This program on McCarthyism may also be of interest: https://mailchi.mp/3c108d0f55b7/charisse-burden-stelly-discusses-the-longue-dure-of-mccarthyism-8827181?e=821cdd35e7 Dan
My latest book, my first novel. trotskyintijuana.com On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 12:50 PM Michael Meeropol <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Comrades --- I apologize if many have already seen this invitation > --- It looks like a fascinating program --- and of course one can stay > connected during the event (note PDT!) without watching all of it ... > > I have a slot talking about "Cold War Revisionism" but I don't know where > as I just got added this week but there are many many very interesting > people giving both analysis and testimony --- > > For example, I'm including a message from one of the scheduled > participants -- > > (Mike Meeropol) > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: ed rampell <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 12:50 AM > Subject: "COLD WAR TRUTH COMMISSION" Free Event Sunday March 21 > To: > > > Dear Blacklist Community & Film Friends, > > Greetings. Hope you and yours have managed to stay safe and well during > these challenging times. So much has happened since some of us gathered for > that great Blacklist Festival and panel Margot Pepper presented at the San > Francisco Art Institute almost exactly 2 years ago! > > I thought that this "COLD WAR TRUTH COMMISSION" free event taking place > via Zoom this Sunday March 21 would interest you. A number of our top > progressive activists, thinkers, organizers, leaders, etc., will be making > presentations. For details please see the info below, which includes a > list of speakers and topics, how to register to view "The Cold War On > Trial", etc. (Apologies if you receive this email more than once.) > > As you may recall, this Sunday is the precise 70th anniversary of the > start of the second wave of the Hollywood Blacklist, when actor Larry Parks > was tormented by HUAC's not-so-grand inquisitors on March 21, 1951. During > the "COLD WAR TRUTH COMMISSION" I will be speaking about: > > "*HUAC, the Hollywood Blacklist and McCarthyism: Cold War Cancel Culture*" > > Hope you can join us! > > In cinematic solidarity and stay safe, > > Ed Rampell > > > *Witness For Peace Southwest, CODEPINK & Addicted To War * > > *Invite You To Join:* > > *THE COLD WAR TRUTH COMMISSION * > A Day of Education, Testimonials & Action > > *Come Spend The Day With Us While We Put: **“THE COLD WAR ON TRIAL” * > > *Sunday, March 21st* *-* *1:00 PM **to** 8:00 PM **(PST)* *- 4:00 PM * > *(EST)* > > *FREE EVENT **ON** ZOOM* > > *Register Here: **www.codepink.org/03212021* > <http://www.codepink.org/03212021> > > *For More Information Contact Rachel: **[email protected]* > <[email protected]>* – 310-971-8280 or Frank at: * > *[email protected]* <[email protected]>* – 310-838-8131* > > *The Program Schedule Is Listed Below This Banner* > > > > *COLD WAR TRUTH COMMISSION* > > *Sunday, March 21st, 2021* > > *1:00 PM **to** 8:00 PM - PST* > > *Presented By: * > > *Witness For Peace Southwest, Addicted To War & CODEPINK* > > > > *Part 1 Roots of U.S. Anti-Communism and Cold War* > > *Opening Remarks **by** Rachel Bruhnke, Witness For Peace Southwest **and** > Frank Dorrel, Addicted To War* > > *NAME - Time 1:00 PM PST* *TESTIMONY THEME* > *TESTIMONY TYPE* > > *Blase Bonpane**,** The Cold > War Written* > > *Ramsey Clark, “Plutocracy: Wealth Runs This > Country” * *Film clip* > > *Jim Lafferty**,** “Why We Need This Truth Commission to Expose > ‘Cold War’ Lies” Live* > > *Peter Kuznick, “Henry Wallace and the Cold War’s > beginning” * *Live* > > *w/ Oliver Stone FILM CLIP: The Untold History of the United > States* > > > > *Daniel Ellsberg**,** “The Role of the > Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex in Live* > > * Starting and Maintaining the Cold War”* > > > > *FDR Reading**,** “Excerpt From ‘The Second Bill of Rights’ State > of the Union Speech 1944” Written* > > *Approx. 