May 14, 2008 BBC World News
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This is a sift for videos concerned with human welfare and the alleviation of suffering. These videos should promote political activism, equal rights, social justice, environmentalism, civil liberties, or anti-war causes. All types of video submissions are welcome from Documentaries to Music Videos.
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War on Democracy - US backed 1973 coup in Chile. Our CIA used its resources to covertly and illegaly overthrow the democratically elected leader of Chile in 1973, coincidentaly on 9/11. Oh, by the way,... more inside
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George Harrison sings "My sweet Lord" during the Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
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Devlin Kuyek from GRAIN talks about the companies profiting from the food crisis.
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Lovely Neil Young song covered by Emmylou Harris. Katrina footage is by Cinque Lee, lower ninth ward resident.
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"A key part of American history that many Americans know nothing about. The Hmong people of Laos are still fighting the remnants of the Vietnam war, and America is still repeating many of the same mistakes in Iraq now"
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May 10 is Pangea day http://www.pangeaday.org/ http://mahalo.com/Pangea_Day
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Confection (2003) is a delicious short film about a little girl who learns empathy from a pastry. The music is from "The Nutcracker".
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This heartfelt video is as meaningful as it is beautifully sad; themes such as a child's innocence vs. adults' wars, dumbing down of mass culture by the corporation/mass media and current (military) world... more inside
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Walter Cronkite, a Ham radio enthusiast and sailor, describes the role amateur radio operators play today.
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I first saw Dede in this video: http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Man-Who-Grew-Roots.
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Eve created an entire movement out of one question: What is your vagina story? She wrote the acclaimed "Vagina Monologues," which sparked the global V-Day movement. V-Day works to end oppression and violence against women globally. This is her story, told at TED.
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From YouTube description:
"GP Holland 1973.
Roger Williamson crashes hard on lap 8, roll his car and catches fire. Only yards away stood a fire tender, but no order was given to stop the race and... more inside
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This is part 2 of a 5 part documentary. It starts off with them describing the results of a fairly large landslide trapping and killing many of the residents (yes residents) in Manila's only landfill
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