Activism

Resisting the Empire critiques the media's coverage of the War in Iraq (Gulf War II). Produced by the Paper Tiger TV collective in the spring of 2003 soon after the US invasion of Iraq in response to the lack of alternative perspectives on the war available through the mainstream media. This production provides a brief history of US foreign policy and military involvement abroad, looks at the corporate media's inadequate coverage of the peace movement and resistance to the war, deconstructs flashy techniques used to illustrate military intervention on the major networks and gives some information on how to get involved in activism for peace in your own community.

TRT: 28 minutes

Released: 2003

Tape # 316

Gary Younge, Author, Broadcaster and Columnist for The Guardian and The Nation speaks to the current events in our communities. Gary Younge was born in Britain to Barbadian parents.  A reporter covering Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean before being appointed The Guardian's US correwspondent in 2003.  In 2009 he won the prestigious James Cameron Award for 'combined moral vision and professional integrity.'  Sponsored by: Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series, United Academics, UVM Department of English, James and Mary Brigham Buckam Fund.  Co-sponsors include: Green Mountain Veterans for Peace, Global Justice Ecology Project, International Socialist Organization.  Part of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series. http://www.willmiller.org

The Will Miller Social Justice Lecture series brings speakers to the UVM campus and the Burlington community to provide a continuing program of radical analyses of social, ecological and political concerns. The series is dedicated to Will Miller, Vermont’s activist philosopher and UVM Philosophy Professor for 35 years.

Stop the F35s rally in Burlington produced by Paul MacGowan.