Norman Solomon: Made Love, Got War- plus new film! September 14, 2007

Sponsor: Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
Contact: PPJC - Paul George or Julia Bernd, 650-326-8837
Cost: $10 - $20 sliding scale - No one turned away for lack of funds.

A Double Feature evening with Norman Solomon: Norman Solomon presents his newest book, Made Love, Got War and the new feature film based on his previous book, War Made Easy.

MADE LOVE, GOT WAR - Close Encounters with America's Warfare State: Author, activist, and columnist Solomon traces five decades of American politics and culture to dramatize a set of disturbing trends in American public life--most notably warfare abroad and acquiescence at home.

WAR MADE EASY - The Movie: War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations.

War Made Easy gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq. Guided by media critic Norman Solomon’s meticulous research and tough-minded analysis, the film presents disturbing examples of propaganda and media complicity from the present alongside rare footage of political leaders and leading journalists from the past, including Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, dissident Senator Wayne Morse, and news correspondents Walter Cronkite and Morley Safer. Norman Solomon’s work has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as “brutally persuasive” and essential “for those who would like greater context with their bitter morning coffee.” This film now offers a chance to see that context on the screen.

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