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| Friday,
July 21st, 7:00 pm |
An unflinching look at the anatomy of the American war machine
today, the "military-industrial-complex" (a phrase coined
by President
Dwight Eisenhower in his legendary farewell speech on January 17,
1961).
The
Conscientious Projector Movie Series
presents
"Why
We Fight"
A Film by Eugene Jarecki
A Documentary about the Military-Industrial-Complex
For more information, visit the documentary's web site
at:
www.sonyclassics.com/whywefight
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WHY
WE FIGHT, the new film by Eugene Jarecki which won the Grand
Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, is an unflinching
look at the anatomy of the American war machine, weaving
unforgettable personal stories with commentary by a "who's
who" of military and beltwar insiders. WHY WE FIGHT
launches a bipartisan inquiry into the workings of the military
industrial complex and the rise of the American Empire.
Inspired by Dwight Eisenhower's legendary farewell speech
(in which he coined the phrase "military industrial
complex"), filmmaker Jarecki (THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER)
surveys the scorched landscape of a half-century's military
adventures, asking how - and telling why - a nation of,
by, and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of
a system whose survival depends on a state of constant war.
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President
Dwight Eisenhower delivering
his farewell speech on television
January 17, 1961 |
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The
film moves beyond the headlines of various American military
operations to the deeper questions of why - why does America
fight? What are the forces - political, economic, ideological
- that drive us to fight against an ever-changing enemy?
"Frank
Capra made a series of films during World War II called
WHY WE FIGHT that explored America's reasons for entering
the war," Jarecki notes. "Today, with our troops
engaged in Iraq and elsewhere for reasons far less clear,
I think it's crucial to ask the questions: "Why are
we doing what we are doing? What is it doing to others?
And what is it doing to us?"
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7:00pm
- Refreshments & socializing.
7:30pm - Film followed by a talk by Gulf War Veteran
and war resister Dennis
Kyne.
Friday, July 21st, 7:00 pm
Location:
First
Unitarian Church
160 North Third St.
San José, CA
Suggested Donation: $5 - $15
Students are free!
(No one turned away for lack of funds)
Sponsored by
South Bay Mobilization &
Veterans for Peace
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The
photo below is included here to compare
and contrast with the WWII era photo above.
(The photo below is not shown in the documentary)
US
Marines crossing bridge in Baghdad, Iraq, 2003
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Saturday-Sunday,
July 29-30th
8:00am - 8:00pm |
Some of us will be fasting in solidarity with Cindy Sheehan
and others
who began the Troops Home Fast! on the Fourth of July in Washington,
D.C.
Whether you can fast or not, join us on July 29 & 30th, 2006
to demand:
U.S. troops out of Iraq, no permanent bases!
Support an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon!
Peace
Camp in downtown San Jose!
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| The
Troops Home Fast Peace Camp will be set up next
weekend (7/29) from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in front of the
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. library. We are asking all members
of the South Bay peace community to participate in one of
the following ways:
* Join the Troops Home Fast, in solidarity with
Cindy Sheehan and others who are fasting between July
4 and Sept. 21, (International Peace Day). Some of us
will fast for 12 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours...whatever
you can do. If you cannot join us in front of the library
but want to fast, sign up on the Code Pink web site, so
at least you will be counted with the thousands of others
fasting on that day: www.troopshomefast.org
* Even if you do not fast, join us in front of the
library on Saturday and/or Sunday. We will have a
canopy and some chairs -- and of course we encourage you
to bring your own chair and plenty of water. We will decorate
the Peace Camp with signs and banners to proclaim our
demands:
U.S. Troops Out of Iraq NOW, End the Occupation! and Support
a Cease Fire in Lebanon, No U.S. Military Aid to Israel!
* There will be thousands of people in downtown San Jose
to attend the Grand Prix -- the race is in the area around
Cesar Chavez Plaza, so we will not be too close to the
noise and craziness. But we hope that people passing by
will see our signs and flyers. We need your help in
engaging the public in our campaign and will have
flyers to pass out and petitions, letters, etc. available
for people to sign.
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Download the flyer... (88
KB)
Remember that the people of Gaza and Lebanon are looking
to us -- the American people whose tax dollars are paying
for Israel's deadly aggression -- to stand with them!
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