[Peace-discuss] The Revolution WILL Be Televised!!!

[Phil Stinard]

At long last, the IMC will be screening the documentary about the 2002 
Venezuelan coup, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised."  It will be shown 
as part of a series of three documentaries, one on the Argentinian economic 
collapse, and two on Venezuela.  The series will be shown this Saturday 
afternoon, May 8, at 1 PM, at the IMC cente at 218 W. Main Steetr in 
downtown Urbana.  The complete schedule follows:

1:10 PM  Land and Street (40 minutes).  A collaboration between IMC-Italy, 
IMC-Argentina, and Vrije Keyser Televisie in Amsterdam.  This video tells 
the story of the Argentinian economic collapse and how the people are 
creating autonomous organizations such as the piqueteros and neighborhood 
assemblies to both solve their own problems and struggle against 
neo-colonization by global Capital.  No pasarán!

2:00 PM  The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (74 minutes).  Hugo Chavez, 
elected president of Venezuela in 1998, is a colorful, unpredictable folk 
hero, beloved by his nation's working class and a tough-as-nails, quixotic 
opponent to the power structure that would see him deposed.  Two independent 
filmmakers were inside the presidential palace on April 11, 2002, when he 
was forcibly removed from office.  They were also present 48 hours later 
when, remarkably, he returned to power amid cheering aides.  Their film 
records what was probably history's shortest-lived coup d'etat.  It's a 
unique document about political muscle and an extraordinary portrait of the 
man The Wall Street Journal credits with making Venezuela "Washington's 
biggest Latin American headache after the old standby, Cuba."

3:30 PM  Hij at s de Bolivar (30 minutes).  The story of grassroots movements 
in Venezuela focusing on community media initiatives, barrio cooperatives, 
the Bolivarian Circles, and how they are getting the word out about the 
revolution autonomously.

This should be a great series.  I hope everyone can make it!

--Phil