris Cunningham; China; Agent Orange; Viet Nam; CIA; chemical warfare; United States
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| Alternative Views #021: THE ROCKEFELLERS - Frank Morrow
21. THE ROCKEFELLERS We feature a historical, economic and political analysis of the Rockefeller dynasty and the central role of its economic and political institutions in the national and international power structure. News ******************************************* * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no longer in use. *******************************************
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News; Rockefeller; power structure
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| Alternative Views #023: MEXICO: AN IMPENDING REVOLUTION? - Frank Morrow
23. (N) MEXICO: AN IMPENDING REVOLUTION? Authors Phillip Russell (_Mexico in Transition_) and Dick Reavis (_Without Documents_) discuss the guerrilla movement in Mexico. Film slides of Mexican history and Reavis' photographs of guerrillas in the mountains help illustrate the contemporary struggles of Mexican peasants. ******************************************* * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no longer in use...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; guerrilla movement; Mexico; Phillip Russell; Dick Reavis
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| Alternative Views #024: THE AMERICAN POLICE STATE - Frank Morrow
24. (N) THE AMERICAN POLICE STATE Government surveillance, harassment of dissidents and the legislative attack on civil liberties highlight the program. Joining the regular panel are John Duncan of the Texas Chapter of the American Civil Liberties and a women's rights activist who talks about her FBI dossier. Also featured is a videotape of police brutality against demonstrators in Austin who were protesting boat races in their barrio.
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; civil liberties; government surveillance; John Duncan; American Civil Liberties Union; police brutality; FBI
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| Alternative Views #025: ENERGY: TWO ALTERNATIVES - Frank Morrow
25. ENERGY: TWO ALTERNATIVES With Austin voters facing a referendum on whether to continue participation in the South Texas Nuclear Project, "Alternative Views" devotes four consecutive nights, two hours each night. to the subject of energy. We repeat several earlier shows (see programs 4, 14, 20) and feature in addition new programming, including a tape of a speech delivered by Daniel Ellsberg, a "special report" on the dangers of lignite coal, a demonstration of a working solar collector, and ...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; energy; Austin; South Texas Nuclear Project; Daniel Ellsberg; coal; solar; The China Syndrome; Three Mile Island
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| Alternative Views #032: THE NOT SO JOLLY SIDE OF "OLDE" ENGLAND - Frank Morrow
32. (N) THE NOT SO JOLLY SIDE OF "OLDE" ENGLAND Nothing sacred escapes unscathed in Peter Bell's unflattering portrait of English society. Economics professor Bell, himself an Englishman, strips away the veneer of civility to reveal a culture reaping the ignominious legacy of is feudal and colonial past and analyzes the origins and implications of the present political crisis in England. Also featured is an analysis of the Rhodesian elections by a member of the South African Liberation Action Co...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News; Peter Bell; English society; Rhodesia; South African Liberation Action Committee
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| Alternative Views #040: "S.O.S.": SAVE OUR "SHACKS" - Frank Morrow
A documentary about the attempt of the University of Texas to demolish family student housing and the students' struggles to prevent it. The program captures the beauty and community of the housing area. Also featured are former U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough and State Representative Mary Jane Bode. Government professor Al Watkins discusses this situation and other contemporary attempts at urban renewal in Austin and in the rest of the U.S...
Keywords: progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; community; housing; urban renewal; University of Texas
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| Alternative Views #041: SALT II: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? - Frank Morrow
41. (N) SALT II: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Ronald Steel, author of _Pax Americana_ and frequent contributor to _New York Review of Books_, _Nation_, and _New York Times_, discusses SALT II and the history behind it, starting with the Cold War. The program also contains the movie _War Without Winners_. ******************************************* * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no longer in use...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; Ronald Steel; SALT II; Cold War; War Without Winners
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| Alternative Views #044-THE GREAT TEX-MEX OIL SPILL - Frank Morrow
Using film clips from the local network affiliates, the history and significance of the Ixtoc oil spill off the Mexican coast is presented. How the oil spill shows the complicity between private enterprise and politics and the primacy of profit in oil production is discussed by environmentalists and political theorists. The program closes with a rather heated discussion of the media handling of the disaster with one of our regular panelists and two local newsmen...
