[Iyf-ct] Meeting

[Jack Hiphopdontstopalopoulous]

I'm keen :)

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Mandy Moussouris <
mandymoussouris at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi everyone, sorry I have been so quiet, been on leave for a week and have
> not checked mails. We realy need to set a date. So I suggest we Say Sunday
> the 26th at 11h00 at my place to try to make sure everyone is there. If
> there are any serious problems, let us know, otherwise I think we just go
> ahead otherwise we will never get it together. :-)
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> Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 04:21:28 -0700
> From: andreas_spath at yahoo.com
> To: iyf-ct at lists.resist.ca
> Subject: [Iyf-ct] Beyond Elections at the Labia
>
>   Here are the details about the While You Were Sleeping screening of
> Beyond Elections. If anyone can't afford the R20 ticket price, let me know -
> I should be able to organise some comps...
>
> Andreas
>
>
> *Documentary about participatory democracy to be shown in Cape Town*
>
> *Beyond Elections*, an *empowering documentary about concrete examples of
> participatory democracy in action* will be shown at the Labia on Orange
> cinema in Cape Town on *Sunday 19 July at 6.15pm*, on *Monday 20 July at
> 8:30pm* and on *Tuesday 21 July at 8:30pm*.
> After all the hype surrounding this year’s elections it’s back to politics
> as usual in South Africa. Politicians pontificate and make far reaching
> decisions while the rest of us are left moaning and complaining over our
> braai fires and shebeen tables. But is that really all there is to politics
> and democracy? *Beyond Elections** takes us on* a journey across the
> Americas in an attempt to answer this important question.
>
>
> *"**Beyond Elections proves that democracy can and should be more than
> casting a ballot every four years." - *Ben Dangl
>
>
> Some 120 countries around the world now have at least the minimum trappings
> of democracy - the freedom to vote for all citizens. But for many, this is
> just the beginning not the end. Following decades of US-backed
> dictatorships, civil wars and devastating structural adjustment policies in
> the South, and corporate control, electoral corruption and fraud in the
> North, representative politics is in crisis. Citizens are now choosing to
> redefine democracy on their own terms: local, direct, and participatory.
> *
> *
> *Beyond Elections* explores new and exciting experiences with local
> governance, participatory budgeting and decision making, self-organised
> community assemblies, cooperative workplaces and other methods in which
> authority and power are being shifted from ruling elites to ordinary
> citizens.
>
>
> The film features engaging interviews with Eduardo Galeano, Amy Goodman and
> Ward Churchill, as well as community members, elected representatives,
> academics, and activists from Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, the
> United States and more.
>
>
> *Beyond Elections* offers hope and inspiration to everyone who is
> frustrated with “politics as usual”.
>
>
> The screenings will be followed by a facilitated audience discussion. *Tickets
> cost R20 and can be reserved by calling The Labia at (021) 424 5927.
> Reserving tickets is strongly recommended to avoid disappointment.*
>
>
> This event is presented by The Labia and *While You Were Sleeping*, a Cape
> Town-based non-profit film collective committed to bringing progressive,
> non-mainstream documentaries with important social and environmental
> messages to South African audiences.
>
>
>
> Contacts:
>
> The Labia:
>
> 021 424 5927
>
>
>
> *While You Were Sleeping*:
>
> Andreas Späth
>
> 084 772 1056
>
> Andreas_Spath at yahoo.com
>
> www.whileyouweresleeping.wordpress.com
>
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