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Listening to Radio Huelga

2010-09-05T13:19:00.001-07:00

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As part of our upcoming production on Social Movements, Paper Tiger traveled this summer to Puerto Rico and met with Radio Huelga. This radio collective started during the 60 day strike of the University of Puerto Rico this past spring/summer and has continued transmission 24/7.

More previews of the Social Movements production coming soon!

Interview with Frank Edgecombe for Social Movements 2010

2010-08-17T14:47:00.001-07:00

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One of the Tigers went down south to Virginia and interviewed Frank Edgecombe on his experience as part of the Civil Rights movements and his views on today's Social Movements. This is one of the few interviews we have done for this upcoming show. More coming soon!

Basta Ya

2010-08-09T13:15:00.001-07:00

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Paper Tiger looks at the gentrification of the brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook and the way it is destroying the community

Reality Unreeled: The Really Real Unreal Reality of Real Reality TV

2010-07-27T11:30:00.001-07:00

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Is reality television real? Is this the real life or is it just fantasy? Paper Tiger explores the social impact of stereotypes in this explosive and exploitative genre. The show features an interview with media critic, journalist and founder of Women in Media and News, Jennifer L. Pozner. Pozner explains the social, economic and cultural reality of reality TV. An interview with Robert Galinsky, founder of the New York Reality TV School, reveals how actors get trained how to act real and we try to make sense of all of those "Addicted to Beauty" posters through chats with random subway passengers. The show will premiere on July 28, 2010 as part of our series Double Trouble: Racism and Sexism in the Media on TimeWarner Ch34 and RCN Ch82 (Manhattan Neighborhood Network MNN) and at 3pm and 11pm on TimeWarner Ch34 and Cablevision Ch67 (Brooklyn Community Access Television BCAT)

Paper tiger Reads: U.S. Department of defense contracts

2010-07-21T13:15:00.001-07:00

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Live show featuring paper tiger reading the department of defense contracts for 2010

Play Me, I'm Yours

2010-07-16T09:56:00.001-07:00

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Conceptualized by British artist Luke Jerram, this public art installation, which has been touring the world since March 2008, challenges the norms of public space, encouraging strangers to socialize and explore their creativity.

Tuli Kupferberg Reads Sports Illustrated: In Honor of the Baseball Season

2010-07-14T11:51:00.001-07:00

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Poet and activist Tuki Kupferberg reflects on the publication Sports Illustrated. He discusses the sense of generating a "contained universe" separate from conventional reality in which idealization of the human form, the sadomasochism of competition and games in a class society are paradigms for war. Kupferberg goes on to point out the contradictory proliferation of alcohol related advertising within it's pages with it's obvious debilitating effect on motor skills and the central nervous system. A must see for all sports fans.

Tuli Kupferberg Reads Rolling Stone: Always Smile When You Give Them the Shaft

2010-07-14T07:50:00.001-07:00

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Tuli Kupferberg is an original Fug and publisher of underground comics, takes a deeper look at 80s mainstream pop with a reading of Rolling Stone magazine. American counter culture poet, author & publisher Tuli Kupferberg critically deconstructs Rolling Stone magazine, offering detailed perspectives on it's origin and founding and weighs in on Rolling Stone magazine topics such as commercial advertising and the cult of celebrity.

An Interview with Ron Scott at the Allied Media Conference, June 2010

2010-07-09T09:52:00.001-07:00

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Catch this snippet from a conversation with Ron Scott at the Allied Media Conference this past June, to get a glimpse into a massive mobilization for media justice that happens every year in Detroit!Ron Scott, a native of Detroit, co-founded the Motor Citys branch of the Black Panther Party, and now works with the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality and the Boggs Center. He has been to every Allied Media Conference since it started 12 years ago, and was invited to give the keynote address at the opening ceremony this year.The Allied Media Conference unites the worlds of media and communications, technology, education and social justice, providing a space to brainstorm innovative community organizing models. See what Ron Scott has to say about why he keeps coming back, and what he thinks is happening here to revolutionize the movement for media justice.Interview conducted by Sarah Lu and Nicole Hummel as part of the Radio Rootz workshop at the AMC. Thank you to Gabriel Duncan, Tani Ikeda, and the AMC for photos. Made by Nicole Hummel. ;Paper Tiger Productions!
July 2010

Paper Tiger Reads: 21st Century Working Woman

2010-07-05T18:53:00.001-07:00

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A feminist comedy show examining the representation of working women in mainstream media and the evolution of women's place in the workforce over the past 50 years with a special focus on contemporary women's issues.
Structured as a local news program featuring two female anchors (JC Wyatt and Tess McGill, formerly of Working Girl fame) this show uses slapstick comedy, man-on-the-street interviews, live music, kitschy camera techniques, big hair-dos and plenty of cribbed footage to examine a myriad of issues related to the contemporary working woman. Topics covered include the economic crisis of 2008, the current state of women in the workforce, a profiles Non-Traditional Employment for Women, a New York based non-profit that helps women enter the construction and building trades, and a creative critique of mainstream media representations of women working.
The live show also features special guest performer, the inimitable, glitter punk, accordion toting Mira Stroika singing her original song "Norman Rockwell," as well as a traditional Russian folk song and a beautiful rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel."
To view this show and more like it, go to blog.papertiger.org.

