We would like to submit our event in solidarity with the Nov 9-13 International Days of GLOBAL ACTION against the WTO for listing in our site. Below is more information about us.
Thank you very much
in solidarity
Christian
for Ana.K's Kolektif,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
COUNTRY : Malaysia
CITY : Kuala LumpurORGANISER : Ana. K's Kolektif
http://www.geocities.com/ana_k_kolektif/resistance.html
BRIEF INTRO
In conjunction with the Nov 9-13 International Days of GLOBAL ACTION against the WTO's New Round of Negotiations in Qatar from Nov 9-13, Ana. K.'s Kolektif presents the Culture of Resistance Festival Against Globalisation which seeks to provoke and explore issues on the globalisation debate with a cultural festival of alternative films, exhibitions, workshops, poetry readings, zine fair, and concert.
full programme - see http://www.geocities.com/ana_k_kolektif/resistance.html
What is it all about?
In conjunction with the Nov 9-13 International Days of GLOBAL ACTION against the WTO's New Round of Negotiations in Qatar from Nov 9-13, Ana. K.'s Kolektif presents the Culture of Resistance Festival Against Globalisation which seeks to provoke and explore issues on the globalisation debate with a cultural festival of alternative films, exhibitions, workshops, poetry readings, zine fair, and concert.
Date: Sun 11th Nov 2001
Time: 12.00pm-9.00 pm
Check it out: Activist Art Xbit, Zine Fest & Infopoint
12.00pm-end
The Festival Open Space is the convergence point featuring Activist Art Xbit with exhibitions and installations addressing the impact of globalisation and the consumer lifestyles we have embraced. Tired of bourgeois pulp? Checkout the Zine & Book Fair for some uneasy reading on local/international politics & activism while the Infopoint will provide you opportunities to get involved in campaigns/activities of various non-governments organizations.
Activity Workshop : T-shirt Printing
2.00pm
Keen on making statements of your own instead of being a slave to corporate logos? This live demo will allow you to try your hand at making statements and an opportunity to 'dye' for your politics. Stop being a fashion victim. Start victimizing fashion.
Culture of Resistance Against Globalisation Concert & Film Screening
3.00-7.00pm
Extended play of uneasy listening with poetry, spoken word, music and films of resistance with recently-declared independent bands, musicians and troubled poets seek to drown the voice of Babylon with some stirring acoustic performances.
Come to listen or maybe read something of your own.
(Note : Performances and films will be screened intermittently according to schedule)
Political Films:
Short : Oracion
3.00 pm
(Cuba, 1963) 7 mins - Spanish with English subtitles
Based on a poem by Ernesto Cardenal, this brilliant short film layers the life of Marilyn Monroe as a metaphor for a young and exploited Latin American country
Documentary : Crisis Of Capitalism Leads to the Hope of Labour
4.00 pm
(South Korea, 1998) 37mins - South Korean with English subtitles
An inside look at labour activism in South Korea.
Documentary : Dolls and Dust
5.00pm
(South Korea, Thailand, Sri Lanka, 1998)
Produced during the currency and economic crisis of 1998, this award winning video (4th Internationale VideOlympiade in South Africa 1998) presents first account testimonies from women workers in Sri Lanka, Thailand and South Korea on the impact of industrial restructuring, globalisation, and '(m)ale development' on their lives, communities and the environment.
Feature: Manufacturing Consent
The Political Economy of the Mass Media
7.00pm
(USA,1992) English
As relevant today as when it first came out, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky, depict how contrary to the usual image of the press as objective in its search for truth, an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news, in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news. It contrasts the double standards underlying accounts of free elections, free press, and governmental repression between Nicaragua and El Salvador; between the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the American invasion of Vietnam; between the genocide in Cambodia under a pro-American government and genocide under Pol Pot. What emerges from this pathbreaking work is an account of just how propagandistic the mass media is, and how their ideological agenda dictates how issues are framed and topics chosen.
About the Organiser
Ana. K.'s Kolektif is an autonomous, non-hierarchical collective based in Kuala Lumpur. We aim to provide a forum for addressing and raising awareness on the impact of globalisation and development on workers, women, media & culture, community, and ecology. We believe in cultural activism as a means of broadening the medium of engagement and developing a coherent analysis of globalisation.