[Iyf-ct] Meeting

Mon Jul 13 05:25:28 PDT 2009

I'm good with that too, although i can only be in Muizenburg by around
1:30PM.

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 2:12 PM, <pvh at webbedfeet.co.za> wrote:

> The 26th is my daughter's birthday, so that won't work for me. 25th
> perhaps? In the afternoon?
>
> > 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. :-)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >> 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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