Heroin Stamp Project

2010-07-03T12:55:00.001-07:00

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Heroin Stamp Project Opening Night

FrackAction Protest: Day of Action June 15, 2010

2010-06-30T15:05:00.001-07:00

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On June 15, 2010 protesters gathered outside of the Department of Environmental Conservation regional office in Long Island City and other locations state-wide to raise awareness about the dangers of hydro-fracking and to express support for the Englebright-Addabbo bill, which calls for a moratorium on permits for hydro-fracking until the federal Environmental Protection Agency completes extensive research into accidents and health hazards around the country linked to hydro-fracking. ;

Gulf Oil Spill: PPTV interviews Jean Michel Cousteau @ Ocean Futures

2010-06-27T06:47:00.001-07:00

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Jean Michel Cousteau is the son of the great French sea explorer Jacque Cousteau. He founded Ocean Futures, one of the largest private conservation entities in USA. ;He is currently helping the Media, the US Government and the Oil industry in dealing the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Check out his opinion on the current situation in the Gulf of Mexico in relation to dispersants, compensation and current regulatory system in the oil industry, together with clear propositions on what the future of Off Shore Oil drilling and consumption should be.

Gulf Oil SPill: PPTV interviews Jean Michel Cousteau @ Ocean Futures

2010-06-27T06:13:00.001-07:00

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Jean Michel Cousteau is the son of the great French sea explorer Jacque Cousteau. ;He founded Ocean Futures, one of the largest private conservation entities in USA.

PTTV streaming of GulfofMexico Oil spill June 22-24

2010-06-25T04:29:00.001-07:00

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Between June 22nd and 24th, PPTV paid tribute to the Gulf of MExico Disaster by streaming live from the BP website via our VLOG , 8 live digital videos of the leak taken by ;BP underwater cameras.

PTTV streaming of GulfofMexico Oil spill June 22-24

2010-06-24T23:22:00.001-07:00

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Between June 22nd and 24th, PPTV paid tribute to the Gulf of MExico Disaster by streaming live from the BP website via our VLOG , 8 live digital videos of the leak taken by ;BP underwater cameras.

Hunger Strike for the DREAM Act

2010-06-24T12:57:00.001-07:00

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Introduced nearly a decade ago, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act) would offer a 6 year path to legalization for undocumented youth who came to this country before their 16th birthday and have since graduated from high school and are enrolled in college or in the military for a minimum of two years.

Living off water and salt, young strikers completed a 12 day hunger strike in front of Sen. Schumer's office in Manhattan. This was just one of the many direct actions taking place; students around the country have escalated their protests, risking arrests and deportation.

Right to the City - Press Conference and vacant condo tour

2010-06-09T06:05:00.001-07:00

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On Tuesday May 11th, 2010, Right to the City-New York City Alliance (RTTC-NYC) released a report documenting the thousands of vacant condos across New York City. People Without Housing and Housing Without People: A Count of Vacant Condos in Select NYC Neighborhoods." Followed by a walking tour around Manhattan showing off some of the vacant condos. ;

Urban Environmentalism: DIY Living Green

2010-05-26T12:13:00.001-07:00

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Paper Tiger introduces you to New Yorkers who have found ways to live more sustainably through DIY environmentalism. The creative and unique projects of these city dwellers show how living in urban settings allows rather than hinders their ability to live a green lifestyle. This show features segments on worm composting as an alternative to contributing to landfill waste, reusable bags for green markets, food foraging walks with Wildman Steve Brill, and the monthly Really, Really Free markets in Manhattan hosted by the In Our Hearts Collective. As an extra bonus, there is also an archival piece about the thriving yet threatened Lower East Side community gardens, documenting the residents struggle to save their gardens from the wrath of Mayor Giulianis gentrifying bulldozers. The show also includes a studio conversation between community members discussing how environmentalism, through resourcefulness and perseverance, can become a part of everyone's urban routine.

The NYC Anarchist Book Fair 2010

2010-05-13T20:04:00.001-07:00

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New York City, a center of anarchist life, culture, struggle, and ideas for 150 years, hosted its 4th annual NYC Anarchist Book Fair, a one-day exposition of books, zines, pamphlets, art, film/video, and other cultural and very political productions of the anarchist scene worldwide, on April 17, 2010, at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan.

Protest at Penn Station on May 4th

2010-05-12T14:41:00.001-07:00

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The Keep America Coalition and transit workers in solidarity with New York City Student Union, Brooklyn Tech's Progressive Student Awareness, the Working Families Party, and many other community groups from across the nation protested last week to

Artist Protest

2010-05-05T15:31:00.001-07:00

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For decades, parks in New York have provided a safe refuge for artists to sell their work. Just stroll down through Battery Park or Union Square on any given day and you have a chance to support these struggling artists. A new rule proposed by the Department of Parks and Recreation would limit

Green Dot Program-Interpersonal Violence Prevention

2010-04-23T14:09:00.001-07:00

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Paper Tiger headed out to New Jersey to work with a group of high school students to create a PSA to help prevent interpersonal violence.

You didn't see it on TV

2010-04-16T07:49:00.001-07:00

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We are into our seventh year of the Iraq War with no end in sight. How come we did not see this coming? This short shows us that plenty of people knew exactly where the war was heading before it happened- the power of one camera reminds us.

You didn't see it on TV

2010-04-16T07:41:00.001-07:00

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Surveilling Surveillance: Melissa Goodman

2010-04-08T14:21:00.001-07:00

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How has the U.S. government's approach to domestic surveillance changed in recent years? And, how does it affect our rights as individuals? Paper Tiger talked to ACLU lawyer Melissa Goodman about issues of security, technology, privacy and freedom.

Part of our in-the-works show on the cultural and political ramifications of modern-day surveillance.

