VIETNAM-FULL DISCLOSURE: NO MORE LIES-THEN OR NOW
Teach-In on Wednesday October 28, “Vietnam-Full Disclosure: No More Lies-Then or Now” on the history of the Vietnam Era and why it is still important.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015—–1-3PM
SEMINAR 2, B1105, THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
Speakers:
* Mark Fleming, Veterans for Peace organizer on the history of American Intervention in Vietnam
* Anh-Tri Nguyen, Vietnamese Student in the US in the 1970s and currently living in the US
* Graham Clumpner, Veteran from Iraq Veterans Against the War,
* Larry Kershner, Vietnam V4P activist and Poetry
* Peter Bohmer, TESC faculty on the Anti-war movement in the US
* Glen Anderson, of the Fellowship of Reconciliation on the cost of the war
As background for the Teach-In, The following documentaries will be shown in the week before the event:
Wednesday, October 21, 2105, Seminar 2, A1105, 1-3PM
“Hearts and Minds” A 1974 Academy Award winning documentary on the History of The Vietnam War and its impact on Vietnam and the US.
Discussion lead by veterans after the movie.
Friday, October 23, Seminar 2, B1105, 1-3PM
“Sir! No Sir!” A 2005 Film Festival Award winning film on the GI Movement against the Vietnam War in both the US and in Vietnam. A must see! Discussion lead by Veteran after the movie.
Why these events and why now?
The USG, through the Pentagon is having a 50-year Commemoration to rewrite the history of the Vietnam War era. (See http://www.vietnamwar50th.com/) .
There is a concerted effort to make the US government actions in the war honorable and to glorify war, which is a disservice to those who lost their lives in the war (both the Vietnamese and the US soldiers) and just as importantly, the lives that are being lost and will continue to be lost in current and future wars. Veterans for Peace at the national and local level are involved in this effort to set the record straight. See their website of Vietnam Full Disclosure- http://vietnamfulldisclosure.org/
Sponsored by Academic programs “Political Economy of Power in American Society,” “Caliban and the Witch,” “Culture and Violence” and the Olympia Rachel Corrie Chapter 109 of Veterans for Peace. All events are free and open to students and the community. Parking on campus is available for $2. For more information contact Larry Mosqueda at 360-867-6513 or mosqueda@evergreen.edu or Mark Fleming at 360-357-1060 or rezdog02@hotmail.com.