MAY 14th "Operation Dr. Strangelove"

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From: Joy Garnett
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FYI, list,
I just found this on ye Metafilter:

MAY 14th : http://www.operationstrangelove.org/index.html


NEWS FLASH: Janeane Garofalo, Art Spiegelman
Join Operation Strangelove

Be part of a national anti-war action on May 14. Screen "Dr.
Strangelove," and raise money for groups still working hard for peace,
justice and relief in Iraq.

Pre-emptive strikes. Cowboy diplomacy. Men conspiring in the War Room,
bent on world domination. Weapons of mass destruction. And most
terrifying of all, an invasion begun for one overwhelming reason:
precious fluids.

Forty years after its filming, the dark and explosively funny "Dr.
Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" seems
like a satirical time bomb planted by Stanley Kubrick and Terry
Southern, set to detonate on Bushs doctrine of unilateral warfare,
anytime, anywhere.

As the war on Iraq winds down (at least on TV), as the perils (and
profits) of occupation loom, and as the Bushies plot the next
pre-emptive strike, Operation Strangelove aims to show the warmongers in
their true light.

On May 14, put on a screening of "Dr. Strangelove" in your living room,
at the local theater, on campus, on your laptop, anywhere you can and
say no to unilateral invasions, to endangering our troops for the sake
of oil, to flouting international law and the world community in the
name of empire. Follow the film with discussions, forums, debates. Keep
talking. Keep acting. Lets give new meaning to the old Strategic Air
Command motto, "Peace Is Our Profession."

On this site, you will find all the resources you need to organize a
screening: a sample press release for you to customize, posters and
flyers for a guerrilla teaser campaign, what you need to know about
copyright laws and where to get the film, a study guide for the
classroom, and, of course, T-shirts!

Weve suggested five underfunded organizations doing critical work in the
region that you can raise money for with your screening and provided
their contact information Voices in the Wilderness, MADRE, United for
Peace and Justice, Doctors Without Borders and, lest we forget about
Afghanistan entirely, RAWA. You can read more about them here.

Theres one more group that could use your help: Operation Strangelove.
Please make a donation to help us cover the costs of mounting this
event; any money we raise over our costs will be distributed among the
above charities. Were not part of any larger organization its all out
of pocket for now. So please, make a donation, buy a dozen t-shirts,
order a copy of the "Dr. Strangelove" video or DVD. Every bit helps.

In New York City, Nile Southern, screenwriter Terry Southerns son, and
September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows will introduce the event,
and a panel discussion moderated by critic John Leonard (CBS Sunday
Morning, Harper's, The Nation, New York Magazine) will follow. Panelists
including Janeane Garofalo, Art Spiegelman ("Maus"), David Rees ("Get
Your War On"), Gene Seymour (Newsday film and jazz critic), the
Guerrilla Girls and others will discuss "The Art of Dissent: Satire and
Protest."

The screening will be at United Artists 16 Battery Park, overlooking
Ground Zero, beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14. Tickets at the door,
$15 suggested. To reserve tickets, write [email protected],
and be sure to arrive early.

If you havent seen this movie or its been a while, you wont believe how
funny and frighteningly contemporary it is. Have a blast!
Remember: "War is too important to be left to politicians."

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