Domestic Violence PSA

2010-03-31T15:26:00.001-07:00

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Every year Paper Tiger Television and Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault
Intervention Services team up with High School students to create a PSA.

The Right to the City Alliance Makes Demands

2010-03-17T18:49:00.001-07:00

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What would New York City be like if everyone had...
 
Housing that was safe and affordable?
Public space that was truly public?
Local governance that was representative and powerful?
Jobs that were good and available?
 
We know, its hard to imagine.
But that's why the Right to the City Alliance brought together dozens of
community groups from throughout the five boroughs to visualize a
better City and flesh out demands and build a movement to make it
happen. On Thursday, February 11th, the Alliance presented the Right to the City
platform, cultivated from months of radically democratic thinking. New
York City has been the playground of the wealthy for far too long  --
its time for the people to take back the power!

Paper Tiger screened our new documentary on the RTTC movement. 
Dr. David Harvey, Distinguished Professor, CUNY and Dr. Peter Marcuse, 
Professor Emeritus, Columbia University were special guests, representatives 
from RTTC partner organizations presented on a panel, and 250 community members
showed up for this inspiring event.
 
WHERE: CUNY Graduate Center
 
WHEN: Thursday, February 11th, 2010 -  6:30pm to 8:30pm

Left Forum 2010

2010-02-26T16:27:00.001-08:00

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The Left Forum is coming back to New York City!
Join this great event with stellar speakers and breathtaking panels this year march 19-21 and watch this little commercial...

The Art of the New York Street Art Takeover 2

2010-02-17T17:18:00.001-08:00

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This piece looks at some of the artwork that was on display during this fall's New York Street Art Takeover 2. Look out for the full story coming soon!

Interview with Jill Magid

2010-02-11T11:32:00.001-08:00

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Paper Tiger interview with artist and author Jill Magid about her work that touches on the topics of surveillance, power and intimacy. This excerpt is part of our upcoming show on surveillance culture- Surveilling Surveillance.

Media Blanks Out on Health Care Reform DEJA VU!!!

2010-02-04T11:09:00.001-08:00

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In 1994 Paper Tiger outlined the major problems with the healthcare system-- feel like you are living in a time warp? Bonus points for those who can spot the difference between 1994 and 2010. Hint it rhymes with "older ads"

What's the score on the healthcare reform card? Our tally says Health Insurance Companies - 1, Health Care Coverage - 0. Players from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), Health Care We Gotta Have It, labor unions and others give the play-by-play on how the administration went to bat for the big business of the health insurance industry, how the mainstream media declared it safe and how the Single-Payer national health care option got fouled out of the debate. Paper Tiger Production 1994.

Class Dismissed

2010-01-29T08:56:00.001-08:00

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In memory of Howard Zinn Paper Tiger TV is showing today a part of the show, which was produced 2004:
Our beloved Howard Zinn died today of a heart attack in Los Angeles; he was 87. What a huge loss, for us as progressives, as human beings who care about the world and about how people are treated.

How lucky we were, to share this world and this time with him; he always offered a perspective that included telling the truth, humor, and hope.

"If we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand Utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory." --Howard Zinn

Reality of Reality TV School

2009-12-18T11:34:00.001-08:00

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Is reality television real? Is this the real life or is it just fantasy? Paper Tiger is currently creating a show on reality television to explore the social impacts and affective stereotypes of this explosive and exploitative genre that has taken TV networks by storm. The show will feature an interview with media critic, journalist and founder of Women in Media and News, Jennifer L. Pozner. Pozner will explain the social, economic and cultural reality of reality TV. This clip highlights an interview with Robert Galinsky, founder and principal of the New York Reality TV School, where actors get trained how to act real.

Extended Interview with David Harvey (50 mins.)

2009-12-12T10:09:00.001-08:00

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This is our third part of our 3 Part DVD:
Dr. David Harvey, Distinguished Professor at City College of New York speaks about the history of New York, and the Right to the City movement. He is author of numerous books including The Limits of Capital, Social Justice and The City, and The Urban Experience.

Right to the City: New York City Demands

2009-12-02T16:35:00.001-08:00

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This is our second part of our 3 Part DVD:

Right to the City: New York City Demands (14 mins.)
This fast-paced film unfolds the RTTC Alliance’s 2009 Platform: the right to community decision-making power; to federal stimulus funds; to quality, affordable housing; to environmental and public health, to public space; and jobs and workforce training.

The Right to the City (28 min)

2009-11-27T13:11:00.001-08:00

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We are thrilled to present to you a 3-part DVD on the Right to the City (RTTC) alliance in New York City, which is fighting for a just, healthy, affordable and equitable city. In a city run by moneyed interests, a united front is needed to win real and lasting change for the majority of New Yorkers.

About this documentary:

Connecting yesterdays suburban sprawl to todays condo gluts and Robert Moses style development with the growing movement taking back the city, this irreverent film brings it all together with the analysis of scholar David Harvey.

#294: Showdown in Seattle

2009-11-25T17:19:00.001-08:00

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To mark the 10 year anniversary of the Seattle WTO protests we wanted to dust off the fantastic "Showdown in Seattle" show that we made way back in 1999.

This show is a one hour version of the five-part "Showdown in Seattle" series produced by Paper Tiger TV, in coalition with Changing America, Whispered Media, Big Noise, VideoActive, and the Independent Media Center. This unprecedented media collaboration makes public the voices and concerns of tens of thousands from all over the world who gathered in Seattle, Washington to protests the World Trade Organization's Millennium meeting, December 1999. This tape contains edited versions of all 5 shows that were satellite cast during the WTO's ministerial.

