[pjw] VIDEO: Medea Benjamin talks Ukraine war next two weeks on the Video Bus

[Peace and Justice Works]

Hello IAG supporters
We sent out information about this talk by Medea Benjamin back in November 
just before it happened. Now you can experience it at home-- if you tune 
in to the livestream Monday, Wednesday or Friday this week and next week!

I just realized that in the Flying Focus announcement (below), we 
neglected to attribute the organizing of the talk to the First Unitarian 
Church's Peace Action Group, so I'm doing so now.
dan handelman
peace and justice works iraq affinity group
and
flying focus video collective


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Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2023 09:42:32
From: Flying Focus Video Collective <ffvc at flyingfocus.org>

Medea Benjamin talks Ukraine war next two weeks on the Video Bus

Russia's brutal February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has attracted widespread
condemnation across the West. Government and media circles present the conflict
as a simple dichotomy between an evil empire and an innocent victim. In their
new book "Ukraine, Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict", Medea Benjamin and
Nicolas Davies tell us the picture is more complicated.

While Russia's aggression is abhorrent and indefensible, the West's reneging on
promises to halt eastward expansion of NATO in the wake of the collapse of the
Soviet Union played a major part in prompting Putin to act. So did the U.S.
involvement in the 2014 Ukraine coup and Ukraine's failure to implement the
Minsk peace agreements. The result is a conflict that is increasingly difficult
to resolve, one that could conceivably escalate into all-out war between the
United States and Russia-- the world's two leading nuclear powers.

On November 16, 2022, Medea Benjamin, who is also a co-founder of Code Pink,
spoke at the First Unitarian Church in Portland. Flying Focus covered her talk
about the events leading up to the conflict, the risks of escalation and
opportunities for peace. Anyone who wants to get beneath the heavily
propagandized media coverage to an understanding of a war with consequences that
could prove cataclysmic for us all should watch this show.

Video was recorded by Field Coordinator PC Peri. This two-part program was
produced by Barb Greene with editing assistance from Dan Handelman.


"Medea Benjamin: Negotiate Peace in Ukraine Now" plays back at the following
times; you can watch on cable or streaming live at these times (Pacific Standard
Time given, so for instance Monday's show is on at 9 P Eastern Time).

Part 1:

Monday, January 9, 6:00 PM Ch. 22 Comcast
      and streaming live at http://opensignalpdx.org/itn1

Wednesday, January 11, 11:00 PM, Ch. 23 Comcast
       and streaming live at http://opensignalpdx.org/itn2

Friday, January 13, 9:30 PM, Ch. 11 (Cable Access Network-- Citywide)
     and streaming live at http://opensignalpdx.org/can

Part 1:

Monday, January 16, 6:00 PM Ch. 22 Comcast
      and streaming live at http://opensignalpdx.org/itn1

Wednesday, January 18, 11:00 PM, Ch. 23 Comcast
       and streaming live at http://opensignalpdx.org/itn2

Friday, January 20, 9:30 PM, Ch. 11 (Cable Access Network-- Citywide)
     and streaming live at http://opensignalpdx.org/can

Showtimes of current and upcoming shows can always be found at
https://flyingfocus.org/showtimes.html .

DVD copies of the show will be available in mid February for a suggested
donation of $11 plus $4 postage. Add $3 if you would like it as a file on a USB
Flash Drive. Streaming rights for this or any of our shows can be obtained for
$75 per program (individuals / nonprofits) or $125 (larger institutions). Once
you obtain streaming rights, the show can be posted on line for all the world to
see-- for free, on your own site or ours. See our current streaming shows at
<http://www.youtube.com/FlyingFocusShows>.

Donations of any size are always welcome to help support our all-volunteer work.
While videos can't be ordered on line (due to restrictions by Network for Good),
general support can be sent via <http://www.flyingfocus.org/donateonline.html>.

Please call or write back if you have any questions.

Thank you

Dan Handelman
Flying Focus

PS: Open Signal/PCM continues to cablecast all programs with "letterboxing" so
that our shows, created in old-school 4:3 format, appear in the middle of your
screen. Also, our show is carried on the Comcast's High Definition channel 322
on Monday evenings, channel 323 on Wednesday nights and channel 331 on Fridays,
but our shows are not yet produced in HD.

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