The screening of A SENSELESS DEATH at the San Diego Public Library

A Discussion with Local Activist Fernando Suarez Del Solar Follows the Film

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Public Library will host a screening of A Senseless Death. This new film by Raymonde Provencher tells the little known story of "green card soldiers"-young, non-citizen soldiers and Marines struggling to achieve, the so-called, "American Dream"-who were among the first casualties of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

The screening will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8 in the 3rd floor auditorium of the Central Library, located at 820 E Street in downtown San Diego. This free event is open to the public.

Dave Zirin will interview his hero, the historian Howard Zinn, on stage in Madison, Wisc on May 2nd.

If you live in the Midwest, please stop through!

Seating is very limited so please promptly RSVP to info@ocpeace.org or leave a message for Ms. Trang re your attending the talk at (714) 637-8313.

If you are concerned that our democracy and your community are being under-served by the state of today's media, then you should join us for this informative half-day summit.

Saturday, March 21, 2009
11:00am to 5:15pm, with reception to follow
Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA
Mosher Auditorium in the Norris Hall of Chemistry
Metro bus line 68/84 (stop: Westdale)

The program is in the works, but here is a taste of what we are working on:

Keynote Speaker:

Dominique DiPrima is host of the early morning talk radio show The Front Page on Los Angeles radio station KJLH 102.3-FM. Ms. DiPrima is also producer of the program.

CRITICAL ISSUES FACING NEWS MEDIA

SUBJECT OF CONFERENCE MARCH 7-8

Critical issues facing the news media will be the subject of a two-day conference opening March 7 that will draw top authorities to the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover .

Five Pulitzer Prize winners as well as the directors of several media foundations will be among the presenters to discuss, “Full Court Press: Facing and Fixing Media Problems.”

“As well as undergoing transformative changes in technology that are shaking up the news industry as never before, journalists are being challenged to gather and report the news accurately from hazardous battlefields in the Middle East to the offices of Washington bureaucrats bent on classifying everything as secret. The journalists are not doing well,” said Lawrence Velvel, dean and cofounder of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover and conference convener.

Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing on
“Energy Efficiency: Complementary Polices for Climate Legislation”

WASHINGTON, DC —The Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hearing titled, “Energy Efficiency: Complementary Polices for Climate Legislation” on Tuesday, February 24, 2009, in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. As Congress crafts comprehensive climate and energy legislation, it is critical to understand the vital role of energy efficiency in achieving climate change and energy policy objectives. This hearing will explore energy efficiency policies that could be incorporated into climate and energy legislation.

INVITED WITNESSES:

• Hon. Philip Giudice, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
• Tom King, President, National Grid USA
• Rich Wells, Vice President, Energy, The Dow Chemical Corporation
• Iain Campbell, Vice President and General Manager, Johnson Controls Inc.
  

As Barack Obama takes office, our first priority is to help him revive the economy. But we also have to get America thinking even bigger, and thinking forward about a long-term strategy for prosperity that is sustainable. Please join us on Wednesday, February 11 to move that agenda forward.

The post-bubble economic crisis has led most Americans to reject the conservative mantra that "government is the problem." Today we are demanding that Congress pass a bold economic recovery plan that can spur growth and create jobs. But if we succeed, our job will have just begun. If we don’t want to return to another cycle of speculative bubbles followed by disastrous busts, we need to come up with a bold strategy for sustainable 21st century prosperity.

Blog Talk Radio Presents
Florida Progressive Radio: The Mark Weaver Show

Probably the most important show Mark Weaver has done since going on the air September 15th, 2007.

Special guest will be Carah Ong, Iran policy analyst with the Center for Arms Control and Proliferation in Washington, D.C., discussing the imminent passage of neocon House Con. Resolution 362.

Also, Stanford Professor Martin Carnoy on the best performing education system in Latin America -- Cuba's.

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