Peace Pentagon Parade

2009-11-18T19:21:00.001-08:00

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Residents and friends of the legendary "Peace Pentagon" rally to save the building. Located at 339 Lafayette Street in downtown Manhattan, the building has had a major role in New York's social justice movement since the late sixties. To learn more about what's going on with 339 Lafayette, check out:

http://www.peacepentagon.org/

http://peacepentagoncompetition.org/

Retreat 2009

2009-11-12T08:13:00.001-08:00

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We had a great weekend out in the Catskills and made this horror-fun movie:
Enjoy!!!

Surveilling Surveillance: The Spy Store

2009-11-04T17:46:00.001-08:00

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Part of a longer production that explores modern surveillance technologies and how they affect us, this segment exposes civilian spy techniques at their weirdest and finest.

Shot at Spy Store NYC in the West Village.

David Harvey Interview

2009-10-25T17:26:00.001-07:00

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Art, Activism and Analysis: A New Series on Free Speech TV (Trailer)

2009-10-16T08:14:00.001-07:00

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Paper Tiger Television will present ART, ACTIVISM and ANALYSIS a 13-part curated series highlighting some of our most outstanding shows. The series presents a chronological look at how the content and style of the collective's work has changed since 1981. It covers a wide range of topics from racism, classism, DIY media, domestic violence, the prison-industrial complex, media conglomeration and displacement... just to name a few. Broadcast dates TBD but look for it sometime in late 2009 or early 2010 on Free Speech TV! Tune in!

Right to the City trailer

2009-10-09T14:32:00.001-07:00

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This is the trailer for our first collaborative documentary with IndyVideo
(the video component of the Indypendent).

The Right to the City (RTTC) is a documentary about the New York coalition
of many groups which are giving a unified response to gentrification and a call to halt 
the displacement of low-income people, LGBTQ, and  youths of color from their
historic urban neighborhoods.The RTTC is a national alliance of racial, economic 
and environmental justice organizations. Groups like Picture the Homeless, Make the
Road, Mothers on the  Move... and also academics such as David Harvey are part
of the local movement.

The 28-minute documentary will come out soon.
Look for broadcast dates and information about local screenings 
on our website in the next few weeks.

For more information check this out: http://www.righttothecity.org/

Let Them Eat (Stinky) Cheese!

2009-10-02T11:35:00.001-07:00

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On Thursday, September 24th, 2009, members of Times Up! orchestrated a bike ride and “Funky Protest Cheese Party” at Union Square to protest the privatization and transformation of the park’s Pavilion into a private upscale restaurant, a plan proposed by Danny Meyer and the Union Square Partnership. Through funky dance, protestors interrupted the annual private “dinner” for supporters of the privatization of the Pavilion, a place that is considered a birthplace of the Labor Movement and a historically important site for Free Speech: it’s an idea that stinks!

Paper Tiger Reads the 21st Century Working Woman

2009-09-25T07:33:00.001-07:00

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In this mock-local news program, Paper Tiger will consider whether the utopian vision of working women seen in the popular movies of the late 1980's has come to fruition. Through a mix of sketch comedy, video mash-up, news media critique, faux hidden camera segments, and interviews with working women and the organizations that promote them, Paper Tiger will examine the current state of women in the workforce.

worms!!

2009-09-18T13:21:00.001-07:00

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A closer look at worm composting--one form of DIY environmentalism and sustainable living in New York City.

Addicted to Beauty

2009-09-11T13:59:00.001-07:00

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Another sneak peek at an upcoming Paper Tiger production: "Reality Unreeled: The Really Real Unreal Reality of Real Reality TV." Stay posted!

Is reality television real? Is this the real life or is it just fantasy? Paper Tiger's summer 2009 interns are currently creating a show on reality television to explore the social impacts and affective stereotypes of this explosive and exploitative genre that has taken TV networks by storm. The show will feature an interview with media critic, journalist and founder of Women in Media and News, Jennifer L. Pozner. Pozner will explain the social, economic and cultural reality of reality TV. The show will also include an interview with Robert Galinsky, founder and “principal” of the New York Reality TV School, where actors get trained how to act real. And the interns will try to make sense of all of those "Addicted to Beauty" posters that you see everywhere through interviews with random subway passer-bys. Stay tuned for the release of the show in late Fall 2009. In the meantime, keep yourselves busy with this preview piece from the Paper Tiger archives with Herb Schiller on Geraldo and trash television—the unfortunate predecessors of contemporary “video nausea!!!”

July 23rd 2009: Tent City

2009-09-03T16:07:00.001-07:00

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Urban Environmentalism: DIY Green Living

2009-08-27T12:28:00.001-07:00

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Paper Tiger Television introduces you to New Yorkers who have found ways to live more sustainably through DIY environmentalism. The creative and unique projects of these city dwellers show how living in urban settings encourages rather than hinders their ability to live a green lifestyle. This show features segments on worm composting as an alternative to landfill waste, reusable bags for green markets, food foraging walks with Wildman Steve Brill, and the monthly "Really, Really Free Market" in Manhattan, hosted by the In Our Hearts Collective. As an extra bonus, there is also an archival piece about the thriving yet threatened Lower East Side community gardens, documenting the residents struggle to save their gardens from the wrath of Mayor Giuliani's gentrifying bulldozers. Finally, the show includes a studio conversation between community members discussing how environmentalism, through resourcefulness and perseverance, can become a part of everyone's urban routine.

reality bites: the summer intern show!

