[Peace] THURSDAY: Film Series Concludes w/ WHY WE FIGHT

[Jen Tayabji]

**THURSDAY**

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"Why We Fight"

Part of Human Rights Film Series
Spring 2007

Thursday, March 15, 7-9pm
First Floor, IDF**
Free Admission and Snacks

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It's time again for our semi-annual Human Rights Film Series! The Human
Rights Film Series is an opportunity for campus and community members to
come together to view and discuss films pertinent to those issues that
face us all. Following each film, there will be a discussion facilitated
by a local campus or community member who has expertise on the topic of
the documentary. The films will be shown using IDF’s high-quality
projector and large screen. Light snacks and refreshments will be
available!

This spring, we have organized an exciting film series that not only
highlights those issues relevant to CU residents, but those to which many
local residents have committed their own life and work. The series
concludes on Thursday, March 15 with "Why We Fight."

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WHY WE FIGHT

Thursday, March 15th @ 7pm

Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki entitled this documentary after a World War II
propaganda film by Frank Cappa, outlining the reasons for entering the
war. WHY WE FIGHT describes the rise of the U.S. military-industrial
complex while concentrating on wars led by the U.S. of the last 50 years
and specifically the invasion of Iraq. Jarecki was inspired by
Eisenhower’s farewell speech, where he spoke of the military-industrial
complex, and Chalmer Johnson’s quote, “It is nowhere written that the
American empire goes on forever." Every decade since World War II, the
public has been told a lie to bring it into war to fuel the
military-economic machine, which in turn maintains American dominance in
the world. The film includes interviews with John McCain, Chalmers
Johnson, Richard Perle, William Kristol, Gore Vidal and Joseph Cirincione.
It also includes the stories of a Vietnam War vet whose son died on Sept.
11 and then had his son’s name written on a bomb dropped on Iraq, a
23-year old who enlists citing his financial troubles after his only
family member died, and a former Vietnamese refugee who now develops
explosives for the American military.

Joe Miller, a national coordinator of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and
an IDF Board member, will facilitate the film showing.

For more information: http://www.sonyclassics.com/whywefight

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The IDF would like to thank this semester's cosponsors: Activist Forum,
Amnesty International #124, Channing-Murray Foundation, Central Illinois
Jobs with Justice, Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center, Champaign
County Health Care Consumers, Interfaith in Action, La Casa Cultural
Latina, Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative, School for Designing A
Society, Socialist Forum, UC-IMC Steering Group, and Vietnam Veterans
Against the War (CU Chapter).

The Illinois Disciples Foundation (IDF) is a pioneering peace with justice
campus ministry and non-profit organization located on the University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. For more information about the film
series or the IDF, please contact us at (217) 352-8721,
idf at prairienet.org, or visit our website at http://www.prairienet.org/idf.

**The IDF is located at the NW corner of Springfield and Wright streets in
Champaign. It is only 2 blocks from the U of I Quad and on several CU-MTD
bus routes. Limited free parking is available. The film series is
wheelchair accessible.


::UPCOMING EVENTS::

"Bring Them To Justice:
Putting Faith Into Action"
A Talk By Rev. Charles Bayer
Wednesday, March 28, 7pm, IDF

IDF Benefit Show
$5-10
Saturday, April 14, Red Herring


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610 E. Springfield Ave.
Champaign, IL  61820
Office Hours: Mon - Fri from 12-5pm
(217) 352-8721 | idf at prairienet.org
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