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Freedom For What?

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Via the  Independent Institute:

Freedom for What? (April 30, 2010)

by
Carlos Alberto Montaner

The following is based on a speech given by the author, upon
receiving the “Juan de Mariana Award for an Exemplary Trajectory in the
Defense of Freedom,” Madrid, Spain, April 30, 2010. © Firmas Press.

In 1980, shortly after making a dramatic exit from Cuba, the
magnificent writer Reinaldo Arenas collected in a book his more
combative articles and essays and titled it The Need for Freedom.

It was a shout. Reinaldo felt the need to be free. Human beings
need to be free. He was asphyxiating in Cuba. He lived in sadness, fear
and indignation. None of those three emotions is pleasant, and sometimes
they twisted in his heart to the point of desperation. Continue reading →

Video Of Police Raid Of NY Anarchist Film Fest

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NBC News had this on April 14, 2010:

“The cops raided an Independent Anarchist Media Collective space at 13 Thames Art Space in Brooklyn and arrested two group members Tuesday.
According to the “I AM Collective” statement, the NYPD entered the Bushwick based art and performance space without a warrant.
“Two plainclothes detectives entered first, followed quickly by a Lieutenant and vans full of blue shirt officers,” the statement reads. “After corralling everyone present in the back room, they searched the space and detained two members of the collective.”

Anarchist News.org describes the event that was slated to run today, April 16:

“The I AM collective was preparing for the NYC Anarchist Film Festival, a showcase of resistance movements and insurrectionary events from around the world presented from an anarchist and anti-authoritarian perspective.”