Political Film Series Fall 2017

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Correcting Eva Golinger on Venezuela

http://dissidentvoice.org/2017/08/correcting-eva-golinger-on-venezuela/ http://www.thedawn-news.org/2017/08/22/correcting-eva-golinger-on-venezuela/ https://www.opednews.com/articles/Correcting-Eva-Golinger-on-by-Stansfield-Smith-Venezuela-170823-539.html https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/13324 https://popularresistance.org/correcting-eva-golinger-on-venezuela/ http://www.wrongkindofgreen.org/2017/08/24/correcting-eva-golinger-on-venezuela/                   Correcting Eva Golinger on Venezuela As the class struggle heated up in Venezuela this year, fueled by interventionist threats by the pro-US Organization of American States (OAS) bloc, many former supporters of the Bolivarian revolution have remained sitting on the …

Lucas Koerner of Venezuelanalysis.com Speaks on the Present Conflict in Venezuela and the US Role

Lucas Koerner Speaks on the Conflict in Venezuela and the US Role https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8TD7mDeMGM&feature=youtu.be Friday August 4, 7pm United Electrical Workers Hall, 37 S. Ashland (3 blocks from Green Line Ashland stop)  Lucas Koerner counters the disinformation campaign in the corporate press about Venezuela. He has been a writer at Venezuelanalysis.com for over 3 years and resides in Caracas. He …

Summer 2017 Political Films

North Koreans in South Korea Face Imprisonment for Wanting to Return Home

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/06/26/north-koreans-in-south-korea-face-imprisonment-for-wanting-to-return-home/ http://dissidentvoice.org/2017/06/north-koreans-in-south-korea-face-imprisonment-for-wanting-to-return-home/ http://www.4thmedia.org/2017/06/north-koreans-in-south-korea-face-imprisonment-for-wanting-to-return-home/ https://mltoday.com/article/2785-north-koreans-in-south-korea-face-imprisonment-for-wanting-to-return-home/91 http://www.thedawn-news.org/2017/06/29/north-koreans-in-south-korea-face-imprisonment-for-wanting-to-return-home/         Contrary to what the US government and corporate media have conditioned us to associate only with North Korea, a Korean in the South finds herself subject to prosecution for violating the South’s National Security Law because she seeks to move to the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea [DPRK]. Kim …

End the US Blockade of Cuba! End the Travel Ban to Cuba! Return Guantanamo to Cuba!

  End the US Blockade of Cuba! End the Travel Ban to Cuba! Return Guantanamo to Cuba! Friday June 16   4:30 to 6pm Federal Building,  230 S. Dearborn, Chicago In spite of Obama’s restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba, the U.S. economic war and blockade against Cuba continues. This blockade has been repeatedly condemned by …

Ecuador’s Accomplishments Under the 10 Years of Rafael Correa’s Citizen’s Revolution

http://www.coha.org/ecuadors-accomplishments-under-the-10-years-of-rafael-correas-citizens-revolution/ http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/14/ecuadors-accomplishments-under-the-10-years-of-rafael-correas-citizens-revolution/ https://www.opednews.com/articles/Ecuador-s-Accomplishments-by-Stansfield-Smith-Ecuador-170420-558.html http://www.eurasiareview.com/18042017-ecuadors-accomplishments-under-10-years-of-rafael-correas-citizens-revolution-analysis/ http://www.thedawn-news.org/2017/04/19/ecuadors-accomplishments-under-the-10-years-of-rafael-correas-citizens-revolution/ Ecuador’s transformation during the presidency of Rafael Correa (2007-2017) and the Citizens Revolution stands as a significant step forward for the worldwide struggle against the world’s 1%.  President Correa, who leaves office at the end of May, came to power in a country traditionally controlled by a super-rich elite, dependent …

Spring 2017 Political Film Series

click on the title to read. movie April 16 is canceled.

Fascism? First Two Months in Power: Hitler vs. Trump

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/21/first-two-months-in-power-hitler-vs-trump/ http://dissidentvoice.org/2017/03/first-two-months-in-power-hitler-vs-trump/ https://www.opednews.com/articles/Fascism-First-Two-Months-by-Stansfield-Smith-Hitler_Hitler-Brownshirts_Nazis_Trump-Campaign-170321-41.html#comment651214    With the hullabaloo about Trump and fascism, it is useful to review Hitler's first months in power, to get a sense of a real fascist regime. Hitler came to power January 30, 1933, Trump on January 20, making easy a chronological comparison of their lead ups to power and their first …

Rebel Diaz Reportback on Grassroots Strategies in Venezuela

Just back from Venezuela from meetings with grassroots groups organizing against the US economic and media war Tuesday March 14  6 pm DePaul University SAC 204 Rebel Diaz is just back from Venezuela from meetings with grassroots groups organizing against the US economic and media war. They will report on what the Chavista people are …