Public Portion of TORCH Conference Schedule Announced

  • September 22, 2015 11:17 pm

from Philly Antifa

It is now less than 6 weeks until the TORCH Anti-Fascist Network national conference here in Philly. So finish your travel preparations if you are coming from out of town and send in your registration information. E-mail PhillyAntifascists@gmail.com for registration forms if you haven’t gotten them yet.

The public section of the conference will take place the afternoon and evening of Saturday November 7th at The Rotunda (4014 Walnut Street) in West Philly. We are very excited about all public events.

Summer Film Series @ the Shoe: Fruitvale Station

  • August 24, 2015 1:20 pm

from facebook

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EVERY MONDAY
8pm
Free.
[Wooden Shoe Books 704 South St]

August 31- Fruitvale Station (Film Change!)

Based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man who was killed in 2009 by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland, California. Flashbacks reveal the last day in Oscar’s life, in which he accompanied his family and friends to San Francisco to watch fireworks on New Year’s Eve, and, on the way back home, became swept up in an altercation with police that ended in tragedy.

schedule subject to some change; stay connected for updates!

Summer Film Screening: La Haine

  • August 20, 2015 12:02 pm

from Wooden Shoe Books & Records

When: Mon, August 24, 7pm – 9pm
Where: Wooden Shoe Books, 704 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, United States (map)
Description: Over the last several years revolts against the police and the state they protect have spread through France, Greece, England and most recently the United States, due to the murder of a young person by those forces. In light of this we will be screening a fictional film adaptation of these notions of police violence targeting young marginalized peoples, and their responses, in La Haine.

Set in France, local youth Abdel is beaten unconscious by police and a riot ensues on his estate during which a policeman loses his gun. The gun is found by Vinz who threatens he will kill a cop if Abdel dies.

A magnificent film, that is both poignant and engaging.

20 years old this year!
An Interview with one of its stars

Anti-Racist Summer Film Screening – Nästa Station Rönninge

  • June 21, 2015 7:05 pm

from facebook

Since the murder of a young neo nazi skinhead in the Stockholm suburb Salem in December 2000, fascists from all over Europe has marched in his memory every year. In 2003 they gathered more than 2000 nazis, the biggest fascist march in Scandinavia since WWII. But they didn’t march without resistance. The antifascist movement tried out a wide range of tactics. In 2011 the nazis marched for the last time. This short documentary tells the story of how the antifascists tried to stop the Salem-march.

After the film there will be a short presentation about a similar event here in Philadelphia, the Keystone State Skinheads “Leif Erikson Day celebration”, which was started in 2007 and held every year (excepting one) until it was forced underground last year.

We will be asking for a small donation at the door but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. There will also be food and Antifa merch for sale.

This event is sponsored by Philly Anti-Capitalists and Antifa Philadelphia. All money raised will go towards those groups and A-Space.

[June 28 from 7pm to 8:30pm at A-Space 4722 Baltimore Ave]

Summer Film Series @ the Shoe

  • June 17, 2015 2:21 am

from facebook

EVERY MONDAY

All films start at 7pm. [704 South St]
Free.
There may even be popcorn.

Escape the heat/mass media mind control with these great movies- showing soon at your local, air-conditioned, anarchist bookstore!

June 22- Dirty Wars

“Dirty Wars is a focused, fascinating and frightening look at war in the 21st century, and a film you’re sure not to forget.” -Germain Lussier

Philadelphia Commune

  • April 25, 2015 1:55 pm

from facebook

Join us for an afternoon and evening to celebrate May Day weekend in the heart of West Philadelphia. We plan to run a soup kitchen to feed all of us together.

SCHEDULE:
*2pm We will have a showing of the film “La Commune” directed by Peter Watkins 345 mins (2000) which is about the 1871 Paris La Commune
*8pm Dr. K. Malcolm Richards chair of liberal arts Department at PAFA will speak about the film and the Paris Commune

EVENING MUSIC:
*Starwood
https://www.facebook.com/StarwoodBand?fref=ts
*Janelle
https://www.facebook.com/distrustjanelle?fref=ts
*MFM- Music for the Movement
https://www.facebook.com/pages/MFM/99032906794?fref=ts

more TBA!

