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Screening: Sí, Se Puede: Seven Days at PAH Barcelona

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‘SÍ SE PUEDE. Seven days at PAH Barcelona’ is a daily account of Barcelona‘s Platform of People Affected by Mortgage in what could be a week of its tireless activity. Departing from the concrete and the everyday, the documentary tries to explain the complexity and diversity of a movement that has spread throughout the state and has been a real challenge for civil society to government policies and financial institutions after the economic and human disaster which marked the bursting of the housing bubble.

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Austerity and After: Learning from Greece, pt.1

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The first of a two-part report-back on austerity and grassroots movements in Greece by Larry Haiven and Max Haiven, who recently visited the country to meet with organizers and activists developing the solidarity economy. This first session provides background, context and analysis of the current state of affairs, including an introduction to the nation’s recent…

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What’s Next for Greece’s Grassroots Movements Against Austerity after the Election?

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The Radical Imagination Project and Solidarity Halifax are pleased to invite you to a conversation about the recent Greek elections on Tuesday, March 24, 5:30-7:30pm

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Screening: Living Without Money (2011)

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In the documentary LIVING WITHOUT MONEY (2011, Dir. Line Halvorsen, Norway-Italy, 52’), we meet the German woman Heidemarie Schwermer (68) who made a deliberate choice to live without money 14 years ago. One day she cancelled her flat, donated all of her belongings and started a new life based on exchanging favors – without the…

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Screening: Payback (2011)

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Based on Margaret Atwood’s bestselling book Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, Jennifer Baichwal’s feature documentary PAYBACK (2011, Canada, 85’) offers a fascinating look at debt as a mental construct and traces how it influences relationships, societies, governing structures and even the fate of the planet. The film explores the link between debtor…

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Screening: Life and Debt (2001)

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LIFE AND DEBT (2001, Dir. Stephanie Black, US, 80’) is that rare breed of documentary which succeeds in both educating and informing its viewers on a complex topic while also entertaining them from start to finish. Thanks in part to the stunning natural beauty of Jamaica, Life and Debt is a cinematically beautiful masterpiece which…

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Max Haiven interviewed about the politics of debt (audio)

January 16, 2015
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Radical Imagination Project co-director Max Haiven was interviewed on the CHSR show From the Margins regarding the Project’s documentary film series Debt: Our Common Problem (January/February), and about the debt economy more broadly. Listen here (http://fromthemargins.h-a-z.org/podcast/?p=episode&name=2015-01-14_max_debt_our_common_problem.mp3):

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