Upcoming East Coast Screenings:

June 26, 6:30PM Asheville, NC

July 2,   7:00PM NYC, NY

July 12, 7:30PM Philly, PA

Baltimore, M, TBA

Washington D.C., TBA

Rodchester, NY, TBA

We’re looking for more places to host screenings.  Please contact us if you’re interested in helping to set one up.

Here is a list of available resources to learn more about our film, DASW and to organize screening and discussions

• Discussion Themes for Workshops
• Friends, Allies and Resources
• How To Host a Screening
•  street-basics-zine.pdf 
• Reflection On the Battle in Seattle (N30/1999)
  
• Security Culture: What it is, Why we need it, How to use it to stay Active and Safe
  
• DONATE TO SUPPORT SHUTDOWN!

By Noam Chomsky

There is substantial evidence that the fear of domestic disruption has inhibited murderous plans. One documented case concerns Vietnam. The Joint Chiefs of Staff recognized the need that ’sufficient forces would still be available for civil disorder control.’ if they sent troops to Vietnam after the Tet Offensive, and Pentagon officials feared that escalation might lead to massive civil disobedience, in view of the large-scale popular opposition to the war, running the risk of ‘provoking a domestic crisis of unprecented proportions.’ A review of the internal documents released in the Pentagon Papers shows that considerations of cost were the sole factor inhibiting planners, a fact that should be noted by citizens concerned to restrain the violence of the state. In such cases as these, and many others, popular demonstrations and civil disobedience may, under appropriate circumstances, encourage others to undertake a broader range of conventional action by extending the range of the thinkable, and where there is real popular understanding of the legitimacy of direct action to confront institutional violence, may serve as a catalyst to constructive organization and action that will pave the way to more fundamental change.

Now released from Ak Press HERE!! 

SHUTDOWN: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War, is an 
action-packed documentary going behind the scenes on how Direct Action to Stop the War(D.A.S.W.) successfully 
organized to shut down a major US city while also analyzing how it failed to effectively maintain the organized actions to fight the war machine and end the occupation of Iraq.


 Created by organizers involved with Direct Action to Stop the War,  
SHUTDOWN combines critical information on possibilities and pitfalls of organizing for mass 
actions, with the wisdom of hindsight.



 For all those who have ever dreamed of fomenting uprisings against war in their own towns and cities, this film is a must-see.