[May 2nd @ 2pm @ LAVA Space 4134 Lancaster Ave]

Antifa Philadelphia Presents: Sophie Scholl

  • March 22, 2015 3:40 am

from facebook

“It is impossible to engage in intellectual discourse with National Socialism because it is not an intellectually defensible program. It is false to speak of a National Socialist philosophy, for if there were such an entity, one would have to try by means of analysis and discussion either to prove its validity or to combat it. In actuality, however, we face a totally different situation.”

That is an excerpt from the 2nd pamphlet of the White Rose, published and distributed among German Universities in 1943. Those words were considered treason by the Reich.

This film is a dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement.

[March 29 at 6:30pm at A-Space 4722 Baltimore Ave]

Philly Premiere of Wrenched

  • March 7, 2015 6:20 pm

from facebook

Sea Shepherd Philadelphia presents a free screening of the new award winning documentary “Wrenched: How Edward Abbey Lit the Flame of Environmental Activism and Gave the Movement its Soul”, on the 26th anniversary of Abbey’s death.

[March 14th 7pm at Wooden Shoe Books 704 South St]

film schedule for screenings at wooden shoe books for march

  • March 4, 2015 1:06 am

from anarchadelphia

all in honour of international womyn’s day on march 8th…please come out and show your support.
all films are free and begin at 7pm.

international womyn’s day sunday march 8th- free tiller
2013 documentary that follows the only 4 remaining doctors in the united states who openly perform late term abortions.this film was an official selection for the 2013 sundance film festival.

wednesday march 11th- no woman,no cry
pregnancy is a death sentence for more than half a million womyn every year,but their deaths would be preventable if they could obtain the healthcare they needed.this documentary focuses on the personal stories behind those statistics

wednesday march 18th- the punk singer
Filmmaker Sini Anderson explores the life and career of punk rocker Kathleen Hanna, the Bikini Kill frontwomyn who became a pioneer of the “riot grrrl” movement of the 1990s.

wednesday march 25th- 2 short films-

the semiotics of the kitchen-a feminist parody video and performance piece released in 1975 by Martha Rosler. The video, which runs six minutes, is considered a critique of the commodified versions of traditional womyn’s roles in modern society.

free white and 21 by howardena pindell-in this deeply personal and political video, Howardena Pindell recounts the racism she encountered both as a child and an adult in educational institutions, …

please spread this info widely…
love and rage.

Antifa Philadelphia Presents: Negroes With Guns

  • February 17, 2015 1:03 am

from facebook

“NEGROES WITH GUNS: Rob Williams and Black Power” tells the dramatic story of the often-forgotten civil rights leader who urged African Americans to arm themselves against violent racists. In doing so, Williams not only challenged the Klan-dominated establishment of his hometown of Monroe, North Carolina, he alienated the mainstream Civil Rights Movement, which advocated peaceful resistance.

[February 22, 6:30pm at A-Space 4722 Baltimore Ave $5 (no one turned away, money goes to prisoner Jason Hammond and the A-Space)]

Huey P. Newton Film Festival

  • February 13, 2015 2:31 pm

from facebook

Highlighting Huey P. Newton, his major contribution to the Black Panther Party and his influence on the world. HPN Film Festival will display original art work, photos, and screening of the movie.

[February 20th 5-9pm at Gilberts Shoes 1652 Ridge Ave]

Antifa Philadelphia Presents: 161 > 88 (Film About Czech Antifascist Action)

  • January 19, 2015 3:44 pm

from facebook

The movie maps the evolution of the Czech antifascist movement since the late 1980’s up to 2011. The footage takes the viewer through the period of the first racist murders in the early 90’s, to the protests against the Sládek’s Republicans, clashes with racist hooligans and National Resistance, up to the recent anti-Roma demonstrations. The footage is completed with commentaries and memories of both academics and activists.

[Sunday January 25, 6:30pm at the A Space]