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Subject: FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS: Gulf War (Also: Hiroshima,Tax Resistance, et al)
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FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS: Gulf War (Also: Hiroshima,Tax Resistance, et al)


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Note 59       *SUPPRESSED VIDEO OF BOMBING OF IRAQ
[e-mail]                                            2:11 pm  Mar 22, 1991
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/* Written  3:28 pm  Mar 22, 1991 by peace in web:web.canpeace */
/* ---------- "*SUPPRESSED VIDEO OF BOMBING OF IR" ---------- */
*SUPPRESSED VIDEO OF US BOMBING OF IRAQ

The videotape of former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark's
factfinding mission to Iraq during the US led aerial bombardment
is now available.  This film, titled "NOWHERE TO HIDE", documents
widespread bombing of civilian objects in Iraq, contrary to
international law.

John Alpert, 12-year veteran of NBC News and winner of 7 Emmy
awards, assisted in making the film and was fired when he
offered it to NBC.  The footage was taken to CBS, where
Evening News executive producer Tom Bettag agreed to run
excerpts.  Bettag was promptly fired.  None of the major
networks ran any of the tape despite the fact that they
had no reporters in Iraq at the time.

You can get copies of the tape in Canada from:

COALITION TO STOP US AND CANADIAN
INTERVENTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
123 Edward Street
Suite 600
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E2
Phone [phone]
Fax   [phone]
Donation: $35.00,  plus 10% postage and handling, if required.


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Note 65       Video on Gulf War Protest
[e-mail]                                        10:55 pm  Aug 30, 1990
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MOVEMENT TO END THE GULF WAR

The Chicago video group, Labor Beat, has produced a 1/2 hour program
entitled "Movement to End the Gulf War".  The program includes
interviews with members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, the
American Friends Service Committee, the Palestinian community and
others who discuss the U.S. involvement in the Middle East in general,
and the current U.S. invasion in particular.  The videotape also
includes scenes from the demonstration of 200 people at the Amoco
Building in Chicago protesting the recent U.S. activities.

Labor Beat is selling copies of this program for $15 for a VHS copy.
We can also provide 3/4" copies of the program for $25 for showing on
cable systems and broadcast.  For more information contact:

Committee for Labor Access
Labor Beat
37 S. Ashland
Chicago, IL 60607
312-226-3330.


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Note 119      VIDEO ON WAR TAX RESISTANCE
[e-mail]                                               5:47 pm  Jan 24, 1992
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             VIDEO ON WAR TAX RESISTANCE


   "PAYING FOR PEACE: War Tax Resistance in the United States" is a
half-hour look at people who refuse to pay the portion of their
federal income tax that would go to the military, in many cases
re-directing the money to organi- zations that work for peace and
social causes.

  "PAYING FOR PEACE" features interviews with Americans working in
movements for peace and social justice.  Among those interviewed are
Brian Willson, a war tax resister and Vietnam veteran who in 1987 was
run over by a train while blocking munitions shipments at a Concord,
California naval weapons depot; Reverend Maurice McCrackin, who in the
early 1950's was sentenced to jail for war tax resistance; Ernest and
Marion Bromley, a couple who have lived largely under the taxable
income level in order to avoid contributing to military spending; and
Juanita Nelson, an early civil rights organizer who was the first
woman to spend a night in jail for war tax resistance.  Several people
featured in "PAYING FOR PEACE" have been war tax resisters for more
than forty years.

   The program was videotaped in California, New York, Virginia, Ohio,
West Virginia, and in Nicaragua.  In addition to interviews with war
tax resisters, it includes a TV news story about a married couple
whose home was auctioned for back taxes they had refused to pay for
the military.  A former attorney is also interviewed about the risks
and possible consequences of war tax resistance.

