Free Screening and Discussion: "Engendering Colonialism: The Effect of 100 Years of U.S. Colonialism on Women in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and The Philippines"

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Join us for a free screening and discussion of "Engendering Colonialism: The Effect of 100 Years of U.S. Colonialism on Women in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and The Philippines," looking at 100 years of U.S. colonialism and its impact on the women of Hawai'i, Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico - and their resistance to it. Presented by the Socialist Party USA Greater NYC Local, GABRIELA Network USA, and the The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign, in observance of IWD (International Women's Day). WHERE AND WHEN Sunday, March 25th, 2007 at 3pm 339 Lafayette Street (between Bleecker & Bond), Manhattan, NYC 3rd Floor (up flight of stairs), AJ Muste Room Take 6 train to Bleecker Street or F/V train to Broadway/Lafayette The event will be preceded by SPNYC's monthly meeting at 1PM

• More about the Film: www.prairiefire.org/video.shtml
• More info on SPUSA's IWD Events: intwomensday.pdf

About the Presenters:
• Socialist Party USA Greater NYC Local - http://www.spnyc.org
• GABRIELA Network USA
• The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign
• Hawaii Solidarity Committee

FREE! (preceded by the SPNYC meeting at 1PM in same location)

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Join us for an historic roundtable discussion on the new era of immigrant justice Organized by the NYU Immigrant Justice Collective*

When: Saturday, March 31, 2007 12 - 3 PM
Where: Judson Memorial Church's Assembly Hall, 239 Thompson St.

Free and Open to the Public; Refreshments Provided.
Wheelchair accessible; ASL translator available upon request; please RSVP below

Justice Now!: Organizing Immigrant Communities is an open roundtable forum that will bring together cultural workers and activists from diverse movements-- including immigrant rights, labor rights, youth activism, and queer rights-- who are actively working to build new models for immigrant justice organizing. This roundtable will examine questions such as detention, deportation, profiling, borders, torture, and surveillance. We believe in using this space to highlight the intersectional, interstitial, and intervening issues within immigrant justice organizing that are often collapsed under the sometimes reductive banner of "immigrant rights." This roundtable discussion will be an opportunity to brainstorm collectively and share best practices and dynamic strategies that respond to the immigration crisis defining our political times.

FEATURING community organizers from:

Make the Road By Walking/Se Hace El Camino Por Andar

Asociaciïon Tepeyac de New York

Queers for Economic Justice

CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities

New York Taxi Workers' Alliance

New Immigrant Community Empowerment

Audre Lorde Project

SPONSORS:

Judson Memorial Church Program in American Studies, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU Asian/Pacific/American Studies Institute, NYU

CONTACT US:

WEBSITE: http://immigrantjusticeroundtable.blogspot.com EMAIL: immigrantjustice@gmail.com

* NYU Immigrant Justice Collective is composed of first year graduate students in American Studies, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis: Leticia Alvarado, Maxime Berthemy, Juan Jos� Bermudez de Castro, Sven Cvek, Joanna Dee, Lezlie Frye, Ronak Kapadia, Devin Murphy, and Lena Sze
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Refusing to Pay for the War Workshop Basic workshops on how to refuse to pay the taxes that fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be help on March 21 (Wednesday) and April 5 (Thursday). Both are at 7 pm, 339 Lafayette St. (at Bleecker St.) in Manhattan. For more information, contact 718-768-7306 or email us. Sponsored by National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee and NYC War Resisters League. http://www.nwtrcc.org/

Special Meeting Time: Monday Evening, April 9th

Whether you're a dues-paying member, a voting member, or someone who's never even been to a meeting and are just interested about what we're up to and how to get involved, now's the time to check out a meeting. Bring your ideas, comments, questions, and energy - and we'll bring the vegan cookies. 339 Lafayette Street (between Bleecker & Bond), Manhattan, NYC. Hit buzzer #11; come up to the Muste Room on the 3rd Floor. (Note, we're up a couple of flights of stairs.) DIRECTIONS: Take 6 train to Bleecker Street or F/V train to Broadway/ Lafayette.

People of New York!!!

Fair Food NYC is organizing two caravans of justice headed to Chicago for the CIW mobilization in April and we want you to come!

