Videos About Nonviolence Three videos from Dean Jefferys Productions are now available which are good discussions starters about nonviolence. They are not presented as an example of what nonviolent direct action should be but as examples of what is currently happening in nonviolence. The videos are about issues to some extent but their orientation is to explore nonviolent dynamics: what works and what doesn't work? The issues covered are logging of old growth in Chaelundi, Southeast (NSW) and East Gippsland forest, The Penan Tribal Peoples in Sarawak and the Consequences of the Gulf War including the Gulf Peace Camp. The videos will work best where they are presented by a person with knowledge and enthusiasm on nonviolence and the issues, where questions and discussion are possible after the viewing. Save Old Growth Forests Protests This video looks at the history of the nonviolent struggle to save the old growth forests of Chaelundi, Southeast (NSW) and East Gippsland. It includes shots of typical nonviolent techniques used in forest blockade situations. It also includes narration, background information and dialog on the issues, interviews with blockaders in action and music. The video is made of two twenty minute segments. The Last Stand for the Penan This video looks at the nonviolent struggle of the Penan People to save their rainforest and traditional way of life from the logging operations. It shows the original footage of the Long Ajang blockade that started in June, and is still continuing. It also includes typical tribal life in the blockade camp, interviews with tribal headmen, and shots of 500 Penan men, women and children blockading the logging road. It has narration, background information and music. It also shows water blockades of rainforest timber ships in Sydney Harbour by the Sydney Rainforest Action Group. The video is twenty minutes long. The Consequences of the Gulf War The Gulf Peace Camp is a fifteen minute segment about the Gulf Peace Camp on the border between Iraq and Saudi Arabia before and during the Gulf War. It includes general footage of life in the camp and interviews with peace campers about the effectiveness of the nonviolent strategy of the peace camp. The Consequences of the Gulf War is a thirty-eight minute segment which exposes the hidden agenda of the U.S. and its allies, and the real reasons why and how the Gulf War was allowed to happen. It includes interviews with specialists in Middle East and world affairs, and looks at the environmental consequences of the war. It also examines the nonviolent resistance to the war as well as footage of the opposition to the international arms trade at the recent AIDEX arms trade fair. These videos are available by mail order from Groundswell Books, PO Box 5292, West End 4101. The cost is $30, including postage, within Australia. For overseas orders, add $10. Jerry Smith