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September 24 (Saturday) - Protest / Demonstration
Anti-Imperialist Feeder March
There will be an anti-imperialist feeder march from Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) down to Westlake, to link up with the reformist A.N.S.W.E.R. rally. Stand with the people of the world and show your support for real anti-imperialist politics--independent of the ruling class and opportunist misleaders--on September 24, 10:30AM, at SCCC. Everyone who appreciates the need for independent action is strongly encouraged to attend. more...
September 24 (Saturday) - Protest / Demonstration
Stop the War on Iraq
Nationally Coordinated rallyand march to stop the war on Iraq, oppose colonial occupation in Iraq, Haiti, Palestine... more...
September 23 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies: "Sometimes In April"
Friday, September 23, 2005 - 7:00PM
Film: “SOMETIMES IN APRIL” (140 min, Raoul Peck, 2005)
Dramatization of the brutal events that befell the citizens of Rwanda in April 1994. As gruesome events unfold, two Hutu brothers’ lives are immeasurably changed in ways they never thought possible. A courageous, brave piece of filmmaking that stands alongside Terry George's HOTEL RWANDA as a document of a tragic time. Facilitated Discussion Follows. - To receive future email events announcements: wnfp@bridgings.org
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September 22 (Thursday) - Other
911 Media Arts Center's 21st Birthday Gala
Come and join us at the 911 Media Arts Center's 21st Birthday Gala and the establishment of The Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award when we celebrate more than two decades of educating and empowering hundreds of individual artists and organizations. more...
September 22 (Thursday) - Meeting
Ban Ape Research in Seattle!
Ban Ape Research seeks legislative prohibitions on the use of nonhuman great apes in biomedical research in the United States, beginning with Seattle. Please join us as we continue to plan this important campaign to convince the City Council to ban ape research in Seattle. Volunteers are needed and fresh ideas are welcomed. more...
September 21 (Wednesday) - Panel / Forum
International Solidarity Mission Press Conference
On the Anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos's Declaration of Martial Law:
Seattle Human Rights Investigators Report that Undeclared Martial Law Continues in the Philippines. more...
September 20 (Tuesday) - Meeting
Ban Ape Research in Seattle!
BAR has launched a campaign to convince the Seattle City Council to enact a city-wide ban on the use of chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans and gorillas in experiments, recognizing that the cognitive and behavioral similarities between us and the other great apes make such research unethical. Please attend this informational meeting to learn more and get involved. more...
September 19 (Monday) - Workshop / Training
With the Naked Eye: Documentary Films to the Present
The "deacon of documentary film" (Stranger) Lyall Bush unpacks the shifting history of the impulse to document, showing the way filmmakers make story and drama out of the inchoate world, and create bold visions of personalities, social history, war, gay history, art, music. more...
September 19 (Monday) - Film / Video
BEHIND EVERY TERRORIST THERE IS A BUSH
2:00PM
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"BEHIND EVERY TERRORIST THERE IS A BUSH"
a benefit show for the San Francisco International Inquiry into 9-11. It featured talented comics, great music, brilliant flash movies, spoken word, and the confessions of a 9-11 truth activist.
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September 18 (Sunday) - Film / Video
VOTERGATE & MIND CONTROL VIDEO SHOWINGS
VIDEOS SHOWING
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VOTERGATE - preview edition
CRACK THE CIA
WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME : PART ONE - ORGINS
ACCESS DENIED: FOR REASONS OF NATIONAL SECURITY more...
September 18 (Sunday) - Film / Video
VOTERGATE & MIND CONTROL VIDEO SHOWINGS
VIDEOS SHOWING
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VOTERGATE - preview edition
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CRACK THE CIA
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WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS
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THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME : PART ONE - ORGINS
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ACCESS DENIED: FOR REASONS OF NATIONAL SECURITY more...
September 17 (Saturday) - Film / Video
Film and Concert: "A Union Man: the Life and Work of Julius Margolin" at Langston Hughes PAC
A film and concert featuring Julius Margolin and George Mann, labor and anti-war activists from New York and producers of the "Hail to the Thief!" anti-Bush CDs. Featuring appearances by Utah Phillips, faith Petric and others, this film and concert will get you singing and brighten your spirit as you continue to oppose George Bush and his murderous policies. Q & A with George and Julius and concert following the film! more...
September 16 (Friday) - Other
Fundraiser for People's Institute (Based in New Orleans)
Fundraiser / Party put on by Fremont Public Association for The People's Instititute Northwest (PINW), part of The Peoples Institute, based in New Orleans... NOTE: This event was scheduled before Katrina made its appearance, as a grass-roots effort to express solidarity with poor people in N.O. and the Northwest. more...
September 16 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies: "The Trials Of Henry Kissinger"
Film: “THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER” (80 min, Eugene Jarecki, 2002)
Documentary archival footage from the Nixon era paints a portrait of Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. The film argues that he was a power-hungry warmonger, and was responsible for massive military cover-ups in Vietnam, Cambodia, and East Timor in the 1960s, as well as the assassination of a Chilean leader in 1970. Facilitated Discussion with ties to last week’s film.
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September 14 (Wednesday) - Film / Video
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
The classic film "Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media" explains how the mass media functions as a vehicle for propaganda in democratic societies.
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September 14 (Wednesday) - Panel / Forum
POOR, BLACK, AND LEFT TO DIE: What Katrina Shows about Race and Class in America
In the wake of Katrina, a political hurricane is gathering force across
America. Millions recognize that the death and destruction that followed the
hurricane was entirely preventable, the product of a presidency--and a
system--that puts the working poor and people of color last; a system that
funds wars for oil and tax cuts for the rich while de-funding New Orleans
levees and relief operations. Join us for a discussion on building a mass
movement to confront Bush and the racist, profit-driven system he represents. more...
September 11 (Sunday) - Other
SLEEPWALKING APOCALYPSE: 9/11
Over twenty actors, dancers, musicians and singers will present SLEEPWALKING APOCALYPSE: 9/11, an outdoor theater event exploring themes of grief, fear, homeland security and the troubled dreams of a divided people at war. Music, masks, poetry and dialogue will be part of an interactive guided procession at Greenlake. Free of charge and will take place rain or shine. more...
September 10 (Saturday) - Other
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September 9 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies: “MACHUCA”
Set in Autumn 1973, amidst the backdrop of the chaotic US-sponsored 1973 coup of President Salvador Allende that plunged the country of Chile into 30 years of horrific injustice, the Chilean film MACHUCA is a coming-of-age tale, told from the perspective of two 11-year-old boys literally from opposite sides of the tracks. more...
September 8 (Thursday) - Film / Video
Seattle Premiere of the Media That Matters Film Festival
THE FIFTH ANNUAL
MEDIA THAT MATTERS
FILM FESTIVAL
Presented by Loreto Bay Company
From global warming to state politics, from gay rights
to media diversity, these films will make you laugh,
make you think, and inspire you to take action!
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