[van-announce] Upcoming Spartacus Books Fundraising Events

[jessica]

Spartacus' Upcoming Fundraiser Events:  Please spread the word!  
Support Spartacus Books!

1. Sunday May 23 = concert/party @ the alf house (1342 e. georgia st)

2. Tuesday May 25 = evening with the co-authors of We Are Everywhere: 
the irresistible rise of global anticapitalism @ 7 pm @ the VPL Alma 
VanDusen room
$5 - $10 Sliding scale

3. Wednesday May 26 = Film screenings @ 7pm @  Video Inn (1965 Main 
Street) ($5-10)


-details of events follow-

1. Sunday May 23 at the alf house (1342 east georgia street, vancouver)

show featuring:
rant music
blackie le blanc
jackie the northern star
mark dahl
emily, maggie and altona
and super josh

2. Tuesday May 25 An evening with the co-authors of We Are Everywhere: 
the irresistible rise of global anticapitalism (Verso, 2003).

Recently returned from Iraq, they will present images and stories from 
the Iraqi resistance and global protest movements.

7:00 p.m. @ Vancouver Public Library (350 West Georgia), Alma VanDusen 
room
$5 - $10 Sliding scale
A portion of the proceeds will go to the Spartacus Books Fund

A multi-media report-back from photojournalist and co-author Andrew 
Stern who was working in Iraq with Naomi Klein, (author of No Logo), 
grassroots organizer and co-author Jennifer Whitney, who participated 
in the popular uprising in Argentina and organized the shut down of the 
WTO in Seattle, along with filmmaker David Martinez and British 
activist Jo Wildings who also recently returned from Iraq where they 
were kidnapped by the resistance and released unharmed.
We Are Everywhere: the irresistible rise of global anticapitalism was 
described by Canadian writer Naomi Klein as “...the first book to truly 
capture and embody the exuberant creativity and radical intellect of 
the protest movements.” Two of the book’s co-producers, author Jennifer 
Whitney and photojournalist Andrew Stern, along with filmmaker David 
Martinez, are traveling throughout the US in order to present not only 
the book, but also the results of their further research and 
investigation into international protest movements and their ties to 
the growing anti-war movement. Stern and Martinez are just back from 
their second trip to Iraq, and will present hard-hitting images and 
video from the streets of Baghdad and Fallujah to accompany Whitney’s 
analysis. The presentation is a multimedia performance comprised of 
several elements: a slideshow and video from the current uprising in 
Iraq, a video highlighting the diversity of various threads of 
resistance around the world, an exhibition of beautiful photos and 
illustrative quotations from their book, a brief talk on the current 
situation in Iraq and the connections between the anti-war movements 
and the global anticapitalist movements covered in We Are Everywhere, 
and an open discussion with the audience.

3. Wednesday May 26 Film screening at Video Inn 1965 Main Street ($5-10)

7pm: Mainzer Street (English with German subtitles, 90 min.)

Squatters, Gays, Lesbians Fight the Nazis and Cops! A documentary about 
a squat in East Berlin in 1990 that skillfully weaves together issues 
of housing shortage, xenophobia, patriarchy and capitalism. It examines 
housing shortages in Berlin both before and after the fall of the 
Berlin Wall and the efforts of a group of squatters to find homes on 
Mainzer Street. Squatters talk about their experiences in specific 
houses and projects, such as the Lesbian-Wimmin's House, the 
FairyGayMen's House, the people's kitchen, and a street festival. The 
film then shows their struggle to protect these advances from 
politicians, neo-nazis, and police. This is a great film about 
squatting in Berlin. It is a great and honest analysis of how people 
seek to build new structures of living and the pressures they face.

9pm: Born in Flames (Directed by Lizzie Borden)

Feminist classic BORN IN FLAMES is the futuristic tale of the turmoil 
that still brews years after a "peaceful" social revolution. Thwarted 
by a system which rejects its minorities, a group of women band 
together in an effort to gain control of the state owned media. With 
humor and style, the film combines the many cadences of the women's 
movement - militant, moderate, hip hop rap, punk cool - to suggest the 
possibility of a unified voice.