events

"The Iron Wall"
directed by Mohammed Alatar
A video showing
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 7 pm
Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room A

Vladmir Jabotinsky - the founder and spiritual leader of Revisionist Zionism - in 1923 wrote:

"Zionist colonization ... can proceed and develop only under the protection of a power that is independent of the native population - behind an Iron Wall, which the native population cannot breach."

About the 52-minute video, produced in 2006, the publishers write, "Following the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, more than 200 Israeli settlements and outposts have been built on these Palestinian territories … "The Iron Wall" … follows the timeline, size, and population of the settlements, reveals how their construction has been a cornerstone of Israeli policy, and demonstrates how the Wall secures [these settlements] as permanent and irreversible facts on the ground." A brief discussion will follow the video showing.

There is more information about the film online at www.theironwall.ps.

This event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by People for Justice in Palestine.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all PJP events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, or would like more information about this event, please call Julia at 337-9303. www.iowapjp.org

Singer-Songwriter David Rovics

David Rovics has been called the musical voice of the progressive movement in the US. Amy Goodman has called him "the musical version of Democracy Now!" Since the mid-90's Rovics has spent most of his time on the road, playing hundreds of shows every year throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Japan. He and his songs have been featured on national radio programs in the US, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and elsewhere. He has shared the stage regularly with leading intellectuals (Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn), activists (Medea Benjamin, Ralph Nader), politicians (Dennis Kucinich, George Galloway), musicians (Billy Bragg, the Indigo Girls), and celebrities (Martin Sheen, Susan Sarandon). He has performed at dozens of massive rallies throughout North America and Europe and at thousands of conferences, college campuses and folk clubs throughout the world. He has loads of MP3's available for free download on his website, www.davidrovics.com, along with CDs, links, etc. More importantly, he's really good. He will make you laugh, he will make you cry, and he will make the revolution irresistible.

His appearance in Iowa City is being sponsored by PEACE Iowa, the University of Iowa Antiwar Committee and People for Justice in Palestine.

Donations will be accepted at the door.

Women for Peace Iowa Announcements

www.womenforpeace-iowa.org
WFPI Events Calendar

• WFPI backyard picnic/movie
  Wendy Barth's house - 2308 C Ave NE
  Sunday, August 3
  Potluck picnic, 6 pm (Please bring your own service, drink, dish to share, lawnchair.)
  Movie, 8 pm - "Orwell Rolls in His Grave"
  Suggestion: Just for chills, re-read George Orwell's 1984.
  

• WFPI book discussion : The UN—Our Last Best Hope—Why the UN Stumbles and What the US Should Do About It
  Tuesday, Aug. 5th
  7 pm
  Java Creek Cafe
  588 Boyson Lane NE
  

• Hiroshima/Nagasaki Remembrance
  August 8
  "Sadako and a Thousand Cranes" movie
  Paul Engle Center
  1600 4th Ave SE
  7 pm potluck. (Please bring drinks, service, and dish to share.)
  Free Film and Discussion starting at 8:00pm
  

  The atomic bombing of civilians at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan by the United States occurred August 6th and 9th, 1945. This was the only time that these weapons of mass destruction have been used in human history. The film is about Sadako Sasaki, a young Japanese girl, on the threshold of adolescence, who developed leukemia in 1955, from the effects of radiation caused by the bombing of Hiroshima. While hospitalized, her closest friend reminded her of the Japanese legend that if she folded a thousand paper cranes, the gods might grant her wish to be well again. With hope and determination, Sadako began folding. Liv Ullmann vividly tells this poignant story with original music performed by George Winston. The action is presented as the camera moves through hundreds of exquisite pastel drawings by Caldecott Award-winning artist, Ed Young.
  

• Saturday Street Corner Vigils
  Don't forget to make Noon-1 pm every Saturday a part of your weekly routine. Meet at the corner of First Ave and Collins Rd. (in front of Granite City. ) Signs are available. The incredible growing support of cars "honking for peace" is very heartening.
  

• Next WFPI Education and Action Committee meeting
  Help us plan future actions and events. New ideas welcome!
  7 pm
  August 12
  Mount Mercy College Campus Ministry (other side of Busse Center.)
  

• Next WFPI general membership meeting
  7 pm
  August 19th
  Mount Mercy College Viewing Room (lower level of Busse Library)
  Speaker: Clark Rieke - How runoff elections would eliminate the debilitating spoiler issue and give third parties a chance to earn credibility.
  

Our hearts continue to go out to everyone affected by the floods. Several of our members have lost their homes and are in need of support. For information about how to help them, please call Mary: 364-5878.