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A.N.S.W.E.R. Speakers Available Interested in spreading the word about the war administration in the United States and building a movement to stop it? Organize a teach-in or an event. A.N.S.W.E.R. has a number of speakers who are available to speak at events. Call 415-821-6545 for more info. Why We Say Bring the Troops Home Now MITIN / RALLY for Immigrant Rights—San Francisco Thursday, July 29, 5:30 p.m. WE DEMAND: M.O.R.E. Public Transit Organizing Meeting Against Police Raids—San Francisco Thursday, July 29, 6 p.m. Stop MUNI “Saturation” Raids! For the past few months, MUNI and City police have conducted terrorizing raids at busy bus stops such as the 16th and 24th BART stations. Who were the targets? Were they alleged murderers or terrorists? NO! They were the MUNI passengers who the authorities believed needed to be monitored for their compliance with the $2 fare. These “saturation” raids are conducted by 20 MUNI ticketers and SFPD officers, all well paid and fully benefited, demanding proof of payment of the poor, the families, and the workers, many of whom are struggling to bring home a humble $80 to their homes. San Francisco Film Festival—A Fundraiser To Support the Ongoing Work of the ANSWER Coalition Saturday, August 7 and Sunday, August 8 Saturday, August 7, 7 p.m. 'Maquilapolis' (City of Factories)
Carmen Durán works the graveyard shift at one of Tijuana’s 800 maquiladoras; she is one of millions of women around the world who labor for poverty level wages in the factories of transnational corporations. When the plant where Carmen worked for six years moved to Indonesia, they try to avoid paying the legally mandated severance pay to which they were entitled by law. Carmen becomes a promotora, a grassroots activist, challenging the usual illegal tactics of the powerful transnationals. The filmmakers gave several women workers in Tijuana video cameras to make a record of their struggles, giving the film the intimate feel of video diaries. 68min., 2006 Saturday, August 7, 8:30 p.m. '9 Star Hotel'
---------- Sunday, August 8 'Cuba: An African Odyssey'
5 p.m. Part 1: Congo and Guinea Bissau 7:30 p.m. Part 2: Angola In this ambitious and revealing documentary, Egyptian-French filmmaker Jihan El-Tahri traces the history of Cuban solidarity with African liberation movements in the 1960s and 70s. It begins in 1965 when Che Guevara led a group of Cuban revolutionary fighters in an unsuccessful attempt to support the struggle for true independence in the Congo. It then moves to Cuba’s role in the struggles against Portuguese/NATO colonialism in Guinea-Bissau and Angola. 'Cuba: An African Odyssey' combines remarkable archival footage—much of it never before seen in the U.S.—with an amazing cast of participants showing Cuba’s pivotal role in the liberation movements in Africa. Over 300,000 Cubans fought alongside African revolutionaries, one of many examples of Cuba’s true internationalism. 2007, Part 1 – 130min., Part 2 – 60min. DVD available for purchase: 'Palestine, Sudan and the Myth of a Humanitarian U.S. Foreign Policy'
At exactly the same time that the U.S. government is pretending to be concerned about suffering in the Darfur region of Sudan, it has joined with the European Union (EU) and Israel in seeking to strangle the Palestinian people. While calling for armed intervention to relieve the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, the U.S. and EU have cut off food, medicine and other critically needed materials to the Palestinian people. Israel has sealed off Gaza, one of the most densely populated and impoverished parts of the world; hospitals have run out of many medicines, malnutrition is spreading rapidly and poverty is soaring. Now, signs have begun to appear at anti-war demonstrations reading, “Out of Iraq In to Darfur.” What are the common aims that link together these seemingly contradictory U.S. policies? What should the position of the anti-war movement be? Speakers include Jess Ghannam, Free Palestine Alliance and A.N.S.W.E.R.; Isma’il Kamal, co-founder, Sudanese-American Society, and Richard Becker, Western Regional Coordinator, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition. $15 — DVD (28 min) To purchase a copy, call 415-821-6545 or email answer@actionsf.org. Statements of Five Cubans Sentenced in Miami for Defending Cuban and U.S. Citizens From Terrorism — A Must Read!
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RESISTING THE EMPIRE
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition On March 20, the anti-war movement returned to the streets with renewed militancy. In Washington, D.C., a march of 10,000 was led by a contingent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. The San Francisco and Los Angeles protests each drew 5,000 people in opposition to the continuing occupations of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba and Free the Five
Free all political prisoners The struggle to free Mumia on Death Row "We stand with Mumia as we stand with all those around the world who are resisting the U.S Empire." —Gloria La Riva The Case of the Angola Three National Coalition to Free the Angola Three The National Coalition to Free the Angola Three was formed in 1999 to find justice for three innocent and wrongfully convicted men locked down at Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, for nearly three decades. All three men—Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King Wilkerson—fought for prison reform in the early 1970s. As a result, they were targeted by prison officials who eventually framed them for crimes they did not commit. Each has remained principled and politically active in spite of their brutal, long-term confinement. Robert King Wilkerson was released on February 8, 2001. Today, Wilkerson—along with this coalition—is dedicated to finding justice for Woodfox and Wallace, and exposing the prison industrial complex for what it is. "Arbitrary Cruelty, Louisiana Style" (PDF version) Protest at Angola Prison Court of Appeals Ruling
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