2021/03/21 zoom webinar (1pm – 8pm PDT)
To End All Wars – The Cold War Truth Commission
Witness For Peace Southwest, CODEPINK & Addicted To War invite you to join:
THE COLD WAR TRUTH COMMISSION
A Day of Education, Testimonials & Action
Come spend the day with us while we put the COLD WAR on TRIAL!
This Sunday, March 21st
3-10p CT (1-8p PT, 4-11p ET, 9pm-4am+1 CET )
FREE EVENT ON ZOOM
Register Here:www.codepink.org/03212021
For More Information Contact Rachel: – 310-971-8280 or Frank at: – 310-838-8131
Register Here:www.codepink.org/03212021
For More Information Contact Rachel: – 310-971-8280 or Frank at: – 310-838-8131
| 1pm PDT | |
| Rachel Bruhnke and Frank Dorrel | Opening Remarks |
| Part I: Roots of U.S. Anti-Communism and Cold War | |
| Blase Bonpane (written testimony) | The Cold War |
| Ramsey Clark (Film clip) | Plutocracy: Wealth Runs This Country |
| Jim Lafferty | Why We Need This Truth Commission to Expose ‘Cold War’ Lies |
| Peter Kuznick | Henry Wallace and the Cold War’s beginning |
| Oliver Stone (Film clip) | The Untold History of the United States |
| Daniel Ellsberg | The Role of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex in Starting and Maintaining the Cold War |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt (written testimony) | Excerpt From ‘The Second Bill of Rights’ State of the Union Speech 1944 |
| 2pm PDT (approx) | |
| Rossana Cambron | Anti-Communism As a Weapon Against Progress |
| Gerald Horne (written testimony) | The U.S. Cold War As a Self-Inflicted Wound |
| Carol Frances Likens (recorded testimony) | The Red-baiting of Abolitionists in 1850! |
| Rick Fellows | The Pro-Fascist Nature of U.S. Anti-Communism |
| Mike Feinstein | Is the Fear of “Communists” a Big Deal in Europe? A Green’s Perspective |
| Jeremy Kuzmarov | A Sequence of Lies, The U.S Cold War, and Today |
| 3pm PDT (approx) | |
| Michael Novick | The White Supremacist Nature of The U.S. Cold War |
| Alice Slater | Historical and Current U.S. Cold War Against Russia |
| Norman Solomon | Why So Many Progressives Bought Into the ‘Russiagate’ Frenzy |
| Gil Scott Heron (music video) | Work For Peace (Military & The Monetary) |
| Part II: The Domestic U.S. Cold War | |
| Mumia Abul-Jamal & Stephen Vittoria (written testimony) | Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI |
| Julia Scoville (recorded testimony) | McCarthyism, Employment Fears, and the Vilification of Solidarity |
| Susan Gossman (recorded testimony) | What HUAC Did to My Father |
| Gregory Godels | McCarthyism’s Effect on American workers. Case Study: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Richard Moser (recorded testimony) | How The American People Lost The Cold War: U.S. Empire and the Decline of American Democracy |
| Mickey Huff | Censoring of The Truth During The U.S. Cold War to Today |
| 4pm PDT (approx) | |
| Chris Venn | The Housing Crisis, Land Accumulation and Cold War Ideology |
| Carley Towne | The Cost of U.S. Militarism in The U.S. Cold War to Today |
| Bruce Gagnon | Weaponizing Space in The U.S. Cold War to Today |
| David Vine | There Was Nothing ‘COLD’ About The Cold War |
| Kathy Kelly | War Resistance In the 1980’s As Foundation for 1991 Iraq War Resistance |
| David Swanson | Combatting The Lies of The U.S. Cold War Today |
| Jeff Cohen | U.S. News Media: The Enduring Cold War Legacy |
| Ed Rampell (recorded testimony) | HUAC, the Hollywood Blacklist and McCarthyism: Cold War Cancel Culture |
| Peter McLaren | The U.S. Cold War Against Liberation Theology and The Ascendance Of The Religious Right |
| 5pm PDT (approx) | |
| Rev. Steve Wilson | The Red-Baiting of Progressive Religious Values In the U.S. Cold War |
