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[Patrick Verkaik]

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Subject: Committee for World Democracy SPRING 2005 CALENDAR
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:34:02 -0700
From: Elizabeth Loft <limbolib at hotmail.com>
To: ihouse2004-l at ucsd.edu

COMMITTEE FOR WORLD DEMOCRACY (CWD)
FILM SERIES: SPRING QUARTER 2005

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES							April 1
The personal odyssey of 23-year old Ernesto “Che” Guevara throughout South
America, an experience that would ultimately
inspire him to become a revolutionary.

PROFITS OF PUNISHMENT							April 8
This film examines the crisis of the U.S. prison system and how many
States are responding to this crisis by contracting out
the management and liability of prisoners to private multinational
corporations. Speaker:  Janice Jordan

EVERYONE THEIR GRAIN OF SAND						April 15
The film looks into the impact of global industrialization on land
ownership. It follows the struggle of the community of
Maclovio Rojas located in the outskirts of Tijuana. Speaker: Elizabeth
Bird, Director.

CHICANO PARK										April 22
The documentary is centered on the history of Logan Heights’s own park,
and the struggles of that community to make it a reality.
It’s a great testimony of people’s effort to preserve culture and pride.
Speaker:  Marco Anguiano, Member Chicano Park
Steering Committee

CHICO MENDES										April 29
This documentary show how landowners of Brazil and transnational
corporations involved in “development projects” harassed
Chico Mendez, a highly committed and courageous environmentalist, and
eventually had him killed. Speaker :  Environmental
Health Coalition of San Diego

MAQUILADORAS									May 6
This documentary provides evidence of the effort made by female maquila
workers in Tijuana to improve their working conditions,
and to denounce the exploitation and repression under which they toil.
Speaker: Enrique Davalos, Professor, San Diego City
Community College

THE OIL FACTOR: Behind the War on Terror				May 13
After spending three months in Iraq and surrounding areas, the producers
of this documentary expose the human cost
of the invasion, examine its geo-strategic picture, and shed light on the
real nature of the “war on terror.”  Speaker:  Members of
Project YANO (Youth and Non-Military Opportunities)

ARGENTINA: GROWTH OR DISAPPEARANCE			May 20
In this film, sociologists, economists, and political scientists describe
the macroeconomic causes behind the 2001 crisis, and regular
Argentines describe how they coped with it. Speaker:  Howard Richard,
Professor of Peace and Global Studies, Earlham College.

IT’S MY LIFE										May 27
Based on a true story, this film portrays the efforts made by a courageous
young man who refuses to take anti-retroviral medicines until
they are made available in public hospitals and clinics. It is a story of
personal sacrifice for the sake of humans whose rights are threatened.
Speaker: Jorge Osuna, San Diego Activist on AIDS and LGBT rights

THE CORPORATION									June 3
A very insightful  look at the complexity and dynamics of the basic
structure of capitalism.

ALWAYS FREE!
FRIDAYS, 7:00 P.M., CENTER HALL 113
Sponsored by Third World Studies and ASUCSD
For information call (858) 534-4873, or write to cwd at ucsd.edu