Bulletin 662
Subject: THE HISTORY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIANCE AND THE CLASS
STRUGGLES WHICH PRODUCED IT.
10 September 2015
Grenoble, France
Dear Colleagues and Friends
of CEIMSA,
The six items
below present a disturbing picture of contemporary life. The present carries
the embryo of the future, which sometimes represents a disturbing discontinuity
with the past. Today, we are challenged to recognize the new realities before
us and to compare them with what once existed (which paradoxically gave rise to
what we are seeing today). Rather than being dominated by fear and reduced to
apathy and blind obedience, we are challenged by our knowledge of history to
look around and to find what activities we might engage in that would make for
a better community, a more fulfilled life, a future worth living.
Sincerely,
Francis Feeley
Professor
of American Studies
University
of Grenoble-3
Director
of Research
University
of Paris-Nanterre
Center
for the Advanced Study of American Institutions and Social Movements
A.
Let Your
Life Be a Friction to Stop the Machine
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30620.htm
"If the injustice is part
of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go;
perchance it will wear smooth — certainly the machine will wear out. If the
injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for
itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than
the evil; but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of
injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter
friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I
do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn."
-Henry
David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience
B.
Dahr Jamail and Guy McPherson
say according to many new studies and modellings, that reversing climate change
is a pipe dream, brace for impact and human extinction.
Climate Change: Have We
Reached the Point of No Return?
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=14473
C.
Thirty years ago, French secret service blew up Greenpeace’s
flagship Rainbow Warrior ship in Auckland, New Zealand, killing a
Portuguese photographer, as the ship was preparing to head to sea to protest
against French nuclear bomb tests in the South Pacific. Now the French
intelligence agent who led the deadly attack has come forward for the first
time to apologize for his actions, breaking his silence after 30 years. On July
10, 1985, Jean-Luc Kister led the dive team that planted the bombs on the
Rainbow Warrior that sunk the ship and killed Greenpeace photographer Fernando
Pereira. TV New Zealand’s program "Sunday" recently tracked down
Jean-Luc Kister in northern France and spoke to him about what happened that
day. We air the TVNZ report.
French Secret
Service Agent Who Led Fatal 1985 Bombing of Greenpeace Ship Breaks His Silence
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/9/8/french_secret_service_agent_who_led
D.
Projection-débat du film :
"Je lutte donc je suis"
1h20.
VF-VOSTF
[ΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ ΑΡΑ ΥΠΑΡΧΩ,
LUCHO LUEGO EXISTO,
JE LUTTE DONC JE SUIS]
Voir: http://jeluttedoncjesuis.net/
en présence du réalisateur Yanis Youlountas
Cinéma Le Méliès
28 Allée Henri Frenay
38000 Grenoble
à 20h30
SAMEDI 19 SEPTEMBRE 2015
YANNIS ET MAUD YOULOUNTAS présentent leur
nouveau film :
« Ne
vivons plus comme des esclaves. »
« De Grèce
et d’Espagne, souffle un vent du sud contre la résignation. »
http://jeluttedoncjesuis.net/
Scénario, réalisation et
images : Yannis Youlountas.
Montage : Maud et Yannis Youlountas.
Mixage son et étalonnage : Berceau d’un autre monde.
Photos : Maud Youlountas.
Musiques : Manu Chao, Angélique Ionatos, Léo Ferré, Killah P, Alessandro
Di Giuseppe, etc.
Coordination diffusion distribution : Maud et ANEPOS, tél. 06 18 26 84
95 ou courriel Maud : maud@jeluttedoncjesuis.net
« De Grèce et d’Espagne, un
vent du sud contre la résignation souffle
sur l’Europe. Dans les villes et les campagnes, dans les îles et les
montagnes, au cœur des luttes et des alternatives en actes, des femmes,
des hommes, mais aussi des enfants refusent de baisser les bras. Une
même devise résume leur courage de résister, leur joie de créer et leur
persévérance à toute épreuve : "JE LUTTE DONC JE SUIS" (prononcer
"AGONIZOMAI ARA IPARKO" en grec et "LUCHO LUEGO EXISTO" en
espagnol).
Quelques mots pour vivre debout, parce que rester assis, c’est se mettre
à genoux. Une brise marine, souriante et solidaire, de Barcelone à
Athènes et d’Andalousie en Crète, qui repousse les nuages du pessimisme.
Un voyage palpitant en musique, d’un bout à l’autre de la Méditerranée,
en terres de luttes et d’utopie. »
Durée : 1h20. VF-VOSTF.
Supports : DVD, Blu-ray, DCP et fichier H264 MP4.
Sortie : septembre 2015 (version expérimentale, puis définitive).
Film en "creative
commons 3", c’est-à-dire en libre usage au trois
conditions suivantes :
1- mentionner la source
2- ne pas modifier l’œuvre
3- ne pas en faire un usage commercial, sauf autorisation.
Pour toute diffusion payante et/ou commerciale et/ou projection en
salles de cinéma, contacter la diffusion/distribution ci-dessous.
Ce film est à but non lucratif, son éventuel bénéfice sera reversé à des
initiatives solidaires (les principaux créateurs sont bénévoles).
