=================================================== Sunday, March
8, 2009
SALAAM
Theatre
Revolutionary
Women Cry Out:
Join us for an afternoon of poetry, play readings, dramatizations, film clips, stories and visual art. Speakers: Sunsara Taylor (Revolution newspaper), Bai Di (Prof, Drew University), Will Reese (revolutionary activist), Carl Dix (RCP rep) and others TBA Dramatic
Readings from the Middle East and the West-- past, present, future...
Presentation by artist Tara DePorte Poetry by Jamica The Story of Rihanna (created by Shreen & Rachel) Video and song by Gissoo Shakeri, lyrics by Mina Assadi. Both artists' works are banned in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Clip from "Red Detachment of Women," one of the revolutionary model films created in China in late 60s Connie
Julian and Travis Morales (Revolution Books) sharing the Statement
of Solidarity on International Women's Day from Mary Lou Greenberg of the
This celebration is inspired by the Call from March 8 Women's Organization (Iran-Afghanistan): http://revcom.us/a/157/mar8_call-en.html Chelsea Studios
Reception following
across the street
Tickets $25 to benefit Revolution Books, sliding scale $5 students, no one turned away. Phone: 212-691-3345 for more information. This celebration is inspired by the Call from March 8 Women's Organization (Iran-Afghanistan): http://revcom.us/a/157/mar8_call-en.html "Pause and ask yourselves: what kind of society is this (in the world) that the subordination of half of humanity to the other half is one of its pillars and moral canons? ... Honor killing, stoning to death and forced marriage in parts of the world like Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Kurdistan, and India are rampant, while hidden conjugal violence in the 'civilized' West kills women in silence, and yet all this is said to have resulted from the 'weakening of family values,'abortion, and the 'weakening of religious beliefs.' These are all too pervasive features of our world... "The Islamic fundamentalists as well as the imperialists are reactionary forces. There are no 'good oppressors' vs. 'bad oppressors.' This is a deep lesson that the peoples of the world should draw from the bloody experience of women in Iran and Afghanistan... Revolution is the ONLY way OUT! "
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