Mar 25, 2013

Free Food and Film, Body of War: Generation of War

Thu, Mar 28, 2013 6pm to 9pm
1204 Oread Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66044

Screening of Body of War, the story of Tomas Young, disabled veteran of Iraq War and his crusade to expose the injustice of the occupation.

FREE FOOD provided by Food Not Bombs - Lawrence 6PM

FREE FILM hosted by Peace Warriors ECM and Young Americans for Liberty - 7PM

Discussion about the 10th Anniversary of Shock and Awe immediately after.

Added by William Stewart-Starks

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A Decolonial Critique of the Concept of White Privilege: Why Injustice Is Not a Privilege

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The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble

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Voting, a Patriotic Duty

The "No Illusions" Guide to Elections: Vote to Choose Your Opponent, Then Organize!

What Activists Can Too Easily Forget

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Freedom of Mind - The Root of the Social Gospel

A Radical Approach to Psychedelics and Mental Health

The Field of Peace

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How to Convert a Business into a Worker-Owned Cooperative

Six Ways to Find Your Courage During Challenging Times

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A Plague of Gods: Cultural Appropriation and the Resurgent Left Sacred

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United Natures: a United Nations of all Species (2013)

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Surviving Earth (2014)

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Lifting the Veil: Obama and the Failure of Capitalist Democracy (2011)

Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations (2013)

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Four Kinds of Dystopia

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How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’

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Dumbing Us Down: The 7 Hidden Lessons of Compulsory Education

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Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time (2015)

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Media Literacy

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Beware Of Images (2016)

Project Censored The Movie: Ending The Reign of Junk Food News (2013)

Take Back Your Attention From The Social Media Algorithms

Capitalism And Monopolies: How Five Companies Control All US Media

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Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model of News: An In-Depth Explanation

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