Haiti's Tourniquet (2008)
• June 1st, 2008 • 0h 18min
Documentary
Overview
The Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH) invited an Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) delegation to Haiti to learn about their fight against "le plan neoliberal" and recruit help in the form of material aid and solidarity. The delegation was in Haiti from April 24 to May 25, 2008, two weeks after the country erupted in mass protest at burgeoning food prices. This video shares the stories and experiences.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Flickering Flame
Released on: 1996-12-18
Documentary
Documentary following dockers of Liverpool sacked in a labour dispute and their supporters’ group, W...
Zombies: When the Dead Walk
Released on: 2008-04-01
Documentary
Zombies are part of pop culture, but what are they? Where do they come from? To find real zombies we...
Miners Shot Down
Released on: 2014-05-01
Documentary
In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike f...
Two Four Six
Released on: 2017-06-19
Documentary
Set mainly in present day Dallas, Texas and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, this film features three main cha...
Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!
Released on: 2021-11-18
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Moscow, January 1996. Boris Yeltsin gets ready to run for a second mandate of the presidency of the ...
Flow: For Love of Water
Released on: 2008-09-12
Documentary
From both local and global perspectives, this documentary examines the harsh realities behind the mo...
These were the reasons
Released on: 2011-05-01
Documentary, History
This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where...
A Vision in the Darkness
Released on: 1991-01-01
Documentary
Through the eyes of a Quebec Jewish activist, Lea Roback, feminist, unionist, pacifist and communist...
Northern Minnesota's Labor Wars
Released on: 2017-06-15
Documentary
Filmmaker Gary Kaunonen of KCC-TV in International Falls just released a new documentary about a piv...
Brothers on the Line
Released on: 2012-03-08
Documentary
Brothers on the Line explores the extraordinary journey of the Reuther brothers – Walter, Roy, and V...
1804: The Hidden History of Haiti
Released on: 2017-10-12
Documentary
1804 is a feature length documentary film about the untold history of the Haitian revolution
Harlan County U.S.A.
Released on: 1977-01-23
Documentary
This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Compan...
Strike! The Women Who Fought Back
Released on: 2024-03-12
Documentary
In their own words, this is the story of six women from the South Wales valleys and how they helped ...
Liberty in a Soup
Released on: 2015-10-05
Documentary
Every New Year, and in celebration of their Independence, Haitian families gather together to feast ...
The Shock Doctrine
Released on: 2009-09-01
Documentary
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capit...
Haiti : The end of the Chimères?
Released on: 2004-04-04
Documentary
Shot in early 2004 during the commemoration of the bicentennial of Haiti, this film offers a unique ...
Justice in the Coalfields
Released on: 1995-01-01
Documentary
This film demonstrates how labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weig...
The Miners' Strike and Me
Released on: 2014-03-12
Documentary
Documentary marking the 30th anniversary of the 1984 miners' strike, one of the bitterest industrial...
The Lady is Not for Turning: An Unauthorized Story on Margaret Thatcher
Released on: 2011-01-01
Documentary
Nicknamed the "Iron Lady," Margaret Thatcher served as the prime minister of England from 1979 to 19...