What: McDonalds Truth Tour and major CIW mobilization in Chicago

When: The bus from NYC leaves late evening Thursday April 12th, and returns late night Sunday April 15th

Who: Students, workers, community groups, people of faith and folks from around New York City

Why: To rise up with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers for their annual Truth Tour and to tell McDonalds that we won’t back down until they agree to work with the CIW for farmworkers rights and a penny more per pound!

To secure your place on the bus, email Leanne at lentejasrojas(at)gmail.com with your name, email address and phone number and we’ll take it from there.

Additionally, the week of February 26th, Celeste from the Student-Farmworker Alliance will be in New York meeting with some local groups and there will be a few public events you can attend to learn more about the local campaign and the trip to Chicago. Look for emails soon about a final schedule for those.

See you in the streets!

Fair Food New York City

2007 McDonald’s Truth Tour and major Chicago mobilizations quickly approaching!

* Major rally outside McDonald’s global headquarters - Friday, 4/13, Oak Brook, IL
* Carnaval and Parade for Fair Food, Real Rights, and Dignity - Saturday, 4/14, downtown Chicago

People of New York!!!

Fair Food NYC is organizing two caravans of justice headed to Chicago for the CIW mobilization in April and we want you to come!

What: McDonalds Truth Tour and major CIW mobilization in Chicago

When: The bus from NYC leaves late evening Thursday April 12th, and returns late night Sunday April 15th

Who: Students, workers, community groups, people of faith and folks from around New York City

Why: To rise up with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers for their annual Truth Tour and to tell McDonalds that we won’t back down until they agree to work with the CIW for farmworkers rights and a penny more per pound!

To secure your place on the bus, email Leanne at lentejasrojas(at)gmail.com with your name, email address and phone number and we’ll take it from there.

Additionally, the week of February 26th, Celeste from the Student-Farmworker Alliance will be in New York meeting with some local groups and there will be a few public events you can attend to learn more about the local campaign and the trip to Chicago. Look for emails soon about a final schedule for those.

See you in the streets!

Fair Food New York City

2007 McDonald’s Truth Tour and major Chicago mobilizations quickly approaching!

* Major rally outside McDonald’s global headquarters - Friday, 4/13, Oak Brook, IL
* Carnaval and Parade for Fair Food, Real Rights, and Dignity - Saturday, 4/14, downtown Chicago

People of New York!!!

Fair Food NYC is organizing two caravans of justice headed to Chicago for the CIW mobilization in April and we want you to come!

What: McDonalds Truth Tour and major CIW mobilization in Chicago

When: The bus from NYC leaves late evening Thursday April 12th, and returns late night Sunday April 15th

Who: Students, workers, community groups, people of faith and folks from around New York City

Why: To rise up with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers for their annual Truth Tour and to tell McDonalds that we won’t back down until they agree to work with the CIW for farmworkers rights and a penny more per pound!

To secure your place on the bus, email Leanne at lentejasrojas(at)gmail.com with your name, email address and phone number and we’ll take it from there.

Additionally, the week of February 26th, Celeste from the Student-Farmworker Alliance will be in New York meeting with some local groups and there will be a few public events you can attend to learn more about the local campaign and the trip to Chicago. Look for emails soon about a final schedule for those.

See you in the streets!

Fair Food New York City

2007 McDonald’s Truth Tour and major Chicago mobilizations quickly approaching!

* Major rally outside McDonald’s global headquarters - Friday, 4/13, Oak Brook, IL
* Carnaval and Parade for Fair Food, Real Rights, and Dignity - Saturday, 4/14, downtown Chicago

People of New York!!!

Fair Food NYC is organizing two caravans of justice headed to Chicago for the CIW mobilization in April and we want you to come!

What: McDonalds Truth Tour and major CIW mobilization in Chicago

When: The bus from NYC leaves late evening Thursday April 12th, and returns late night Sunday April 15th

Who: Students, workers, community groups, people of faith and folks from around New York City

Why: To rise up with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers for their annual Truth Tour and to tell McDonalds that we won’t back down until they agree to work with the CIW for farmworkers rights and a penny more per pound!

To secure your place on the bus, email Leanne at lentejasrojas(at)gmail.com with your name, email address and phone number and we’ll take it from there.

Additionally, the week of February 26th, Celeste from the Student-Farmworker Alliance will be in New York meeting with some local groups and there will be a few public events you can attend to learn more about the local campaign and the trip to Chicago. Look for emails soon about a final schedule for those.

