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As part of the sporadic (at best!) EXILE Infoshop series of film
nights, we are screening “Made in Secret: The Story of the East Van
Porn Collective” (2005) on Tuesday, June 1st.

It essentially began with a couple of people wanting to make a
documentary about an anarcha-feminist porn collective. Since they knew
of no such group, these folks eventually became the collective they
set out to document. What unfolds is a part-documentary, part-
fictional account of what it might look like for a group of people to
collectively make pornography by, for, and about one another according
to feminist principles.

The process developed by this group presents a real and radical
challenge to mainstream approaches to porn production, and even to
other self-described feminist porn producers! For example, the
collective process, at base, is egalitarian and democratic rather than
hierarchical or coercive. Roles within the porn collective rotate
every few months to balance power dynamics and workload
responsibilities. Participants in the project—whether appearing on
screen or not—have an equal say in how the film is used, and, true to
consensus-based processes, no decision passes unless everyone affected
by the decision is comfortable with it. All of these guidelines and
more foreground the group’s porn-making, and thus help maintain the
trust that makes it possible for the group to continue operating as it
does.

Even though this film is not wholly based on a “real” project, I think
what it describes is very real in its possibilities. Imagining porn
projects that so defy industry norms in both content and production
process is a small step toward creating a world where people are
treated more fairly in all aspects of our lives, and where cultural
production is held to a much higher ethical standard.

FILM: Made in Secret: The Story of the East Van Porn Collective
DATE: June 1st, 2010
TIME: 7pm
LOCATION: 256 Bank St, 2nd floor – EXILE Infoshop

Listed on IMDB.
Reviewed at SF Indie Fest

Akwesasne’s Land Struggles Past and Present

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Movie Screening and Speakers
An educational and fund raising event.

Speakers will include

John Boots – Akwesasne People’s Fire
Nona Benedict – Akwesasne People’s Fire

NFB Movie, “You Are On Indian Land”
The movie will have subtitles.

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Wednesday, May 19 at 7pm
Exile Infoshop, 256 Bank St.
Contact us if you have mobility issues and want to attend
IPSMO
ipsmo(at)riseup.net
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Both John Boots and Nona Benedict are part of the Akwesasne People’s Fire,
a group that formed in response to the attempt by CBSA to arm border
guards on the territory of the Akwesasne Mohawks.

They were also both involved in the 1969 Blockade that is covered in
the movie “You Are On Indian Land,” and they will be talking about
this protest and of the long history of the Akwesasne Mohawks struggle for
sovereignty with Canada and the United States.

We will be showing the National Film Board movie, “You Are On Indian Land”
which is “A film report of the 1969 protest demonstration by Mohawk
Indians of the St. Regis Reserve on the international bridge between
Canada and the United States near Cornwall, Ontario. By blocking the
bridge, which is on the Reserve, and causing a considerable tie-up of
motor traffic, the Indians drew public attention to their grievance that
they were prohibited by Canadian authorities from duty-free passage of
personal purchases across the border; a right they claim was established
by the Jay Treaty of 1794. The film shows the confrontation with police,
and ensuing action.”

May 20, 7pm
Exile Infoshop
256 Bank Street, 2nd Floor

Come celebrate the launch of the Dominion’s latest issue on the g8/g20! Get informed on why the g8/g20 should be challenged and get plugged into this resistance to the G8/G20 this June in Toronto!
 
Featuring a member of the collectif du chat noir, a writer from the Dominion’s g8/g20 issue and Genoa Libre, a film on the Genoa G8 resistance in 2001.  Copies of the Issue will be available for a suggested donation of $3.

Please note that unfortunately this location is not wheelchair accessible.

As seen on Facebook™!

Exile Infoshop is hosting its first of many Queer Movie Nights!!!

These events are intended to be a way for queer+trans-identified folks and
allies to congregate, take up space and enjoy a movie together. 
We’re starting off with a classic. “But I’m a Cheerleader” is about a lady
who gets shipped off to a “sexual redirection” camp in order to “fix” her
suspected lesbianism. What Megan actually learns there is a whole
different story.

$5-PWYC
Snacks and drinks will be provided!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28TH @ 7 PM
Exile Infoshop
256 Bank Street
2nd Floor, Apt. 200
Unfortunately the space is not wheelchair accessible

Download the poster!

Auntie Loo – Craft and Bake Sale
Panhandlers Union – Elgin Street Fair
Organizing For Justice – Workshops and Info Tables

Find Us at all 3 of the above events!

Friday, April 30th, 8:30pm
@ EXILE Infoshop
256 Bank St. 2nd Floor
Licenced, PWYC, sorry not wheelchair accessible

Under federal law, anyone who contributes money to Abousfian Abdelrazik risks prosecution. Canadian regulations state that no Canadian shall “provide or collect by any means, directly or indirectly, funds with the intention that the funds be used” by someone on the 1267 list.

EXILE Infoshop proudly endorses the
Sanctions-busting Telethon
in solidarity with Abousfian Abdelrazik and against oppressive
“national security” logic.

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
From anywhere, between 7pm and 9pm EDT:
Call toll free 1 877 737 4070

Tune in to live-broadcast on Rabble TV,

In Montreal:

Free dinner from 6pm; Telethon begins at 7pm
Georges Vanier Cultural Centre, 2450 Workman St. (metro Lionel Groulx)
Wheelchair accessible. Free childcare on site.
ALSO, tune in to Amandla on CKUT 90.3 FM for live reports.

