[URPE] [NYC] Brecht Forum: New Anti-War Series, Malcolm X, Cuba Blockade & More

Tue Sep 27 09:04:58 MDT 2005

P L E A S E     F O R W A R D    W I D E L Y

The Brecht Forum
451 West St. (West Side Hwy betw Bank & Bethune 1-1/2 blocks north of W. 
11th)
NY, NY 10014

1,2,3 A,C to 14th st.
L to 8th Ave @14th st.  14A and 14D buses go right to Abingdon 
Square/12th Street
F,V to 14th St. B,D,Q to W. 4th and walk.
(212) 242- 4201
www.brechtforum.org <http://www.brechtforum.org>

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In this email:

1.)MX80 Film Screening
2.)The Road to Abu Ghraib: The Hidden History of CIA Torture(Alfred W. 
McCoy)
3.)ANTI-WAR WEDNESDAYS After the March: A Reflection Space for the Anti-War
Movement
4.) Bloqueo: Looking at the U.S. Embargo Against Cuba
5.)Socialism & Market Economy:Achievements & Challenges of Vietnam's 
Revolution
6.) Image Theater:An Introduction to the Theater of the Oppressed
7.) Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage
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Thursday, September 22
6:30 pm
Co-sponsor: The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement

MX80 Film Screening

(Curated by Sharese Bullock of Listen Up!)

  For more information check the website of this special series at
www.malcolmx80.com.

  Suggested donation: $6/$10/$15
Thursday, September 29
7:00 - 10:00 pm
CLOSING RECEPTION & FINAL AUCTION
Co-sponsor: The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement

MX80 Exhibit & Benefit Auction

Reading by Asha Bandele

  For more information check the website of this special series at
www.malcolmx80.com.
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Friday, September 30
5:30 -10:00 pm
1st ANNUAL HARVEY GOLDBERG LECTURE & DEDICATION OF THE HARVEY GOLDBERG 
CLASSROOM

The Road to Abu Ghraib

The Hidden History of CIA Torture

(Alfred W. McCoy)

  Doors open at 5:30 for registration & veiwing of the Harvey Goldberg 
Classroom
At 6:00 pm, promptly, Al McCoy will present the First Harvey Goldberg 
lecture
At 7:30 pm we will have the dedication of the Harvey Goldberg Classroom 
and a
reception with light refreshments.

The photos from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison are snapshots, not of simple
brutality or a breakdown in discipline, but of CIA torture techniques that
have metastasized, over the past 50 years, like an undetected cancer inside
the US intelligence community.
 >From 1950 to 1962, the CIA led massive, secret research into coercion and
consciousness that reached a billion dollars at peak. In 1963, their 
work was
codified in a succinct, secret instructional booklet on torture-- the 
"KUBARK
Counterintelligence Interrogation" manual. In the following decades these
techniques were spread through the U.S. Agency for International 
Development's
Public Safety program to train police forces in Asia and Latin America 
as the
front line of defense against communists and other revolutionaries. Al McCoy
will explore the history of U.S. involvement in the practice of torture and
its implications in the post 9/11 political climate.

  Alfred W. McCoy is director of the Harvey Goldberg Center and professor of
history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of The
Politics of Heroin, an examination of the CIA's alliances with drug 
lords, and
Closer Than Brothers, a study of the impact of the CIA's psychological 
torture
method upon the Philippine military.

  A Benefit for the Brecht Forum
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Wednesday, October 5
7:30 pm
ANTI-WAR WEDNESDAYS

After the March: A Reflection Space for the Anti-War Movement

Invited panelists from: ANSWER, Blue Triangle Network, Malcolm X Grassroots
Movement, Palestine Activist Forum of New York, the Poor People's March,
United for Peace and Justice & Others TBA.

  This event will be a town-hall meeting, a space in which members of the
audience will be able to carry on a discussion with a panel of activists
involved in organizing events related to the September 24 weekend in
Washington DC, as well as organizers from other efforts such as the
anti-militarist, anti-racist, anti-globalization, and Palestine solidarity
movements. It is intended to be a space for reflection --the kind of 
space not
normally available to the anti-war movement at mass rallies and
mobilizations*to discuss the issues that come up in organizing events 
such as
the DC mobilization, including questions regarding "leadership,"
decision-making, and accountability in the anti-war movement.

Suggested donation: $6/$10/$15
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Thursday, October 6
7:30 pm
FILM SCREENING, DISCUSSION & RECEPTION

Bloqueo: Looking at the U.S. Embargo Against Cuba

(Discussion with Filmmakers Rachel Dannefer & Heather Haddon)

  Two young filmmakers travel to Cuba for the first time to discover the 
story
behind the U.S. blockade. They join the Pastors for Peace Caravan--an annual
journey that calls attention to this controversial policy by defying 
U.S. law
and traveling to the island.

Featuring voices from the streets of Havana, the Cuban countryside, and 
those
involved in the Cuba solidarity network, Bloqueo (or blockade) lets Cubans
speak for themselves about how they have been affected by this policy, and
what it means to live in Cuba today.

Bloqueo examines the effects of the 40-year-old embargo, the reasons for its
implementation, and why it has endured for so many decades. In addition to
exploring the embargo's tremendous impact on the lives of the Cuban people,
Bloqueo looks at the successes that have made Cuba a model in healthcare,
environmental stewardship, and other arenas. Bloqueo demonstrates how Cuba's
policies in these areas have forged an alternative and more sustainable 
system.

For more info and further copies: www.toddpnyc.com/bloqueo/

  Suggested donation: $6/$10/$15
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Friday, October 7
7:00 pm

Socialism & Market Economy:
Achievements & Challenges of Vietnam's Revolution

(Ngo Thanh Nhan & Merle Ratner)

Suggested donation: $6/$10/$15
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Saturday, October 8
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
2-DAY WORKSHOP BEGINs

Image Theater:
An Introduction to the Theater of the Oppressed

(Facilitated by Carmelina Cartei & Kelly di Bertolli)

  Saturday, October 8, 9:00 am - 8:00 pm (includes group meal from 6:00 
to 8:00)
Sunday, October 9, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

This introductory workshop is framed as a practical application of Education
for Liberation, specifically, the Paulo Freire methodology. Image Theater,
part of the repertory of Theater of the Oppressed, created by Brasilian
director and cultural activist Augusto Boal as organizing tools for
communities in struggle, is designed to develop individual skills of
observation and self-reflection, and cooperative group interaction.
Leadership- and consensus-building games and techniques, such as The Great
Game of Power, Image of the Word, and Image of Images of Oppression, explore
relations of power and group solutions to concrete problems through living
body imagery. Discussions begin to take place through the language of 
images,
offering a fresh approach to power analysis and new opportunities for the
exchange of ideas.
Registration begins at 9:00 am on Saturday.

  Sliding scale $100-$175
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Monday, October 10
7:30 pm
BOOK PARTY/FORUM

Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage

(Elena Conte & Heather Rogers)

Suggested donation: $6/$10/$15
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