(PWR) two announcements: IWFR and "Horns and Halos"

From: mtoups@andrew.cmu.edu
Date: Tue Sep 30 2003 - 15:24:12 EDT

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two quick announcements:
(IWFR tuesday, horns and halos wednesday)

1. you've probably already heard about the nationwide
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride (co-sponsored by USAS,
see http://iwfr.org/ for more info). The Pittsburgh stop
is TODAY, tuesday the 30th! Come and welcome the 104
immigrant workers riders and immigrant advocates coming
from San Francisco on their way to Washington DC.

CMU folks are meeting at the Women's Center (on margaret morrison st).
Feel free to come with PWR, we'll be meeting at 5pm and leaving for
the hill district between 6 and 6:30.

info for off campus folks:

The general public is invited to join the event at 6:45pm at the hill
house's kauffman auditorium located at 1835 Center Ave., near the mellon
arena, where we will march a couple of blocks in the sidewalks to the
"freedom corner;" or you can wait for us at the freedom corner where we
will continue the welcoming at 7:15pm at center ave. and crawford street;
and then at 8pm we will pass to st. benedict the moor church, across the
street from the freedom corner to listen to our guests. all invited and
free.

2. cool documentary -- Horns and Halos. part of the AB Political
Speakers documentary series, first Wendesday of every month.

(Showtimes are at 8pm, 10pm, and 12am. Admission is $1 w/student ID, $3
without. Wednesday October 1st in McConomy Auditorium.)

Horns and Halos is the unlikely story of three men -- an author, a
publisher, and a U.S. President -- whose paths collide over J.H.
Hatfield's unauthorized biography of George W. Bush, Fortunate Son. The
bizzarre story unravels revealing dark pasts and tragic consequences.

In October 1999, a short article appeared in the New York Times: St.
Martin's Press recalled Fortunate Son, the first published biography of
George W. Bush. At the time of its recall, the book was #8 on Amazon.coms
best-seller list no doubt due to the book's widely publicized allegations
that Bush had been arrested for cocaine possession in 1972. However, Bush
wasnt the only one with a hidden past. Citing distrust of the author, J.
H. Hatfield, the publisher pulled the book from stores after learning that
he was a convicted felon.

Several weeks later, small underground imprint Soft Skull Press, the
self-styled "punk of publishing," announced that it would re-publish the
book. But getting Fortunate Son back on the shelves wouldn't prove so
easy. Operating out of a tenement basement on New York City's Lower East
Side, 29-year-old founder Sander Hicks struggled without significant
success for over a year to get the book back into stores and into the
national consciousness. After months of lawsuits, bad press, and
disagreements with the distributor, Soft Skull made one final desperate
attempt to make a splash at the 2001 Book Expo of America. Against the
author's wishes, Hicks revealed the sources for the book's cocaine
allegations, which leads to electrifying consequences.

-Winner "Best Documentary" - 2002 New York Undergound Film Festival
-Winner "Best Documentary" 2002 Chicago Underground Film Festival
-Official Selection 2002 Toronto International Film Festival
-Official Selection 2002 Rotterdam International Film Festival

We will also have visitors from The Big Idea, Pittsburgh's only 100%
volunteer-run anarchist and independent bookstore (located in
Wilkinsburg), which carries _Fortunate Son_ and other titles from
underground publishers like Soft Skull Press.