Iraq Moratorium Protest

Friday, October 17th

12 noon - 1 pm

Military Recruiters Office

1616 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena 91106

The Pasadena Iraq Moratorium will hold an anti-war protest action in front of the Military Recruiting Office on Colorado Blvd., across from Pasadena City College, Friday, October 17, from 12 noon to 1 pm to persuade potential recruits not to join the military due to the continued war and occupation of Iraq.  Over 4,000 US soldiers and over 1 million Iraqis have been killed.  Taxpayers have paid $750 billion for the Iraq war and occupation and related costs, nearly as much as taxpayers will pay for the bail-out of Wall Street financial institutions in the recent crash.  US soldiers, Iraqis, taxpayers, education, health care and other services are suffering and will only suffer more. We must begin to stop the destruction of our economy and Iraq by ending the war and occupation.  Join us!

Memoir Night 

Friday, October 17th

Iraq Moratorium Day

7 pm - 9 pm

Altadena Library

600 E. Mariposa Street, Altadena 91001

Four area authors will discuss memoir writing and their books:  Tristine Rainer, Paul Krehbiel, Nancy Mehagian, and Ray Elizondo.  Krehbiel will recount his participation in the Vietnam Moratorium on October 15, 1969 from his book - SHADES OF JUSTICE and talk about the Iraq Moratorium and anti-war movement today.  Books will be for sale.  For more information on two of the four books, go to: www.autumnleafpress.com   

Hundreds of Iraq Moratorium events will be taking place across the country on this and every 3rd Friday of the month. 

For more information contact the Iraq Moratorium at 626-398-5101. 

Mimi Kennedy Stars as Ann Landers in

"THE LADY WITH ALL THE ANSWERS"   

October 17th thru November 23rd

at

The Pasadena Playhouse

39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena 91101
(626) 792-8672

www.pasadenaplayhouse.org

24th Latin America Encuentro

Immigration and U.S. Policy in Latin America

Saturday, October 18^th

10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Throop Church
300 S Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena 91101

 Registration starts at 9:30 AM
Suggested donation: $20 Pre-registration. $25 at the door.
Vegetarian lunch for the first 100 registrants.
Students with ID free. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

For more information call Ruth Shapin at 714.567.0188

Please bring your old eyeglasses for Nicaragua.

Keynote Speakers:

 Wayne Cornelius - Center for Comparative Immigrant Studies, University of San Diego
Paula Kruz Takash - Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, L.A.
Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda - Latino Studies, UCLA

Blase Bonpane - Office of the Americas,"The New Wave in Latin America"

Dr. Wayne Cornelius, considered the foremost expert on Immigration from Mexico will make rare Los Angeles appearances as the featured speaker at two events in Pasadena this weekend: The 24^th Annual Encuentro Event, Saturday October 18^th , 10AM at Throop Church, Del Mar and Los Robles and Sunday October 19^th,   10:15 AM  at All Saint’s Church, Longworth Room, Euclid across from City Hall.

The Saturday Encuentro Conference on the theme Immigration and Foreign Policy will also feature the renowned co-founder of the L.A. Office of the Americas, Blase Bonpane, whp will speak on the new revolutionary developments in the Americas, as well as  Professor Raul Hinojosa of UCLA’s Ethnic Studies Program and his wife Dr. Paule Cruz Takash who have pioneered in Transnational organizing and development programs of benefit to immigrant communities

Dr. Cornelius is Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego where he founded and is Director of the Institute for Comparative Immigration Studies. His research projects over the past decades have resulted in many books including Impacts of Border Enforcement on Mexican Migration: The View from Sending Communities (2007); Mayan Journeys: The New Migration from Yucatán to the United States (2007), Four Generations: New Research from the Cradle of Mexican Migration (2008), and Migration from the Mexican Mixteca: A Transnational Community in Oaxaca and California (forthcoming, 2009).  He has also appeared on CBS News’ “60 Minutes” and PBS’ “Frontline,” and his research has been reported in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and many other national and international media.

Contact: Rev. Paul Sawyer: 626-794-8345 – Email: revpaulsawyer@yahoo.com

An Evening with Academy Award Winners

Barbara Trent & David Kasper 

of

The Empowerment Project

www.empowermentproject.org 

Saturday, October 18th, 7:00 PM

Frank & Jane Dorrel’s 

3967 Shedd Terrace, Culver City 90232

See Clips from Their New Film in Progress 

"SEIZING POWER"

& 

PANAMA To IRAQ:

The Trajectory of US Militarism
(15-min. extra from the re-release of The Panama Deception)

$10 at the Door

Desserts and Drinks Will Be Served - 

 RSVP: 310-838-8131 - Email: Fdorrel@Addictedtowar.com 

 SEIZING POWER
Seizing Power, a work in progress, reveals how the United States is being transformed into an authoritarian system of government that views the rights of the individual as dispensable in favor of the security and power of the state.  It shows how the civil rights of citizens are being systematically dismantled, as repressive measures are put into place to control dissidents and institute a system of autocratic executive control that contemptuously disregards the Constitution.  It investigates illegal detention, torture and domestic surveillance committed and authorized by government officials, and explores the likelihood of war crimes prosecutions.  Seizing Power is a clear warning of what lies ahead if the United States continues on the course its government is taking.  

