Events
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Start: Sep 14 2009 8:00 pm
In the first in a series of Ladies' Night Events, the women of MonkeyWrench will screen Live Nude Girls Unite!, a documentary following the women of the Lusty Lounge, a San Francisco exotic dance club, who organize a workers' union to gain better wages, health benefits and protect themselves against video exploitation of their dancing. The women, led by dancer/lesbian/daughter of feminist a feminist activist, Julia Query, go up against a law firm hired by the Lounge's management. Throughout the course of the film, the women engage in an uphill battle and are empowered to participate in protests, lock-outs and other tactics to ensure their victory. Paralleled with the story is a discussion of the sex worker debate that has been present in the Feminist Movement for generations. Join the Women of Monkey Wrench for a screening and discussion Monday night and look for future Ladies' Nights at www.monkeywrenchbooks.org. All women welcome! | 15
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Start: Sep 16 2009 8:00 pm
What is democracy? Freedom, equality, participation? Everyone has his or her own definition. Across the world, 120 countries now have at least the minimum trappings of democracy – the freedom to vote for all citizens. But for many, this is just the beginning not the end. Following decades of US-backed dictatorships, civil wars and devastating structural adjustment policies in the South, and corporate control, electoral corruption, and fraud in the North, representative politics in the Americas is in crisis. Citizens are now choosing to redefine democracy under their own terms: local, direct, and participatory. | 17
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Start: Sep 19 2009 12:00 pm
MonkeyWrench will be having a tent sale with lots of cheap books and a bike raffle as part of the annual North Loop Block Party. Come out and enjoy the neighborhood's independent businesses with live music, food, and community! |

