[Peace] 3 events Sat Nov 5th! 2pm Demonstration; 4pm Medea Benjamin (CODE PINK); 6:30pm "The 13th"

[Stuart Levy]

Three events coming this Saturday, Nov. 5th - hope you can attend some 
or all:

2-4pm, corner of Main and Neil, downtown Champaign
     AWARE monthly anti-war demonstration

4-5:30pm, McKinley Foundation, 809 S 5th St, Champaign
     Antiwar activist Medea Benjamin, of CODE PINK, speaks on her book:
*    "Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the US-Saudi Connection"*

6:30pm, Channing Murray Foundation, 1209 W Oregon, Urbana
*Showing and discussion of "The 13th",* documentary on mass 
incarceration in America and its roots in slavery - a film by Ava 
Duvernay (who also made "Selma").   Local activist James Kilgore, who is 
interviewed in the film, will lead a discussion following the film showing.

Details below.

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Central Illinois Progressive Democrats of America, Just Foreign Policy, 
Eco-Justice Collaborative, and Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort (AWARE) 
present Activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Medea Benjamin

Medea will sign and discuss her new book, *Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind 
the US-Saudi Connection,* and the condition of the international Peace 
Movement.

WHERE: Thanks to McKinley Presbyterian Church, 809 S. Fifth St., 
Champaign, IL 61820.
Parking available in garage across from church or on-street.

WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 5, 4:00-5:30 pm

Books available for purchase on-site.

Medea Benjamin, co-founder of women’s peace organization CODEPINK, has 
become famous for fearlessly tackling head-on subjects most of us 
studiously avoid. In Kingdom of the Unjust, she researches the sinister 
nature of the relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. In seven 
succinct chapters followed by a meditation on prospects for change, 
Benjamin—cited by the L.A. Times as “one of the high-profile members of 
the peace movement”—shines a light on one of the most perplexing 
elements of American foreign policy. What is the origin of this strange 
alliance between two countries that seemingly have very little in 
common? Why does it persist, and what are its consequences?

This event is free and open to the public.

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6:30PM 11/5 showing of *"The 13th"* at Channing-Murray Foundation

As the final event in our campaign to defeat the sales tax (jails tax) 
referendum, Build Programs, Not Jails presents a showing of 13th. Ava 
Duvernay (of /Selma/ and /Queen Sugar/ fame) has produced this new 
documentary, a history of mass incarceration and its roots in the legacy 
of slavery. The film takes its name after the 13th amendment to the 
constitution which supposedly abolished slavery but still permits it for 
those "duly convicted" of a crime.

Nominated for five critics choice awards, the film includes interviews 
with Angela Davis, Michelle Alexander, Newt Gingrich, Van Jones and a 
host of others. Among these is U of I faculty member and local activist 
JAMES KILGORE who will be on hand to speak about the film and lead a 
discussion after the showing.
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