ORGANISER UNE
PROJECTION-DÉBAT :
Programmation des projections-débats
avec Yannis Youlountas (réalisateur
de Ne vivons plus comme des esclaves et de Je lutte donc je suis) :
Tél. 06 18 26 84 95 (Maud et Anepos) ou
courriel Maud :
maud@jeluttedoncjesuis.net
Complément éventuel pour
jeune public : profitant des recherches de
Yannis en philosophie de l’éducation (situations de crise et nouvelles
pratiques éducatives), une séance de goûter-philo ou d’éducation à
l’image avec les enfants peut, éventuellement, compléter le séjour. Tant
qu’à se déplacer, parfois loin, autant proposer également quelque chose
pour le jeune public (par exemple l’après-midi même ou le lendemain
matin), avec un objectif identique : s’informer et s’émanciper.
Détails :
http://irapep.net/spip.php?rubrique6&lang=fr
http://irapep.net/spip.php?rubrique10
AIDER, SOUTENIR :
Si vous voulez soutenir le
film JE LUTTE DONC JE SUIS :
http://jeluttedoncjesuis.net/spip.php?rubrique4
Si vous voulez aider l’une
des INITIATIVES SOLIDAIRES EN GRÈCE, avec la
population en souffrance et en résistance (livre et DVD vendus au profit
des initiatives solidaires, et en présentant certaines) :
http://jeluttedoncjesuis.net/spip.php?rubrique11
C'est dans le cadre d'Alternatiba Grenoble
:
https://alternatiba.eu/grenoble/programme-de-septembre/les-films//
20h30 sur le site du film
http://jeluttedoncjesuis.net/spip.php?article16&lang=fr
20h45 sur le site d'Alternatiba Grenoble
https://alternatiba.eu/grenoble/programme-de-septembre/les-films//
E.
Ralph Nader was named by The
Atlantic as one of the hundred most influential figures in American
history, and by Time and Life magazines as one of the most influential
Americans of the twentieth century. Ralph Nader has helped us drive safer cars,
eat healthier food, breathe better air, drink cleaner water and work in safer
environments for more than four decades. The crusading attorney first made
headlines in 1965 with his book Unsafe at Any Speed, a scathing indictment that
lambasted the auto industry for producing unsafe vehicles. The book led to
Congressional hearings and automobile safety laws passed in 1966, including the
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. He was instrumental in the
creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CSPC) and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Many lives have been saved by Nader's involvement in the recall of millions of
unsafe consumer products, including defective motor vehicles and in the
protection of laborers and the environment. By starting dozens of citizen
groups, Ralph Nader has created an atmosphere of corporate and governmental
accountability.
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McCarthyism
Made Us Veer Away From a Systemic Doctrine for Change - Ralph Nader on RAI
(1/3) http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=767&Itemid=74&jumival=11218 |
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|
On
Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, Ralph Nader says McCarthy's reign of
terror made people seek empirical change, like seeking legislative reforms to
make safer cars, to avoid being associated with socialism |
F.
From:
haw-info [mailto:haw-info-bounces@stopthewars.org]
On Behalf Of Jim O'Brien
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 10:08 PM
To: haw-info@stopthewars.org
Subject: [haw-info] HAW Notes 8/31/15: Links to recent articles of
interest
Links to
Recent Articles of Interest
"How the Empire Struck
Back Starting with Jimmy Carter"
By Jeremy Kuzmarov, History
News Network, posted August 30
The author teaches history
at the University of Tulsa and is the author of two books on the U.S. military.
"Militarism Run Amok:
Russians and Americans Get Their Kids Ready for War"
By Lawrence S. Winner, History
News Network, posted August 30
The author is a professor
of history emeritus at SUNY Albany.
"Palestine
Overwhelmed by Illegal American Immigrants"
By Juan Cole, Informed
Comment blog, posted August 30
The author teaches history
at the University of Michigan.
"Barack Obama:
Historian in Chief"
By Robert Shaffer, History
News Network, posted August 25
On the use of history to
support the Iran deal; the author teaches history at Shippensburg University of
Pennsylvania.
By David Bromwich, TomDispatch.com,
posted August 23
"Toward a National
Strategy to Cope with a New World: Part 2"
By William R. Polk, History
News Network, posted August 23
The author is a former
State Department official and a former University of Chicago history professor.
"The Strangest Odd
Couple in the World Today: Russia and Israel"
By Jonathan Adelman and
Joseph Szyliowicz, History News Network, posted August 23
A short article with much
historical backgound
"George
Houser: A Luta Continua"
By Matt Meyer, Fellowship
of Reconciliation, posted August 20
The work of George
Houser, a longtime pacifist who died in August at age 99, included World War II
draft resistance, the first Freedom Rides, and leadership of North American
support for African liberation.
"The
Kissinger Telcons: New Documents Throw Light on Sensitive Ford and Kissinger
Views"
Edited by William Burr,
National Security Archive, posted August 19
Documents released by
court order in response to a Freedom of Information suit
"Why
Is There No Antiwar Movement?"
By Michael Kazin, Dissent,
Summer issue
The author teaches history
at Georgetown University.
Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg,
Frank Brodhead, Mim Jackson, and an anonymous reader for suggesting articles
that are included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.