Events

Friday February 8, 2008
Start: 19:30
End: 21:30

Please join us this Friday for a screening of the new film "Brad, One More Night at the Barricades" (50 min). Brazilian filmmaker and media activist Miguel will be hand to discuss his documentary tribute to a fallen friend.

When Mexican paramilitary forces shot Brad Will in the chest, killing him, his camera fell from his hands. But it didn't stop recording. It continued moving from hand to hand, telling Brad's story, as well as the story of the movement of movements that he was a part of. From the squats of New York to the forests of Oregon, from the anti-globalization protests in Seattle, Prague, Quebec to the popular uprising in Oaxaca, Brad's camera paints us a picture of what his life was about, and what so many of his friends continue to struggle for.

After the film, Friends of Brad Will will kick off a strategy and action brainstorm with a screening of their public service announcement called "Plan Mexico" (3 min). Stick around to roll up your sleeves compadres.

Friday, February 8th, 7:30pm, free

About Brad Will:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Will
http://www.crimethinc.com/blog/2008/01/18/brad-will-in-rolling-stone/

About the Oaxaca Uprising:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Oaxaca_protests

About Plan Mexico:

Monday March 3, 2008
Start: 19:30
End: 21:30

Please join us for a panel discussion on the themes of faith and politics with guests Stephen Duncombe, Zack Exley, Savitri Durkee, and Simon Critchley.

Monday, March 3, 7:30pm, free

It has been said that the contemporary age is one of irony, where Truth and the meta-narrative have been shot through with holes. The collateral damage could be characterized as a crisis of meaning – one that is filled by the rise of fundamentalism and the creed of consumerism. We see the polarization of our population – the red state, blue state divide is decreed by pundits and pollsters to be more accurately a divide between those who believe and those who do not.

Where the Right makes universal claims, the Left takes a critical position, aiming to reveal an irrational or intolerant opponent. Faith, advertising and political spectacle are treated as mythologies to dismantle. While the dogma of fundamentalism and the Right’s fictionalizing are legitimately problematic, the implications of this reactionary focus are as well…

What are the casualties of the Left’s critiques? Is there a redemptive value to fundamentalism? Is there a way beyond this deadlock that addresses the pitfalls of dogma and those of distanced irony? What could a religion for disbelievers look like, and why could this be important?

The Change You Want To See Gallery hosts a panel discussion exploring these themes with guests:

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