BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//COMMUNIST PARTY OF BC - ECPv6.10.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://cpcbc.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for COMMUNIST PARTY OF BC REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190331T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190331T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T173627 CREATED:20190313T040036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190313T040036Z UID:635-1554058800-1554066000@cpcbc.ca SUMMARY:Left Film Night: Rosa Luxemburg DESCRIPTION:Left Film Night: Rosa Luxemburg\nDirected by Margarethe von Trotta\, 1986\, 122 minutes\, in German and Polish with English subtitles \nSunday\, March 31\, 2019\, 7 pm\nCentre for Socialist Education\, on Unceded Coast Salish Territories\n706 Clark Drive\, Vancouver (corner of Clark & E. Georgia) \nThis event takes place on the traditional\, unceded\, occupied territories of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. In acknowledging this\, we must be in solidarity with the struggles of the peoples of the territory in which we occupy. \nCelebrate Women’s History Month with this screening of “Rosa Luxemburg\,” which received the 1986 German Film Award for Best Feature Film (Bester Spielfilm). This is a first-rate introduction to a liberated revolutionary woman who struggled for working class unity\, against patriarchy\, nationalism and other divisive ideologies. Barbara Sukowa won the Cannes Festival’s Best Actress Award for her performance as “Red Rosa\,” the Polish-born Marxist who campaigned relentlessly for socialism and peace. Repeatedly imprisoned in Germany and Poland\, Luxemburg was among the European socialists who condemned the imperialist First World War\, and then helped launch the Spartacist uprising in Germany. She and fellow German communist leader Karl Liebknecht were assassinated on January 15\, 1919\, for their bold efforts to win the working class for a socialist revolution. \nLeft Film Nights are presented by the Centre for Socialist Education\, Young Communist League\, and the Vancouver East Club of the Communist Party of Canada. \n*************\nNo admission charge\, but donations towards our costs are welcome. Coffee and refreshments available. Call 604-255-2041 or email for further information. URL:https://cpcbc.ca/event/left-film-night-rosa-luxemburg/ LOCATION:Socialist Education Center\, 706 Clark Drive\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cpcbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RosaLuxemburg-LeftFilm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190127T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190127T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T173627 CREATED:20190112T054931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190112T054931Z UID:613-1548615600-1548622800@cpcbc.ca SUMMARY:Left film night: Finding Oscar DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Socialist Education\, Young Communist League\, and the Vancouver East Club of the Communist Party of Canada presents left film night: Finding Oscar. \nSunday\, January 27\, 2019\, 7 pm\nCentre for Socialist Education\, on Unceded Coast Salish Territories\n706 Clark Drive\, Vancouver (corner of Clark & E. Georgia) \nWritten and directed by Ryan Suffern\, USA\, 2017\, 94 minutes \nLooking back to Guatemala’s 1982 Dos Erres massacre\, director Ryan Suffern focuses not on the nearly 250 villagers who were murdered by commandos working for the government\, but on a child who is said to have survived and been raised by one of the soldiers who carried out the atrocity. This was one of many bloody events in Guatemala’s decades-long US-funded war against Indigenous peasant communities\, the effects of which are still being felt today. A mix of archival footage and interviews with surviving family members of the victims guide the way toward Oscar. The search is not easy\, but Suffern strikes a respectful\, not entirely hopeless tone\, allowing those affected by the civil war to speak about their experiences. Their words are often more powerful than the filmmaking\, but Suffern wisely allows them to do most of the talking. \nThis event takes place on the traditional\, unceded\, occupied territories of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. In acknowledging this\, we must be in solidarity with the struggles of the peoples of the territory in which we occupy. \n*************\nNo admission charge\, but donations towards our costs are welcome. Coffee and refreshments available. Call 604-255-2041 or email for further information. URL:https://cpcbc.ca/event/left-film-night-finding-oscar/ LOCATION:Socialist Education Center\, 706 Clark Drive\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cpcbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/FindingOscar.