Keywords: progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; Ixtoc; oil spill; Mexico; private enterprise; environment
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| Alternative Views #048: JOHN STOCKWELL AND THE CIA (PART III) - Frank Morrow
48. (C) JOHN STOCKWELL AND THE CIA (PART III) John Stockwell introduces the documentary made about him by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Saul Landau. The movie has been shown in several film festivals around the world and on TV in many countries; but the U.S. networks, including PBS, refused to show it. Consequently, our showing provides its American premiere. Next, we look at segments of three weeks' coverage by the TV networks of the situation concerning the Russian troops in Cuba, interspers...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; John Stockwell; CIA; documentary; Saul Landau; Cuba
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| Alternative Views #051: LOSING GROUND: THE FIGHT TO SAVE BARTON CREEK - Frank Morrow
51. LOSING GROUND: THE FIGHT TO SAVE BARTON CREEK A documentary about the fight to save Austin's Barton Creek watershed from the ecological abuses of real estate development. Some video footage from the air as well as a beautiful segment with original music about Barton Springs and discussion with many Austinites are featured. The economic, political and ecological aspects are discussed with two members of a citizen's group fighting to save the area...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News; Austin; Barton Creek; watershed; ecology; real estate development
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| Alternative Views #055: "BIG D:" FROM JFK TO KKK - Frank Morrow
55. (N) "BIG D:" FROM JFK TO KKK This combination documentary and discussion of the history, present activities, and significance of the Ku Klux Klan in the U.S. includes a show and tell with the Klan newsletter and extensive video coverage and analysis of an anti-Klan rally in Dallas. Texas ACLU director John Duncan discusses the group. ******************************************* * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no longer in use...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News; Ku Klux Klan; KKK; Dallas; John Duncan; Texas ACLU; documentary
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| Alternative Views #058: IRAN: TWO INSIDERS' VIEWS - Frank Morrow
58. (N) IRAN: TWO INSIDERS' VIEWS In a stunning and emotional powerful program, an Iranian poet and political dissident vividly describes his incarceration and torture at the hands of the Shah's police -- SAVAK. Additionally, Lisa Radcliffe, who recently returned from an extensive trip to Iran, relates her experiences. She also shows the State Department documents which the students holding the hostages gave her, documenting CIA involvement and counter-revolutionary activity of the U.S...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News; Iran; incarceration; torture; Shah; SAVAK; Lisa Radcliffe; CIA; hostages
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| Alternative Views #074: THE CIA: ON COMPANY BUSINESS - Frank Morrow
74. (NC) THE CIA: ON COMPANY BUSINESS We once again examine that dark, vicious world of the CIA -- the use of U.S. labor organizations, the overthrow of legitimate governments, providing arms to favored groups, covert use of the American mass media, U.S. torture schools and CIA torture supervisors abroad -- all resulting in great human suffering and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and in the maintenance of repressive regimes...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News: CIA; torture schools; On Company Business; John Stockwell Molly Dougherty
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| Alternative Views #104: EAT, DRINK, AND BE WARY - Frank Morrow
104. (N) EAT, DRINK, AND BE WARY The dangers of pesticides, food additives and non-nutritive food are analyzed. The film _Eat, Drink and Be Wary_ demonstrates that food corporations, in their drive for profits, produce food that leads to disease and poor health for the American people. Additionally, a former food consultant with a government agency concerned with health and nutrition discusses the film and provides his insights and solutions to problems of food and health in the U.S...
