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DESCRIPTION:Press Advisory:  May 27, 2005   Contact: Leisa Faulkner, 
 leisafaulkner@hotmail.com, 916-801-4184   Film Showing: “ Wellstone!: 
 Sometimes You’ve  Got to Start a Fight to Win One”   A documentary of 
 the life and career of former Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnessotta.   
 The  Wellstone event begins at 6 P.M. on Thursday, June 2, 2005 in the 
 Hind  Auditorium of the University Union at Sacramento State University. 
 A reception preceeds the film. Sponsored by Progressive Democrats of 
 America, Campus Peace Action, and  the Coalition 4 Democracy in Haiti.   
 The  Wellstone  film showing will be at 7 P.M.  June 2, 2005. Admission 
 is free.  Paul Wellstone was a Professor of Political Science  at Carleton 
 College who went on to become one of the most progressive votes in the U.S. 
 Senate.   The Oct, 2002, deaths of  Senator Paul Wellstone, his wife, his 
 daughter, and five others in a plane crash just five days before the 
 November elections ended the life and career of a remarkable senator.  His 
 first speech in the Senate was opposing authorizing George H.W. Bush to 
 use force to push Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait in the first Gulf War.   
 Then, in a tough re-election campaign in 2002,  Wellstone voted against 
 the current President Bush's authorization of force for  war on Iraq.   On 
 October 7,2002,  in the well of the Senate, he said, "Of gravest concern, 
 obviously, are the questions raised about the possible loss of life that 
 could result from our actions. The United States could post tens of 
 thousands of troops in Iraq and, in so doing, risk countless lives of 
 soldiers and innocent Iraqis." And he warned about the war in Iraq  being 
 a recruiting  grounds  for Al Qaeda terrorists.   Since that time the 
 U.S. has lost 1,613 soldiers and over 10,000 seriously wounded.   His 
 death  in a plane crash during the 2002 election led to the Republicans 
 gaining control of the U.S. Senate and the silencing of most anti war 
 opposition in the Senate.   As shown in the film, Paul Wellstone was 
 equally well  known for his campaigns for national health care and quality 
 education. Wellstone, the activist, argued that , “ politics is not 
 about money and power, but the improvement of people’s lives.”   The 
 film, a tribute to Wellstone, will by introduced by Jim Farrell who served 
 as Senator Wellstone’s political advisor for three years. For reviews on 
 the film, go to http://www.carryitforward.org    The Progressive Democrats 
 of America are seeking to carry on the Wellstone tradition of building a 
 democratic wing of the Democratic Party.   info: leisafaulkner@hotmail.com, 
 916-801-4184   \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/05/28/67503.php
SUMMARY:Film Showing: “ Wellstone!: Sometimes You’ve  Got to Start a Fight to Win One”
LOCATION:ind  Auditorium of the University Union at Sacramento State University
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/05/28/67503.php
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