CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT-MONTRÉAL:

SUMMERHILL- THE MOVIE:

From the time of the Spanish Modern School Movement and its French equivalents in the early 20th century the idea of "free schools" has been on a low boil in various countries. One of the experiments that lasted was the English Summerhill School. Next Thursday, May 20, there will be a screening of the film about this unique experiment. Here's the promo.

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Film Screening: SUMMERHILL,

a drama about the 70-year radical free school
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 9:40pm
Location: de Seve Cinema
Street: 1400 de Maisonneuve Ouest
City/Town: Montreal, QC


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As part of the Festival of Anarchy, the Montreal Rad School presents:

SUMMERHILL: a feature drama film based on the long-standing Summerhill radical free school

THURSDAY, MAY 20, 7pm
At the De Sève Cinema
1400 de Maisonneuve Ouest
(metro Guy-Concordia)

FREE! Donations appreciated.
Welcome to all. Wheelchair accessible.
Childcare available on site.
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As part of the Festival of Anarchy, the Montreal Rad School presents films highlighting the education and miseducation of children and youth:

On THURSDAY, MAY 20 we present SUMMERHILL (UK, 2008, 100 minutes), a feature drama film based on the long-standing Summerhill radical free school. From the film synopsis: “Imagine a school where you don't have to go to lessons, you make all the rules yourself and climbing trees and building boats are definitely part of the curriculum. That school exists. It's called Summerhill and it has been there for 70 years. Maddy and Ryan attend Summerhill and find it changes them in ways they would never imagine. But then when inspectors decide the school must close, Maddy and Ryan join forces with staff and pupils in a battle that goes to the very heart of the Government. Based on a true story, Summerhill is an enchanting drama that will captivate everyone.”


Presented by the Rad School of Montreal: At the Rad School, children freely explore their interests, play, learn, live and participate in a democratic community. Children are empowered to be self-directed, socially-conscious, lifelong learners. Adults provide mentoring, facilitate activities, learn and play!

INFO: 514-848-7583 – montreal@ecolelibre-freeschool.org


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Dans le cadre du Festival du l’Anarchie, L’École Libre Radical de Montréal présente:

SUMMERHILL: une fiction basée sur des faits réels, racontant le quotidien des enfants en liberté dans cette célèbre école libre existant depuis plus de 70 ans

JEUDI le 20 mai à 19h
Cinema de Sève
1400 de Maisonneuve Ouest
(métro Guy-Concordia)

GRATUIT! Bienvenue à tous et toutes.
Accessible aux fauteuils roulants.
Un service de garde des enfants sur place.
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Jeudi le 20 mai, le film « SUMMERHILL » (v.o.a.) une fiction basée sur des faits réels, racontant le quotidien des enfants en liberté dans cette célèbre école libre existant depuis plus de 70 ans.


Présenté par l’École Radicale de Montréal: A l’École Libre Radicale les enfants sont libres d’explorer de jouer et d’apprendre a leurs rythmes, ils vivent et sont membres a part entière d’une communauté démocratique. Les enfants apprennent ensemble à s’auto-diriger, à développer leurs consciences sociales et leurs confiances en leurs capacités d’apprentissage. Les adultes agissent à titre de mentor, facilitent des activités apprennent et s’amusent!

INFO: 514-848-7583 – montreal@ecolelibre-freeschool.org

INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST MOVEMENT-RUSSIA:

ECOLOGICAL PROTEST IN RUSSIA MOVIE:

The following is an announcement from the English language section of the Russian anarchist news site Avtonom. The following has been slightly edited for English grammar.

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Unique movie on radical ecological protest in Russia available as a torrent:
No Pasaran!

Director, producer, researcher and cinematographer: Vadim Likhachyov

Length: 73 min.

Russia, 2006

The movie "No Pasaran!" documents environmental protest campaign in the city of Azov, Russia in the summer of 2003. Inhabitants of Azov, together with activists and anarchists of Autonomous Action and Rainbow Keepers, defended their right to a clean environment and fought against construction of a methanol shipping terminal in their home town.

After fall of the Soviet Union, there has been a huge pressure for development in the Black Sea rim, and environmental activists have had hard times attempting to protect what is remaining. Most of the protest campaigns in the area have been failures, but the Azov campaign, the peak of which was in 2003, was a success - eventually the methanol shipping terminal, which was already almost finished by then, was redesigned to be used for export of less dangerous goods. This was mostly due to mass popular protests, which managed to mount demonstrations of big as 7000 people in a city of 90 000.

This is a documentary of the protests in summer of 2003, which lasted for two months. Radical protests (road blockades and demonstrations), mobilization of people, life in the protest camp and relations between activists and local inhabitants are documented.

You may download the torrent from

http://onebigtorrent.org/torrents/4584/No-Pasaran

Please see it and pass this message! The torrent is 4GB and includes plenty of additional material, such as photos of the protest and the MA thesis of Vadim Likhachyov in the English language on social antropology, "Equality in a radical environmental protest: pragmatism or imposed ideology? Two cases of protest campaigns in the South of Russia". The thesis is also separately available from the Autonomous Action website: http://avtonom.org/files/lib/ligachev.pdf