   "As an introduction to non-violent resistance, PAYING FOR PEACE
advances some irrefutable arguments."...Phil Berrigan & Liz McAlister;
Jonah House

   "PAYING FOR PEACE poses a serious challenge to everyone interested in
ending the culture of militarism."...Blase Bonpane, PhD; Director, Office of
the Americas

   "I thought it was very well done, very well photographed and
presented.  I would have liked it to be twice as long."...Reverend
Richard McSorley; Director, Center for Peace Studies, Georgetown
University



   "PAYING FOR PEACE is an excellent introduction to war tax
resistance, an act of civil disobedience with a long and honorable
history in the U.S.  For people who are angry about paying so much for
weapons and war, this video gives a solid overview.  It introduces
viewers to active resisters and deals with the hardest question of
all--fear of the IRS."...Ruth Benn, War Resisters League

   PAYING FOR PEACE is an excellent tool for education and organizing
during "tax season".  First released on April 15, 1991, it is being
offered now at the reduced price of $25.00 postage paid for the VHS
format.  (Other formats available upon request; write for prices.)  To
order, send check payable to "PFP Video" to: PAYING FOR PEACE; PO Box
5946; Takoma Park, MD 20913.

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Note 2        FREEZE VIDEO RESOURCES
[e-mail]                                           12:50 pm  Feb 24, 1989
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        The Freeze Education Fund at 4534 1/2 University Way N.E., Seattle
        has an excellent selection of videos in their resource center,
        available for your group to use in peace education.  A modest
        donation is appreciated.

        Descriptions of some of the videos are posted by category, with
        the prefix FEF, e.g., FEF - Consequences of Nuclear War.

        Call 632-6205 for information about these or additional videos or
        about other Freeze activities.


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Note 24       "CITIZEN DIPLOMAT" VIDEO AVAILABLE
[e-mail]                                            4:07 pm  Nov  4, 1990
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/* Written  7:27 pm  Oct 30, 1990 by igc:peacenet in peg:pn.announcements */
/* ---------- ""CITIZEN DIPLOMAT" VIDEO AVAILABLE" ---------- */
Subject: "CITIZEN DIPLOMAT" VIDEO AVAILABLE

From sskartvedt Tue Oct 30 12:06 PST 1990

Citizen Diplomat - An intimate video portrait of Rama Vernon,
Director, Center for Soviet-American Dialogue, Seattle,
Washington.

Experience the Politics of Love in Action.  Learn the practical
side of Citizen Diplomacy!  Use as a dynamic fund-raising and
information tool!

Citizen Diplomat is a compelling portrait of Raman Vernon.  Share
in her unique experiences opening up a meaningful communication
between private citizens and government officials of the US and
the USSR. Taped at a special lecture near San Francisco, the
viewer learns how Vernon became a citizen diplomat, what it means
to her, and how citizen diplomacy has affected us all. Imagery of
today's Moscow, interactions with private Soviet citizens, scenes
from both Citizen Summits, and close-ups of her California
audience blend with her engaging talk. The second half of the
video is an in-depth interview. With touching and humorous
anecdotes, Citizen Diplomat answers the question: What do Rama
Vernon's experiences have to do with making my own life richer,
more harmonious, effective, and empowered?" She discusses the
deeper personal significance of international relations, and how
citizen diplomacy can lead to personal transformation and inner
growth, "whether one travels around the corner or around the
globe."

"Citizen Diplomat magically opens hearts and minds with its unique
human perspectives. Rama Vernon's delightful openness, charisma,
compassion and vision seem to be transported through the screen.
The visuals, music, her manner and message all weave a wonderful
wed that gives Citizen Diplomat a larger dimension.  You will be
deeply touched and inspired." Linda Cogozzo, Yoga Journal 5/90

"Three Stars! Inspiring and interesting... Citizen Diplomat is
recommended." Video Librarian Magazine 7/90

"Citizen Diplomat should be required viewing for anyone working in
or discovering the role of the individual in international
relations. It's a winner!" Carolyn Anderson, Director of Global
family 8/90

"In this powerful video, Rama Vernon demonstrates that ordinary
people' can make a significant difference on the world stage,
thereby bringing sanity where insanity reigns." Willis Harman,
Director, Institute of Noetic Sciences, 9/90

58 minutes, VHS, $29.95 plus $3.00 Shipping & Handling payable to:
U-Music, Inc., 389 Marin Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941 (415)
381-8865


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Note 93       UPCOMING VIDEO SHOWING
[e-mail]                                               3:44 pm  Mar 19, 1992

"PAYING FOR PEACE: WAR TAX RESISTANCE IN THE UNITED STATES",
video and discussion sponsored by Washington Area War Tax
Resistance, at the Washington Peace Center; 2111 Florida Ave,
NW; Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30 PM.  FREE. [phone].


