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DESCRIPTION:Alameda Peace Network and Joseph Woodard Multimedia will be hosting a 
 screening of Norman Solomon’s film, “War Made Easy”, narrated by Sean 
 Penn, on September 22, 2007 at 7 p.m. at Buena Vista United Methodist 
 Church, 2311 Buena Vista (between Oak and Park) in Alameda.   The screening 
 is a benefit for Alamada Peace Network.  For information contact Julie Rufo 
 at jrufo@sbcglobal.net or go to: 
 http://WarMadeEasy.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/9772\n\nGrassroots 
 screenings, such as this one, says Solomon, offer people ways to see the 
 film--and, perhaps even more important, help spark a dialogue between 
 activists. "The most common reactions to the film have been feelings of 
 grief and anger, as well as a heightened resolve to end this war and to 
 prevent future ones," said Solomon. A recent screening in California, for 
 example, prompted discussions on how to advance legislation to call for 
 bringing California National Guardsmen home from Iraq. "Activists are 
 making the film their own … it's a sharing process\n\nWar 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. \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.\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/24/18443096.php
SUMMARY:Alameda: War Made Easy Screening
LOCATION:Buena Vista United Methodist Church\n2311 Buena Vista between Oak and 
 Park\nAlameda CA 94501
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/24/18443096.php
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