Coverage of supposedly massive anti-government protests in Cuba … but as we know by now the American media is notorious for twisting the truth. The Truth About the Cuba Protests, Youtube 20.12, Second Thought 2021
Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art protest Nan Goldin et al: ‘Sacklers’ lies, people die.’ Arena: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, BBC 2023
Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency 1983-2022 (35mm slideshow) ibid.
My relationship to Oxycontin started several years ago in Berlin. It was originally prescribed for surgery. So I took it as directed. I got addicted overnight. In the beginning 40 mg was too strong. But as my habit grew there was never enough. I went from 3 pills a day as prescribed to 18. ibid.
Crushing and snorting was my full-time job. When I got out of treatment I learned that the Sackler family whose name I knew from museums and galleries were responsible for the epidemic …. I started a group P.A.I.N. to hold them accountable. ibid.
‘There’s the family of the art world, and the museum world and philanthropy. And then there’s the grubby, unpleasant story of Big Pharma marketing and death.’ ibid.
My anger at the Sackler family. It’s personal. I hate these people. But it’s not about my own addiction. ibid.
All the museums, institutions, need to stop taking money from these corrupt evil bastards. ibid. Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art protest
Wymondham: 460-odd years ago a little local trouble here sparked a huge rebellion that resulted in the death of thousands. It’s called Kett’s Rebellion, and it’s one of the most fascinating and violent struggles for justice this country has ever seen. Rob Bell, Britain’s Lost Battlefields s1e6: Class War in Tudor England
What started out as a minor disagreement about sheep between a farmer and the local townsfolk developed into an extraordinary uprising against the establishment. A class war in which hundreds lost their lives for what they believed was a just cause.
The movement attracted 16,000 supporters from all over Norfolk … But when the marched on Norwich they were branded as traitors and fired on by the city’s guns. ibid.
Direct Action – bringing out cities to a standstill. Should it be stopped? Are these controversial tactics working? And has the government’s clampdown on activists undermined the right to protest? Tonight: Direct Action: Should It Be Stopped, ITV 2023
Just after World War II, the RAF sent a 25-year-old wireless operator to prison for 10 years for mutiny … the biggest act of mass defiance in the history of Britain’s armed forces. Secret History s4e4: Mutiny in the RAF, Channel 4 1995
RAF Jodhpur: 2,000 airmen went on strike. The strike ended peacefully after four days. But it had demonstrated the men’s deep resentment, particularly over living conditions. ibid.
George Davis, a man unjustly jailed for bank robbery. The wrong place the wrong time … On April 4th 1974 four armed men burst into the offices of the London Electricity Board in Ilford, making away with over the equivalent of £77,585 in payroll. Two passing policemen gave chase but couldn’t outrun the robbers who opened fire and eventually made good their escape. And so began a trial that made headlines around the world. And a campaign for justice unlike any other. The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston I: George Davis, Sky History 2024
‘Peter Chappell said, This is not right. He was with me that morning.’ ibid. George
1975: ‘I said, I’m being fitted up here … identified by five policeman.’ ibid.
Leaving George alone in the dock to face the verdict. ibid.
‘He gave me 20 years in total.’ ibid. George
Peter Chappell and Rose would have to go to greater lengths to get justice done. ibid.
‘George Davis Is Innocent OK was plastered everywhere. ‘ ibid. journalist
It must have been strange for George imprisoned and yet somehow at the absolute centre of this incredible moment of social change. ibid.
‘The most spectacular miscarriage of justice protest ever.’ ibid. journalist
‘And there was no explanation why … [he was] released with immediate effect … to absolute pandemonium, rock star reception.’ ibid. legal lady
A film based principally on events that took place in Lancashire in the spring of 1970. Play for Today s1e15: The Rank & File, caption, BBC 1971
This was the battleground. Here where we lived and worked was where we fought the enemy. ibid. commentary
The union enjoyed the protection closed shop where contributions were automatically deducted from workers’ pay packets. ibid.
I will put the proposition to the floor myself: gentlemen, do you agree that we should come out on strike? ibid. worker
This is not an official strike, it’s an unofficial strike. ibid. union officer
Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge not wholly or in full measure but very substantially. A moment comes which comes but rarely in history when we step out from the old to the new when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance. At the stroke of the midnight hour when the world sleeps India will awake to life and freedom. Play for Today: Destiny, BBC 1978
In Birmingham today the right-on Enoch Powell, Shadow Spokesman on Defence, We must be mad, he says … ibid. right-wing meeting gets the news
Another England brash and bold, a new world brave and bright and cold. The Sergeant looks at England and it’s changed before his eyes … ibid. commentary
Join with us and make our country great again. ibid. Nation Forward party spokesman
I remember long ago when I was small the Coronation, the climbing of Mount Everest, a kind of homely dainty patriotism harmless, slightly precious self-content, a watercolour world, you know. And then talking to these people, their monstrous chauvinism, grisly xenophobia, a dark desire for something, dark and nasty. ibid. dude
Come down to it the choice is Socialism or Barbarity. ibid. bloke in prison cell
First there’ll be the blacks and Asians. Then the Jews and Irish. And this ain’t easy speeches – this is true. And then it’ll be the unions. Oh ar make no mistake. The Labour Party – that’ll do. The others too. All in the interests of the nation. And to save the nation, they’ll destroy the nation. All of it except themselves. And if we let ’em, we’ve got ourselves to blame. Our fault. We turned our back. ibid. striker
I remember long ago when I was small the Coronation, the climbing of Mount Everest, a kind of homely dainty patriotism harmless, slightly precious self-content, a watercolour world, you know. And then talking to these people, their monstrous chauvinism, grisly xenophobia, a dark desire for something, dark and nasty. ibid. dude
Come down to it the choice is Socialism or Barbarity. ibid. bloke in prison cell
First there’ll be the blacks and Asians. Then the Jews and Irish. And this ain’t easy speeches – this is true. And then it’ll be the unions. Oh ar make no mistake. The Labour Party – that’ll do. The others too. All in the interests of the nation. And to save the nation, they’ll destroy the nation. All of it except themselves. And if we let ’em, we’ve got ourselves to blame. Our fault. We turned our back. ibid. striker
Wally: Lillian, are you with me?
Lillian: Course I am. I’ve been with you for 39 years. Play for Today: Murder Rap, BBC 1980
And you notice that nobody bothers to put in new tenants. So I go along to the borough housing office and I say, I am the resident porter. There is here some deliberate policy that I know nothing about. You are deliberately running down Brady Buildings. ibid. Wally to Lillian
We are offering no resistance nor are we offering any help. ibid. Wally
This film is based on events which took place in Leeds during the winter of 1970. Thursday February 12th 1970 … when there were twelve pennies in a shilling. Play for Today: Leeds United, by Colin Welland, BBC 1974
I wouldn’t want my time over again not for bucket of bloody bobs. ibid. woman on bus
The company has no contractual arrangements relating to incapacity to work due to sickness or injury covering your employment. ibid. employers’ commentary
The company has no contractual pension scheme covering your employment. ibid.
I’ve got a skill. A trade for life. ibid. young woman
We want a substantial increase … We want equal pay for women. And when you see how these lasses work, they bloody well deserve it. ibid. union rep
Sod the union, give us a bob! ibid. chant of branch meeting
We are at war with our union because they are incompetent, they are inept and at times they are downright bloody cowardly. But the real enemy’s still up there, the bloody masters, the most ruthless, arrogant and vindictive bosses in contemporary industrial Britain. ibid. union rep
The prospects of a national stoppage in the industry grows greater by the day. ibid. Leeds Trades Council