INTERESTING EVENTS COMING UP WHICH ARE SPONSORED BY "NOT IN OUR NAME"

If you missed the DISAPPEARED IN AMERICA exhibition (VISIBLE Collective) at the Queens Museum (which Not In Our Name assisted in producing), you have another opportunity now to see it at:

The Brecht Forum
451 West St. (West Side Hwy betw Bank & Bethune 1-1/2 blocks north of West 11th)
New York, NY 10014
Subways 1, 9, 2, 3, A, C to 14th Street
Phone: 212-242-4201
August 5th thru August 30th

Since 9/11, thousands of Muslim immigrants were detained in a security dragnet. The majority of those detained were from the invisible under class of cities like New York. They are the recent immigrants who drive our taxis, deliver our food, clean our restaurant tables and sell fruit, coffee and newspapers. The only time we see their faces are when we glance at the hack license in the taxi partition or the ID card around the neck of avendor. Already invisible in our cities, after detention, they have become "ghost prisoners." In this, there are eerie parallels to past witch-hunts, including the 1919 detention of 10,000 immigrants after anarchists bombed the Attorney General's home; the 1941 internment of 110,000 Japanese-Americans; the trial and execution of the Rosenbergs; and the HUAC black-listing under Senator Joseph McCarthy. While this work started in the U.S. context, it expanded to look at Europe, in recognition that anti-immigrant xenophobia, coupled with Islamophobia (a more acceptable shorthand for "dark masses"), is not a new or uniquely U.S. phenomenon.
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A film to be seen: WINTER SOLDIER
On the first two days of February 1971, one month after the revelations of the My Lai massacre, a public inquiry into war crimes committed by American forces in Vietnam was held in the second floor ballrooom of a Howard Johnson motel in Detroit. The event was organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War with support from Jane Fonda and Mark Lane. Over 125 veterans spoke of atrocities they had witnessed and, in some cases, committed. Predictably, the event was picketed and ignored by news outlets, but it marked a major turning point in the anti-war movement. The courage of the veterans in testifying, their desire to prevent further atrocities and to regain their own humanity, provide a dramatic intensity that makes "Winter Soldier" an unforgettable experience. Acclaimed at film festivals around the world, the film was rejected as too incendiary by U.S.television and played only on New York's local public television station, WNET. Since then, only few screenings by the filmmakers have kept the legacy alive. This is a rare chance to have another look at this searing document. There will be a panel discussion following the 8 pm screening on Fri., August 12.

Fri Aug 12: 8; Sat Aug 13: 2 & 6; Sun Aug 14: 8; Mon Aug 15: 4:15; Wed Aug 17: 7:30; Thurs Aug 18: 2

LOCATION: Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC Phone: 212-875-5600