"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

[pnorman]

(Just received this email)

Showing of The documentary "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" will happen at
Date: Friday, March 26, 2004 (the fourth Friday, as usual)
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Bethany UCC Church, corner of Beacon Avenue and Graham Street,
about 1 mile South of the intersection of Beacon Avenue and Columbian Way (SEATTLE)

- We are THRILLED to have Bob Hasegawa, a principled rank-and-file leader
in the Teamsters Union, as well as Tom Warner, retired union plumber and
long time Seattle activist, recently back from Venezuela, to help guide
the discussion.
- Please invite your friends, and anyone who has been, or plans to go, to
Venezuela. The topic of this exciting and upbeat film is the recent failed
CIA-led coup in that country.
- This is a family-friendly event. We will be showing a children's film in
an adjoining room. Feel free to bring a children's film in VHS format.
- Feel free to bring a snack to share.

For more details, contact 206-725-7535 or 206-523-1720

The documentary "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" - which deals with
the events surrounding the short-lived coup detat against President Hugo
Chavez of Venezuela in April 2002 - was first broadcast in Europe in
February 2003 and since then has been aired on a variety of national TV
stations including the BBC, ZDF ( Germany), Arte ( France), and NPS (
Holland) as well as at numerous international film festivals. In Venezuela
the film had its first airing on national TV in April 2003. And now YOU
can see it!

On April 11th, 2002, Irish documentarians Kim Bartley and Donnacha
O'Briain were in Venezuela, with the intention of making a movie about the
nation's left-leaning (and Castro-inspired) democratic president, Hugo
Chavez, whose support comes mostly from the country's impoverished, who
make up 80% of the population (versus past leaders who were often
supported by the country's big money minority, like the petroleum
industry). Although they did accomplish that, the film took a seriously
unexpected turn when the filmmakers found themselves in the heart of a
coup d'etat, trapped in the president's palace as Chavez's right-wing
oligarchic opposition overthrew the leader. Chavez was able to return to
power within 48 hours, buoyed by public support, but this film captures
those frightening moments and days in which a nation's political future
was fought over using both bullets and manipulation of the media.
Venezuela's television networks, all owned by oil companies except for the
state channel which the coup brought down, reported distorted
interpretations of the coup, as proven by this movie's footage, which was
then picked up by international news organizations like CNN. This movie
also addresses what the White House thought about this coup in the world's
fifth largest producer of oil (providing 14% of the United States'
petroleum).

pnorman
STAND UP, KEEP FIGHTING http://shows.implex.tv/wellstone

[pnorman]

1. I knew Bob Hasegawa well

from the Seattle labor community. He's from Teamsters For A Democratic Union (TDU), and as head of his Teamster local (174) he represented the finest in militant union democracy. He (naturally) was a thorn in the side of the thuggish leadership of the national Teamsters union. He was squeezed out of office by a Hoffa jr. backed candidate by 4 or 5 votes. Just as "naturally", Hoffa jr. refused to have a recount. Here's from one of the many Google-hits on Bob:
http://depts.washington.edu/wtohist/Interviews/Hasegawa.htm

I'm looking forward to seeing Bob once again. I don't know Tom Warner, but I'm on his mailing list and am looking forward to meeting him also. For others in this area, it would be well worth your time to be there.

pnorman
STAND UP, KEEP FIGHTING http://shows.implex.tv/wellstone