Keywords: progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; pesticides; food additives; non-nutritive food; profits
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| Alternative Views #107: THE FORGOTTEN GUINEA PIGS: THE AGENT ORANGE AND A-BOMB TEST SURVIVORS AND YOU - Frank Morrow
107. THE FORGOTTEN GUINEA PIGS: THE AGENT ORANGE AND A-BOMB TEST SURVIVORS AND YOU A heartwrenching documentary and interview exposes the nature and effects of the use of Agent Orange in Viet Nam. Dan Jordan and his wife, along with another vet, discuss their experiences with "unexplained" diseases and handicapped children. They also provide information about the Brotherhood of Viet Nam Veterans efforts to get the government to provide assistance for vets affected by Agent Orange...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; Agent Orange; Viet Nam; Dan Jordan; A-bomb; Nevada; CIA; germ warfare; chemical warfare; United States cities
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| Alternative Views #109: WHY AREN'T WE SMILING? - Frank Morrow
109. (N) WHY AREN'T WE SMILING? Secretaries are usually taken for granted. As the movie _9 to 5_ shows they are no longer standing for mistreatment and abuses. We focus on the working conditions of women office workers in the documentary _Why Aren't They Smiling?_, a slide-tape show about the secretarial oppression and discontent. Local women, who are carrying out organizing efforts in order to improve the lot of secretaries discuss the slide show and attempts by office and clerical workers to c...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News; Secretaries; 9 to 5; mistreatment; abuses; women office workers; documentary; Why Aren't They Smiling; Austin
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| Alternative Views #116: FREE NAMIBIA - Frank Morrow
116. (N) FREE NAMIBIA In a shocking and moving documentary we see the terrible living conditions and racism under which the Black majority lives in Namibia and the growing resistance to white rule imposed by South African troops. Also, two guests provide us the latest information about the Namibian situation, particularly the action of the allied countries -- U.S. and South Africa. Originally aired: June 1980 Documentary "Free Namibia" Copyright, 1978 News: January, 1985 Copyright Feburary, 1985
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; Free Namibia; News; Namibia; Black majority; racism; white rule; United States; South Africa
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| Alternative Views #119: A CONVERSATION WITH DAVE DELLINGER - Frank Morrow
119. A CONVERSATION WITH DAVE DELLINGER We spotlight one of America's longtime fighters for peace, civil rights and social and economic justice. A pacifist for many years, Dave Dellinger talks about his imprisonment for his resistance to U.S. entry into World War II, and his opposition nuclear war and nuclear energy, beginning in the 1950s. In relating his other activities in the 1960s, he assesses his relationship with the civil rights movement, particularly his friendship with Martin Luther Ki...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News; Dave Dellinger; activist; peace; civil rights; Chicago Seven; anti-war movement
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| Alternative Views #126,127: BOYS FOR SALE (PARTS I&II) - Frank Morrow
126. (N) BOYS FOR SALE (PART I) The tragic and shocking abuse of boy prostitutes is discussed by Dr. Tom Philpott and former Editor of _The Daily Texan_, Mark McKinnon, who has written articles on the subject. Philpott has found that these children are frequently physically abused, even tortured and killed. Many of the men who participate in this "practice" are among some of the most respected people at the top levels of the U.S...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News; boy prostitutes; Atlanta
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| Alternative Views #139: CIA UPDATE [1981] - Frank Morrow
139. (NC) CIA UPDATE [1981] Former CIA case officer makes another appearance to discuss recent activities of the CIA. Particular emphasis is placed on the congressional bill and the executive order which remove previous restraints on the intelligence services and which will make it a felony to reveal their activities and personnel, resulting in the first official secrets act in the history of the country...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News; CIA; John Stockwell; official secrets act
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| Alternative Views #146: THREE MILE ISLAND AFTERMATH - Frank Morrow
146. (N) THREE MILE ISLAND AFTERMATH Randy King, a resident of Harrisburg who experienced firsthand the Three Mile Island nuclear accident and who now participates in a coalition of anti-nuclear groups, reveals much information about the TMI accident and his own conversion to anti-nuclear activism. He talks about the coverup of information on the tragic consequences to the health of the residents in the area: the soaring rate of miscarriages, stillbirths and deformed children, with even greater ...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News; Three Mile Island; coverup; Randy King; Harrisburg; TMI; anti-nuclear; safety; economic cost; documentary
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| Alternative Views #150: LEONARD PELTIER: AN AMERICAN POLITICAL PRISONER - Frank Morrow
150. (N) LEONARD PELTIER: AN AMERICAN POLITICAL PRISONER A leader of the American Indian Movement, Leonard Peltier is serving two consecutive life sentences in federal prison for "aiding and abetting" in the deaths of two FBI agents. The highly controversial case has received great international interest, including human rights tribunals and Amnesty International, because of allegations of judicial and FBI misconduct: threatening witnesses, producing false evidence, perjury and withholding evide...
