Thu Aug 28: Peter Phillips of Project Censored & Film: Direct Order

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Confronting Disinformation Film and Speaker Series

Film: DIRECT ORDER
Speaker: PETER PHILLIPS of PROJECT CENSORED

Thursday, August 28th, 7 p.m.
New College Cultural Center, 766 Valencia Street, San Francisco

Direct Order shows how the Defense Department jeopardizes the lives of
hundreds of thousands of U.S. GIs, experimenting on them with a dangerous
Anthrax vaccine that the Food and Drug Administration has refused to
approve. Interviews with dozens of permanently disabled U.S. troops of many
ranks, including physicians and nurses who have been court-martialed for
refusing to go along. The film will be followed by discussion with Peter
Phillips of Project Censored. Sponsored by Network against Disinformation,
Social Justice Committee of the Berkeley Unitarian Fellowship, and New
College Media Studies MA Program. Donations requested. For more
information: Cynthia: 510-528-5403.

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BLACK AUGUST INTERNATIONAL

Saturday, August 30th, 6:30 p.m.
Berkeley Community Theater, 1930 Allston Way, Berkeley
And Broadcast Live on KPFA, 94.1 FM

New College CESA is pleased to join the dozens of speakers, performers
and organizations participating in this extraordinary gathering.
C/o Haiti Action Committee P.O. Box 2218, Berkeley, CA 94702.
For more information: Kiilu: 415-391-3844.
http://www.haitiaction.net/Events/BAI.html
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Come to the Food First book release of:
SHAFTED: FREE TRADE AND AMERICA'S WORKING POOR

Tuesday, September 2nd, 7 - 9 p.m.
New College Theater, 777 Valencia Street, San Francisco

Join Activists in a Discussion on How 'Free Trade' Hits Home:

Lucas Benitez, Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Feiyi Chen, Chinese Progressive Association
Anuradha Mittal, Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First
Pietro Paravanno, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Association
And others...

A moving testimony to the damage free trade wreaks on ordinary Americans.
The people have spoken. Will the powerful deign to listen?
-- Barbara Ehrenreich, author, Nickel and Dimed

Before our politicians sign one more disastrous deal, they should all be
tied down and forced to read this extraordinary and important book.
-- Naomi Klein, author, No Logo

Free Trade Is Not Free. NAFTA. The WTO. Trade agreements are supposed to
benefit us all. Instead, in the decade since they've been in effect, life
has become much worse for millions of working Americans. In Shafted --
working people, family farmers and farmworkers, fishermen and
seamstresses - - describe the ruin free trade has brought to them, their
families, and their towns. These aren't theorists; these are the voices of
experience. And they're telling us, clearly and eloquently, that it's time
to stop the madness that enriches a few corporations at the cost of justice,
human rights, community, family, and the dignity of work and of workers. On
June 12, 2003, a powerful delegation of resisters to this model of
globalization courageously testified to members of Congress and the American
public how they've fared under 'free trade.' Now they're coming to the bay
area. Contact Information: Christine Ahn,(510) 654 - 4400,
http://www.foodfirst.org/wto/shafted/ .

Organized by the Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First
Sponsored by New College.

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