[van-announce] Prisoners of War Film Nights: Thurs.March.20th

[Anti-Poverty Committee]

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Prisoners of War Film Nights
Thursday March 20th @ 8pm
524 Main St. {APC Office}

Join us in an ongoing series of prison justice films (on a big screen!)
focusing on the struggles of prisoners of war. Donations collected from
these fundraisers goes to the cost of shipment of the prisoner justice
magazine ‘4Struggle’ that is sent to freedom fighters held behind enemy
lines.

This week’s films are:

MOVE (2003,53 min.)
This documentary covers the full controversial history of the radical
Movement, MOVE, in Philadelphia that was created by John Africa in the
1970's. The story is told through interviews with actual MOVE members
including Ramona Africa, the MOVE 9 prisoners, and MOVE supporters and
analyzed by its neighbors, Philadelphia journalists and other outside
opinions. Howard Zinn, author of "The People's History of the United
States" narrates this interesting and informative documentary.


The Weather Underground – (93 min.)
In the 1960s and 1970s, the polarization of the political situation of the
USA was becoming acute with the Vietnam War abroad and civil rights at
home being but the most obvious issues. For the youth political movement,
the seemingly ineffectual methods of peaceful protest and resistance led
to the rise of an idealistic faction that want a more extreme approach
that the Establishment could not ignore.

This faction, called the Weather Underground, attempted to team up with
the Black Panthers to violently confront the US government that started
with street riots and escalating to bombing government targets. Thorough
archival footage and interviews of the veterans of both sides of this
conflict, this film covers the resistance movement's campaign of selective
violence through this period until changing times and disillusionment
brought it to an end while the FBI used unethical and illegal methods to
hasten it.


Plus avalible for donations, t-shirts, zines, calendars, posters, patches,
books and more!


‘4 Struggle’ magazine focuses the insights and experiences of U.S.
political prisoners on major issues of the day. While a lot of the writing
is by political prisoners, other activists, allies, revolutionaries and
insightful outside voices are included. We publish 3 issues a year and all
back issues remain posted on the website (4strugglemag.org).

4strugglemag is an independent non-sectarian revolutionary voice. We are
unapologetically anti-imperialist and solidly in support of progressive
National Liberation, especially the struggles of New African/Black,
Mexicano/Chicano, Puerto Rican and Native American Nations presently
controlled by U.S. imperialism. Reflecting the work and principles of
political prisoners held by the United States, 4strugglemag advocates for
Justice, Equality, Freedom, Socialism, Protection of our Mother Earth,
Human Rights and Peace.