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Free Public Screenings in Federal Way Thank you to the imagination and determination of Jack F., the ever-expansive spirit of Wallingford Neighbors For Peace and Justice, the wonders of modern technology, and our much beloved public library system for making these screenings possible... TBA Federal Way 320th Library 848 South 320th Street in Federal Way 98003 *** Free Public Screenings in Neighboring Communities
Wednesday, February 9th 6:30 PM King's Books Watch two psychological experiments that reveal man's inhumanity to man. Stanley Milgram, whose Jewish parents escaped Germany, wanted to study why a "Good German" would commit war crimes. (Milgrim's biography is titled "The Man Who Shocked the World"). We'll watch unsuspecting volunteers in the late 1950s, first college students from Yale - then the good citizens of New Haven, Connecticut - obey the authority figure in the lab coat and give electric shocks (simulated) to the person they think is another volunteer in the experiment. Of course, no one was really hurt - but it shows that many will obey any order, even if they suspect it will harm another. (Note - one of the opening sequences of GhostBusters is a parody of these experiments). After a discussion, we'll watch another experiment, this time at Stanford in the 1970s - where Philip Zimbardo wanted to show the effects of imprisonment. He selected 18 student volunteers, 9 to be prisoners and the other 9 to be the guards. The study was to run for two weeks in a simulated prison in the basement of the psychology building on campus. Although instructed not to harm the prisoners, the guards quickly went out of control and started abusing the prisoners in several ways - physically and mentally. The experiment ended after four days without physical harm, but some interesting discussions ensued between the student prisoners and guards afterwards. The parallels to Abu Graib are striking, including stacks of naked prisoners. It was so striking that Dr. Zimbardo was contacted by CNN within days of the release of the Abu Graib pictures for comment. He then was asked to testify in defense of the actions of one of the military guards. His book, The Lucifer Effect, not only records a complete record of the experiment, but proceeds to examine Abu Graib and spells out the actions of the guard he defended and also the responsible officers - and then he goes on to examine the responsibility of those in the Bush Administration. He even goes further to discuss how we all live our lives in the expectations of the roles we adopt in our lives. A German Film "Das Experiment" is a recreation of the experiment. This movie is part of a movie
series sponsored by
Veteran's for Peace #134 (Tacoma). The event is free of charge,
and open to the general public.
*** West Seattle Neighbors For Peace and Justice Present TBA Alki Congregational Church UCC 6115 SW Hinds West Seattle 98116 For more information, please contact Eileen at 206-935-6348 or visit West Seattle Neighbors For Peace and Justice *** Wallingford Neighbors For Peace and Justice *** The Alliance For Democracy and the Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Committee Presents: TBA All films to be shown at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation 2200 East End Street NW in West Olympia For more information, please visit www.sounddemocracy.org *** Watch Moyers on "Taxi To The Darkside" *** Watch Moyers' Power of the Presidency To see
this or any other archived story from the "Journal" please
visit
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html *** Watch Bill Moyers *** Watch Valerie Plame on 60 Minutes *** Watch Frontline's documentary, Bush's War, online *** Watch Torturing Democracy *** Watch Moyers Interview with Andrew Bacevich or Listen to Terry Gross Interview Andrew Bacevich *** Here's a link to a story that aired April 1st on 60 Minutes. It's called "Under The Influence" and it details the shameful manner by which the Medicare bill became law. Running Time: 13 minutes http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2635796n *** Frontline's Cheney's Law and Showdown with Iran can be viewed online. See Frontline's Extraordinary Rendition Frontline: Spying On The Home Front *** If you ever wondered what the true cost of war is or think that our health care system is just fine the way it is WATCH 60 MINUTES Remote Area Medical's Lifeline or listen to NPR's Rural Medical Camp Tackles Health Care Gaps *** *** Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness– and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we’re being brainwashed to believe. The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they’re selling– their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability. Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them. Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. -Arundhati Roy |
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