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Economic Democracy Teachin Sat April 13
The Struggle for Economic Democracy Saturday April 13 5:00 PM (or 10 minutes after conclusion of Occupy Albany General Assembly, whichever is later; if GA ends earlier we will have a speakout on capitalism
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Movie Fri Oct 19 7 PM: INSIDE JOB
Special Screening for Occupy Albany’s 1st Birthday The movie that cost $20 Trillion to make! A film by Charles Ferguson Narrated by Matt Damon Academy Award 2010 – Best Documentary Feature Location: Occupy Albany
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Connect the Dots Climate Action 5/5
Fellow Earthlings - As Bill McKibben explains below, the broad public is starting to recognize that the pattern of extreme weather everywhere ain’t natural. Recognition is only a necessary first step, we need to
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Nonviolent Direct Action 99 % Spring Training – Tuesday April 10 6:30 – 9:30PM
As part of the national 99%Spring organized by a coalition of over 50 unions, community and activist organizations, Occupy Albany will hold a 3 hour training on the history, strategy and tactics of nonviolent
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Larry Wittner: Activist’s History of Movements APRIL 7
Larry Wittner is both an activist and a historian of the peace, labor, civil rights and socialist movements, as a founder of the Solidarity Committee, officer of UUP and the Albany Labor Council, professor
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Matewan by John Sayles March 23rd
A dramatization of the events leading up to a famous shootout in the struggle to unionize the coal fields of West Virginia. The movie shows oppression of the miners by the coal companies; cooperation
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ZAPATISTA! Film & Discussion
With exclusive access and interviews with Subcomandante Marcos, Noam Chomsky and others, Zapatista is the definitive look at the Zapatista uprising, its historical roots and its lessons for the present and the future.January1, 1994.
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