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SUMMARY:Democracy Now!'s 30th Anniversary: Steal This Story Please!
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, May 2\, WPFW celebrates Democracy Now!’s 30th Anniversary with a noon screening of the new documentary STEAL THIS STORY PLEASE! at AFI\, with an introduction by Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies\, and a post-screening discussion between Amy Goodman and Program Director Katea Stitt. The screening is part of the DC Labor Film Festival. \nThe celebration continues after the screening with a VIP luncheon with Amy Goodman and filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin at Busboys and Poets Takoma (235 Carroll St NW\, Washington\, DC 20012)\, beginning at 2:30pm\, featuring a special Democracy Now 30th Anniversary menu curated by Andy Shallal. \nScreening only tickets are $50; and screening and luncheon tickets are $150. Space is limited. \nSTEAL THIS STORY\, PLEASE!\, winner of nine audience awards\, the gripping portrait of iconic independent journalist Amy Goodman is directed by Oscar nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin. \nIn the film\, Amy Goodman takes on soldiers\, politicians\, and corporate media in a fearless pursuit of truth. \nUndeterred by armed soldiers\, smooth-talking politicians\, and riot police\, journalist Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. Steal This Story\, Please! is a gripping portrait of the trailblazer whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. From the frontlines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show Democracy Now!\, Goodman broadcasts stories and voices routinely silenced by commercial media. \nOscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (Trouble the Water\, The Janes) take us behind the scenes with the warm\, wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi — raised in a tradition of asking hard questions – as she navigates a news landscape reshaped by technology\, corporate consolidation\, and political assaults on truth itself. Urgent\, provocative and unexpectedly funny\, Steal This Story\, Please! is both a call to action and a celebration of resistance\, posing the question: what happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/steal-this-story/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Road\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910
CATEGORIES:Reception,Video Screening
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SUMMARY:From Trash to Treasure
DESCRIPTION:The world is engaged in a scramble for strategic minerals\, including rare earth elements. New mines are being proposed and new trade deals negotiated\, alongside dire predictions of future shortages of key mineral inputs in manufacturing\, the energy transition\, and military production. \nBut what if the solution to this crisis is hiding in plain sight? Can much of current and even future demand be met by more efficient extraction and processing techniques? And what do the latest advances in technology mean for the construction of a more robust circular economy? \nJoin three experts for a conversation about resource scarcity\, environmental sustainability\, and mineral self-sufficiency. Elizabeth Holley is an exploration and mining geologist and an associate professor in the Mining Engineering department at Colorado School of Mines. Julie Michelle Klinger is a geographer\, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin\, Madison\, and the author of Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes. Alicia Valero is a chemical engineer who works in the fields of industrial ecology and resource efficiency at Energaia. \nSponsored by the Rare Earth Elements Group\, Global Just Transition\, Institute for Policy Studies
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/from-trash-to-treasure/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Robin Broad & John Cavanagh — The Water Defenders (Latinographix)
DESCRIPTION:In their acclaimed book The Water Defenders\, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh told the story of activists in San Isidro\, El Salvador\, who fought multinational mining corporation OceanaGold and won—protecting their drinking water and environment from irreparable harm—despite great personal danger. Now\, Jon Sack’s captivating graphic adaptation brings the story to new audiences and with new urgency\, as environmental progress and human rights remain under assault around the world. The book is also updated to address Salvadoran dictator Nayib Bukele’s ascent and the subsequent arrests of five water defenders. \nInitially excited by the company’s promises of jobs and prosperity\, farmer Vidalina Morales\, brothers Marcelo and Miguel Rivera\, and others soon realized that the trade-off was catastrophic contamination of El Salvador’s main source of fresh water. Facing corporate machinations and violence\, the ordinary people of San Isidro and surrounding communities built a transnational coalition that prevailed over powerful adversaries to score an environmental victory with worldwide repercussions. \nBroad and Cavanagh draw on over a decade of research\, interviews\, and experience as allies and experts in international development to recount the harrowing saga. A blueprint for civic bravery and local-to-global activism\, as well as a rich history of Central America’s political conflicts and people’s fights against environmental and economic exploitation\, this story will inspire anyone who feels helpless against corporate malfeasance. \nRobin Broad is a two-time MacArthur fellow and won a Guggenheim fellowship for her work surrounding mining in El Salvador. A research professor at American University\, she served as an international economist in the US Department of the Treasury\, in the US Congress\, and at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Broad and her husband\, John Cavanagh\, helped build the network of global allies that spearheaded the fight against mining in El Salvador. They have coauthored several books together. \nJohn Cavanagh is senior advisor for and former director of the Washington\, DC–based Institute for Policy Studies\, an organization that collaborates with the Poor People’s Campaign and other dynamic social movements to turn ideas into action for peace\, justice\, and the environment. Previously\, he worked with the United Nations to research corporate power. Cavanagh and his wife\, Robin Broad\, helped build the network of global allies that spearheaded the fight against mining in El Salvador. They have coauthored several books together. Jon Sack (Illustrator) Jon Sack is a US- and UK-based artist and writer. His comic books include La Lucha\, which is about violence in Juárez and the lawyers working to combat it\, and Iraqi Oil for Beginners\, about the complicated history of oil in Iraq\, as well as My Fairy Godfather and Windows on the World. \nBroad and Cavanagh will be in conversation with Tope Folarin\, a Nigerian-American writer based in Washington\, D.C. He serves as Director of the Institute for Policy Studies and the Lannan Visiting Lecturer in Creative Writing at Georgetown University. He is the recipient of the Caine Prize for African Writing\, the Whiting Award for Fiction\, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts\, among other awards. His debut novel\, A Particular Kind of Black Man\, was published by Simon & Schuster. \nThis event is free with first come\, first serve seating. 
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/the-water-defenders-latinographix/
LOCATION:Politics & Prose\, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW \, Washington\, DC\, United States
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