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Note 48       MOTHERS PEACE VIDEO
[e-mail]                                         11:01 pm  Feb 14, 1992

Subject: MOTHERS PEACE VIDEO

I RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING EMAIL MESSAGE FROM TED SHAPIN, ORANGE,
CALIFORNIA. ED SHAFFER.
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[This letter, that I received, announces the availability of a
documentary video from a Hiroshima peace group.  Ted.]

February 1992.
Mothers Peace Movement
4-2, 27 Ohte-machi
Naka-ku, Hiroshima City
Japan 730

Since we are informed that you are actively working for world
peace, I am writing to you on behalf of a peace group formed by
mothers and volunteers in Hiroshima.

In spite of your hard work and the efforts of many others working
for peace in different parts of the world, we are greatly disap-
pointed to still see wars and conflicts breaking out incessantly,
and we wonder why war must constantly be repeated on  earth.  When
we asked ourselves what we as mothers could do to  promote peace,
we realized that those who start wars and those  who produce
weapons have mothers, and that we could contribute to  peace by
getting all the mothers in the world united hand-in-hand  and by
raising our children to respect lives before anything  else.

We recognize that human lives are not the only ones being destroyed
by war; the environment is also being threatened.  Nuclear arms are
proliferating all over the world and are now a  hundred times more
powerful than the atomic bomb which killed  200,000 lives in
Hiroshima.  The film that depicts the disastrous  effects in
Hiroshima caused by the atomic bomb shows us about  the tragedy of
war in the most accurate and clearest way.

In the hopes of avoiding such catastrophes in the future, our
Mothers' Peace Group would like to send you a video tape (English
script) which shows what happened in Hiroshima at the time of  the
atomic bombing and its aftermath. Please read the enclosed  leaflet
on the film, and if you think that this video could be  used in
your peace activities, write to us and we will send you a  copy.
We would appreciate it if you could send us the signatures,
impressions and messages of the people to whom you show the file.
We have a VHS version in English and Japanese, and a PAL version
in English, which we can send to you. Could you let us know if  you
want a video tape in other languages for our information.  We who
bear and bring up life are responsible for leaving our  beloved
children with a safe and beautiful world and intact  dreams of
future promise.  We want to share this commitment with  you and
work together for a better world.

Sincerely,
[signed] (Mrs.) Kazuko Ichikawa
[From the leaflet:]

Hiroshima: A Mother's Prayer; A-Bomb Documentary Film

Early in the morning, an elderly woman bows in prayer before the
Cenotaph in the Peace Park. What can the deep wrinkles in her
clasped hands tell us?

In the forty-five years since the Bomb fell on Hiroshima, it's
survivors have struggled back to life.  Yet the Bomb continues to
cast its shadow across the lives of its victims.

Perhaps even more than others, it is mothers who nurture life and
who confront nuclear weapons, agents only of destruction and
death.  For this reason, we have chosen to present the tragedy of
the Bomb through he eyes of mothers... mothers who lost their
children in the tragedy of Hiroshima.  In this film, we see the
sorrow, the anger, the suffering, and the prayers of mothers;
mothers who have lived and continue to live in Hiroshima.

Upon the completion of this new A-bomb documentary film, it is  our
sincere hope that viewers will reflect seriously on the  meaning of
Hiroshima for us who live today.


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Note 19       Video:Toward a Governed World
[e-mail]                                          2:42 pm  Jan 24, 1989

Announcement: New Video on World Government

The Educational Film and Video Project is distributing an important
video on world governance.

"Toward a Governed World" , a 27-minute documentary produced by
Telecosm, "is done with high professionalism and is as rewarding
 as it is important", according to Norman Cousins, former editor of
the Saturday Review.

This highly informative documentary proposes that the abolition of war
and injustice is possible only through the establishment of a
democratic global government --a federation of nations. That
government would have the power to outlaw war, alleviate pover ty, and
protect the planet's environments. The video illustrates these bold
solutions through a creative format --historical foo tage and graphics
are combined with questions posed by people on the street to 3
prominent world government advocates.  Also inc luded throughout are
statements by such well- known advocates of world government as Albert
Einstein and Justice William O. Doug las. A good introduction to this
important concept.

VHS or Beta Sale, $45; Rent $35 * 3/4" Sale $95, Rent $45.

To order: The Educational Film and Video Project, 1529 Josephine
Street, Berkeley, CA 94703.  [phone]

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