2:00 PM PST* > > *Rossana Cambron, “Anti-Communism As a Weapon Against > Progress” Live* > > *Gerald Horne, “The U.S. Cold War As a Self-Inflicted > Wound” Written* > > *Carolfrances Likens**,** “The Red-baiting of Abolitionists in > 1850!” Taped * > > *Rick Fellows**,** “The Pro-Fascist Nature of U.S. > Anti-Communism” Live* > > *Mike Feinstein, “Is the Fear of “Communists” a Big Deal in Europe? > A Green’s Perspective” Live* > > *Jeremy Kuzmarov, “A Sequence of Lies, The U.S Cold War, and > Today” * *Live* > > *Approx. 3:00 PM PST* > > *Michael Novick, “The White Supremacist Nature of The U.S. > Cold War” * *Live* > > *Alice Slater, “Historical and Current U.S. Cold War > Against Russia” * *Live* > > *Norman Solomon, “Why So Many Progressives Bought Into the > ‘Russiagate’ Frenzy”* *Live* > > *MUSIC VIDEO: Gil Scott Heron: Work For Peace (Military & > The Monetary)* > > *Part II The Domestic U.S. Cold War* > > *Mumia Abul-Jamal & “Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI” > Written* > > *Stephen Vittoria* > > *Julia Scoville, “McCarthyism, Employment Fears, and the > Vilification of Solidarity” Taped* > > *Susan Gossman, “What HUAC Did to My > Father” * *Taped* > > *Gregory Godels**,** “McCarthyism’s Effect on American workers. > Case Study: Pittsburgh, PA” Live* > > *Richard Moser, “How The American People Lost The Cold War: U.S. > Empire and the * > > * Decline of American Democracy” > * *Taped > * > > *Mickey Huff, "Censoring of The Truth During The U.S. Cold War to > Today" Live * > > *Approx. 4:00 PM PST* > > *Chris Venn, “The Housing Crisis, Land Accumulation and Cold > War Ideology” Live* > > *Carley Towne, “The Cost of U.S. Militarism in The U.S. Cold > War to Today” Live* > > *Bruce Gagnon, "Weaponizing Space in The U.S. Cold War to > Today" Live* > > *David Vine, “There Was Nothing ‘COLD’ About The Cold > War”* * Live* > > *Kathy Kelly, “War Resistance In the 1980’s As Foundation for > 1991 Iraq War Resistance” Live* > > *David Swanson, "Combatting The Lies of The U.S. Cold War > Today" Live* > > *Jeff Cohen, “U.S. News Media: The Enduring Cold War > Legacy” Live* > > *Ed Rampell, “HUAC, the Hollywood Blacklist and McCarthyism: > Cold War Cancel Culture” Taped* > > *Peter McLaren, “The U.S. Cold War Against Liberation > Theology and **T**he Live* > > * Ascendance Of **T**he Religious > Right” * > > > > *Approx. 5:00 PM PST* > > > > *Rev. Steve Wilson, “The Red-Baiting of Progressive Religious Values In > the U.S. Cold War” Live* > > *John Hankey, “The U.S. Cold War and The Murder of ‘Communal’ > Values” Taped * > > *Gerry Condon, “Resist War! A Message to Today’s > Youth” * *Live* > > *YOUTH VOICES* > > *Emily Dorrel Tic Toc Video: A Warning on American > Hypocrisy * > > *Mary Miller “My Generation”* > > *Alma Bruhnke, “The Pledge of Allegiance, “God” and **T**he > U.S. Cold War” * > > **Open Mic for Youth** 2-minute > Testimonies * > > *Marcy Winograd, “The Cold War in the U.S. > Classroom” Taped * > > *Approx. 6:00 PM PST* > > *Eric Mann, “Combatting Anti-Communism in **T**he > 1960’s” Live* > > *Carl Boggs,* *"The Environmental Catastrophe of Militarism and > The U.S. Cold War" Live* > > *MUSIC VIDEO: Sara Thomsen: Is it for > Freedom?