Students for a Democratic Society

Tuesday, April 14 from 2:00-4:00pm in Room AA-329


Northern Virginia Community College

STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY

PRESENTS...


BRAD:

ONE MORE NIGHT AT THE BARRICADES

When Mexican paramilitary forces shot Brad Will in the chest, killing him, his camera fell from his hands. But it didn't stop recording. It continued moving from hand to hand, telling Brad's story, as well as the story of the movement of movements that he was part of. From the squats of New York to the forests of Oregon, from the anti-globalization protests in Seattle, Prague, Quebec to the popular uprising in Oaxaca, Brad's camera paints us a picture of what his life was about, and what so many of his friends continue to struggle for.



Followed by Guest Speaker:

DANIEL MELTZER

Having been radicalized during the alter-globalization era of the late nineties by stories of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, Daniel Meltzer went down to Mexico in 2005 to intern with an anarchist labor organization Tehuacan Valley Human and Labor Rights Commission, where he helped organize bluejeans sweatshop workers and learned about the radical history of Mexico. During the Oaxacan uprising of 2006, Daniel mobilized the DC chapter of the labor union Industrial Workers of the World to stage solidarity demonstrations outside of the Mexican embassy, and later helped form, with the IWW as well as community organizations like Mexicanos Sin Fronteras and DC FMLN, Oaxaca Solidarity Action to stage further acts of solidarity with the uprising in Oaxaca. In December of 2008, Daniel traveled down to Mexico again to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the EZLN, where he participated in workshops and celebrations with his masked inspirations. Daniel Meltzer is a student organizer with DC Students for a Democratic Society.


NoVA Students for a Democratic Society meets from 6:00-7:00pm every Monday in the Bisdorf building room #331

NoVA SDS is an education and social action organization dedicated to increasing democracy in all phases of life. It seeks to promote the active participation of young people in the formation of a movement to build a society free from poverty, ignorance, war, exploitation, racism, and sexism.