2009-08-20T12:30:00.001-07:00

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Is reality television real? Is this the real life or is it just fantasy? Paper Tiger's summer 2009 interns are currently creating a show on reality television to explore the social impacts and affective stereotypes of this explosive and exploitative genre that has taken TV networks by storm. The show will feature an interview with media critic, journalist and founder of Women in Media and News, Jennifer L. Pozner. Pozner will explain the social, economic and cultural reality of reality TV. The show will also include an interview with Robert Galinsky, founder and “principal” of the New York Reality TV School, where actors get trained how to act real. And the interns will try to make sense of all of those "Addicted to Beauty" posters that you see everywhere through interviews with random subway passer-bys. Stay tuned for the release of the show in late Fall 2009. In the meantime, keep yourselves busy with this preview piece from the Paper Tiger archives with Herb Schiller on Geraldo and trash television—the unfortunate predecessors of contemporary “video nausea!!!”

Street Art Takeover!

2009-08-13T09:53:00.001-07:00

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On April 25th teams of whitewashers and artists transformed over 100 of NPA City Outdoor's 480 illegal billboards in Manhattan from street level advertising to art. Organized by Public Ad Campaign's Jordan Seiler, the New York Street Art Takeover 2009 not only set out to bring more art to public space, but to raise the question of who controls our visual landscape?

Prescription for REAL Debate on Healthcare Reform

2009-07-29T10:21:00.001-07:00

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FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) and local healthcare advocacy groups delivered a petition signed by over 12,500 people demanding that the TV networks include the single-payer proposal in their coverage of the national healthcare debate. The petition's signatories include Obama's longtime physician, Dr. David Scheiner; filmmaker Michael Moore; former MSNBC host Phil Donahue; actors Mike Farrell, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon; and doctors Quentin Young, Stephanie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein of Physicians for a National Health Program.

The petition was presented to a security guard, despite FAIR's efforts to speak directly to an ABC representative with editorial control. ABC News disinvited Dr. Scheiner from its recent forum on healthcare reform, where he'd been planning to ask Obama a question about single-payer.

FAIR, Physicians for a National Health Program, Healthcare Now!, the Private Health Insurance Must Go Coalition, Code Pink and the Raging Grannies all took part in the petition delivery.

For more information www.healthcare-now.org/

Paper Tiger and IndyVideo Production

2009-05-15T13:13:00.001-07:00

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Tiger meets Indy

Left Forum Superhero 2009

2009-05-15T11:23:00.001-07:00

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IndyVideo and Paper Tiger TV went out to ask some serious and some funny questions at the 2009 Left Forum. Here is an example of what the people there thought about superheroes.

Surveilling Surveillance

2009-03-29T16:06:00.001-07:00

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Paper Tiger Television is currently in production on a new show on surveillance culture. From government wiretapping to Facebook, GPS systems to credit card swipes, Google searches to nanny cams- how are you being watched? What are the implications if living in a surveillance culture? Are we safer or are our civil liberties threatened? Watch out for this new production coming out in summer 2009.

An Emergent Second Life

2008-12-17T15:18:00.001-08:00

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For 27 years, the PTTV collective has played an important role in the tradition of media criticism, paying special attention to the inner workings of media production. The media landscape today, with the proliferation of new content providers, creates complex relationships and convergences among everyday and corporate forms of production, distribution and consumption. Media criticism no longer can take an "outside" vantage point, but must instead account for our general immersion in a veritable media ecology. This program, hosted by anthropologist Jason Pine (Purchase College SUNY), focuses on identity in the virtual world Second Life and what it can tell us about identity in everyday experience. It suggests that self-designed experiences may enable us to articulate emergent identities for ourselves and others. The program combines a live studio audience, videotaped testimonials of Second Life users who express profound personal investments while creating their avatars and environments, and experimental machinima (machine cinema) to evoke the experience of virtual self-design and world-building. Co- Producer and Director, Bianca Ahmadi; Associate Producer, Juan Rubio; Editor, Juan David Gonzalez; Content Director, Jason Pine.

Infiltrating the Underground: The Corporatization of Radical Culture

2008-12-16T15:09:00.001-08:00

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This Paper Tiger Television production was created in collaboration with author and activist Anne Elizabeth Moore. The show takes a look at how corporations are chipping away at democracy and personal integrity by copying the style and techniques of alternative culture. The program examines how and why anti-corporate culture and independent media have been co-opted by corporate advertising and their profit-making agenda, examining instances where the government and big business collude to silence independent voicesand concerns for social justice. Moore explains what happens when the underground becomes just another market and the implications for a democracy founded on the ideals of access to a diversity of ideas and perspectives. It also provides insight as to why underground culture willingly participates and what independent artists and media makers can do about it. Paper Tiger Televisions 27-year history of provocative independent television and Moores 23 years of independent print publishing combine in this compelling look at cultural production and economic censorship in this age of rampant branding.

Love Me, Love My Avatar

2008-12-15T14:29:00.001-08:00

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This show addresses changing notions of love and romance in the face of the rampant technological innovations of the Internet era. Dominic Pettman, Assistant Professor of Culture and Media at the New School and our avatar host take a look at love in the digital era. Pettman discuses several manifestations of "Love 5.0" such as objectum sexuality, virtual girlfriends, and cyborg love, and explore the possible impacts of this new love on the future of the libidinal economy. Includes a clip from Donna Haraway Reads National Geographic and a PTTV eharmony spoof.

