Untold History of the United
States Showing Thursday, June 19, in Cambridge [please download & distribute flyer] Directed and narrated by Oliver Stone. "I cannot recommend it highly enough." ~Glenn Greenwald Episode 5: The '50s - Eisenhower, The Bomb & The Third World Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles replace Truman; Stalin dies but relations with the Soviet Union turn colder; US treachery towards Russia. The H-bomb and the doctrine of nuclear annihilation; the Korean War and U.S. rearmament. McCarthyism grows and so does the ruthlessness of U.S. policy towards a Third World; Eisenhower emerges as a game changer. Episode 6: JFK - to the Brink JFK and the Bay of Pigs; on the brink of total war during Cuban Missile Crisis; early Vietnam; JFK's attempts at peace with Khrushchev; JFK assassinated. "The Cold War has been the most irritating thing to me personally. Throughout my life we`ve been in the grip of militarism and military budgets and a mindset that dictates a war on Communism, and that`s a drain on the national energy. The real enemy is nationalism and patriotism." ~Oliver Stone "Dreams of changing America into something that would end this oppression, or any of the horrors inflicted on humanity, are toxic illusions that keep people chained to the very system that's responsible for all this oppression." ~ Carl Dix, 2013 "I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but i do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act." ~GK Chesterton "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house." ~Audre Lorde "Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship." ~William Blum
"Forgiveness
is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different."
~Jack
Kornfield, PhD
"There
are generally three types of people: The first type are people who 'make things
happen'. The second type are people who 'watch things happen' and the third type
are people who 'wonder what happened'." ~anon
When/where doors open 6:40; film starts promptly 7pm 243 Broadway, Cambridge - corner of Broadway and Windsor, entrance on Windsor rule19.org/videos Please join us for a stimulating night out; bring your friends! free film & free door prizes[donations are encouraged]feel free to bring your own snacks and soft drinks - no alcohol allowed "You can't legislate good will - that comes through education." ~ Malcolm X UPandOUT film series - see rule19.org/videos Why should YOU care? It's YOUR money that pays for US/Israeli wars - on Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Palestine, Libya. Syria, Iran, So America, etc etc - for billionaire bailouts, for ever more ubiquitous US prisons, for the loss of liberty and civil rights... |
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
Thursday, June 05, 2014
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