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Barbara Trent & David Kasper have made two of the very best documentaries I have ever seen.

They are The Panama Deception and Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair. You will be able to buy copies of these films at this event. You can read about them below.

THE PANAMA DECEPTION  - Watch the trailer  

A riveting Academy Award winning documentary, this special extended version is made all the more timely by recent U.S. invasions and the current "war on terror". THE PANAMA DECEPTION documents the untold story of the December 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama, the events which led to it, the excessive force used, the enormity of the death and destruction and the devastating aftermath.

The Panama Deception was re-released early this year and new DVD Features include : Follow-up Interviews with filmmakers Barbara Trent and David Kasper. The Politics of Demonization and Fear; The Future of Panama and Latin America ; Panama to Iraq; The Trajectory of U.S. Militarism; Panama after the Invasion, with former Panamanian Diplomat Humberto Brown, Phyllis Bennis (Institute for Policy Studies), and former CIA analyst David MacMichael; Trailers from GoodFilms.org; A Resource Guide with live web links; Filmmakers Biographies.
Read more, Watch the trailer  

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Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair

Is the third feature-length documentary produced by the Empowerment Project.
The shadow government of assassins, arms dealers, drug smugglers, former CIA operatives and top US military personnel who were running foreign policy unaccountable to the public, revealing the Reagan/Bush administration’s plan to use FEMA to institute martial law and ultimately suspend the Constitution. Strikingly relevant to current events.

Coverup exposes several of the most disturbing chapters in the history of U.S. covert foreign policy. It presents a tale of politics, drugs, hostages, weapons, assassinations, covert operations and the ultimate plan to suspend the U.S.Constitution. Coverup was the first film to reveal the ‘October Surprise’ hostage deal (the Reagan/Bush campaigndeal with Iran to delay the release of the 52 American hostages until after the 1980 election), and is the only film which presents a comprehensive overview of the most important stories suppressed during the Iran Contra hearings. It is the only film that puts the entire Iran Contra affair into a meaningful political and historical context. The 1988 film is updated with information from recent court cases and events, reconfirming much of the material presented.

Coverup won the American Film & Video Association, Blue Ribbon Award for Best Documentary. Social Issues;   National Education Film & Video Festival, Crystal Apple for Best Documentary, Social & Political Issues; Golden Hugo Best Independent Video, Chicago International Film Festival; the Prix Du Public for Best Documentary. Women’s International Film Festival (Films DC Femmes, Paris, France); Gold Award for Best Video Documentary, Philadelphia International Film Festival Int’l Assn. of Motion Pictures & TV Producers).

Coverup was released in theaters in 80 cities across the United States in 1988-89. It was the subject of 200 local radio shows and 150 newspaper articles, including reviews, news stories, and editorials. In almost every city where the film showed, the audience participated in a question and answer/discussion period following each screening, and a direct action organizing campaign. During the height of its theatrical release, Coverup was screening in 35 towns simultaneously, creating a venue for over 150 organizing meetings per week.

www.empowermentproject.org

Movie Night at Whittier Peace & Justice Coalition

"STEALING AMERICA

Vote by Vote"

Free Screening

Thursday, October 16^th, 7:00 PM

St. Matthais Episcopal Church

7056 Washington Avenue, Whittier  90602

Free refreshments will be provided

For more information about the screening call (562) 587-6270 or (562) 698-9154

Link to our website for all the details: http://www.WhittierPeace.org

Mark your calendars for October 16th.  The next Free Movie Night sponsored by the Whittier Area Peace and Justice Coalition will screen "STEALING AMERICA, Vote by Vote."  This film brings together behind-the-scenes perspectives from the U.S. presidential election of 2004 - plus startling stories from key races in 1996, 2000, 2002 and 2006.  Unbiased and nonpartisan, the film sheds light on a decade of vote counts that don’t match votes cast - uncounted ballots, vote switching, under-votes and many other examples of election totals that warrant serious investigation.

There is a possibility that Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com MIGHT be able to join us for a discussion after the film. He is in the film STEALING AMERICA as well as most of the other documentaries on Election Fraud. Brad will fill in for Mike Malloy on October 2nd through 5th.  Listen to KTLK 1150 AM, 6PM to 9PM.