Infiltrating the Underground Preview

2008-12-08T19:15:00.000-08:00

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Paper Tiger Television, in cooperation with author and activist Anne Elizabeth Moore, presents a new thirty-minute documentary, Infiltrating the Underground: The Corporatization of Underground Culture, to air Wednesday, December 10th at 3 and 11 p.m. on Brooklyn Community Access Television, and at 8 p.m. on Manhattan Neighborhood Network. This video collaboration will look at how big business is chipping away at democracy through underground cultures—and how underground cultures willingly participate.

The program will examine how and why anti-corporate culture and independent media have been co-opted by corporate advertising and the profit-making agenda, examining instances where the government and big business collude to silence independent voices—and concerns for social justice. Copies of Infiltrating the Underground are available for purchase for classroom use or to air on local community access stations.

A follow-up to Moore’s 2007 New Press book, Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity, the video Infiltrating the Underground investigates what happens when the underground becomes just another market, and what independent artists and media makers can do about it. Paper Tiger Television’s 27-year history of provocative independent television and Anne Elizabeth Moore’s 23 years of independent print publishing combine in this compelling look at cultural production and economic censorship in this age of rampant branding.

An Emergent Second Life

2008-12-02T09:04:00.001-08:00

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A television show produced in collaboration with Paper Tiger TV that focuses on identity in the virtual world Second Life and what it can tell us about identity in everyday experience. It suggests that self-designed experiences may enable us to articulate emergent identities for ourselves and for others. The program combines a live studio audience, videotaped testimonials of Second Life users who express profound personal investments while creating their avatars and environments, and experimental machinima (machine cinema) to evoke the experience of virtual self-design and world-building: www.papertiger.org

The show airs on December 3rd at 8pm on Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) and at 3pm and 11pm on Brooklyn Community (BCAT). Co-producer and Director, Bianca Ahmadi; Associate Producer, Juan Rubio; Editor, Juan David Gonzalez; Content Director, Jason Pine.

Election Night Show Part 2

2008-11-08T22:49:00.001-08:00

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The second half of Paper Tiger's live hour-long live election coverage on MNN.

Election Night Show Highlights

2008-11-08T20:51:00.001-08:00

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From a surprise performance by an experimental gospel singer, to engaging discussions about Obama's silence on drug-war policy, his support for the Wall Street bailout, and his plans to increase military spending, Paper Tiger's live election show responsed in real time to the Democratic presidential victory.

Featuring Detroit-based experimental and gospel singer Abigail, the Indypendent newspaper's Steve Wishnia, Nick Powers and Arun Gupta, and Isabel Macdonald of the Paper Tiger TV collective.

Election Night Show Part 1

2008-11-08T19:27:00.001-08:00

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First half-hour of Paper Tiger TV's hour-long live election night show, broadcast on Manhattan Neighborhood Network (Manhattan cable access TV) 10:30 - 11:30 pm on November 4. Featuring the Indypendent newspaper's Arun Gupta, Nick Powers and Steve Wishnia and Paper Tiger TV collective member Isabel Macdonald.

McCain-the-Maverick Rap

2008-11-08T16:12:00.001-08:00

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Bye-bye Republicans! After the announcement of Obama's electoral victory, in the middle of Paper Tiger's live election show on Nov 4, the crew bid farewell to the Republicans with this music video directed by Matthew Filipowicz from headzuptv.com.

The Can-didates Debate

2008-11-08T15:57:00.001-08:00

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This 30 second clip from Paper Tiger's live election night show probes the parallels between presidential campaigns and branding, highlighting some of the issues that were, er, not debated in the televised presidential debates. Animation by Gary B. Martin.

Peace Pentagon

2008-10-30T12:19:00.001-07:00

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This short video gives a brief history of the building at 339 Lafayette. Since 1969 the Peace Pentagon has been the home of many social justice and peace organizations in New York City. We are working to raise the funds needed to save this historic epicenter of the progressive movement and create a sustainable haven for many future generations of activists, artists and organizers. Please visit our website for more information www.peacepentagon.org

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Home on the Frontline

2008-10-30T11:09:00.001-07:00

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Produced by a trio of teenage Brooklyn filmmakers using video to highlight the stories of young people affected by the war in Iraq on a daily basis. A collaboration with Hook Productions. 2008 TRT 11 minutes

Subverting Media : A Low Tech Guide to Information Activism

2008-09-09T12:46:00.001-07:00

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From stencils to 'zines to graffiti and poster art, "Subverting the Media" takes us on a trip through the alternative media scene. East Harlem muralist James De La Vega, anti-patriarchal poster collective "Sister Serpents", Bronx-based graffiti group, "Tats Cru" and Sabrina Margarita Sandata, a feminist zinester, challenge social and cultural stereotypes through their work. The program explores the potential everyone has to create their own media, examines the process for creating the message, and demonstrates how to go out and make your own media. 1998 TRT: 25 minutes.

Paper Tiger Wednesday Night Series on MNN

2008-07-27T15:17:00.001-07:00

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Paper Tiger broadcasts every Wednesday night on Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) TimeWarner Ch34 and RCN Ch82. In September of 2008 we will be launching a 14-week curated series highlighting some of our most outstanding shows. Covering a wide range of topics from racism, classism, DIY media, media conglomeration, domestic violence, prisons, globalization and displacement. TUNE IN! For more information www.papertiger.org www.mnn.org

Paper Tiger Retreat!

