A-Infos (en) Britain, Anarchist Federation Resistance 120, March 2010 - page 8

Celebrating cultures of resistance ---- Edinburgh AFed are curating a one-day free film 
festival on Saturday 20th March at the Banshee Labyrinth on Niddrie Street (formerly 
Nicholl Edwards). Celebrating “cultures of resistance” across the world, the diverse films 
share the theme of collective action against political or economic injustice.  A conscious 
shift away from the documentary-heavy format of most activist film festivals sees the 
screening of new and old class-conscious classics. ---- They include John Sayles’ Matewan, 
featuring the screen debut of indie singer Will Oldham as a teenage preacher in a mining 
town standing together in the teeth of state and capitalist siege, and last year’s Army of 
Crime, which makes Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds look like a cartoon. The Group 
Manouchian, refugees and
Jews, actively resisted the
Nazi occupation of France, a
country which despised them
as terrorists and “aliens”. In its
uncompromising politics and
refusal to gloss over difficult
moral choices, this 2009
film could prove to be a 21st
century “Battle of Algiers”,
and is sure to provoke debate.
If Spanish anarchist feminists
and Sebian anarcho-
syndicalism sound like too
much, there will be the
opportunity to relax with
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and
Bagpuss’s wildcat strike. As
well as rock karaoke, beer,
books and friendly chat. All
welcome.

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ANARCHIST FEDERATION

The Anarchist Federation is a
growing organisation of class
struggle anarchists which aims
to abolish capitalism and all op-
pression to create a free and equal
society. This is Anarchist Com-
munism.
We see today’s society as being
divided into two main opposing
classes: the ruling class which
controls all the power and wealth,
and the working class which the
rulers exploit to maintain this. By
racism, sexism and other forms of
oppression, as well as war and en-
vironmental destruction, the rulers
weaken and divide us. Only the di-
rect action of working class peo-
ple can defeat these attacks and
ultimately overthrow capitalism.
As the capitalist system rules the
whole world its destruction must
be complete and world wide. We
reject attempts to reform it such as
working through parliament and
national liberation movements as
they fail to challenge capitalism it-
self. Unions also work as a part of
the capitalist system, so although
workers struggle within them,
they will be unable to bring about
capitalism’s destruction unless
they go beyond these limits.
Organisation is vital if we’re
to beat the bosses, so we work for
a united anarchist movement and
Anarchist Federations.

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NATIONAL CONTACT

National website:
www.afed.org.uk

Want to know more? Get in touch:

By email: info@afed.org.uk
By post:
BM ANARFED
London,
WC1N 3XX
International of Anarchist Fed-
erations:
www.iaf-ifa.org

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