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THE LAST ELECTION AND OTHER LOVE STORIES EXCLUSIVE SCREENING AT THE PEOPLE’S FORUM! March 7, 2025 6:30PM THE PEOPLE’S FORUM 320 W. 37th STREET New York NY 10018 TALKBACK WITH THE FILM DIRECTOR MIGUEL SILVEIRA in conversation with members of the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee RSVP at (see link in bio) THE LAST ELECTION (2021) is a documentary, a podcast, and a flash ethnography about the United States on election day 2020. A snapshot of a collapsing democracy, when some thought it could still prevail. The semi-scripted framing story follows amateur podcaster Khadim Diop in the creation of his podcast titled “The Last Election”. As finalists in a podcast competition, Khadim and his creative partner, Xisko Monroe record interviews and observations from the streets of Times Square from sunrise November 3, 2020, to sunrise November 4, 2020. Conflict arises between the podcasters when Xisko’s sister shows up to help and Khadim’s personal political choices are challenged. The film is a portrait of real people filmed in the middle of the pandemic, only a few blocks from The People’s Forum, at a time and place in the USA that both confirmed and denied the prevailing notion that America was and still is a divided nation. It shows strong disagreements between Trump supporters and Biden voters, as well as dissidents from either choice both young and old, all in the same block. Featuring a special participation of the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee members in one of their street actions. Despite all disagreements, Khadim’s podcast projects a message of measured but much-needed optimism and love, during a global pandemic, political turmoil, and ecological disaster. RUNNING TIME: 72 minutes Starring Khadim Diop, Coco Monroe and Kimber Monroe Directed by Miguel Silveira Written & produced by Miguel Silveira & Missy Hernandez Cinematography by Jano Mejia Edited by Aron Romanoff Music by Francis Rodriguez Documentary footage by Emil Benjamin Event organized by Syncretic Pleasures @syncretic_pleasures with support from the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee (DDB-NY), Hurricane & Yucca, and The People’s Forum

Ontem, no workshop e debate Agitprop: Consciência de Classe e Organização Comunitária com Thiago Reis Vasconcelos (@antropofagicateatro @mst_saopaulo ) e Natalia de Campos (@syncretic_pleasures @ndcmps @defenddemocracyinbrazil ), e um grupo diverso de ativistas, organizadores sindicais e apoiadores, artistas e estudantes universitários se reuniram no Fórum do Povo na cidade de Nova York e trabalharam na construção de solidariedade internacionalista e consciência de classe. Eles então enviaram esta mensagem às autoridades brasileiras @lulaoficial @pauloteixeira13 Yesterday, at the Agitprop: class consciousness & community organizing workshop and discussion with Thiago Reis Vasconcelos (@antropofagicateatro @mst_saopaulo ) and Natalia de Campos (@syncretic_pleasures @ndcmps ), a diverse group of activists, union and party organizers, artists and university students met at The People’s Forum in New York City and worked on building internationalist solidarity and class consciousness. Then they sent this message to the Brazilian authorities #Saudamos o MST e sua luta justa! Apelamos às autoridades brasileiras que regularizem a Comuna da Terra irmã Alberta! We salute the MST and its just struggle! We call on the Brazilian authorities to regularize the Sister Alberta Land Commune! Internationalism, solidarity and struggle! MST a luta é pra valer! #Internationalism #solidarity #struggle #Brasil #Brazil #solidariedade #internacionalismo #brazilianswithpalestinians #mst #mst_saopaulo #workshop #landrights #landtitle #direitoaterra #constituiçãofederal @mst_saopaulo @movimentosemterra @ndcmps @defenddemocracyinbrazil @comitepopulardeluta_njnypa @syncretic_pleasures @peoplesforumnyc @btnewsroom @peoplesdispatch Huge thanks/ nosso enorme agradecimento ao @craig_birchfield

Agitprop: class consciousness and popular organizing in Brazil a workshop and discussion [em português abaixo] February 13, 2025 6PM - 8:30PM (in person) The People’s Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York City Limited spaces. Suggested donation: $5-$20 Registration: (link in bio) Come learn and play with aspects of creative praxis and its possibilities in the application of art and political education in the processes of consciousness formation and community organization. Hear from Brazil’s MST regional organizer and director of Companhia Antropofágica Theatre Group Thiago Reis Vasconcelos, in a practical session co-created and facilitated by theater artist, activist and educator Natalia de Campos @ndcmps / Syncretic Pleasures, also co-coordinator of the Defend Democracy in Brazil committee (DDB-NY). Join other activists and artists in this creative exploration together with a discussion on class consciousness, popular organizing, and what affects workers daily lives, including healthy eating , environmental solutions, immigration rights, and youth involvement. Organized by Syncretic Pleasures @syncretic_pleasures , Defend Democracy in Brazil @defenddemocracyinbrazil , Companhia Antropofágica @antropofagicateatro , with support from The People’s Forum @peoplesforumnyc , Artists Against Apartheid, @againstapartheid.art and Friends of the MST/ US @movimentosemterra **** [PORTUGUÊS] Agitprop: consciência de classe e organização popular no Brasil oficina e discussão 13 de fevereiro de 2025 18h - 20h30 (presencial) The People’s Forum 320 West 37th Street, Nova York Vagas limitadas. Doação sugerida: US$ 5 a US$ 20 Inscrição:

