[van-announce] squat films + chomsky film at blinding light

[Spartacus Books]

Hi all,

Spartacus Books is presenting three films at Blinding Light
(36 Powell St.) in the next couple of weeks:

Thursday August 29 8:30pm
               CHRISTIANIA, YOU HAVE MY HEART + SAFE HAVEN
               What happens if you let 1000 people manifest their dreams
about a free society right in the middle of a modern metropolis? You get
Christiania - the western world's longest existing free society, outside
normal law and order. This film takes a look at Christiania and some of
the people living there, giving an idea of what it's like to be there,
the good and bad sides of life in Christiania, and tries to answer
the questions "why?" and "how?" Exploring the history and life of a free
city in the centre of Copenhagen, this is a warm film about a hot topic:
Is a free society possible today? See for yourself.
(Dir Nils Vest, 1991 Denmark)
PLUS: SAFE HAVEN, THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD DURING THE VIETNAM WAR
Thousands of U.S. citizens fled to Canada during the Vietnam War draft.
They were helped along the way by an underground railroad made up of people
from all walks of life. United by their convictions about the unjust
nature of the war, Canadians and Americans worked within and outside of
the law to provide an escape from the draft (Dir Michael Sider)

Thursday September 5 8:30pm
                MAINZER STRASSE
                This video documents the tenacious long-term occupation of
an urban apartment block by anarchist communities in early '90s Berlin.
The video spectacularly records escalating incendiary battles to defend
the increasingly barricaded commune against repeat attacks by neo-nazi
gangs and paramilitary police. A stroke of radical history written
in tele-video by the participants themselves, these images incite joy and
rage for the intense struggles of those asserting their right to live by
their own terms in every attempt to resist the ultimately overwhelming
fascisms of the late-modern metropolis. German with English subtitles.

Thursday September 12 8:30pm
               NOAM CHOMSKY: BRINGING THE THIRD WORLD HOME
               From a lecture at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, March 5th, 1996
               Noam Chomsky's spoke in Vancouver just after Newt Gingrich's
infamous "Contact With America". In this talk, Chomsky dissects the
politics of deceit and propaganda construction with his familiar
razor-sharp analysis and wit. Extremely relevant at this time in Canada,
the tactics used to spin and sell the "Contact With America" have been a
blueprint for the assaults of B.C.'s "New Era" and Ontario's "Common Sense
Revolution". Both provincial political regimes consulted the same American
Public Relations company which created the "Contact With America" and the
framework for further privatization of public services for the profit
of the corporate economy. Valuable insight for the on-going fight against
neo-liberal policies in B.C.and beyond.
(120 minutes, video of lecture followed by Q&A.)

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