Still
We Ride screens at the Old Town Pub
There
will be a screening of \'Still We Ride\' at the Old Town Pub in Pasadena in the
Patio which will benefit Times Up! Bike Legal Defense Fund.
On Friday August 27th, a few days before the start of the Republican
National Convention, a massive police operation gets underway. That night a
record 5000-6000 bicycle riders hit the streets for the monthly Critical Mass
ride. Helicopters circle overhead and police entrap cyclist at several points,
often entrapping them by wrapping large orange netting around riders. By the
end of the night 264 people are arrested, marking one of the largest mass arrests
in New York City\'s history. The arrestees, it turns out, had done nothing illegal.
The documentary Still We Ride captures the joyous atmosphere of this August
ride before the arrests begin and the chaos that followed. It recounts how this
ride first started in San Francisco over 10 years ago, and chronicles the police
crackdown in New York and resulting court battles over the last twelve months.
The movie takes on issues of civil liberties, surveillance, the power of mainstream
media, and the benefits of alternative means of transportation.
October 28th, 8 PM
suggested donation (no one
turned away for lack of funds)
Old Town Pub Patio - 66 N Fair
Oaks
The patio area will be open to all ages.
Behind the container store - enter the Pub from East Holly Street between origami
and Dreams of Tibet.
Coincides with Pasadena Critical Mass
A celebration
of bicyles.
On the last Friday of every month, we meet at Wild Oats, 603 S. Lake (at California)
at 6 pm
All who like to ride are welcome?all bikes are cool bikes!
We ride at a normal pace?this is not a race.
http://www.criticalmass.pasadena4all.org/
Anyone who rides a bike (or not) needs
to see this movie. As this is not
an isolated issue for New York to deal with alone, it\'s a major
testing ground for suppression of free speech and suppression
of free assembly.
`After an entire year of illegal and barbaric treatment by the NYPD, cyclists in New York have persevered,
as documented in the new documentary
\"Still We Ride.\" Civil libertarians and anyone concerned
about basic rights to assemble, protest, celebrate, and speak
have flocked to defend the New York Critical
Mass. ` -- Chris Carlsson
\"Critical Mass: Bicycling\'s Defiant Celebration\"
All proceeds to benefit the Times\'s Up! Bike Legal Defense Fund
See the trailer:
http://ia300136.us.archive.org/0/items/SWRlongTrailermp4/SWRlongTrailer.mp4
Documentary website:
http://www.stillweridethemovie.com
Times-Up! website:
http://www.times-up.org
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