03/28: Antifa and The Battle for the Real Film Screening

 The Center for Place, Culture and Politics invites you to:

Antifa and The Battle for the Real Film Screening

Wednesday March 28, 2018
6:30-8:30 PM
CUNY Graduate Center
Room C198

365 5th Ave, NY, NY 10016

More about the films:

ANTIFA by Global Uprisings

Since the election of Donald Trump, acts of racist violence have proliferated across the United States. Racists and misogynists feel emboldened to express and act on their views. White nationalist groups and resurgent traditional white supremacist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan have used Trumps victory to gain new recruits. All that stands in their way are the groups of anarchists and anti-fascists who have taken it upon themselves to prevent them from becoming a powerful political force in the United States. This film tells the story of what “Antifa” is and why people are using these tactics to confront racism and fascism in the US today.

Who are the anti-fascists? What motivates them to risk their lives to fight the far right? What is the history of militant anti-fascism and why is it relevant again today? How is anti-fascism connected to a larger political vision that can stop the rise of fascism and offer us visions of a future worth fighting for? Through interviews with anti-fascist organizers, historians, and political theorists in the US and Germany, we explore the broader meaning of this political moment while taking the viewer to the scene of street battles from Washington to Berkeley and Charlottesville.

THE BATTLE FOR THE REAL by Paper Tiger Television

The landscape of new media has become a battleground over ideas. Claims of information being true or fake have shaped the nature of reality itself. This episode explores how both activists and fascists have used media tools, and calls for an ethical use of platforms.

 

The link to the series the film is part of: http://weinterruptthisprogram.org/
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR PLACE, CULTURE AND POLITICS.

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