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DESCRIPTION:Saturday, April 30\n7 pm • Vets Memorial Building, Santa Cruz\nTheme: 
 America's Drone Program: The Dark Realities of Modern 
 Warfare\n\nDrone\n(Tonje Hessen Schei, 2014, 79 min, USA)\nIntimate stories 
 from the secret CIA drone war on terror. People living under drones in 
 Pakistan and drone pilots struggling with killing via joysticks in the US 
 in the biggest targeted assassination program in history. And the people 
 willing to stand up against the violations of civil liberties and fight for 
 transparency, accountability and justice.\n\nSpeaker: Ray McGovern, retired 
 CIA analyst and intelligence expert\nEvent Hosts: VFW Post 5888, Veterans 
 For Peace, People United for Peace\n\nShowing the documentary "Drone", a 
 movie about the development and use of Drone warfare, especially in 
 Pakistan and the Middle East.\nAlso appearing is Ray McGovern, retired army 
 veteran and 27 years as a CIA analyst. He is now a peace activist and 
 whistle-blower. Ray is a well-known speaker and advisor on matters 
 involving peace and war and the repercussions of his experience providing 
 intelligence. Join us for an instructive film and a wonderful talk by Mr. 
 McGovern.\n\n- - - -\n\nTHE REEL WORK LABOR FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS\nTHE 
 DOCUMENTARY FILM “DRONE” and\nA TALK BY RAY MCGOVERN\n\n“AMERICA’S 
 DRONE PROGRAM:  THE DARK REALITIES OF MODERN WARFARE”\n\nCHRIS MATTHEWS 
 HALL, VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDING, 846 FRONT STREET, SANTA CRUZ\nSATURDAY, 
 APRIL 30, 2016 AT 7:00 pm\n \nVeterans for Peace, Chapter 11 and the VFW 
 Bill Motto Post #5888 are cosponsoring the showing of the documentary film, 
 “DRONE” at the Veterans Memorial Building on Saturday, April 30 at 7:00 
 pm.\n\n“DRONE” describes the CIA’s development of weaponized drones 
 to track and destroy military and civilian targets as part of the “war on 
 terror”. The President and CIA take the responsibility of designating 
 targets and monitoring the actual drone attacks.\n  \nInside the secret CIA 
 drone war, young pilots are recruited at gaming conventions and taught to 
 kill with “joysticks” from thousands of miles away. Four formerly US 
 Air Force drone pilots have chosen to speak out about their experience(s) 
 being part of the drone program and their reasons for “blowing the 
 whistle” on its claims and realities.\n\nFrom a letter from former drone 
 pilots to President Obama:\n\n“This administration and its predecessors 
 have built a drone program that is one of the most devastating driving 
 forces for terrorism and destabilization around the world."\n\nThe film 
 raises questions not only for American citizens and the American service 
 members who work in the program but also for the many thousands of 
 Pakistanis (and others) who live their lives under the drones and suffer 
 from all the medical and psychological ailments of warfare:  death, 
 destruction, the destruction of families, and PTSD.\n\nThe development of 
 drones puts a whole new light on what it means to “go to war” and 
 confronts weapons developers with serious moral questions. World leaders 
 have given the green light to the use of drones; the President and the CIA 
 are using drones in an assassination program that covers a significant 
 portion of the world, and has included US citizens. These targets have not 
 been given trials, and are marked for execution, not capture.\n\nRAY 
 MCGOVERN, who will speak in conjunction with the film, is a retired CIA 
 analyst (1963-1990). In the 1980s he developed National Intelligence 
 Estimates for the CIA and conducted the Daily Briefing for four presidents. 
 For his work, he received the Intelligence Commendation Medal.\n\nIn 2006, 
 Ray returned the medal to the CIA to protest the agency’s involvement in 
 torture. He co-founded the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity 
 (VIPS) in 2003. As an activist, he speaks extensively as a whistle-blower 
 and peace worker. He teaches a course in Washington DC on “The Moral 
 Dimension of Whistle-blowing”. Ray is a recipient of the ACLU’s 
 National Civil Liberties Award.\n \nfor more info on 
 Ray;\nhttp://www.raymcgovern.com\n\nmore info about the film available at: 
 \nhttp://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/01/29/dron-j29.html\n\nmore info 
 from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism about the actual effects of the 
 Drone 
 Program:\nhttps://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/namingthedead/only-4-of-drone-victims-in-pakistan-named-as-al-qaeda-members/?lang=en\n\nthis 
 event is also being co-sponsored by;\nthe Romero Institute\nACLU of Santa 
 Cruz\nWomen’s International League for Peace and Freedom of SC\nPeace and 
 Freedom Party, SC\nFood Not Bombs\nCodePINK SC\nPeople United for Peace of 
 SC County\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/20/18785432.php
SUMMARY:America's Drone Program: The Dark Realties of Modern Warfare
LOCATION:Veterans Memorial Building\nChris Matthews Hall\nSeats 300\n846 Front 
 Street, Santa Cruz\nDowntown, across from the Town Clock.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/20/18785432.php
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