[act-ma] We Interrupt this Empire - Film screening this Saturday 6pm

Morrigan Phillips morrigan.phillips at gmail.com
Wed Dec 7 10:40:31 PST 2011


A film documenting the mass coordinated direct action in San Francisco
after the start of the Iraq war.
Location: Community Church of Boston , 565 Boylston Street, Copely Square.
6:00pm FREE!


""We Interrupt This Empire..." is a collaborative work by many of the Bay
Area's independent video activists which documents the direct actions that
shut down the financial district of San Francisco in the weeks following
the United States' invasion of Iraq. With the audio backdrop including the
live broadcasts of SF Indymedia's Enemy Combatant Radio and the SFPD's
tactical communications that were picked up by police scanners, the
documentary takes a look at the diverse show of resistance from the streets
of San Francisco as well as providing a critique of the coporate media
coverage of the war and exploring such issues as the Military Industrial
Complex, attacks on civil liberties, and the United States' current Saturday
December 10th – 6pm  :: [MOVIE] We Interrupt this Empire

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This film is a part of a series of community trainings in non-violent
direct action and facilitation and group process, strategy and action
planning. The films all feature different points in history where people
took to collective action in response to injustice. More information
https://www.facebook.com/events/198912736859106/ and pasted below.

Community Non-Violent Direct Action Trainings and film screenings

ALL TRAININGS AND MOVIES ARE FREE

Inspired by the Occupy movement these trainings are part of a community
capacity building effort in the Boston area. The trainings will be
facilitated by members of the New England Trainers Network,  Alliance of
Community Trainers and the Health Justice Working Group of Occupy Boston.
The aim is to build the skill sets and confidence of community groups and
activists in doing NVDA. Please sign up ahead of time for the trainings to
help the trainers plan.

Sign up:
Email:  bostonactiontrainings at riseup.net
Phone: (617) 971-8753
Web: www.tinyurl.com/NVDAtraining

TRAININGS

Thursday December 8th – 10am -3:30pm :: Non-violent  Direct Action basics,
Facilitated by Starhawk - http://www.starhawk.org/activism/activism.html an
amazing organizer and trainer out of the Bay Area.
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston

Saturday December 10th – 1pm – 4:00pm *note time change of training*  ::
Facilitation and Group Process -agendas, running meetings, decision making
models, dealing with challenging people and more.
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston

Saturday December 10th – 6pm  :: [MOVIE] We Interrupt this Empire

A film documenting the mass coordinated direct action in San Francisco
afterthe start of the Iraq war.
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston

Saturday December 17th – 10am to 5pm :: Non-Violent Direct Action: History,
Street Tactics, Planning, Strategy, Legal, Affinity Groups and More! Full
day training
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston


Saturday December 17th – 5:30pm :: [MOVIE] This is WhatDemocracy Looks Like
In 1999 mass demonstrations and coordinated direct actions in Seattle, WA
shutdown the WTO ministerial meeting and spring boarded the US
anti-globalizationmovement.
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston

Sunday December 18th – 12pm – 5pm :: Direct Action Strategy and Action
Planning – Digging a little deeper.
Location: TBA


Monday December 19th – 6:30pm :: [MOVIE] The Take 6:30A film by Avi Lewis
and Naomi Klien, The Take is a film about  thirty unemployed auto-parts
workers who walkinto their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse
to leave.
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston

Sign up:
Email:  bostonactiontrainings at riseup.net
Phone: (617) 971-8753

Web: www.tinyurl.com/NVDAtraining__<http://www.tinyurl.com/NVDAtraining_____________________________________________>
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