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DESCRIPTION:A Double Feature evening with Norman Solomon: Norman Solomon presents his 
 newest book, Made Love, Got War and the new feature film based on his 
 previous book, War Made Easy.\n\nMADE LOVE, GOT WAR - Close Encounters with 
 America's Warfare State: Author, activist, and columnist Solomon traces 
 five decades of American politics and culture to dramatize a set of 
 disturbing trends in American public life--most notably warfare abroad and 
 acquiescence at home.\n\nWAR MADE EASY - The Movie: War Made Easy reaches 
 into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government 
 deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war 
 after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean 
 Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion 
 and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail 
 how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war 
 messages of successive presidential administrations.\n\nWar Made Easy gives 
 special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq. 
 Guided by media critic Norman Solomon’s meticulous research and 
 tough-minded analysis, the film presents disturbing examples of propaganda 
 and media complicity from the present alongside rare footage of political 
 leaders and leading journalists from the past, including Lyndon Johnson, 
 Richard Nixon, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, dissident Senator Wayne 
 Morse, and news correspondents Walter Cronkite and Morley Safer. Norman 
 Solomon’s work has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as “brutally 
 persuasive” and essential “for those who would like greater context 
 with their bitter morning coffee.” This film now offers a chance to see 
 that context on the screen.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/07/19/18436371.php
SUMMARY:Norman Solomon: Made Love, Got War- plus new film!
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church Main Hall (Wheelchair Accessible), 505 E. 
 Charleston Rd, Palo Alto  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/07/19/18436371.php
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