AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY

This space is dedicated to the proposition that we need to know the history of the struggles on the left and of earlier progressive movements here and world-wide. If we can learn from the mistakes made in the past (as well as what went right) we can move forward in the future to create a more just and equitable society. We will be reviewing books, CDs, and movies we believe everyone needs to read, hear and look at as well as making commentary from time to time. Greg Green, site manager

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Thursday: "Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars"

When: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm

Where: Robbins Library - Arlington • Community Room • 700 Massachusetts Avenue (on the 77 and 79 bus lines) • Arlington

Learn what our government is doing in our name!

Discussion after the movie.

In Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars, director Robert Greenwald investigates the impact of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan and elsewhere.The film highlights the stories of 16 year old Tariq Aziz, killed by a drone in 2011; and school teacher, Rafiq ur Rehamn, whose mother was killed and children hospitalized due to a drone strike in 2012.Unmanned includes more than seventy interviews. Prominent among these are a former American drone operator; Pakistani families of drone victims who are seeking legal redress; high ranking politicians and some of the military’s top brass, warning against blowback from the loss of innocent life.

For information about drones, see the website: nodronesnetwork.blogspot.com

Sponsored by Eastern Massachusetts Anti-Drones Network, justicewithpeace.org,(617) 776-6524.

Co-sponsored by Arlington United for Justice with Peace, WILPF Boston and Veterans For Peace, Smedley Butler Brigade.