Films
” Sir, No, Sir!”- Documentary on U.S. G.I. resistance during the Vietnam War.
” The Road to Guantanamo” – Part documentary, part dramatization of three British citizens held without charges in Guantanamo.
” La Ciudad”- 4 shorts stories of life for Latino immigrants in NYC woven into one film. A humanizing portrait of the daily struggles of people forced in the shadows and facing more extreme attacks by the Bush Regime.
Readings
Books
” Oil, Power and Empire” by Larry Everest – War on terror? Don’t think so. Read Everest’s book on the driving force behind America’s war in the Middle East.
” With God on our Side” by Ester Kaplan- Don’t think a theocracy could happen in the U.S.? Read Kaplan’s book on the rise of the Christian Right under Bush.
” The War at Home” by Brian Glick- Glick details the F.B.I.’s COINTELPRO program and the government’s attempts at repressing the Central American movements of the 1980’s. The book’s details of the U.S. government’s repression is essential for today’s Patriot Act-era and any activist opposing the Bush Administration.
Articles
“Ned Lamont: False Hopes, Bad Terms, and Ticking Clocks” by Sunsara Taylor
http://www.rwor.org/a/057/lamont-en.html
“Last Stand- The Military’s Problem with the President’s Iran Policy” by Seymour M. Hersh
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060710fa_fact
“A Call to Action for the Women’s Movement and Everyone Who Cares About Women’s Lives”
http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2598&Itemid=223
“Bush’s fondness for fundamentalism is courting disaster at home and abroad” by Karen Armstrong
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1833810,00.html