Sweet Crude is a documentary film about the Niger Delta &ndash\; the consequences of oil extraction\, the history of non-violent protest\, and the members of a new insurgency who\, in the three years since the filmmakers met them as college students became the young men of MEND. Seattle-based filmmaker Sandy Cioffi was held in Nigerian military prison with her crew while making this movie in 2008.
&ldquo\;&hellip\;a classic example of urgent\, righteous-indignation agitprop cinema that succeeds in being not just angry\, but art.&rdquo\; Variety
Festival info &\; tickets\: www.rmwfilmfest.org
More about the film\: www.sweetcrudemovie.com
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Help defend and support social justice movements in Denver and beyond!
A benefit event for the Denver ABCF Mutual Aid Fund
"\;Martyr's Ball\: Remember the dead and dance like hell for the living"\;
Wednesday November 11 (Haymarket Day) 8pm
Mercury Cafe 2199 California Street (22nd St and California)\, Denver
Enjoy a night of music and food to commemorate Haymarket Day\, the anniversary of the execution of the Haymarket Martyrs\, four anarchists executed during the height of the struggle for the 8 hour day in 1887. We will remember fallen comrades while also helping to raise funds for
contemporary social justice movements active in Denver and across the globe.
In the spirit of remembrance\, we are encouraging attendees to come dressed as a martyr or fallen comrade from a social justice struggle. We are also encouraging participants to contact us in advance to let us know who they will come as\, so we can compile educational materials about many of the martyrs represented at the event.
All funds generated by the event will go to benefit with Denver ABCF Mutual Aid Fund\, a project that aims to provide financial support to members of social justice movements in need of economic relief and assistance.
For more information about the event you can contact the Denver ABCF at denverabc@rocketmail.com or contact Whitney at 303-995-3899
For more information about Denver ABCF you can visit our blog at
denverabc.wordpress.com
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\;Push Your Luck This Friday the Thirteenth
Push your Luck! Come to the Confluence Books' Friday the Thirteenth Benefit Variety Show. \;Join us for homegrown music\, poetry\, and film with a political bent. Help support Grand Junction's only alternative bookstore and have an \;educational \;and \;entertaining \;evening to boot.
Presenters include\:
Songwriter and poet Quinten Collier\, the recent winner of the Mark Fischer Poetry Prize\, and a current Finalist in the American Songwriter Competition\, will be playing his award winning song and more. Collier has been published in the Denver Voice\, The Red Pill\, and penned &ldquo\;Fascists\, Fanatics\, and Escapists\,&rdquo\; a collection of poetry published by Confluence Media Collective.
Eldrith&rsquo\;s activism has spanned four decades and influences his music. His amazing classical acoustic guitar with a political folk bent\, will inspire and inform.
Jacob Carpenter will be screening one of his short films about H2-a worker abuses in the Colorado sheep industry entitled &ldquo\;Back Country Blues.&rdquo\; Carpenter will be on hand to answer questions.
Eldrith&rsquo\;s activism has spanned four decades and influences his music. His amazing classical acoustic guitar with a political folk bent\, will inspire and inform.
Connie Murillo\, long-time local activist\, will be reading from her publication &ldquo\;The Peep Show&rdquo\; about the continuing journey of alternative parenting.
Laurel Ripple will be reading and talking about her new media project &ldquo\;CUNTastic\, a Journal of Sexual and Reproduction Freedom.&rdquo\; Ripple&rsquo\;s writings have appeared in &ldquo\;Slingshot&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Clamor&rdquo\; magazines.
Long time local activist\, Jacob Richards\, will be reading from his ethnography of area homeless. &ldquo\;Freedom and Oppression\: Homelessness in the Grand Valley.&rdquo\;
Protest the &ldquo\;Tea Party Against Amnesty and Illegal Immigrants&rdquo\;
Support Migrant Rights!
Gather at Lincoln Park\,
across from State Capitol
Saturday\, November 14\, 2009 &ndash\; 10\:00am
The Tea Bagger movement is holding a rally to agitate against migrant peoples this Saturday\, November 14 at 10am-12pm at the State Capitol. The fascistic Minutemen and other nativist and racist &ldquo\;patriots&rdquo\; will be down spouting hatred and violence against migrant and non-white peoples.
Counter this racist gathering. Bring your signs\, banners\, flags\, noisemakers\, voices\, middle fingers\, etc. The real illegal aliens are those Amerikkkans who disregarded other nations borders and stole lands in its move west. Occupiers have no right to impose a border\, and even less to decide who should be on land it stole at gunpoint.
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Called by Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist Movement Denver
raimd.wordpress.com
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Ridgway colorado is hosting another night to honor Israel event on Nov14 2009 at 120 redcliff dr
\;once again they will spill their lies about Israel!
