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Ecovillage Book Club
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

Meeting to discuss our first book, Earth User's Guide to Permaculture.
Also on the agenda:

  • Future books
  • Frequency of meetings and readings
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Freaks & Geeks
Start: 8:00 pm

Freaks & Geeks
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Standing with the Students film screening and discussion with film-maker
Start: 7:00 pm

Standing with the Students tells the story of the struggle of students in
the University of Buea in the Ambazonia region of Cameroon. In response to
a proposed 100% hike in tuition the students went on strike, with the
demands to stop the tuition raise; the construction of toilets and water
fountains, and new books for the library. The government responded with
repression, and to date six students have been killed by government forces
during peaceful protests.

The documentary uses the student movement as a jumping off point to
examine the legacies of colonialism and neocolonialism in Africa, the
impact of economic globalization and the subjugation of the English
speaking Ambazonia region by the French neocolonial Cameroon Regime.

This documentary is the first film of director Valentine Eben, a member of
the Ambazonia Independent Media Center, who will be joining us to present
his film and facilitate a discussion afterwards.
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Battle of Algiers screening
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm

“Director Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 movie The Battle of Algiers concerns the
violent struggle in the late 1950s for Algerian independence from France,
where the film was banned on its release for fear of creating civil
disturbances.”
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Battling the Plantation Mentality: Memphis and the Black Freedom Struggle
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm

Battling the Plantation Mentality: Memphis and the Black Freedom Struggle

A Reading and signing by Laurie B. Green

Laurie Green explores the notion of African American 'freedom' in postwar Memphis. She demonstrates that the civil rights movement was battling an ongoing 'plantation mentality' based on race, gender, and power that permeated southern culture long before--and even after--the groundbreaking legislation of the mid-1960s. She points to the Memphis sanitation workers strike, with its slogan "I AM a Man!," as a clarion example of how the movement fought for a black freedom that consisted of not only constitutional rights but also social and human rights.

Laurie B. Green is assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.
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