emma_goldman
13th September 2006, 00:40
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/11/18296228.php
Documentary screening:
Soma: An Anarchist Therapy
8/14/2006 - Monday
7pm
http://www.brownberets.info
SOMA: an anarchist therapy
With difficulty walking, and half-blinded from torture by the Brazilian
military dictatorship, 79 year-old Roberto Freire continues to develop
somatherapy, completing his life's work. Incorporating the ideas of Wilhelm
Reich, the politics of anarchism, and the culture of capoeira angola, Soma
is used by therapists organized in anarchist collectives to fight the
psychological effects of authoritarianism. Nick Cooper travelled to Rio de
Janeiro, Salvador, Bahia, and Sao Paulo to find the exercises, principles,
voices, and movement of somatherapy.
more info and trailer: http://somadocumentary.com
workshop: Nazis Vs. Zapatistas: The Struggle Against Cooptation
Lao-Tsu, the author of the Tao Te Ching and Subcomandante Marcos, of the
Zapatistas both talk about the power of water -- seemingly weaker, but
ultimately stronger than the more familiar power of swords. To struggle
against oppression in ways that don't create other oppressions, we will
explore the anti-fascist non-hierarchical currents in history, philosophy,
psychology, criticism, and organizing tactics.
Working with Indymedia, Food Not Bombs and other non-hierarchical groups,
Nick Cooper became interested in horizontal structures for change, traveling
to Brazil in 2003 and 2005 to study Soma Therapy, and to Chiapas, Mexico in
2004 to study Zapatismo. Also, wanting to study fascist and pre-fascist
organizing directly, Nick has been attending conferences, meetings,
presentations and fund-raisers of the far right, including: The Ku Klux
Klan, Focus on the Family / Lovewonout, Republican Party of Texas, Lyndon
LaRouche, The Minutemen, and Tom DeLay. The workshop examines philosophies,
structures and psychology, comparing authoritarian models to those that are
consensual, communitarian or autonomous. Informed by Zapatista principles,
Wilhelm Reich's Mass Psychology of Fascism, and Hannah Arendt's Origins of
Totalitarianism, the workshop develops a skill set for identifying,
challenging and defeating the authoritarian tool of cooptation.
more info: http://www.nickcooper.com/antipowerworkshop.htm
Documentary screening:
Soma: An Anarchist Therapy
8/14/2006 - Monday
7pm
http://www.brownberets.info
SOMA: an anarchist therapy
With difficulty walking, and half-blinded from torture by the Brazilian
military dictatorship, 79 year-old Roberto Freire continues to develop
somatherapy, completing his life's work. Incorporating the ideas of Wilhelm
Reich, the politics of anarchism, and the culture of capoeira angola, Soma
is used by therapists organized in anarchist collectives to fight the
psychological effects of authoritarianism. Nick Cooper travelled to Rio de
Janeiro, Salvador, Bahia, and Sao Paulo to find the exercises, principles,
voices, and movement of somatherapy.
more info and trailer: http://somadocumentary.com
workshop: Nazis Vs. Zapatistas: The Struggle Against Cooptation
Lao-Tsu, the author of the Tao Te Ching and Subcomandante Marcos, of the
Zapatistas both talk about the power of water -- seemingly weaker, but
ultimately stronger than the more familiar power of swords. To struggle
against oppression in ways that don't create other oppressions, we will
explore the anti-fascist non-hierarchical currents in history, philosophy,
psychology, criticism, and organizing tactics.
Working with Indymedia, Food Not Bombs and other non-hierarchical groups,
Nick Cooper became interested in horizontal structures for change, traveling
to Brazil in 2003 and 2005 to study Soma Therapy, and to Chiapas, Mexico in
2004 to study Zapatismo. Also, wanting to study fascist and pre-fascist
organizing directly, Nick has been attending conferences, meetings,
presentations and fund-raisers of the far right, including: The Ku Klux
Klan, Focus on the Family / Lovewonout, Republican Party of Texas, Lyndon
LaRouche, The Minutemen, and Tom DeLay. The workshop examines philosophies,
structures and psychology, comparing authoritarian models to those that are
consensual, communitarian or autonomous. Informed by Zapatista principles,
Wilhelm Reich's Mass Psychology of Fascism, and Hannah Arendt's Origins of
Totalitarianism, the workshop develops a skill set for identifying,
challenging and defeating the authoritarian tool of cooptation.
more info: http://www.nickcooper.com/antipowerworkshop.htm