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DESCRIPTION:FilmWorks United International Working Class Film & Video 
 Festival\n\nReserve Slaves (Schiavi di Riserva) 2018 (30 min.) 
 Italy\nDirected by Michelangelo Severgnini\n\nThe result of the 
 U.S./European attack on Libya has been the restoration of slavery. Europe 
 and the U.S. caused it, allows it, and benefits from it, according to 
 Severgini’s film, Reserve Slaves. In case of need, the “E.U. has its 
 own reserve slaves just overseas,” a message delivered to us by 3 African 
 men who just landed in Sicily, after having crossed the desert and the sea, 
 and especially after having served as slaves in Libya. This film shows the 
 real stories behind the rise of slavery and the result of the U.S. and 
 European war machine. There will also be a short statement from the 
 director.\nSee 
 also:\nhttp://www.zimbio.com/photos/Michelangelo+Severgnini\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/wp/event/reserve-slaves-schiavi-di-riserva-2018-30-min-italy-turkey-on-the-edge-2018-53-min-turkey/\n\nFilm: 
 Turkey on the Edge\nDirected by Imre Azem, 2018 (53 min.) Turkey.\n\nFour 
 following years the Gezi Resistance, great political and social changes 
 were instituted in Turkey. Director İmre Azem follows four people striving 
 for democracy, from Gezi to a July 15th attempted coup, a subsequent state 
 of emergency, and finally an April 16th, 2017 referendum. The rise of 
 Turkey’s dictator Recep Erdogan and his attack on academics and the 
 people of Turkey is the focus of this documentary. The documentary shows 
 the rise and struggle of the Gezi Resistance, which was a fight against 
 privatization of a park in Istanbul. Erdogan wanted to pave it over with a 
 private development for his cronies. The use of fundamentalism and racism 
 against Kurds and other minorities has a long history in Turkey. Azem links 
 the struggle in Gezi to the July 15th coup attempt and a state of emergency 
 to crush any political opposition while expanding the war in Syria. He also 
 shows the April 16, 2017 referendum by focusing on the people who are 
 fighting for democracy and equality for all. Following the films there will 
 be a discussion hosted by the Solidarity Committee with the People of 
 Turkey.\nSee also:\nhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm4359456/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 
 (Imre 
 Azem)\nhttps://www.amnestyusa.org/files/eur440222013en.pdf\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/wp/event/film-turkey-on-the-edge/\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/06/24/18815962.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: 2 Films :Reserve Slaves; Turkey on the Edge
LOCATION:518 Valencia, San Francisco. 16th St BART.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/06/24/18815962.php
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