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Five Palestinian, Israeli and international activists paint themselves blue and don pointy ears and tails that make them look like the characters in the film Avatar. Although their colonisers are from different origins, the Avatars, like the Palestinians, fight imperialism. 'The Avatars' presence in Bil'in today symbolizes united resistance to imperialism of all kinds.

Autonomía Obrera is a documentary about the autonomous struggles in 1970s Spain, a story about the other workers' movement, a rewriting of the post-Franco transition. Against historical memory, political memory.

Lewanne Jones is Autonomedia's main Film and Video specialist. She will present her research into media archaeology in the EE.UU. New York-based Autonomedia are one of the most lucid publishers of books on radical media, politics and the arts. They have published more than 300 titles that have influenced and given voice to a generation of authors, thinkers and social collectives, and established a dialogue between seemingly unconnected critical voices. Their publications include: Temporary Autonomous Zones, by Hakim Bey; Digital Resistance and Electronic Civil Disobedience, by Critical Art Ensemble; Hacktivism, by the Electronic Disturbance Theatre; Pirate Utopias and European Renegades, by Peter Lamborn Wilson.  

Jim Fleming, editor and member of Autonomedia. Lecturer in the Film and Media Department of Hunter College CUNY, New York. He will speak about the concept of "autonomous media" and how it relates to the books published by Autonomedia. New York-based Autonomedia are one of the most lucid publishers of books on radical media, politics and the arts. They have published more than 300 titles that have influenced and given voice to a generation of authors, thinkers and social collectives, and established a dialogue between seemingly unconnected critical voices. Their publications include: Temporary Autonomous Zones, by Hakim Bey; Digital Resistance and Electronic Civil Disobedience, by Critical Art Ensemble; Hacktivism, by the Electronic Disturbance Theatre; Pirate Utopias and European Renegades, by Peter Lamborn Wilson.  

Eric Goldhagen, member of Autonomedia, ABC No Rio and Openflows. He will speak about technology and the politics of new media and "open-source software". New York-based Autonomedia are one of the most lucid publishers of books on radical media, politics and the arts. They have published more than 300 titles that have influenced and given voice to a generation of authors, thinkers and social collectives, and established a dialogue between seemingly unconnected critical voices. Their publications include: Temporary Autonomous Zones, by Hakim Bey; Digital Resistance and Electronic Civil Disobedience, by Critical Art Ensemble; Hacktivism, by the Electronic Disturbance Theatre; Pirate Utopias and European Renegades, by Peter Lamborn Wilson.  

1968. A handful of pioneers, mostly Europeans disappointed by Western society, set out to build Auroville, a utopian city of dawn. Forty years later, their desert plateau somewhere in Tamil Nadu, India, has become a jungle. Each day, some 2000 Aurovilians try to live by the ideals of Mira Alfassa, known as the Mother. In order to grow, they must push the limits of their environment and their own consciences through thick and thin. It is an enormous task. This documentary looks at the life of Aurovilians and the paradoxes of cities, and explains the reasons that led them to start afresh and reject a system that is on track to dominate all continents in the near future.

Ten unemployed men and women talk about why and how they've decided to stop working. After a period of familiarity with the labour market, these men and women have turned away from factories, warehouses and offices, determined to reject the rules of the existing economic war. Far from the usual worried or depressed image of the unemployed these “unemployed people who don't ask for work” openly talk about their reasons for seeking fulfilment outside of the workplace, with little financial resources but plenty of time to spend on themselves