Film Screening: “Leaded...Unleaded”, a Beirut Indymedia production

Left Turn New Issue Release Party

Featuring the documentary, “Leaded...Unleaded”, a Beirut Indymedia production never seen in the US before which captures impoverished Lebanese citizens and Arab refugees (Palestinian, Iraqi and Egyptian) in Beirut struggling in the streets against the Lebanese government. This amazing footage covers a recent uprising in Hay As Selloum, a working class area of Beirut against rising fuel prices, privatization, widespread unemployment and other affects of neo-liberalism. The clashes between protesters and police resulted in 5 protesters dead and the Ministry of Labor burned to the ground.

February 16th, 7:30pm
522 Valencia in the 3rd floor Auditorium.
2 blocks from the 16th and Mission BART

You are invited to the release party for the new issue of award winning Left Turn (http://www.leftturn.org )magazine which includes in depth coverage of the struggles in the U.S., Iraq, Latin America and Palestine with reports from activists from all over the world .

$5-$10 dollar donation is requested and includes a free issue of Left Turn. No one turned away for lack of funds.


For more info contact bayarea@leftturn.org

http://www.leftturn.org