Members of UJP and its affiliated groups will gather on Saturday, October 3, from 1-5pm, for our next strategy conference. This time, we'll meet at the Democracy Center, 45 Mt. Auburn St., in Harvard Square. The agenda will include a new film on Afghanistan, building the October 17 protest, revising the UJP structure, and reports from UJP task forces.
To start off the program we will view the powerful and thought-provoking new film, Rethink Afghanistan, by noted documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald. The film, which has been released in installments over the past four months, is now complete and addresses the 2009 escalation, the costs of the war, the impact on Pakistan, on Afghan women, the civilian casaualties, and the security implications for Americans. We will also mention how UJP members who view the film Oct. 3 can organize screenings in their communities or house party screenings in their own homes. View the trailer at left.
The film will be followed by a discussion on the peace movement's response to the Afghan war. While Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold and conservative columnist George Will have come out against escalation in recent days, and while 51% of the American public opposes the war according to polls, the Pentagon and much of the Washington establishment appear determined to send more troops and escalate the conflict once again. The peace movement must raise our voices and continue to increase the political cost of escalation so that the Obama Administration "rethinks" its war policy.
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Frank Ackerman, PhD, Senior Economist, Stockholm Environment Institute – US Center. He has written extensively about the economics of climate change and other environmental problems. His latest book is Can We Afford the Future? The Economics of a Warming World (2009). He has written numerous academic and popular articles, directed policy reports for governments and non-profits, and testified before Congress.
