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:
Buried in the $46 billion supplemental war spending proposal that President Bush submitted to Congress on Oct. 22 is a $1.4 billion aid package to Mexico to be distributed over the next three years, purportedly to fight drug trafficking and organized crime in Mexico. The aid package, called Plan Mexico for its resemblance to the $5 billion Plan Colombia, would consist largely in advanced military training and equipment such as helicopters and surveillance aircraft, according to the Mexican foreign minister.
A massive military build up in Mexico does nothing to help and will inevitably lead to increased repression. As has been the case with Plan Colombia, there is great concern that Mexico could use their new equipment in counter-insurgency raids against both social movements and suspected guerrilla forces, mainly in Mexico's indigenous and highly marginalized south.