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Benefit for Tristan Anderson: A screening of "Shutdown"

Date:
Friday, July 10, 2009
Time:
7:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
AK Press warehouse, 674-A 23rd. St Oakland, CA
b/t MLK and San Pablo - near 19th St. BART and West Grand Exit of 80/980

Hello friends,

If you haven't seen our movie "Shutdown" we are showing it as a benefit next Friday July,10th at 7pm at Ak Press for our fearless friend and comrade, Tristan Anderson, who is still in the hospital in serious condition after being shot in the face by the Israeli Defense Forces while protesting Israel's Apartheid wall on March 13th, 2009.

Tristan is one of the many activists who appear in the movie discussing issues of social justice and movement building strategy. He has taken such a blow in the fight against injustice and because of his actions for a free Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement that we need everyone to come and support a comrade and friend who needs our love and solidarity. For more about Tristan, his medical condition and to donate online please go to http://justicefortristan.org/

All proceeds from the event will go directly to aid Tristan's medical and life needs.

We will have food, drinks, music and room for discussion.

Thanks,
In struggle,
Jonathan, Beca, Helia
Sticks and Stones Productions

For more info visit http://www.akpress.org
All events at AK Press are wheelchair accessible.

MORE INFO ON THE MOVIE:
Shutdown the movie is the latest video release from AK Press:
"Re-creating the fervor of the era...Shutdown may inspire some to take the streets again"- SF weekly
"Shutdown does exactly what I expect any good activist documentary to do. It gives Props to our hard won victories and gives time and space to figure out our failures." - Left Turn Magazine

On March 20, 2003—the day after the (most recent) Iraq war started—San Francisco was brought to a grinding halt by thousands of activists who occupied the streets to oppose the war. It was a mass uprising that forced the police to declare the financial district “shut down.” The planning and outreach coordinated by Direct Action to Stop the War (DASW), filled downtown San Francisco with approximately 15,000 people clogging traffic, stopping business as usual, communicating with passersby, and creating a pandemonium that lasted for several days. But neither DASW nor the mass resistance outlasted Iraq’s occupation.

Shutdown is an action-packed documentary chronicling how DASW successfully organized effort to shut down a major US city and how they failed to effectively maintain the organization to fight the war machine and end the occupation of Iraq.

Created by organizers involved with DASW, Shutdown combines detailed information on organizing for a mass action, critical interviews on organizing pitfalls, and the wisdom of hindsight. It is a must-see film for those engaged in the continuous struggle toward social justice.
check out http://www.shutdownthemovie.com for more info
Added to the calendar on Tue, Jul 7, 2009 6:24PM
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