Keywords: Alternative Views; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; Leonard Peltier; Steve Robideau; American Indian Movement; FBI; human rights; Amnesty International
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| Alternative Views #153,154,155: COVERT ACTION (PARTS I,II&III) - Frank Morrow
153. (NC) COVERT ACTION (Part I) Our three-part series on covert action, featuring former CIA official John Stockwell and Louis Wolf, co-editor of _Covert Action Information Bulletin_, begins with an overview of the general nature and activities of the CIA. We then discuss how the "Intelligence Identities Protection Act" and the Reagan executive order on intelligence agencies would promote media self-censorship and thus repress public scrutiny and criticism of intelligence (including FBI) activi...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; News; CIA; John Stockwell; Louis Wolf; Covert Action Information Bulletin; ntelligence Identities Protection Act; Reagan; FBI; First Amendment; El Salvador; Green Berets; South Africa; Angola; Namibia; Mozambique; disinformation
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| Alternative Views #159: INSIDE LEBANON - Frank Morrow
159. INSIDE LEBANON In an interview and a documentary we get an intimate feel for the situation in Lebanon from both the Israeli and Palestinian sides. Israeli citizen and Peace Now activist Ilan Ziv is a photo-journalist who made a documentary inside Lebanon during the fighting. He talks with Israeli soldiers as well as Palestinian refugees. Ziv captures the entire atmosphere and feeling of this tragic war and provides new insights into the thinking of the Israelis and the Palestinians...
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| Alternative Views #160: INSIDE ISRAEL - Frank Morrow
160. INSIDE ISRAEL Israeli citizen and Peace Now activist Ilan Ziv gives us startling insights into the psychology of his country's leaders and citizens. He also evaluates the peace movement in Israel and the peace protests within the Israeli armed forces. Most revealing, however, is his analysis of the great affect the Holocaust had on the Israeli psyche--particularly that of this generation of Israeli leaders--which has caused severe psychological distortions, resulting in a country and leader...
Keywords: Alternative Views; Alternative Information Network; progressive media; alternative media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; Ilan Ziv; Peace Now; Israel; Holocaust
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| Alternative Views #162: TALKIN' UNION, Part I - Frank Morrow
"Talkin' Union" is a documentary made by People's History in Texas about the working conditions of female workers in Texas from the Depression to the l950s. The film shows the struggles of these women to improve their working conditions by trying to establish unions. The first program starts with the Depression and continues to World War II. Four women--two Chicanas, one Black and one White--tell their stories...
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| Alternative Views #163: TALKIN' UNION, Part II - Frank Morrow
The second half of the series takes us from World War II into the l950s. It features a documentary on women's struggles in Texas against low wages, poor working conditions and racism. Documentary: Copyright 1979 Original recording: September,1982 News: February, April 1986 Copyright April, 1986 ******************************************* * Note: * The Alternative Information Network * address in the video is no longer in use...
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| Alternative Views #167: MAKING A MOVIE ABOUT THE CIA - Frank Morrow
167. MAKING A MOVIE ABOUT THE CIA Alan Francovich is producer and director of the most definitive film on the CIA--the acclaimed three-hour documentary (On Company Business)--which took five years to make and required massive, world-wide research. The movie has won prizes at international film festivals and has been shown in over 30 countries. Francovich tells how the US government and the CIA have harassed him and have applied pressure to restrict the movie's distribution...
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| Alternative Views #168.: A CONVERSATION WITH DR. SPOCK - Frank Morrow
168. A CONVERSATION WITH DR. SPOCK Dr. Benjamin Spock's name became universally known after his book "Baby and Child Care" was published, selling 26 million copies and being translated into 26 languages. Dr. Spock also is famous for his anti-war struggles from the l960s to the present. He reveals many little-known facts: why he wrote his book; how he became involved in the anti-war movement; his being sentenced to two years in jail; his relationship with Lyndon Johnson; why he is a socialist; an...
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| Alternative Views #179: THE WAR GAME: THE REALITY OF NUCLEAR WAR - Frank Morrow
179. THE WAR GAME: THE REALITY OF NUCLEAR WAR We present the US television premiere of Peter Watkins' film "The War Game," a graphic portrayal of what would happen in the event of a nuclear attack on Great Britain. The movie was so powerful and realistic that the BBC banned it from TV despite the fact that the film had been commissioned by the BBC and had won an Academy Award in l966 for best documentary...
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| Alternative Views #184: NEW TECHNOLOGY: WHOSE PROGRESS? - Frank Morrow
We present the US television premiere of this outstanding, new British documentary on the effects of automation and new technology on workers and the workplace. The film compares the glittering promises of business spokespersons about the potentially liberating aspects with the realities of corporate motivation for installing such equipment: higher profits and destruction of worker power. The result is weakening of worker and labor union control and the production not only of fewer jobs, but wor...
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