Submitted by ujpadmin1 on Fri, 10/14/2011 - 9:43am.
When: Monday, October 17, 2011, 7:00 pm
to 9:00 pm
Where: First Parish • 35 Church St • 71 bus from Harvard Square • Watertown
2011 Oct 17 - 7:00pm
2011 Oct 17 - 9:00pm
Jonathan Steele has covered Afghanistan for the Guardian (London) for more than thirty years, and was part of the Guardian team which published the Wikileaks Afghanistan cables. His latest book, Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground, will be published by Counterpoint in October.
October 2011 marks ten years of U.S. war and occupation in Afghanistan. Steele was one of the few Western analysts who predicted that a US invasion of Afghanistan would be a disaster. Although President Obama has announced withdrawal of some troops, the Administration’s plan really envisions a long-term military occupation. So Afghanistan should remain high on everyone's agenda as the 2012 election campaign approaches.
Submitted by ujpadmin on Sat, 09/25/2010 - 9:14pm.
When: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 7:00 pm
Where: Watertown Free Public Library • 123 Main St • Watertown
2010 Sep 29 - 7:00pm
Film Showing and Discussion
This compelling and haunting documentary of war’s “silent casualty” -- the environment -- explores the under-reported, even ignored, ecological ramifications of war.
Weaving together scientific and eyewitness accounts from Vietnam and Afghanistan to Australia and the Pacific Islands, supported by onsite and archival footage, Scarred Lands & Wounded Lives vividly portrays the long-term damage to our planet resulting from the testing and production of weapons through the array of destruction from bombs, chemicals, guns and unexploded ordnance. The film confronts the immensely broad environmental devastation of war: pollution of our land, air and water and destruction of our biodiversity and entire ecosystems.
Jonathan Steele has covered Afghanistan for the Guardian (London) for more than thirty years, and was part of the Guardian team which published the Wikileaks Afghanistan cables. His latest book, Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground, will be published by Counterpoint in October.