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181028T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181028T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T173627 CREATED:20181011T062850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181011T062850Z UID:574-1540753200-1540760400@cpcbc.ca SUMMARY:LEFT FILM NIGHT - "The Coming War on China" DESCRIPTION:(Directed by John Pilger\, 2016\, 113 minutes)The Coming War on China is John Pilger’s 60th film for ITV. This documentary details how the world’s greatest military power\, the United States\, is engaged in a huge armed build-up against China\, the world’s second economic power. The “pivot to Asia” began under Barack Obama\, transferring almost two-thirds of US naval forces to the Asia-Pacific region. Obama’s strategy to surround China with troops\, aircraft carriers\, bombers and missiles has been continued by Donald Trump\, who takes anti-China threats to an even higher level. The danger of nuclear war is no longer unthinkable. Filmed on five possible front lines across Asia and the Pacific over the course of two years\, the story is told in chapters that connect a forgotten past to the rapacious actions of great power militarism today\, and to a resistance of which little is known in the West. \nLeft Film Nights are presented by the Centre for Socialist Education\, Young Communist League\, and the Vancouver East Club of the Communist Party of Canada. URL:https://cpcbc.ca/event/left-film-night-the-coming-war-on-china/ LOCATION:Socialist Education Center\, 706 Clark Drive\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cpcbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/TheComingWarOnChina.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180826T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180826T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T173627 CREATED:20180825T194003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180825T194003Z UID:530-1535310000-1535317200@cpcbc.ca SUMMARY:Film Night: The Flower Girl DESCRIPTION:Come and watch The Flower Girl with others interested in North Korean film. There will be some snacks and drinks\, as well as some other North Korean items of interest. \nThere will be books to read\, posters for sale\, and KFA Canada’s Official Delegate will also have his book for sale there too. URL:https://cpcbc.ca/event/film-night-the-flower-girl/ LOCATION:Socialist Education Center\, 706 Clark Drive\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cpcbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/KFAMovie.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180624T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180624T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T173627 CREATED:20180618T015322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180618T015322Z UID:491-1529866800-1529874000@cpcbc.ca SUMMARY:Left flim night - The Rankin File: Legacy of a Radical DESCRIPTION:Left flim night – The Rankin File: Legacy of a Radical\n(2018\, 90 minutes\, directed by Teresa Alfeld) \nSunday\, June 24\, 7 pm\nCentre for Socialist Education\, on Unceded Coast Salish Territories\n706 Clark Drive\, Vancouver (corner of Clark & E. Georgia) \nThe year is 1986. Expo 86 has just ended and affordability is at the top of everyone’s mind. Harry Rankin\, World War II veteran\, criminal lawyer\, city councillor\, and outspoken socialist decides to run for mayor against NPA councillor Gordon Campbell. More than twenty years later\, director Teresa Alfeld unearthed reels of 16mm footage of Harry’s campaign trail to bring us The Rankin File: Legacy of a Radical. Combining rich archival footage with present-day interviews\, Alfeld crafts a wildly entertaining primer on Vancouver civic politics\, with a cast of local politicians and activists including Mike Harcourt\, Libby Davies\, Bruce Yorke\, Jean Swanson\, Stewart and Joan Phillip and Gordon Campbell. Rankin was an ally of the powerless\, taking on cases and causes that no one else would touch\, including the 1972 inquest into the death of Fred Quilt\, an Indigenous man who died in police custody in Tsilhqot’in territory. The issues that Rankin fought for in that 1986 election — affordable housing\, equality\, and accessibility — remain crucial in the city today. \nLeft Film Nights are presented by the Centre for Socialist Education\, Young Communist League\, and the Vancouver East Club of the Communist Party of Canada. For this occasion only\, admission is $5 or pay what you can. Ph. 604-255-2041 for more information. \n\n  URL:https://cpcbc.ca/event/left-flim-night-the-rankin-file-legacy-of-a-radical/ LOCATION:Socialist Education Center\, 706 Clark Drive\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cpcbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/35226194_1718618708185346_5923974749863542784_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180429T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180429T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T173627 CREATED:20180428T065704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180428T071006Z UID:442-1525028400-1525035600@cpcbc.ca SUMMARY:"The Young Karl Marx" DESCRIPTION:LEFT FILM NIGHT CELEBRATES THE 200TH BIRTHDAY OF KARL MARX (May 5\, 1818) \nFresh off the success of his James Baldwin documentary\, I Am Not Your Negro\, Haitian-born director Raoul Peck tackles the early days of the friendship between Karl Marx (August Diehl) and Friedrich Engels (Stefan Konarske) as they struggle to establish the Communist Party and complete the Communist Manifesto. In his mid-20s\, Marx was already a veteran of the class wars when he met—and initially disliked—the dapper\, 22-year-old Engels\, son of a rich textile manufacturer. From the smoky cafés of Paris\, to the socialist enclaves of London\, where Marx lived in exile\, these two revolutionaries and their families\, friends and comrades begin the task of reshaping the world. Of particular interest is the critical role of women (notably Vicky Krieps as Jenny von Westphalen)  in creating the communist theory and building the movements which carried