April Sunday films: Chavez, Clandestinos, Poverty, Inc,Plutocracy; Reportback from Honduras April 9


Loyola Political Film Series
Sundays, 2pm
Loyola University (downtown)
Corboy Law Center, room 301, 25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago
(one block north of Chicago & State Red line L stop)


April 9 Chavez 2013 56 min
The documentary presents a moving biography of Hugo Chavez, who reinvigorated Venezuelan society, instituted many social projects for the excluded, and fostered Latin American integration. The film also shows his efforts to build the worldwide anti-imperialist struggle.

April 16 Clandestinos 1987 103 min
This classic Cuban film centers on two Cuban youth and their struggle in the urban underground movement against dictator Batista in the late 1950s. Suspenseful and inspiring, it portrays the heroism of the Cuban youth and their sacrifices that brought the Revolution to fruition.

April 23 Poverty, Inc. 2014 94 min
Drawing on perspectives gathered from over 150 interviews shot over 4 years in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. explores the hidden side of doing good. From disaster relief to TOMs Shoes, from adoptions to agricultural subsidies, it pulls back the curtain on the poverty industrial complex - the multi-billion dollar market of NGOs, multilateral agencies, and for-profit aid contractors.

April 30 Plutocracy: The History of Repression in the US, Part 1 2015 110min

This examines early American history through the lens of class. includes sections on writing the American Constitution; the Civil War draft riots; reconstruction; industrialization; the evolution of the police; the robber barons; early American labor unions; and major mid-to-late 19th Century labor events including the uprising of 1877, the Haymarket Affair, Mother Jones, the Homestead strike and the New Orleans General Strike, the Battle of Blair Mountain.


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Report Back from Honduras !Berta Vive! La Lucha Sigue!





Sunday April 9, 3-5 pm
La Parada in Pilson
2059 W 21 St Chicago

Chicago folks will report back on their experiences in the La Voz de los de Abajo delegation of 11 people from Chicago to Honduras in March.

We will talk about the role of the US government and how we can join in solidarity. The delegation accompanied the one year anniversary
of the assassination of Berta Caceres. We visited the communities in resistence: Lenca indigenous communities, campesino communities,
and the Garifuna communities. We also learned from the human rights, students and political opposition organizations fighting for justice.

La Voz de los de Abajo