[Peace-discuss] [Discuss] Fwd: The House I Live In - tonight!

[David Johnson]

" In the last 10 years, $2.8 billion of military hardware has been pumped into the South American regions to fight the drug war."

Mainly in Columbia, one of the worst countries in South America for human rights violations and THE WORST country in the WORLD for murders by the government and para-military death squads of Union activists.
Also, the DEA under the smoke screen of " the war on drugs " has been increasingly involved in various Latin American countries internal politics. 
Ecuador's democraticly elected President Rafael Correa kicked- the DEA out of his country because of the DEA's attempts to bribe police and military to start a coup against Correa.
In Mexico, the DEA and U.S. drug enforcement military aid has been used against independent Mexican journalists and political activists.

I look forward to the film tonight !

David Johnson
 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Christopher Evans 
  To: James Kilgore ; caevans2 at hotmail.com ; Discuss List 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 8:02 AM
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  Sunday's Commentary in the News-Gazette had an investigative AP story regarding the 
  military's 10-year approach to the Drug War. If there be a weariness and an
  understanding of the futility and hypocrisy of this policy amongst the citizenry,
  there is another endless war on "terror" fabricated for the  military contractors to use.
  In the last 10 years, $2.8 billion of military hardware has been pumped into the South American regions to fight the drug war. Our soldiers are gradually becoming more involved in a covert
  combat battle, read all about, Sunday, Feb. 3 News-Gazette, Commentary Section.



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  Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 07:36:59 -0600
  From: jjincu at gmail.com
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  Subject: [Discuss] Fwd: The House I Live In - tonight!


  Join us tonight, February 5th at the FREE screening of "The House I LIve In" at the Art Theater, 126 W. Church St, Champaign.



    From the film's press release: "There’s a growing recognition among those on all sides that the war on drugs is a failure. At a time of heightened fiscal instability, the drug war is also seen as economically unsustainable. Beyond its human cost at home, the unprecedented violence in Mexico provides a daily reminder of the war’s immense impact abroad, and America has at last begun to take the first meaningful steps toward reform. At this pivotal moment, the film promotes public awareness of the problem while encouraging new and innovative pathways to domestic drug policy reform."


  The movie screens at 7:30.

  View the trailer here:
  http://www.thehouseilivein.org/

  CUCPJ organizers Carol and Aaron Ammons will speak after the film about local efforts to end the War on Drugs and to stop the plans for a new jail.










  -- 
  James Kilgore
  Research Scholar
  Center for African Studies
  University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
  check the website for my new book: http://freedomneverrests.com

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