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Friday, October 17, 2003
Iraq: The New Vietnam?
Left Turn magazine and War Times newspaper is holding a low-ticket fundraiser here in Washington that includes the showing of a film and discussion on Iraq, Vietnam and the 1960's.
War Times editor Max Elbaum, author of Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che, will lead a public debate on whether the U.S. occupation of Iraq – like the Vietnam War – is shaping up to be another blow to American imperialism. The debate will focus on the key lessons of the anti-war and civil rights movements of the 1960s and '70s that can be used in our current struggles against the occupation of Iraq and President Bush's endless war at home and abroad.
A segment from "The War at Home," the award-winning documentary on the '60s and '70s, also will be screened. The event starts at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17, at Provisions Library: A Resource Center for Activism and Arts, 1611 Connecticut Ave. NW. The suggested donation is $5. For more information, send an e-mail or call 866/860-9311.
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