2008-06-18T17:59:00.001-07:00

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Hilarity ensues as a group of tigers take to life in the great outdoors at Latvian camp! Along with the general productivity and self-reflection that goes along with the annual retreat, Paper Tiger gets into some wild and goofy shenanigans!

Who Wants to be America's Next Top President

2008-05-22T16:46:00.001-07:00

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Paper Tiger takes a look at the media coverage of the 2008 election and compares it to the selection process of America's Next Top Model.

Watch the trailer

2008-05-15T09:03:00.001-07:00

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2 minute trailer of Paper Tiger TV's show about media coverage of the 2008 presidential election, "Who Wants to Be America's Next Top President?"

Tim Robbins NAB Speech

2008-04-22T06:33:00.001-07:00

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Renowned actor, director and writer Tim Robbins used his keynote address at the National Association of Broadcasters conference on April 14 to speak out about the "dangerous lack of diversity of opinion" that characterizes the state of broadcasting today. Lambasting the media for their failure to treat the Bush administration's lies about Iraqi WMDs with the scrutiny they had shown former President Bill Clinton's sex scandal, he calls on the nation's broadcasters to do a better job of upholding their responsibilities to the public. The NAB initially refused to make Robbins' speech available (in contrast to other speeches from their 08 convention). Then they released an edited version in which many of Robbins' most critical remarks were cut. This is the full version of the speech! (Approximately 22 minutes.)

From the Archives PTTV Show # 148

2008-03-27T13:19:00.001-07:00

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Here's a clip from the Paper Tiger archives featuring Daniel Marcus Watches the Campaign Miniseries '88, show #148. Marcus explains how presidential candidates sculpt their image much in the same way fictional television characters are portrayed on sitcoms and television drama. This segment will be featured in our next show Who wants to be Americas Next Top Candidate.

Campaign Ads

2008-03-20T18:01:00.001-07:00

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These ads will be featured in Paper Tiger's studio show broadcasting on MNN in the next few weeks. The show "Who Wants to be America's next Top President" will deconstruct the similarities between media coverage of the presidential election and the selection process on "America's Next Top Model". Stay Tuned.

Art, Activism and Analysis Tour-Trailer

2008-02-01T11:14:00.001-08:00

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Screenings and Events in California
FEBRUARY 2008

Check out the complete schedule at

www.papertiger.org/AAA

Joan does "Dynasty" Trailer

2008-01-16T18:39:00.001-08:00

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Tape# 105 Hampshire College professor and stand-up theorist Joan Braderman takes on power and desire in TV's campiest series. "Joan Does Dynasty," a classic in feminist media deconstruction, is a hilarious look at the materialistic 80's in the context of the ordinary working person's life. Superimposing herself over portions of "Dynasty" and into the bedrooms, office suites and maids' quarters of the super rich, Braderman asks, "Why do 100 million people in 78 countries welcome this department store of dressed-to-kill aliens into their homes every week?" TRT: 28 minutes.

Class Dismissed Trailer

2007-12-13T12:07:00.002-08:00

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Tape# 320 Class Dismissed provides a critical look at how U.S. history is taught in high school, at the myths that reduce the complexity of history into simple soundbites, and the information that never seems to make it onto the textbook pages. How can we alter this system to address the limitations of the current curriculum, to allow students to find their own place in history and the world today, to inspire them to become active learners and agents for social change? This video takes a beginning step by looking at the textbook industry, standardized testing, the lack of race and class analysis in textbooks, and the teacher’s role in introducing a range of perspectives into the classroom. Featuring authors Howard Zinn (A People’s History of the United States) and James Loewen (Lies My Teacher Told Me), New York public high school students, textbook industry insiders, and teachers, this is a must-see video for any student of American History. TRT

Fenced Out Trailer

2007-12-13T11:47:00.003-08:00

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Tape #304. Fenced Out documents the fight for the Christopher St. pier, a long-established hangout and safe haven for New York City’s youth of color and lower-income, homeless, lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, questioning and two-spirited youth. In the summer of 2000, development for a state park began “fencing out” the kids, with support from residents of nearby waterfront properties. “You are lowering the property value,” notes one police officer bluntly. The video examines the clash between the groups that claim ownership of the pier, from the perspective of the youths who feel it is the only place where they belong. The documentary includes interviews with “pierets” about how important the pier is in their lives, and with LGBTQ activists about the history of the piers and their connection to the gay liberation movement of the 60’s. It explores how the struggle to save the pier connects to a larger historical and social movement, and develops a plan of action to save them. Produced by Paper Tiger Television in collaboration with New Neutral Zone and FIERCE.

Paper Tiger Reads Paper Tiger Television - Trailer

2007-10-03T12:11:00.000-07:00

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PAPER TIGER TV 25th ANNIVERSARY MOST GALA-ICIOUS EVENT EVER!!!!
OCTOBER 11th!!

Come celebrate with Amy Goodman, Bill Tabb, Joan Braderman
and the Paper Tiger Collective

TICKETS GOING FAST- BUY NOW ONLINE at www.papertiger.org
Tickets $15-$35

PAPER TIGER TV CELEBRATES 25 YEARS
OF SMASHING THE MYTHS OF THE INFORMATION INDUSTRY
WITH PREMIERE OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY!!

Join us at 7pm at Anthology Film Archives on October 11th for the
world premiere of Paper Tiger Reads Paper Tiger Television , a raucous
documentary celebrating 25 years of kick-ass, radical media-making. Drink wine with theTigers! Check out the video installation! See an amazing live performance!