One year of genocide, one year of resistance! Join the #BrazilianswithPalestinians contingent this Saturday at 2pm! We’ll meet at Times Square and west 47th street, and join thousands of activists from dozens of groups in the #shutitdown4Palestine coalition Um ano de genocidio, um ano de resistência! Junte-se ao contingente brasileiro no protesto da coalizão do Movimento Jovem Palestino. Ponto de encontro: sábado dia 5, 14hs- Times square e esquina da rua 47 west #endthegenocide #freePalestine #fromtherivertotheseapalestinewillbefree #peace #anticolonialist #antiracist #rightofreturn #endzionism

Join us for this fantastic docu-fiction film screening on downtown São Paulo’s housing occupation of the Cambridge Hotel and their success in the tough struggle for affordable housing . The “Cambridge Squatter” (roughly translated), houses Brazilian migrants and refugees in our own country and refugee immigrants from Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Congo, Haiti, Venezuela and more. It’s a timeless account of the fight for dignity everywhere. Screening in New York. Free. Reserve to guarantee a spot, link in bio! We will have the filmmaker @ElianeCaffe and movement leader from @movimentomstc @carmensilvamstc Silva join us via Zoom in this bilingual discussion organized and led by artist, activist and language educator Natalia de Campos @ndcmps and members of @defenddemocracyinbrazil - @myriammarx and members of @comitepopulardeluta_njnypa @peoplesforumnyc The People’s Forum | FILM SCREENING | The Cambridge Squatter - The People’s Forum: /events/era-o-hotel-cambridge/

DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND MY CONTROL , I DECIDED TO NO LONGER PARTICIPATE IN THIS EXHIBITION (as of 6/14/2024) Play-Land will be on view soon! : : : : : part of “Uncommitted” , our new installation-performance, Play-Land , aims to discuss our social responsibility in the upcoming elections- in face of current (and past) events and in elections that have global consequences. Play-Land is in homage to the martyred children of G4Z4. Immense thanks to Jeannine Bardo for the invitation and to my eternal and amazing collaborator Thiago Szmrecsányi @thiagoszmrecsanyi who always makes my dreams come true; to Ashley Chapman for curating a great group of artists. #art #performance #advocacy #elections #Gaza #globalpolitics #USA #foreign policy #Palestine #Brazil #thingstodonyc #communityspace #gallery #Bayridge Repost : ・・・ Opening June 14! UNCOMMITTED June 14 – August 10, 2024 Opening reception: Friday, June 14, 7-9 PM Curated by A Chapman Featuring works by Natalia de Campos/ Syncretic Pleasures, @ndcmps @syncretic_pleasures Francisco Donoso, @donosostudio Magdalena Dukiewicz, @magdalena_dukiewicz Bang Geul Han, @baombaom and Georgia Lale @georgia_lale_studio Stand4 Gallery’s upcoming exhibition Uncommitted focuses on civic literacy, engagement, and social matters which affect and reflect the daily lives of Bay Ridge community members. This local lens overlaps with national issues surrounding the 2024 presidential election. In particular, this artist cohort examines concerns related to health care, migration, conflict, tensions between state and federal voting rights, surveillance, the role of technology, and advocacy. Additional special community events will include multiple voting drives, a civic literacy workshop, zine workshops, and several performances aiming to bolster dialogue and individuals’ investment in the upcoming election. (…) (See more at the gallery’s profile)

Last Saturday those of us who couldn’t go to Washington DC marched in New York in solidarity with the Palestinian people and The Freedom Theatre of #Jenin in occupied Palestine A beautiful march and acts conceived by @monicahunken @leah_van_bach amongst many many talented New York artists in collaboration with more artists and NY groups, marching throughout the Theater District in #NewYorkCity The Extraordinary photos featured here are: Photos 1-4 by @davidgoddardphotography Photos 5-10 by @kenschles It was an honor to dance throughout, listen, and then read the words by 23 year-old Chantal Rizkallah of the @thefreedomtheatre Organized by @allimitecollective @noortheatre @nationalqueertheater @tonyc_action Credits and thanks to all involved- will add them gradually here #ArtisTheBestWeapon #freedomtheater #freepalestine #ceasefirenow #endthesiegeongaza #endusaidtoisrael #peace #rightofreturn🇵🇸