* > > *Part III The U.S. Global Cold War, Then and Now* > > *Roy Bourgeois, “School of Assassins: Resistance to Cold War > Training at Fort. Benning, GA” Film Clip* > > *Barbara Trent, “Cover-Up: Behind The Iran-Contra Affair” and “The > Panama Deception” Film Links* > > *Medea Benjamin**,** “The U.S. Cold War vs. African > Liberation Struggles” Live* > > *Danny Sjursen**,** “Cold War In The Heartland: Patriotic > Dissent In The Cold War” Live* > > *Ret. Maj. Army* > > *Approx. 7:00 PM PST* > > *Nuri Ronaghy, “Origins of U.S.-Iranian Tension: The 1953 > CIA-Orchestrated Coup Against Iran” Live* > > *Peter Phillips, "The NSA and CIA Protects Concentrated Global > Capitalism" Live * > > *Gail Walker, “Lucius Walker: The Legacy of a Visionary Pastor > for Peace” Live* > > *Matthew Hoh, "Afghanistan as a Pawn in the U.S. Cold > War" Live* > > *Ann Wright, “Inside and Outside the Military Industrial > Complex” Live* > > *Jodie Evans, “Historical and Current U.S. Cold War > Against China” Live* > > *Approx. 8:00 PM PST* > > *John Parker, “The Cold War and Continued Conflict With > Syria” * *Live* > > *Miguel Angel, “The Ongoing U.S. Cold War Against Honduras: > Perspective From An Exile” Live * > > *Alicia Rivera, “The U.S. Cold War Against El Salvador and Its > Aftermath” Live* > > *Alicia Jrapko, “The Dirty War in Argentina, Operation Condor and > the U.S. Cold War” Written* > > *S. Brian Willson, “U.S. Involvement in Creating and Sustaining the > Cold War Against Korea” Written* > > *Joel Andreas, “The Rise of Aerial Bombardment Throughout the Cold > War“ Taped* > > *Nadya Williams, “CIA Intrigue, the 1965 Coup Against Indonesia and > Its Aftermath” Taped * > > *Closing Remarks **by** Rachel Bruhnke, Witness For Peace Southwest **and** > Frank Dorrel, Addicted To War* > > * INVITATION TO WATCH: “What I’ve Learned About U.S. > Foreign Policy: The War* > > * Against the Third World” - > Produced **by** Frank Dorrel* > > * LINK: **www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gMGhrkoncA* > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gMGhrkoncA> > > > > * Public Open Mic and Chat Testimonies* > > > > > > *Scholars & Citizen Testimonials Will Help Us Learn The History of The > Cold War & Its Relevance To U.S. Political Corruption & To Today’s Global > Chaos.* > > *IN-PERSON or PRE-RECORDED TESTIMONY on: CIA-backed Global Interventions > of The Cold War; McCarthyism and the crushing of labor and the left in the > U.S.; the Cold War Nuclear Legacy; Hollywood and the Blacklist; the “Red > Scare” of the 1930’s; and the red-baiting of social activists as far back > as 1850!* > > *“I think it’s a great idea! Ideologically, it's right on”.** – Oliver > Stone on The Cold War Truth Commission* > > *Hosted **by** Rachel Bruhnke **of** Witness For Peace Southwest **and** > Frank Dorrel **of** ADDICTED To WAR* > > *Endorsed by**: CODEPINK, WORLD BEYOND WAR, ROOTSACTION, KPFK 90.7 FM > Radio, Veterans For Peace, CovertAction Magazine, Media Freedom Foundation, > Project Censored, PeaceWorkers, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear > Power In Space, School of The Americas Watch, Harriet Tubman Center For > Social Justice, Anti-Racist Action, COVID-19 Global Solidarity Coalition * > *and ADDICTED To WAR * > > *When: * > > *Sunday, March 21st, 1:00 PM **to** 7:00 PM **(PST)* > > *FREE EVENT ON ZOOM* > > *Register Here:* *www.codepink.org/03212021* > <https://www.codepink.org/03212021> > > *ZOOM Tech Support from Mary Miller and Emily Dorrel - Both of CODEPINK* > > > > *If You Are on Facebook, Please Visit and Consider Joining Our Group**: * > *www.facebook.com/groups/235245374885960* > <http://www.facebook.com/groups/235245374885960> > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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