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As westerners revel in designer lattes and cappuccinos, impoverished Ethiopian coffee growers suffer the bitter taste of injustice. In this eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar coffee industry, Black Gold traces one man's fight for a fair price.
Update:There's going to be free coffee provided by Two Hands Worldshop before the film, and get this: it will be coffee that was grown by the farmers in Ethiopia who are a part of the cooperative featured in the film. Bring your coffee mugs! : )
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In James Howard Kunstler's view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America is a nation of places not worth caring about. Reengineering our cities will involve more radical change than we are prepared for, Kunstler believes, but our hand will be forced by earth crises stemming from our national lifestyle. "Life in the mid-21st century," Kunstler says, "is going to be about living locally."
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The price of one of those venti frou-frou caramel abortion lattes you can get at the neighborhood beanery equals about 10 days worth of wages for an Ethiopian toiling in the Addis Ababa coffee trade. In our junkie’s pursuit to ride the brown serpent, the 2-billion-cups-a-day coffee habit of the global community is borne on the backs of farmers and packagers in developing countries.
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Scientists ordered to lie by Bush administration; Pentagon suspends its illegal retired military analyst program; Rumsfeld's propaganda; Federal Elections Commission paralyzed; Seattle now U.S. leader in Green building + more.
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This year, American voters will select a new President, 535 House Representatives, and 35 Senators. The winners will determine the duration of the war in Iraq, the fate of universal health care coverage and policies on issues from climate change to immigration, torture to fair trade. Citizens are not the only ones with stakes in the outcome. The Big Media companies that provide most Americans with their news and information...
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Films for Action is excited to be collaborating with the Solidarity Center to screen some great documentaries every Tuesday of the month starting in May. The Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library is located at 1109 Massachusetts st. To see the lineup for May...
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James Howard Kunstler: The Tragedy of Suburbia
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In James Howard Kunstler's view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America is a...
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Empire or Humanity?
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Empire or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the American Empire by Howard Zinn and narrated by Viggo Mortenson....
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McCain's "Spiritual Guide" Wants America to Destroy Islam
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Meet Rev. Rod Parsley, the televangelist megachurch pastor from Ohio who hates Islam. In the past, Parsley has railed against the separation of church and state, homosexuals, and abortion...
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Celebrity Gossip = "Bona Fide Newscast"
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Hard-hitting journalism is nearing extinction on television, and the Federal Communications Commission just threw another shovel-full of dirt on its grave when it recently ruled that Rupert...
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Propeller Sustainability Series: "SHELTER, Part 5"
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In this final installment of the "Shelter" segment of the Sustainability Series, we meet Dr. Eugene Tsui, a non-traditional architect whose design inspiration comes from nature and all the...
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Available in the Lawrence KS Area on Sunflower Cable Television
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Mondays
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Toxic Sludge is Good for You
While advertising is the visible component of the corporate system, perhaps even more pervasive is its invisible partner, the public relations industry.
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Wednesdays
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The Overspent American
In this powerful new video, Juliet Schor scrutinizes what she calls "the new consumerism"--a national phenomenon of upscale spending that is shaped and reinforced by a commercially-driven media system.
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Up-coming Film Screenings in Lawrence
Monday, May 19th - 7pm
Liberty Hall 644 Mass St.
Black Gold: Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
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Monday, June 2nd - 7pm
Liberty Hall 644 Mass St.
Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections
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Every Tuesday in May - 7pm
Solidarity! Center 1109 Mass St.
A New Film Each Week
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