RARE CHANCE TO SEE CLASSIC PAPER TIGER PRODUCTIONS ON THE BIG SCREEN
October 15 and 16
$8 (tickets at door)
More information at www.papertiger.org

Contact info@papertiger.org or call 212 420 9045

Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue @ Second Street 212-505-5181

Operation Storm the Media Trailer

2007-08-29T13:53:00.000-07:00

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Trailer for Operation Storm the Media. In the media coverage of the Persian Gulf War, even the pretense of a separation between the press and state was abandoned. This show explores the relationship between corporate sponsorship and media censorship via coverage of the "Challenge the Media" demonstration in NYC in January 1991. PTTV and Renu Nahata from FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) comment on the media's packaging of the war. Winner of the 1991 Visions of the US video competition. Full show will be screened October 15th at the Anthology Film Archive at 32 2nd ave. in New York City at 7pm along with Herb Schiller Reads the New York Times: The Steering Mechanism of the Ruling Class. The evening will be hosted by Jeff Cohen, the founder of F.A.I.R. (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting). For more info check out www.papertiger.org

Tompkins Square Park: Operation Class War on the Lower East Side

2007-08-27T17:37:00.000-07:00

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A trailer for this dynamic and captivating documentary-style production, which pieces together the unofficial story behind the Riot of ’88 and reveals the ugly side of forced gentrification in New York City. The production traces the transformation of Tompkins Square Park from being a tent city for homeless people and bastion of free expression for artists, bohemians, rebels and crazies, to becoming a central battleground in the fiercely contested class war over the Lower East Side. The show is not to be missed by any New York City history buff, affordable housing advocate or social justice-minded citizen.Full show will be shown October 16th at 7pm at the Anthology Film Archives at 32 2nd ave. in New York City as part of Paper Tiger Televisions 25 year anniversary event. An Excerpt from Thulani Davis asks "Why Howard Beach?: Racial Violence and the Media will also be shown at this event focusing on Race and Class in New York. The evening will be hosted by Picture The Homeless.

Silenced by the Media

2007-08-24T10:07:00.000-07:00

In support of AWAAM's youth media program, Paper Tiger contributed a video mentor to assist the youth at AWAAM in producing this 11-minute piece debunking the myths of the media around the Khalil Gibran International Academy. For more information, check out www.awaam.org.

Military Myths DVD Preview

2007-08-20T15:55:00.000-07:00

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Screen this at your after-school program, in your community, or local school!
If you want a free copy, a screening of Military Myths, or an "Alternatives to the Military" workshop, email mariko@papertiger.org.

Thulani Davis asks "Why Howard Beach" preview

2007-08-17T13:19:00.000-07:00

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The death of Michael Griffiths and the assault of three other black men in Queens, NY at the hands of a group of white teens sparked community protests throughout New York City and eventually erupted into the media storm that became known as the Howard Beach Incident. In an informative monologue, writer and activist, Thulani Davis approaches a question that much of the media at the time had left untouched: what caused this event? Davis looks into acts of racial violence across the country and analyzes the media coverage these incidents received. Davis eventually concludes that the hatred and violence that caused Howard Beach were, all too tragically, part of a larger American racial problem that has persisted in refusing to acknowledge itself, thanks in large part to an irresponsible and unresponsive media.

A Longer excerpt from the show will be shown October 16th at the Anthology Film Archives at 32 2nd ave. at 7pm along with Tompkins Square Park: Operation Class War on the Lower East Side as part of the Paper Tiger Reads Paper Tiger 25 year anniversary celebration. For more information on the show please visit www.papertiger.org

Paper Tiger does the U.S. Social Forum

2007-07-16T22:43:00.000-07:00

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Here is some footage from the first U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, GA 2007. In this 15 min. clip we have shout-outs, clips from the "Liberating Gender and Sexuality" plenary, and a short of Rebel Diaz, a hip hop duo out of the Boogie Down Bronx. If you have links to other U.S. Social Forum footage, please post links, (especially if you have clips from Andrea (Andy) Smith's talk at this same plenary). Artwork is by Trust Your Struggle crew out of NYC.

GOING POSTAL

2007-07-12T11:56:00.000-07:00

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A sudden, dramatic postal rate change championed by a CORPORATE MEDIA MONSTER threatens the survival of independent publishers. Learn about the implications of this in "GOING POSTAL."

Paper Tiger at the US Social Forum 2007 part 1

2007-07-12T11:32:00.000-07:00

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Paper Tiger at the Children's Social Forum in Atlanta

2007-07-09T13:52:00.000-07:00

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In late June 2007, over 10,000 grassroots activists gathered in Atlanta for the first U.S. Social Forum. Paper Tiger Television brought cameras to the event and put them in the hands of youth attending the Children's Social Forum. This is what they shot.

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Giving Face to the Death Penalty

2007-06-11T17:18:00.002-07:00

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A trailer for "Mumia Abu Jamal: Giving Face to the Death PenaltyWho is Mumia Abu-Jamal and why has he been sentenced to death in the state of Pennsylvania? This tape looks at the personal history of Mumia Abu-Jamal, from his membership in the Black Panther Party to his career as an award-winning journalist, to his unfair trial and sentencing in the death of a Philadelphia police officer. Interviews with his legal counsel, friends and colleagues expose the criminal ways the prosecution attained his conviction and the concerted efforts on the part of the Fraternal Order of Police, the FBI and the mainstream media to silence this prominent revolutionary journalist. This video raises critical questions about the rights of the accused, the inherent injustice of the U.S. judicial system when trying the poor and people of color, the function of the death penalty in the U.S. and our first amendment right to free speech.