See you in the streets!

Fair Food New York City

2007 McDonald’s Truth Tour and major Chicago mobilizations quickly approaching!

* Major rally outside McDonald’s global headquarters - Friday, 4/13, Oak Brook, IL
* Carnaval and Parade for Fair Food, Real Rights, and Dignity - Saturday, 4/14, downtown Chicago

UPDATE

Because I didn't receive my order for the original film we were planning on screening, ¡Gigante: Despierta!, we will be screening a documentary on the life of Brad Will, followed by an informal discussion with the filmmaker, Miguel, from Brazil Indymedia. This will be an awesome event, so please try and make it - and don't forget to bring vegan food and goodies, as it's a potluck! pre - MayDay movie/potluck! On April 20th at 7 PM you're all invited to attend a free vegan potluck and screening of Gigante Despierta, a new compilation DVD about May Day '06 in Jersey! This event will be at the the Barracks Jukehouse, 107 Magnolia Avenue in Jersey City, NJ - about 1 1/2 blocks from the Journal Square PATH station. If you need more specific directions or have any other questions, feel free to email... And don't forget, bring a dish and something to drink! dianedymedia@indymedia.org Full-page color flier half-page color flier

Join the Socialist Party for the next in our Liberation Film Series:

The Patriot Game : A Film by Arthur Mac Caig

Two days before the 91st anniversary of the Irish Rising in Dublin. What better time of year to look at the history of the Irish liberation struggle? You won't see this film very often: it's long out of print in this country, and was banned for many years in the UK. Shipped directly from Ireland, you have a chance to see this award winning documentary for free.

Sunday, April 22nd, 2pm 339 Lafayette Street (between Bleecker & Bond), Manhattan, NYC.
Hit buzzer #11; come up to the Muste Room on the 3rd Floor.
(Note, we're up a couple of flights of stairs.)
DIRECTIONS: Take 6 train to Bleecker Street or F/V train to Broadway / Lafayette.

DOWNLOAD PDF FLYER HERE

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Rich in emotional images, often tender but more often terrifying the patriot game tells the story of the long and bitter battle for the 6 counties of the north of Ireland. The films introduction covers Irelands history from colonization to the territory’s division in 1922.

The Patriot Game then details the events of the decade that began in 1968. Through powerful portraits as the infamous “Bloody Sunday”

The film show the IRA at work – much of it filmed clandestinely – as they argue their cause.

Thorough and thoughtful …. Mac Caig’s film by dissecting the situation so coolly, helps emphasize, the bitterness and the confrontations. Regardless of how one may feel about politics it is a worthy and well made documentary.

"The best overview of the Northern Irish conflict that we've seen... a lucid and knowledgeable introduction put together with skill and sensitivity."—R. Ruby Rich, Chicago Reader

"This extraordinary and moving documentary reviews ten years of armed warfare by the IRA and places today's headlines in their proper political and economic context. Through vivid footage of street battles and interviews with participants, THE PATRIOT GAME forcefully debunks the twin myths that the IRA is a 'terrorist organization' fighting 'a religious war.'"—Kevin J. Kelley, The Guardian

"An excellent example of political cinema, rich in emotional images, a film which is both tender and powerful."—Morando Morandini, Il Giorno (Milan)

"Informative, vivid, and partisan. The footage of urban guerillas is extraordinary. I've seen a number of films on Northern Ireland, none have depicted the situation this graphically."—J. Hoberman, Village Voice

"An important historical background to the Irish War."—Gordon Hitchens, Variety

"THE PATRIOT GAME captures the raw spirit of Irish nationalist resistance and shows, for the first time, incidents which the British media have steadfastly refused to show."—Virginia Dignam, Morning Star (London)

"Powerful, dynamic... Extremely detailed presentation of the troubles in Northern Ireland. As an interpretation of the Republican view, it is excellent, accurate and moving."—EFLA Evaluations

** 1980 Festival Popoli (Florence) ** 1980 Rotterdam Film Festival ** 1980 Festival Cinema du Reel (Paris)

93 minutes / b&w Copyright Date: 1979

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Reviews

New York Times Review The Patriot Game's Arthur MacCaig interviewed: from Jump Cut Magazine