| John Hankey (recorded testimony) | The U.S. Cold War and The Murder of ‘Communal’ Values |
| Gerry Condon | Resist War! A Message to Today’s Youth |
| YOUTH VOICES | |
| Emily Dorrel (Tic Toc video) | A Warning on American Hypocrisy |
| Mary Miller | My Generation |
| Alma Bruhnke | The Pledge of Allegiance, “God” and The U.S. Cold War |
| Open Mic for Youth (2-minute testimonies) | |
| Marcy Winograd (recorded testimony) | The Cold War in the U.S. Classroom |
| 6pm PDT (approx) | |
| Eric Mann | Combatting Anti-Communism in The 1960’s |
| Carl Boggs | The Environmental Catastrophe of Militarism and The U.S. Cold War |
| Sara Thomkksen (music video | Is it for Freedom? |
| Part III: The U.S. Global Cold War, Then and Now | |
| Roy Bourgeois Film Clip | School of Assassins: Resistance to Cold War Training at Fort. Benning, GA |
| Barbara Trent Film Links | Cover-Up: Behind The Iran-Contra Affair” and “The Panama Deception |
| Medea Benjamin | The U.S. Cold War vs. African Liberation Struggles |
| Danny Sjursen, Ret. Maj. Army | Cold War In The Heartland: Patriotic Dissent In The Cold War |
| 7pm PDT (approx) | |
| Nuri Ronaghy | Origins of U.S.-Iranian Tension: The 1953 CIA-Orchestrated Coup Against Iran |
| Peter Phillips | The NSA and CIA Protects Concentrated Global Capitalism |
| Gail Walker | Lucius Walker: The Legacy of a Visionary Pastor for Peace |
| Matthew Hoh | Afghanistan as a Pawn in the U.S. Cold War |
| Ann Wright | Inside and Outside the Military Industrial Complex |
| Jodie Evans | Historical and Current U.S. Cold War Against China |
| 8pm PDT (approx) | |
| John Parker | The Cold War and Continued Conflict With Syria |
| Miguel Angel | The Ongoing U.S. Cold War Against Honduras: Perspective From An Exile |
| Alicia Rivera | The U.S. Cold War Against El Salvador and Its Aftermath |
| Alicia Jrapko (written testimony) | The Dirty War in Argentina, Operation Condor and the U.S. Cold War |
| S. Brian Willson (written testimony) | U.S. Involvement in Creating and Sustaining the Cold War Against Korea |
| Joel Andreas (recorded testimony) | The Rise of Aerial Bombardment Throughout the Cold War |
| Nadya Williams (recorded testimony) | CIA Intrigue, the 1965 Coup Against Indonesia and Its Aftermath |
| Rachel Bruhnke and Frank Dorrel | Closing Remarks |
| INVITATION TO WATCH: “What I’ve Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy: The War against the Third World” – Frank Dorrel | |
| Public Open Mic and Chat Testimonies | |
Scholars & Citizen Testimonials Will Help Us Learn The History of The Cold War & Its Relevance To U.S. Political Corruption & To Today’s Global Chaos.
IN-PERSON or PRE-RECORDED TESTIMONY on: CIA-backed Global Interventions of The Cold War; McCarthyism and the crushing of labor and the left in the U.S.; the Cold War Nuclear Legacy; Hollywood and the Blacklist; the “Red Scare” of the 1930’s; and the red-baiting of social activists as far back as 1850!
“I think it’s a great idea! Ideologically, it’s right on”. – Oliver Stone on The Cold War Truth Commission
Hosted by Rachel Bruhnke of Witness For Peace Southwest and Frank Dorrel of ADDICTED To WAR
Endorsed by: CODEPINK, WORLD BEYOND WAR, ROOTSACTION, KPFK 90.7 FM Radio, Veterans For Peace, CovertAction Magazine, Media Freedom Foundation, Project Censored, PeaceWorkers, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power In Space, School of The Americas Watch, Harriet Tubman Center For Social Justice, Anti-Racist Action, COVID-19 Global Solidarity Coalition and ADDICTED To WAR
ZOOM Tech Support from Mary Miller and Emily Dorrel – Both of CODEPINK
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