it into the working class.In the Guardian\, Peter Bradshaw writes\, “[A] sinewy and intensely focused\, uncompromisingly cerebral period drama… This is a film which sticks to a credo that people arguing about theories and concepts—while also periodically angrily rejecting the notion of mere abstraction—is highly interesting. And Peck and Bonitzer pull off the considerable trick of making it interesting\, aided by very good performances from Diehl and Konarske… [This] fervent film… shouldn’t work\, but it does\, due to the intelligence of the acting and the stamina and concentration of the writing and directing.” \n(2017\, 118 minutes\, directed by Raoul Peck\, France/Belgium/Germany) URL:https://cpcbc.ca/event/the-young-karl-marx/ LOCATION:Socialist Education Center\, 706 Clark Drive\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cpcbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/YoungKarlMarx.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180410T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180410T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T173627 CREATED:20180330T185635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180403T044501Z UID:399-1523386800-1523397600@cpcbc.ca SUMMARY:Screening: Radiance of Résistance DESCRIPTION:Film Screening: Radiance of Resistance تألق المقاومة\nApril 10th: Doors open at 7pm. Film starts at 7:30pm\nTickets: $10 General\, $8 Seniors/Students\,\nLocation: The Cinematheque 1131 Howe Street\nCo-organized by: Canada Palestine Association\, BDS-Vancouver Coast Salish Territories and Young Communist League-Vancouver \nThe new film\, Radiance of Resistance tells the story of Janna Ayyad 9 years old\, and Ahed Tamimi 14 years old\, who live under military occupation in Nabi Saleh\, Palestine. Janna Ayyad has been called the youngest journalist in Palestine. Ahed is one of many Palestinian children unjustly incarcerated in an Israeli Prison for opposing colonial occupation on her land. As Bassem Tamimi said\, “Ahed is a representation of a new generation of our people\, of young freedom fighters.” This film will take an intimate look at their everyday lives and their importance as the new generation of Palestinian non-violent resistance. In 2017\, Radiance of Résistance won Best documentary at the Respect for Human Rights Film Festival. \nJoin us in the struggle for Ahed’s Freedom! Free all Palestinian prisoners!\nAll funds/proceeds go to: Organizations fighting for the freedom of Palestinian Prisoners \nProduced by: AMZ Productions – Rise Up International\nMusic by: Colten Williams & Third Seven\nEdited by: Jesse Locke\nDirected by: Jesse Roberts \nhttp://www.radianceofresistance.com/ \n**************************\nThis event takes place on the traditional\, unceded\, occupied territories of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. In acknowledging this\, we must be in solidarity with the struggles of the peoples of the territory in which we occupy. URL:https://cpcbc.ca/event/screening-radiance-of-resistance/ LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cpcbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CanadaPalestine.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180224T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180224T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T173627 CREATED:20180222T062442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180222T063826Z UID:326-1519498800-1519506000@cpcbc.ca SUMMARY:Left Film Night: Palestine Now DESCRIPTION:Public \n\n · Hosted by Centre for Socialist Education and Young Communist League-Vancouver\nJoin the Communist Party of Canada – Van East club & The Young Communist League Vancouver in viewing “Palestine Now”\n(2017\, UK documentary\, 49 minutes)This 2017 documentary looks at the impact of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory\, fifty years after the Mid-East war of 1967. Israel’s apartheid policies have brought enormous hardship to the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip\, including the massive destruction of homes and olive groves\, the killing and jailing of thousands of Palestinians (including hundreds of children)\, and much more. The charges against teenager Ahed Tamimi and her current trial have again drawn the attention of the world to the crimes committed by the Israeli state against Palestine. The screening will include discussion of the latest developments in this struggle\, including updates on the Tamimi family’s situation. Free admission; a collection will be taken towards the cost of holding Left Film Nights\, with half of the proceeds going to local organizers of solidarity campaigns for Ahed Tamimi.This event takes place on the traditional\, unceded\, occupied territories of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. In acknowledging this\, we must be in solidarity with the struggles of the peoples of the territory in which we occupy.\n\n*************\nNo admission charge\, but donations towards our costs are welcome. Coffee and refreshments available. Left Film Nights are presented by the Centre for Socialist Education\, Young Communist League\, and the Vancouver East Club of the Communist Party of Canada. Call 604-255-2041 or email for further information. URL:https://cpcbc.ca/event/left-film-night-palestine-now/ LOCATION:BC CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cpcbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/film-palestine.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR