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LESSONS FOR THE STRUGGLE:
TWO DAY SERIES
WHEN: Saturday July 9th 12-5pm
Sunday July 10th 12-5pm
WHERE: American Friends Service Committee
60 Walton Street, Atlanta, GA (park on the street or GSU G-DECK off Courtland has free parking on Saturday, free street parking on Sunday)
Snacks will be provided
If there are childcare needs, please let us know as soon as possible.
As the world is witness to the inspiring and distressing dynamics of the popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya and other countries in Africa and Southwest Asia. The United States also saw a mass outpouring of workers and students in Wisconsin, and today, we are once again tuned to Europe where militant demonstrations are erupting as we write. Revolutionaries throughout the world are scrambling to make sense of what they mean for the international revolutionary process. What lessons are there to be learned from these popular uprisings? How do we understand them in light of the history of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary processes over the past 200 plus years? What strategies and tactics from these popular uprisings can or cannot be applied in the US context and conditions?
While studying a moving target can be difficult, we can and should benefit from a critical study of similar popular uprisings and revolutionary processes from the past to make some sense of how things in the present in Africa, Asia, Europe and here could potentially develop.
One case, with similar dynamics of "revolution/counter-revolution" worth critical study, is that of Chile from the late 1960's to the mid-1970's. While most know aspects of the story of the overthrow of the Salvador Allende government by the fascistic military regime of Augusto Pinochet on August 11, 1973, many are not vividly aware of the organizing and popular mobilization required to install the Allende government, the popular resistance mounted to defend it, and the comprehensive maneuvers of the reactionary, imperialist supported counter-revolution to eliminate it. To study some critical aspects of the Chilean revolution and counter-revolution we would like to present Patricio Guzman's "The Battle of Chile" for review and discussion. The Battle of Chile is a 4 Part Documentary shot in 1972 and '73 that captures critical moments of this process in stunning, live detail.
We encourage you to join us for a 2 day session to review this 4 part Documentary and discuss it and its relevancy to our present day context. Join us at the AFSC. For more information contact us at steona@gmail.com or kaliakuno@gmail.com
TWO DAY SERIES
WHEN: Saturday July 9th 12-5pm
Sunday July 10th 12-5pm
WHERE: American Friends Service Committee
60 Walton Street, Atlanta, GA (park on the street or GSU G-DECK off Courtland has free parking on Saturday, free street parking on Sunday)
Snacks will be provided
If there are childcare needs, please let us know as soon as possible.
As the world is witness to the inspiring and distressing dynamics of the popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya and other countries in Africa and Southwest Asia. The United States also saw a mass outpouring of workers and students in Wisconsin, and today, we are once again tuned to Europe where militant demonstrations are erupting as we write. Revolutionaries throughout the world are scrambling to make sense of what they mean for the international revolutionary process. What lessons are there to be learned from these popular uprisings? How do we understand them in light of the history of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary processes over the past 200 plus years? What strategies and tactics from these popular uprisings can or cannot be applied in the US context and conditions?
While studying a moving target can be difficult, we can and should benefit from a critical study of similar popular uprisings and revolutionary processes from the past to make some sense of how things in the present in Africa, Asia, Europe and here could potentially develop.
One case, with similar dynamics of "revolution/counter-revolution" worth critical study, is that of Chile from the late 1960's to the mid-1970's. While most know aspects of the story of the overthrow of the Salvador Allende government by the fascistic military regime of Augusto Pinochet on August 11, 1973, many are not vividly aware of the organizing and popular mobilization required to install the Allende government, the popular resistance mounted to defend it, and the comprehensive maneuvers of the reactionary, imperialist supported counter-revolution to eliminate it. To study some critical aspects of the Chilean revolution and counter-revolution we would like to present Patricio Guzman's "The Battle of Chile" for review and discussion. The Battle of Chile is a 4 Part Documentary shot in 1972 and '73 that captures critical moments of this process in stunning, live detail.
We encourage you to join us for a 2 day session to review this 4 part Documentary and discuss it and its relevancy to our present day context. Join us at the AFSC. For more information contact us at steona@gmail.com or kaliakuno@gmail.com
7 July 2011 06:35
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As the world is witness to the inspiring and distressing dynamics of the popular uprisings against the neo-colonial regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria and other countries in Africa and Southwest Asia. The United States also saw a mass outpouring of workers and students in Wisconsin and Ohio against reactionary threats to destroy labor unions and the public sector. In Europe militant demonstrations are erupting in Greece, Portugal and Spain against the neo-liberal austerity measures being imposed by the EU and the IMF. Revolutionaries throughout the world are scrambling to make sense of what this wave of popular mobilizations mean for the international revolutionary process. What lessons are there to be learned from these popular uprisings? How do we understand them in light of the history of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary processes over the past 200 plus years? What strategies and tactics from these popular uprisings can or cannot be applied in the US context and conditions?
While studying moving targets can be difficult, we can and should benefit from a critical study of similar popular uprisings and revolutionary processes from the past to make some sense of how things in the present in Africa, Asia, Europe and here could potentially develop.
One case, with similar dynamics of "revolution/counter-revolution" worth critical study, is that of Chile from the late 1960's to the mid-1970's. While many radicals know aspects of the story of the overthrow of the Salvador Allende government by the fascistic military regime of Augusto Pinochet on August 11, 1973, many are not vividly aware of the organizing and popular mobilization required to install the Allende government, the popular resistance mounted to defend it, and the comprehensive maneuvers of the reactionary, imperialist supported counter-revolution to eliminate it. To study some critical aspects of the Chilean revolution and counter-revolution we would like to present Patricio Guzman's "the Battle of Chile" for review and discussion. The Battle of Chile is a 4 Part Documentary shot in 1972 and '73 that captures critical moments of the Chilean revolutionary process in stunning, live detail.
We encourage you to join us for a 2 day session to review this 4 part Documentary and discuss it and its relevancy to our present day context and conditions. Join us Saturday, July 9th and Sunday, July 10th at the American Friends Service Committee located at 60 Walton Street For more information contact us at either kaliakuno@gmail.com or steona@gmail.com.
Saturday 12:00 pm-5:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 pm-5:00 pm
Snacks will be provided
Child care will be provided
While studying moving targets can be difficult, we can and should benefit from a critical study of similar popular uprisings and revolutionary processes from the past to make some sense of how things in the present in Africa, Asia, Europe and here could potentially develop.
One case, with similar dynamics of "revolution/counter-revolution" worth critical study, is that of Chile from the late 1960's to the mid-1970's. While many radicals know aspects of the story of the overthrow of the Salvador Allende government by the fascistic military regime of Augusto Pinochet on August 11, 1973, many are not vividly aware of the organizing and popular mobilization required to install the Allende government, the popular resistance mounted to defend it, and the comprehensive maneuvers of the reactionary, imperialist supported counter-revolution to eliminate it. To study some critical aspects of the Chilean revolution and counter-revolution we would like to present Patricio Guzman's "the Battle of Chile" for review and discussion. The Battle of Chile is a 4 Part Documentary shot in 1972 and '73 that captures critical moments of the Chilean revolutionary process in stunning, live detail.
We encourage you to join us for a 2 day session to review this 4 part Documentary and discuss it and its relevancy to our present day context and conditions. Join us Saturday, July 9th and Sunday, July 10th at the American Friends Service Committee located at 60 Walton Street For more information contact us at either kaliakuno@gmail.com or steona@gmail.com.
Saturday 12:00 pm-5:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 pm-5:00 pm
Snacks will be provided
Child care will be provided
5 July 2011 18:33