For full disclosure: I’m a long-term friend of Dan and Patricia Ellsberg, and I was a more distant friend but also admirer of Ben Bagdikian. I lived through the era depicted in The Post, and since I see very few movies I tend to have strong reactions to those I do. That said, I had… read more
April 26th, 6:30-8:30pm (5:30 for dinner) at Aqus Cafe, 189 H Street, Petaluma, CA. Project Censored The Movie takes an in depth look at what is wrong with the news media in the US today and highlights the work of 38 year veteran media democracy organization Project Censored (PC), which was founded at Sonoma State… read more
Join Metta Center for a screening of Cesar Chavez (2014), in celebration of his birth and Cesar Chavez Day. It will be followed by a short conversation in immigration, Cesar Chavez, farmworkers and nonviolence! Date: March 29th, 2015 Time: 5:30 for dinner, 6:30 for the film. Place: Aqus Café, 189 H Street. Petaluma, CA 94952… read more
International Women’s Day! Movie Night on March 8th, 2015 at 6:30pm AQUS CAFÉ, 189 H Street, Petaluma Join us for this amazing film that chronicles the remarkable story of the courageous Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country. Lynn Woolsey, former US Congresswoman, will… read more
by Michael Nagler and Mercedes Mack The film “Selma,” portraying the historic march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, AL in 1965, is a gut-wrenching experience that brings the viewer into the vehemence of the prejudice and the stunning courage of its resistors in this intense critical moment in the history of racism in… read more
By: Mercedes Mack “Who is the judge?” “The judge is God.” “Why is He God?” “Because He decides who wins or loses. Not my opponent.” “Who is your opponent?” “He does not exist.” “Why does he not exist?” “Because he is a mere dissenting voice of the truth I speak!” c. 2007, Directed by… read more
In this blog-series accompanying our project of updating the Peace and Conflict Studies lectures (we call it PACS 164-c), Kimberlyn David reviews some of the key material of the course from a personal lens in an effort to generate personal reflection and the application of course content. Comment boxes are open below! * * *… read more
Bringing Down A Dictator documents the spectacular defeat of Slobodan Milosevic in October, 2000, not by force of arms, as many had predicted, but by an ingenious nonviolent strategy of honest elections and massive civil disobedience. Milosevic was strengthened by patriotic fervor when NATO bombed Yugoslavia in early 1999, but a few months later, a… read more
Orange Revolution Regime-controlled media claimed victory for Viktor Yanukovych, handpicked by the corrupt sitting president. But credible exit polls showed Viktor Yushchenko, the opposition candidate, had won. It was shocking enough that Yushchenko had been poisoned — and nearly killed– while on the campaign trail. When reports came in of blatant voter intimidation and damaged… read more
Burma VJ Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, the acclaimed filmmaker, Anders Østergaard, brings us close to the video journalists who deliver the footage. Though risking torture and life in jail, courageous young citizens of Burma live the essence of journalism as they insist on keeping up the flow of news from their… read more
