Upcoming Events at New College

The New College Center for Education & Social Action (CESA) listing of peace
and social justice events is emailed about once each week. To subscribe or
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(1) Thursday June 5, 6:00 PM
FILM SCREENING and DISCUSSION: "PALESTINE IS STILL THE ISSUE"
An evening of film, discussion and poetry to benefit the International
Solidarity Movement

(2) Thursday, June 19, 6:00–8:00 PM
VOICES FROM THE SOUTH:
The Third World Debunks Corporate Myths on Genetically Engineered Crops
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LABORFEST 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
International Working Class Film & Video Festival

We are very pleased to co-sponsor LaborFest 2003 and to host the following
LaborFest events at New College:

(3) Monday July 7, 7:00 PM
"From Piers to Plantations, A Union in Hawaii" a performance by Ian
Ruskin - Harry Bridges in Hawaii is the subject of Ian Ruskin's latest work
about the life of Harry Bridges.

(4) Sunday July 13, 6:00 PM
Words on Labor & the War with the Rocking Solidarity Labor Heritage Chorus

(5) Wednesday July 16, 7:00 PM
International Working Class Film & Video Festival - Benefit for Right To A
Roof

(6) Tuesday July 29, 7:00 PM
International Working Class Film & Video Festival - Benefit For San
Francisco Day Laborers Program
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(7) Saturday, August 30th, 6:30 PM - In Berkeley and Broadcast Live by KPFA!
BLACK AUGUST INTERNATIONAL
New College CESA is very pleased to join the dozens of speakers, performers
and organizations at this truly extraordinary gathering.

(8) Coming Soon:
CONFRONTING DISINFORMATION FILM SERIES and MEDIA PROTESTS
A series of films documenting crucial events missing from the corporate
media - coordinated with protests against biased coverage at Bay Area media,
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(1) FILM SCREENING and DISCUSSION: "PALESTINE IS STILL THE ISSUE"
An evening of film, discussion and poetry to benefit the International
Solidarity Movement

Thursday June 5th, 6:00 PM
New College Theater, 777 Valencia Street, San Francisco

"Palestine is Still the Issue" (2002; 53 min.) is a powerful documentary
film by award-winning journalist John Pilger. The film looks at why the
Palestinians, whose right of return was affirmed by the United Nations more
than half a century ago, are still refugees in their own land. Speakers:
Mey Akashah and Jennifer Kuiper, International Solidarity Movement
activists. Poetry by: Lorene Zarou-Zouzounis, Palestinian poet, and
Calligraphy of Thought. Donation $10-15 sliding scale - no one turned away
for lack of funds. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the NorCal
International Solidarity Movement Support Group and the New College Center
for Education and Social Action. For more information: Yvette, (415)
285-9564.

International Solidarity Movement Support Group, 510-236-4250,
http://www.norcalism.org, [mailto:info [at] norcalism.com]. Send donations to:
MECA/ISM, 405 Vista Heights Road, El Cerrito, CA 94530.

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(2) VOICES FROM THE SOUTH:
The Third World Debunks Corporate Myths on Genetically Engineered Crops

Thursday, June 19, 6:00–8:00 PM
New College Theater, 777 Valencia Street, San Francisco

Join Food First (Institute for Food and Development Policy) and Pesticide
Action Network (PAN) for the release of their new report, "Voices from the
South: The Third World Debunks Corporate Myths on Genetically Engineered
Crops." The report is a collection of views and comments by the leading
voices of southern opposition to genetically engineered crops. Join us for
an evening of discussion and celebration. This event is co-sponsored by the
New College Center for Education and Social Action.

Speakers:
Timothy Byakola, PAN East Africa, Uganda
Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group, Mexico/Uruguay
Anuradha Mittal, Food First, India/U.S.
Ellen Hickey, PAN North America, U.S.