Project Fly Home is organizing the first ever “Sanctions-busting
Telethon” on April 28th to call people to donate to Abousfian Abdelrazik
in open defiance of the United Nations 1267 regime, challenging the
fear, racism and isolation it creates and feeds on. The evening will
include a free spaghetti dinner and a host of poets, musicians,
performers, and speakers, including Hasan Abdulhai, Kader B, Al and Jess
Blair, Ehab Lotayef, Norman Nawrocki and Jou Jou Turenne !

Two years ago, on April 28th, 2008, Abousfian Abdelrazik went public
with his story of detention, torture and exile and claimed refuge in the
Canadian Embassy in Khartoum. He lived in the Embassy for fourteen
months, unable to leave the grounds, until the Canadian government was
forced to bring him back to Montreal in June 2009. Now he is home, but
still not free. Background on Abelrazik’s story.

In 2006, without his knowledge, Abdelrazik’s name was placed on the
United Nations “1267 list”. The 1267 regime imposes financial sanctions
that prevent Abdelrazik from earning a salary, receiving any money, or
maintaining a bank account. This makes rebuilding his life impossible.
It’s like “living in a prison without walls” – indefinitely, without
charge or trial. There is little recourse. As the Federal Court of
Canada wrote, “There is nothing in the listing or de-listing procedure
[of the 1267 regime] that recognizes the principles of natural justice
or that provides for basic procedural fairness.” (Justice Russel Zinn, 4
June 2009). Background on the 1267 regime.

Despite its official position that Mr. Abdelrazik should be removed from
the 1267 list, the Canadian government has made no serious attempt to
have him delisted. Nor has it made any move to lift sanctions from Mr.
Abdelrazik in Canada, although it is within its power to do so immediately.
 
Under federal law, anyone who contributes money to Mr. Abdelrazik risks
prosecution. Canadian regulations state that no Canadian shall “provide
or collect by any means, directly or indirectly, funds with the
intention that the funds be used” by someone on the 1267 list.

We did it before! In early 2009, a group stretching from Vancouver to
Halifax, including people from all walks of life, banded together to buy
Abdelrazik a plane ticket home for April 3rd, despite federal government
insistence that financially supporting Mr. Abdelrazik could violate the
law (see complete list). This powerful act of solidarity reflected a
groundswell of support for Mr. Abdelrazik as well as growing outrage at
the government’s abusive treatment of him.

We are calling on you to do it again! Restate your solidarity or join
the long list of people who have defied the 1267 regime by contributing
money to Mr. Abdelrazik as an act of solidarity.
 
On April 28th, between 7pm and 9pm, come out to the Telethon in Montreal
or call 1 877 737 4070 to make a donation to Abousfian Abdelrazik. Tune
in to watch the telethon live-broadcast on www.rabble.ca or listen to
Amandla on CKUT 90.3 FM for live reports.
 
Your donations will help challenge the oppressive “national security”
logic which endangers all of us.
 
Build the pressure! Break the sanctions!

Sponsored by:
CKUT 90.3 FM
Rabble.ca
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Project Fly Home
projectflyhome(at)gmail.com
www.peoplescommission.org/en/abdelrazik

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This telethon is part of a six-month campaign launched by Project Fly
Home leading up to the first anniversary of Abdelrazik’s return to
Canada. The six-month campaign demands that Canada: immediately free
Abdelrazik from the 1267 sanctions; put pressure on members of the 1267
committee to delist Abdelrazik; and pull out of the 1267 regime. For
more information, to download postcards and flyers, or to get involved:
www.peoplescommission.org/en/abdelrazik.

Project Fly Home - People’s Commission Network
projectflyhome@gmail.com

To add your organization to the list of groups endorsing Project Fly Home’s
six demands, please read the sign-on statement
and email your organization’s name in English and French to
projectflyhome(at)gmail.com

Join us for 3 nights of inspiring documentaries, good discussion, and
vegan snacks.

• April 18 7pm Kilometer Zero The Collapse of the WTO Cancun, Mexico 2003… the year that a Korean farmer and activist stabbed himself to death in protest to the effects of globalization.
• April 19 7pm Haiti’s Tourniquet (IWW International Solidarity Commission 2008) & The Coca-Cola Case…reveals the mass murders of union organizers and extent of corporate power.
• April 20 Resistencia! Tearing Down the Fences…WTO 2003 Cancun…a look at the diversity of tactics and grassroots organizing.

Open casual discussion to follow each documentary

FREE FREE FREE at Exile Infoshop 256 Bank Street www.exilebooks.org

CHUO 89.1 FM is holding a 2nd Punk Rock Bingo Event. Once again, it will
be taking place at Exile Infoshop (256 Bank st. 2nd floor) on Friday April
16th. Doors are at 9pm with the first game starting at 10. Music will be
provided by DJ Luke Nuclear. All the proceeds go towards CHUO 89.1 FM’s
Funding Drive.

The evening will be filled with amazing tunes, great prizes, bingo
madness, and your favorite CHUO volunteers and staff. Did we mention that
it’s also licensed? Yeah, that’s right, you can drink, listen to some punk
rock music, WIN SOME GREAT PRIZES AND play bingo. What more could you ask
for?!

PRIZES PROVIDED BY:

*Mags ‘n Fags
*Birdman Sound
*Lieutenant’s Pump
*CHUO 89.1 FM
*Going Gaga Records
*Silver Snail
*Agora Bookstore
*The Bike Dump
*Bridgehead