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(en) US, Philadelphia, 2 upcoming defenestrator* fundraisers: Cop Shorts and La Commune
Date
Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:48:58 +0200
The defenestrator crew is getting a new issue together and as usual the
fight against capitalism needs money! Please join us for at least one
ofthese 2 events. They are fundraisers, so please bring what you can. We
need to raise some $600 by the end of February to print next issue. And
those of you interested in working with us, here's your chance!
So without further ado: *Saturday, January 6th* *Cop Shorts*
This Saturday join the defenestrator and the Hot Chocolate society for a
night of cinematic taunting, poking fun at those armed protectors of
property, privilege, dominant social relationships and of course the
rich: the police.
> Expect: Reno 911, a classic LSD episode of Dragnet ninjas the
Mascott, Hot Chocolate and more
6pm at Firehouse Bikes, upstairs at 50th and Baltimore -- flyer:
http://defenestrator.org/?q=node/1003
and next week: WWLMD
Sunday, January 14th:
La Commune
brunch and movie at LAVA*
Join us for Peter Watkins' 6 hour independent media reportage of the
Paris Commune.
We'll be eating a Commune inspired brunch, and of course asking
ourselves in earnest: What Would Louise Michel Do?
Feel free to sit through the entire 6 hour film or just drop in for a
snack. We promise a phenomenal cornucopia of vegetarian and vegan
delicacies. There will also be delicious homebrew and other goodies.
11AM till night time at LAVA, 4134 Lancaster Ave. (lavazone.org)
http://defenestrator.org/la_commune
for an old defenestrator article on the commune and Louise Michel see:
http://defenestrator.org/communards
some snippets from the reviews:
For the film LA COMMUNE we travel back in time to 1871. A journalist for
Versailles Television broadcasts a soothing and official view of events
while a Commune television is set up to provide the perspectives of the
Paris rebels. On a stage-like set, more than 200 actors interpret
characters of the Commune, especially the Popincourt neighborhood in the
XIth arrondissement. They voice their own thoughts and feelings
concerning the social and political reforms. The telling of this story
rests primarily on depicting the people of the Commune, and those who
suppressed them.
Deliberately, this film is an attempt to challenge existing notions of
documentary film, as well as the notions of 'neutrality' and
'objectivity' so beloved by the mass media today. The film is not
intended as an apologia on behalf of the Paris Commune. But at the same
time, it attempts to show that the Paris Commune, for all its human
frailty, its internal conflicts and its blundering, was an event of
major importance, not least because of the way in which its leading
reformers tried to work with social process, by a direct involvement
with the community and its needs.
"An intellectually challenging and tremendously moving experience, as
history replayed among its contemporary ruins. Watkins builds to the
long and cataclysmic Bloody Week of street fighting... But, this
impressive sequence notwithstanding, LA COMMUNE is meant to evoke the
unfamiliar sensation of revolutionary euphoria, or living (and dying) in
a sacred time."?J. Hoberman, Village Voice
"Stunning. Peter Watkins's approach to history is to make its
representation coincide with reflection on it, to film, together with
the re-enactment, the idea - what history means for us today. As you
watch LA COMMUNE, it becomes impossible and senseless to distinguish
between present and representation. The film becomes a lucid dream:
history as reinvented by and for the living."?Boston Phoenix
"The energy, conviction and skill with which the players of LA COMMUNE
perform is startling. So genuine is the force of their passion that at
moments you feel they might be about to erupt and carry the revolt live
into the auditorium..."?Peter Lennon, The Guardian
"A thought-provoking and moving tribute to the desire for a better
world. The film's unconventional approach to history provides a unique
and rewarding glimpse into a process of great interest to historians:
that of collective, revolutionary action... The insight the film
provides into the process of social change invites reflection both on
the state of the world today and on the process of historical change on
part of the viewer... A valuable teaching tool."?H-France Reviews
"Invigorating... big, passionate and brimming with compelling human
details and broad sociopolitical idealism... LA COMMUNE is powerful,
heady stuff."?Variety
from the defenestrator - http://defenestrator.org
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* From their web site: http://defenestrator.org/?q=ideas
Ideas and hystory
Us here at defenestrator don't adhere to a strictly defined ideology, but
we generally derive our ideas from an anarchist or autonomist tradition,
which proposes a revolutionary transformation of society, the abolition of
property and of all hierarchies and coercive power. To replace it we want
a network of federated autonomous communities, organizations and individuals
who act on principles of solidarity and mutual aid.
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