http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/prisons 2008-12-05T10:34:59Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58647-system-failure 2008-12-05T10:34:59Z Media That Matters <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ORBuqSm8-44&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ORBuqSm8-44&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58647-system-failure"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/71873" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Physical abuse, sexual harassment, inadequate education for incarcerated youth -- if a society can be graded by how it treats its prisoners, then the state of California gets an "F."</p> <p>For more information about this film and to take action visit: <br />http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/5/system_failure/index.php?fs=action</p> </div> <a href="/blog/58647-system-failure">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48060-mumia 2008-12-05T10:52:44Z Artemis Productions <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EPMfPGHKz34&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EPMfPGHKz34&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48060-mumia"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57834" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Poet Karen G performs at the 50 ARTISTS Voice of the Voiceless event held at Atlanta's Eyedrum Gallery on July 31, 2008.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48060-mumia">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47932-for-the-struggle 2008-12-05T10:52:44Z Artemis Productions <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GqVIH0rQ_rg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GqVIH0rQ_rg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47932-for-the-struggle"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57666" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Stoney Taylor sings "For the Struggle" at "The Voice of the Voiceless" benefit sponsored by 50 ARTISTS. At this benefit, performing and visual artists spoke on the injustices of the prison industrial complex and raised money to support the defense of Mumia Abul-Jamal and Troy Anthony Davis</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47932-for-the-struggle">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35968-aids-epidemic-in-indonesian-jails-18-april-2008 2008-10-15T09:31:46Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CtSjWbLyJ2g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CtSjWbLyJ2g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35968-aids-epidemic-in-indonesian-jails-18-april-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/40279" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Indonesia's policy of sending drug users to prisons instead of rehabilitation centres has resulted in about 70 per cent of inmates reportedly dying of AIDS-related illness mainly spread through the sharing of dirty needles by drug users.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35968-aids-epidemic-in-indonesian-jails-18-april-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35946-alex-jones-confronts-former-drug-czar-barry-mccaffrey 2008-12-05T10:42:33Z AmericanDrugWar <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jMKrhwp-hUY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jMKrhwp-hUY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35946-alex-jones-confronts-former-drug-czar-barry-mccaffrey"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/40228" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This is a clip from "Fun With Barry the CZAR," a mini-documentary starring Alex Jones that is part of over three hours of bonus footage on the "American Drug War" DVD.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35946-alex-jones-confronts-former-drug-czar-barry-mccaffrey">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33310-immigration-control-a-lucrative-business 2008-09-11T14:08:22Z DREAMActivist <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33310-immigration-control-a-lucrative-business"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/36297" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Undocumented migrant workers are making big business in America a lot of moolah, and not only by cutting down the costs of production. The Corrections Corporation of America, Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, and other smaller corporations that are part of the privatizing prisons industry stand to gain billions monthly from the detention of &#39;illegal immigrants.&#39;</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/33310-immigration-control-a-lucrative-business">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31171-japan-s-elderly-prison-population-02-mar-08 2008-10-21T09:31:24Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VTnIHA70fwE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VTnIHA70fwE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31171-japan-s-elderly-prison-population-02-mar-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33606" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Japan's population is one of the most rapidly-ageing in the world.</p> <p>The fastest growing group of prison inmates are over 60-years-old.</p> <p>It is now forcing authorities to reconsider the design of jails.</p> <p>David Hawkins reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31171-japan-s-elderly-prison-population-02-mar-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15633-breaking-point-ted-koppel-on-prisons-in-america 2008-01-12T20:27:07Z cliffschecter <div class="post_content"> <p><p>I missed this when it was on, but have seen it since, and <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/video/index.html?playerId=203711706&amp;amp;categoryId=226602802&amp;amp;lineupId=1213891033&amp;amp;titleId=1213938933">it is well worth watching some clips or getting ahold of a&nbsp;copy</a>. </p><p>Our prison system is the largest in the world, with over 2 million people in it. Many are nonviolent offenders caught up in our ridiculously wasteful and destructive drug war (a good preview of how the Republicans would fight the &quot;War On Terror&quot;). Koppel discusses how &quot;politics&quot; often decides who goes to prison and who doesn&#39;t, which is most often &quot;the worst way&quot; to do it.</p><p>Our system must be reformed, and the first step to reaching that process is becoming educated about what is wrong.</p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9026-radar-the-pilot 2008-10-14T11:16:55Z stimulator <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Lw1Mwmpsqg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Lw1Mwmpsqg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9026-radar-the-pilot"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/8980" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/9026-radar-the-pilot">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/2700-mashup-bill-o-reilly-selling-propaganda 2008-10-16T21:30:33Z HotPotatoMash <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EG32RaMVezY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EG32RaMVezY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/2700-mashup-bill-o-reilly-selling-propaganda"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/1983" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>O'Reilly admits he is the propaganda master. From Friday March 16, 2007</p> </div> <a href="/blog/2700-mashup-bill-o-reilly-selling-propaganda">Watch the video</a>