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Topic Spoken Word : 189 results | page 1 of 19 pages
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Now This War Has Two Sides - Derrick Jensen
Examining the premises of his latest controversial work, Endgame as well as core elements of his ground breaking book Culture of Make Believe, this two hour lecture and discussion offers both a perfect introduction for newcomers and additional insight for those already familiar with Derrick Jensen's work.


Whether exposing the ravages of industrial civilization, relaying humorous anec...
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The We That Sets Us Free: Building A World Without Prisons - Alix Olson (Contributor), Sistas in the Pit (Contributor), Maria Poblet (Contributor), Tre Vasquez (Contributor), and Nyla Moujaes (Contributor)
The We That Sets Us Free combines music, spoken word and interviews with activists inside and outside prison to challenge all of us to imagine new ways of living, to question what purpose prisons serve and to propose anti-racist alternatives to punishment and confinement.


The We That Sets Us Free is part of a national campaign — Building a World Without Prisons — bringing...
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Paul Robeson: Words Like Freedom - Sele Nadel-Hayes (Producer) and Patricia Hemphill (Producer)
With this CD, Freedom Archives introduces you to rare spoken words of the great Paul Robeson, illuminating a side of this amazing man's personality and politics that has too often been suppressed. Robeson saw it as his responsibility to speak the truth about conditions both domestic and abroad knowing that his fame would allow these messages to be more widely heard. He was also deeply aware of the consequenc...
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Guernica: A Political Odyssey - Francis Frascina (Contributor), Allan Antliff (Contributor), Patricia Leighten (Contributor), Maria Garcia Yelo (Contributor), Emily McGiffen (Contributor), and Wolf Edwards (Music By)
Allan Antliff discusses the political history of Picasso's most famous painting from its inception during the Spanish Civil War to the Iraq War of 2003. It is modern art's most powerful antiwar statement. Inspired by Franco's atrocities against the civilian population of a little Basque village, Picasso's painting stirs up controversy to this day.

Included are interviews with art historians Francis...
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Art, Anarchy and Activism - Allan Antliff (Contributor), Josh MacPhee (Contributor), Norman Nawrocki (Contributor), Mecca Normal (Contributor), Kevin C Pyle (Contributor), Susan Simensky (Contributor), Ben Rubin (Contributor), and Matti Hart (Contributor)
The usual image of anti-globalization demonstrations in places like Seattle, Quebec City, and Genoa is violent confrontations between police and protesters. But University of Alberta art historian Allan Antliff believes this misses the most interesting aspect of the demonstrations: the role artists play in radical politics. In Art, Anarchy and Activism he presents some of the leading anarchist artists...
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Readings From Voices Of A People's History Of The United States CD - John Sayles (Contributor), Lili Taylor (Contributor), Anthony Arnove (Editor), and Howard Zinn (Editor)
Bold and empowering words from America's struggles, past and present, are resurrected here by some of our leading living voices. Authors Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove are joined here by Danny Glover, Sarah Jones, Paul Robeson,Jr., Lili Taylor, Wallace Shawn, Marisa Tomei, John Sayles, Viggo Mortensen, Sandra Oh and Kerry Washingon to perform the rousing words of dissent that have shaped and quickened the pu...
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Live from the Armed Madhouse - Greg Palast
"Upsets all the right people."—Noam Chomsky

"Doggedly independent, undaunted by power. His stories bite, they're so relevant they threaten to alter history" —Chicago Tribune

Armed with over fifty classified documents, confidential memos, and secret plans liberated from the Pentagon, FBI, World Bank, and ExxonMobil, Palast cuts through the TV news baby-talk. It was Palast, for...
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The Best Of Malcolm X Vol. 1 - Malcolm X
A greatest (recorded) hits, of the man and his words, live in action. 12 excerpts are showcased on this disc, including "Black United Front", "White Liberals", "Race War In America", "Black Women And White Men" and "Crime By Blacks."
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The Best Of Malcolm X Vol. 2 - Malcolm X
The second installment of greatest (recorded) hits, of the man and his words, live in action. 16 excerpts are showcased on this disc, including "The Root Of Civilization", "Police Brutality & Mob Violence", "Resurrection" and "White Man's Law".
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Allied Resistance - Coup (Contributor), Ramona Africa (Contributor), and David Rovics (Contributor)
A music and spoken word benefit for the Allied Resistance Network. Allied Resistance is a network of prisoners and free world peoples working to build a movement for prison abolition and alternative methods of dealing with anti-social behavior in our communities. Kansas Mutual Aid works as an outside support group for the Network and helps prisoner organizers in their campaigns and initiatives. For more info...
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