Chapter 13 Video Resources

Egypt: Seeds of Change, 2011

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2011/02/201128145549829916.html

Time 25:13

It is widely accepted that the spark for the recent dramatic events in Egypt came from last month’s uprising in Tunisia. If people power could bring down one regime, perhaps it could do the same elsewhere. Many of the necessary conditions were already in place: public fury at years of political repression, an economy that rewarded a corrupt elite and kept a majority in poverty, and widespread loathing for a leader clinging to office. Could Egyptians be persuaded to overcome 30 years of fear and apathy and take to the streets? It is no accident that this question has been answered, emphatically. Over the course of a remarkable fortnight, People & Power filmed exclusively behind the scenes with a core group of young activists from the April 6th opposition movement. As Elizabeth Jones reveals, they spent a long time planning and organizing for these momentous days, taking lessons from other revolutions about how to mobilize popular support.

Ayotzinapa: Enforced Disappearance of Rural Students in Guerrero, Mexico

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmEsSH4tVHs

Time 1:03:49

In University College London’s seminar “The Struggle for a Better Life: A Context for Understanding the Enforced Disappearance of Rural Students in Guerrero, Mexico,” specialists discussed several key topics: the social and political character of the Normal Rural Teachers Trainer Schools established since its articulation as part of a socialist program for education and social organization in the 1920s, and the repression against its students as a constant element by post-Lázaro Cárdenas governments; the historical development of enforced disappearances in Mexico since late 1960s until now as the exercise of violence by the Mexican government against social movements, framed in a context of impunity. They also address another question: What guarantees the continuity of repression over time and allows the spectrum of victims to expand to other sector of civil society?

Civil Society in Development, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cIXGz77hcQ

Time 3:11

This short video gives an overview of CISU, which is a platform for 270+ Danish organisations who work globally. CISU provides capacity building, trainings and funds for development interventions.

Enabling the future of civil society in development, ACFID Conference, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ0WVDIXIcs

Time 1:02:26

The final panel discussion at the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) Conference in 2019 discusses the future of civil society in international development.

Civil Society and the African Development Bank: A Key Partnership, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fVy-bfmEeM

Time 3:24

This short video outlines the African Development Bank’s plans for incorporating and developing African civil society into its programmes.

South Africa: What Role for the Civil Society? 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkdjR0RvFmA

Time 7:17

An interview with Koketso MOETI, Executive Director of amandla.mobi where she discusses the following: How important have civil society organizations been in South African history; how do these organizations interact with the national government; do South African citizens still believe in civil society organizations; and what can we think of the student protests in South Africa over the past two years?