Join us this saturday 12/16 for the @intermission_museum publication fair “words in progress”. works and prints available for purchase ! Readings and performances by @anastaciarenee5 @ndcmps with @threecee , @uaau_nyc , @syncretic_pleasures Isabelle cordero Works by john ros @kariannfuqua @ndcmps @thiagoszmrecsanyi and more Discussion on antihierarchical education by members of the committee for curricular thinking of @intermission_museum 12-5pm december 16 @stand4gallery bay ridge brooklyn visit intermissionmuseum.org for more details and to view the related online exhibition #artists #artworks #prints #publicationsfair #brooklyn #bayridge #newyork #holidayshopping #gifts #art #performanceart #words

I will be part of this reading tonight, with over 30 theater artists on the International day of solidarity with Palestine.. Created by @ashtartheatre , organized in NY by @allimitecollective Nov 29th, 7:30pm Location: Be Electric Studios, Studio 10 1028 Grand Street, Brooklyn, New York online live on Zoom too. RSVP at bit.ly/Gazamonologues Please read: Due to the horrific war taking place in Gaza, Ashtar Theatre launches an urgent request to all its friends and theater makers around the world to publicly read or perform The Gaza Monologues on November 29th, 2023; The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People - a significant day for those who value justice, equality, and freedom for the Palestinian people. The Gaza Monologues are testimonies written by ASHTAR youth in 2010, after the first war on the Gaza Strip. Tragically, these Monologues are still accurate today. They are highlighting the horrors, hopes and resilience of the courageous Gazans to a wider audience, bringing out the voices of children and people in Gaza. Al Límite Collective returned from Palestine in October 2023 after participating in the Feminist Theatre Festival at The Freedom Theatre in Jenin Camp, where we devised a piece with 4 Palestinian actors about the unifying struggle of women’s rights movements around the world. We stand in solidarity now and always with anyone experiencing oppression under a brutal regime. This is also a fundraiser for ASHTAR Theatre's mental health resources in the West Bank: ASHTAR Theatre is launching an intervention in the West Bank, Palestine, providing immediate relief to express and mitigate the traumatic impact of the current war on Gaza. In parthership with Palestinian psychologists, ASHTAR will deliver psycho-social interventions for children, youth and adults using theatre and art as a medium for trauma release in schools & youth centres. ASHTAR social media handles: IG: @ashtartheatre FB: @ashtartheatre LinkedIn: ashtar-for-theatre-productions-and-training Sponsored by Be Electric Studios Al Límite Collective: @allimitecillective

@THIAGOSZMRECSANYI @CLOAKFORDARWIN @JNIERODZINSKI AND MORE AT @CONTEXTSPACEBK THIS FRIDAY! 948 3rd Avenue  Brooklyn, NY 11232 (Entrance on 36 th St.) contextspace.org IG @contextspacebk [email protected] Open Saturdays 1-5, by appointment, and at random. Context is an artist-run gallery and publishing platform that provides artists with a solo exhibition, catalog, and essay to contextualize their practice. SUBMERGING: CONTEXT MEMBER GROUP SHOW OCTOBER 13th / 6 - 9 pm - OCTOBER 14th / 12 - 5 pm CONTEXT is proud to join Sunset Park Open Studios and present Submerging, a group exhibition of recent artwork by CONTEXT members Amanda Bauer, Gocha Tsinadze, Joshua Nierodzinski, Caleb Nussear, and Thiago Szmrecsanyi. The title of this exhibition began as playful riff on the term “emerging artist”. The entry- level career stage for artists is followed by Mid-Career and then Established. To advance through these levels requires acceptance within the capitalist art market which means sales, awards, and exhibition history. All with the promise of financial wealth and class mobility. We all know that very few artists live solely from their artwork. Even less reach icon status. And yet, so often the advice of those established artists when asked how they achieved that status is to immerse into one’s practice and life as opposed to seeking recognition. So, don’t aim to emerge. Submerge. What started as a response to emergence has taken on deeper meaning in the past few weeks. Not only because of the recent flooding in New York but because we, the members of CONTEXT, are losing our gallery space. We are actively searching for a new site and, with any luck, will resurface soon.

@uaau_nyc (@threecee @thiagoszmrecsanyi @ndcmps @syncretic_pleasures ) is participating in this exhibition in response to a Manifesto on Antihierarchical Education written collaboratively by invitation of artist John Ros- from @intermission_museum View it online! Soon in person too #Repost @intermission_museum with @use.repost ・・・ ima presents: volume iii: work-in-progress 10 october — 30 december 2023 new york, ny — ima is thrilled to announce its latest exhibition, volume iii: work-in-progress, scheduled to open on 10 october 2023 and featured through 30 december 2023. /volume-iii/work-in-progress/ @kariannfuqua @allie__grant @syncretic_pleasures @ndcmps @uaau_nyc #johnros @emgenia #eringenia

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