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Tuesday\, November 17th
7 pm
Bean Cycle\, 144 North College Avenue\, Fort Collins CO
Come out and watch Broken Rainbow\, a documentary that chronicles the U.S. government-sponsored forced relocation of thousands of Navajos in Black Mesa\, Arizona.
A little bit about the film\:
Academy Award-winning BROKEN RAINBOW is the heartbreaking tale of the forced relocation of 12\,000 Navajos from their ancestral homeland in Arizona that began in the 1970s and continues to this day.
BROKEN RAINBOW bears witness to the machinations of energy companies and their government proxies as they eagerly cast aside the peaceful Navajo to make way for oil\, gas\, uranium and coal exploration. In their own words\, elders and outside experts discuss the rich culture and the history of the Navajo as well as their close friends and neighbors the Hopi. The film follows these Native Americans as they take their protest to Congress and join with the militant American Indian Movement\, turning their tragedy into acts of heroic resistance. Beautifully photographed and scored\, the film captures the sweeping majesty of sacred Native American lands and the people who inhabit them.
This event is free but please please donate what you can. All the proceeds support a caravan that will deliver aid and supplies to the people of the Black Mesa at the end of this month. Read more about the caravan here\: http\://blackmesais.org/. Solidarity and Support!
An exclusive interview with Daniel Sunjata and another with Richard Gage will introduce this film.
Friday\, November 20\, 2009
7\:00pm - 9\:30pm
Hooked on Colfax Coffee-Books-Community
3213 E. Colfax Ave.\, Denver (303-398-2665)
(1/2 mile west of Colorado Blvd.\, between
Adams and Steel\, on north side of Colfax)
*Admission Is free*
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"\;The Colorado Sundance (Eagle Robe) Circle Respectfully invites all Friends\, Relatives and the public to share a great experience with us."\;
The Lakota population of Denver\, Colorado and the surrounding areas has not had a Sundance prayer circle for two years due to excessive costs and lack of funding. The community is pulling together their efforts to make it happen in 2010\: \;
The Wanbli Sina (Eagle Robe) Pow-Wow and Food Fest Fundraiser \;
Saturday\, November 21\, 2009 \;
10\:00 a.m. - 10 p.m. \;
Denver Indian Center
4407 Morrison Rd. \;
Denver\, Colorado
Grand Entry 1\:00 p.m. and 7\:00 p.m. (silent auction)
Gourd Dance 11\:00 a.m. - 12\:30 p.m.
Turkey Dinner will be served at 5\:00 p.m. \;
Fun Activities to include - Toy/cake walk/potato dance/Rabbit dance/musical chairs
Host Drum - Little Thunder. \;
All donations welcomed for concession stand/silent auction. \;
See the flyer attached for further information.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091124T052643Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091129T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091129T023000Z UID:http://colorado.indymedia.org/node/2279 URL;VALUE=URI:http://colorado.indymedia.org/node/2279 SUMMARY:Evening of Solidarity for Dr. Mutulu Shakur DESCRIPTION:An Evening of Solidarity for Mutulu Shakur
Presented by Denver and Aurora CopWatch\, Sisters of Color United for Education\, and Denver ABC
Saturday\, November 28th
Sisters of Color 2895 8th Ave\, Denver\, CO (8th and federal across the street from the bus yard)
7\:30-12ish
Sliding Scale 1-5$ (if you ain't got it don't let it stop you from coming)
Teach-in by Professor Ward Churchill
Live Music by\:
Mike Wird
Ietef
Debajito (of Debajo Del Agua)
Hosted by Shareef Aleem
Please join us on Saturday\, November 28th to stand in solidarity with Dr Mutulu Shakur before his appeals hearing on Monday\, November 30th at the super-maximum Federal prison in Florence\, CO.
Dr. Shakur is a New Afrikan (Black) man whose primary work has been in the area of health. He is a doctor of acupuncture and one of the most prolific\, committed and conscious freedom fighters and political prisoners to whom the Black liberation struggle has given birth.
Since the age 16\, Dr. Shakur has been a part of the New Afrikan
Independence Movement. As a part of this movement Dr. Shakur has been a target of the illegal Counterintelligence Program carried out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (COINTELPRO). This was a secret police strategy used in the U.S. starting in the 1960's to destroy and neutralize progressive and revolutionary organizations. It is believed that Dr. Shakur's resistance to this program led to his arrest and trial.
"\;Straight ahead\, stiff resistance"\;
contact info\: 970.302.7349/miketruswell@yahoo.com
www.mutulushakur.com
www.dare2struggle.org
\;Being that one of the most significant street battles in many years is coming up on its tenth anniversary\, I was wondering if anyone would like to grab some beers and talk about the event. I am new to town\, but was involved in the anticapitalist movement in Chicago for the years after Seattle. \;
We had the world's attention during that week. It would be nice to raise a glass and meet some folks who were there. There's plenty of work to be done. \;
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