Light refreshments will be provided.
For more information call PAN at 415-981-1771 or Food First at 510-654-4400.
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LABORFEST 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
International Working Class Film & Video Festival Schedule
LaborFest 2003 Schedule: http://www.laborfest.net
We are very pleased to co-sponsor LaborFest and to host the following
LaborFest events at New College:

(3) Monday July 7, 7:00 PM New College Theater $10.00
"From Piers to Plantations, A Union in Hawaii" a performance by Ian Ruskin
Harry Bridges in Hawaii is the subject of Ian Ruskin's latest work about the
life of Harry Bridges and the organizing struggle going on in Hawaii.
http://www.theharrybridgesproject.org "Putting it in fairly crude terms," said
Ruskin, "in the late '30s in Hawaii, the system was that workers were
brought in from other countries, and the way plantations were run, the
workers were segregated (by nationality). This was a very effective way of
controlling workers because you contain bad feelings people have about
another race." Efforts to unionize great masses of workers had previously
failed, in part because unions themselves refused to bridge racial barriers.
A work force crippled by fragmentation (including separate Japanese,
Filipino and Chinese unions) played directly into the hands of the islands'
Big Five firms. "Harry Bridges was adamant about having a union open to all
workers," said Ruskin. "If you worked on a plantation or on the shore you
could join, and it didn't matter what race or religion you were. That idea
of a multiracial and ethnic union was obviously a very powerful idea in
Hawaii, where workers were brought in from 25 countries to work on
plantations."
http://starbulletin.com/2001/10/25/features/story2.html. Labor songs by
Marie Shell, Eric Lenchner and Japanese labor troubador TetsurouTanaka
http://www.din.or.jp/~okidentt

(4) Sunday July 13, 6:00 PM PM - New College Theater - $5.00
Words on Labor & the War with the Rocking Solidarity Labor Heritage Chorus.
Join poets and writers as they speak out about the costs of war to working
people. How has this ware effected our lives and what are the costs to
working people here and around the world. Poets Bob Carson, Nellie Wong and
others will let it fly.

(5) July 16 Wednesday, 7:00 PM - New College Theater - $7-$10 Donation
Sliding Scale
International Working Class Film & Video Festival - Benefit for Right To A
Roof
First US/International Labor Short Competition (3 minute labor videos) &
Labor Videos From Argentina

(6) Tuesday July 29, 7:00 PM - New College Theater - $7.00-$10.00 Sliding
Scale
International Working Class Film & Video Festival and Benefit For San
Francisco Day Laborers Program
SF Premier Screening of "Bitter Sweat" or "Sudo Amargo" 2002 by Alba Nydia
Diaz & Sonia Valenin of Copelar Productions 120 minutes. Are you ready to
leave your job? You are face to face with women workers in a Puerto Rican
fish factory when they are told that their plant will shutdown to move to an
even lower wage country. This is the bitter face of the WTO/IMF
"Globalization" It is based on the real story of a group of women that work
in a Star Kist Caribbean tuna Plant in Western Puerto Rico and whose lives
are drastically changed with the announcement of it's closure. The boss is
murdered and this tests the strength and courage of the workers who come
under investigation.
http://www.terra.com.do/arte/articulo/html/art7790.htm
Also we will screen a short about San Francisco Day Workers.
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(7) BLACK AUGUST INTERNATIONAL
Saturday, August 30th, 6:30 PM
Berkeley Community Theater, 1930 Allston Way, Berkeley
And Broadcast Live on KPFA, 94.1 FM

New College CESA is very pleased to join the dozens of speakers, performers
and organizations participating in this extraodinary gathering. Details
will be provided in future messages. C/o Haiti Action Committee P.O. Box
2218, Berkeley, CA 94702. For more information: Kiilu: 415-391-3844.
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(8) CONFRONTING DISINFORMATION FILM SERIES and MEDIA PROTESTS

This summer we're co-sponsoring a remarkable series of documentary films
providing crucial information you won't find on CNN or Fox. These films,
which document events in Iraq, Afghanistan, Viet Nam, Mexico and the US,
will be shown in SF at New College and in Berkeley at the Fellowship Hall.
The series will be coordinated with upcoming protests against biased
coverage at Bay Area media. Details coming soon . . . stay tuned!
Sponsored by the Network against Disinformation, the Social Justice
Committee of Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, and New College
Media Studies MA Program.
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