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DESCRIPTION:The War on Democracy \nA new film by John Pilger\n\nIn his second inaugural 
 address, President Bush pledged to “bring democracy to the world.” But 
 his words mask policies that empty noble concepts like ‘democracy’ of 
 their true meaning--government, of, by and for the people. Never before 
 have people in the West shown such disenchantment with the version of 
 democracy they get. And never before has so much of humanity registered 
 such alarm at the ambitions of a great power. \n\nThe War on Democracy 
 demonstrates the brutal reality of America’s notion of ‘spreading 
 democracy.’  As award-winning journalist John Pilger documents, America 
 is actually conducting a war on democracy, and true popular democracy is 
 now more likely to be found among the poorest of Latin America, whose 
 grassroots popular democratic movements are bursting forth despite 
 U.S.-backed suppression.  Interviewees in the film include President Hugo 
 Chavez of Venezuela as well as U.S. government officials who ran the 
 CIA’s wars in Latin America in the 1980s--who reveal more about U.S. 
 policy than any official statement. \n\nThe War on Democracy, however, is a 
 hopeful film, for it sees the world not through the eyes of the powerful, 
 but through the hopes and dreams and extraordinary actions of ordinary 
 people. Although set mostly in Latin America, it is a metaphor for all the 
 world. \n\n$5 to $10 suggested donation.  Sponsored by Peninsula Peace and 
 Justice Center ~ www.PeaceandJustice.org ~ 650-326-8837\n\n“An 
 extraordinary and fascinating documentary. Pilger’s passion for the 
 subject and dedicated research pay off superbly.”  - Empire 
 Magazine\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/26/18488823.php
SUMMARY:Film: "The War on Democracy"
LOCATION:Fellowship Hall, First Baptist Church\n305 N. California Ave., Palo Alto 
 \n(Wheelchair accessible) 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/26/18488823.php
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