- August 3 – 5
- Eagles Ballroom – Olympia, WA
New Direction Fest 2012 will be a space for people of the worldwide hardcore and punk community to share experiences, skills, ideas, and information about community organizing, activism, labor organizing, and other forms of radical action. This convergence will include live bands, workshops, and speakers engaged in the practical application of the radical ideas and values of hardcore punk. Through these, we hope to inspire and to mobilize one another to form a global network of resistance and a movement for radical change within the hardcore and punk community. The goal of this fest is to breathe new life into the hardcore tradition of resistance and to push our networks towards a NEW DIRECTION where we can bridge the gap between hardcore values and the application of these values through radical practice.
FRIDAY AUGUST 3RD
The Midnight Sun (113 N Columbia St. Olympia, WA 98501) Doors @ 2pm ($14)
FILM SHOWING: “Occupation Nation” by B Media Collective (starts at 2:30pm
ADJUSTMENT TO SOCIETY
DEHUMANIZED
DICK BINGE
GRIMACE
KOMATOSE
POISON PLANET
RVIVR
SKARP
SOJOURNER
UGLY PARTS
SATURDAY AUGUST 4TH
Eagles Ballroom (805 Fourth Ave. E, Olympia, WA, 98506) Doors @ 9am ($20)
-Worker Co-operatives
-Police Reform or Police Abolition by Kristian Williams (author of Our Enemies in Blue)
-For A Movement, Not “The Scene” by Harjit Singh Gill (member of the Institute of Anarchist Studies)
-Dismantling Capitalism, Dismantling Patriarchy by PDX IWW
-A Brief History of Anti-Fascism in Punk by Rose City Antifa
-Anarchism and Popular Education Panel by Josh Simpson (co-founder of Coffee Strong) and Stephen Cahill (Reivers)
– Radical Healing by Kanoko (Broken Water)
AGATHA
BIG EYES
CRUDE THOUGHT
CYNARAE
THE DETONATORS
DISPARATE
LATTERMAN
MARY CHRIST
OUTLOOK
REIVERS
RITUAL ADDICT
SUNDAY AUGUST 5TH
Eagles Ballroom (Doors at 9am) ($20)
– Labor Struggle in the 21st Century panel with Seattle Solidarity Network and the Portland Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.)
-Changing Directions: Critical questions for the new face of activism by Greg Bennick (Trial)
-Oi Polloi Q&A Session on Punk and Radical Activism
-Urban Guerilla Gardening Field Trip to the Olympia Pirate Garden
-Student movement, social unrest and anti-capitalist struggles in Québec
– Exploring Radical Consent by Amory (w/ Olympia School of Consent and Wizardry)
-G.I. Resistance and Coffee Strong by Josh Simpson (co-founder of Coffee Strong)
ERODE
HYSTERICS
LA BELLA
OI POLLOI
RAPE REVENGE
RESIST AND EXIST
SOCIALIZED CRUCIFIXION
VENGANZA
WARSOUND
WRETCHED OF THE EARTH
PRESALE WEEKEND PASSES:
$45
AT THE DOOR:
Fri- $14
Sat- $20
Sun- $20
Presale tickets can be bought here: http://newdirectionfest.net/three-day-pass/
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