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Archive for September, 2006

Wed. 9/26: Selling the Iraq War

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The selling of Bush’s Iraq disaster is one of the key stories of the last half-century. DAVID CORN, Washington editor of The Nation, connects the dots between Bush’s hatred of Saddam, the bitter battles between the CIA and the White House, and the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame. [...]

Wed. 9/20: Iraq for Sale

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“IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS” is the powerful new documentary about what happens to ordinary Americans when corporations go to war. In the film, by Robert Greenwald, soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children talk about how their lives have been shattered by profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. [...]

Wed. 9/13: The U.S. vs. John Lennon

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The new documentary, “THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON,” which opens in L.A. Friday, tells the story of Lennon’s transformation from loveable moptop to anti-war activist, and recounts the facts about Nixon’s campaign to deport him in 1972. With Walter Cronkite, Gore Vidal, George McGovern, Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, and G. Gordon [...]

Wed. 9/6: The Next 9/11: Are We Ready?

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The fifth anniversary of 9-11 is coming up, which makes us wonder how safe we are: David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz ask ARE WE READY? They’ll talk about how 9-11 permanently altered the political, cultural, and organizational life of the country, and consider whether we are now better prepared to withstand [...]