Democracy Digest Special Edition: UUSC's 2004 Encuentro with Jennifer Harbury: "U.S. / Corporate Empire in Our Hemisphere: The People's Response"

Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica, 11/13/04. Event sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Southern California Unit.
Total Running Time: 5:15
(when ordering, request "2004 Encuentro")

1) Reverend Ernie Pipes; :05

2) Carlos Escorcia on Nicaragua; :21

3) UCLA Professor Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda on the US/corporate agenda; 42 mins.

4) Don White on Hugo Chavez; Ricardo Moreno on Venezuela; Marco Pinto on Brazil; :61

5) Delvis Fernandez Levy on Cuba; Pierre Labossiere on Haiti; "Free the Cuba 5" Representative; :54

6) Music by Thiago Winterstein; 8 mins.

7) Jennifer Harbury: "U.S. Involvement in Torture: Legal, Historical, Security Issues"; introduced by Fiona Knox; :59

8) Action Workshop with Don White; 63 mins.

Democracy Digest Special Edition: 3 Events with Gary Webb

Gary Webb (8/31/55 - 12/10/04), author of Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
(when ordering, request "Webb 3-event DVD")

1) "The CIA, Contras, the Crack Explosion, and the Implications of the CIA Report," with former San Jose Mercury reporter Gary Webb. At Libros Revolucion Bookstore, Los Angeles, California, 7/25/98; 2 hrs. 11 mins.

2) "DARK ALLIANCE: Crack Cocaine, the C.I.A., the Contras, and the Censors," with Pulitzer Prize-Winner Gary Webb, Dennis Bernstein, & Martha Honey. Berkeley, California, 6/13/98, 1:57.

3) "Cocaine & the Contras," with Gary Webb and Robert Parry. At Midnight Special Bookstore, Santa Monica, California, 12/3/96, 1:49.

Democracy Digest Volume 68: "Human Rights Abuses in Our Hemisphere, 4 Events; with Dennis Banks, Jennifer Harbury, Charlie Clements, and Kevin Pina"

(when ordering, request "DD68")

1) Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement and author of Ojibwa Warrior, at Mother Bear's Books, San Pedro, California, 1/27/05, 1:36.

2) Jennifer Harbury: "U.S. Involvement in Torture: Legal, Historical, & Security Issues", with introduction by Fiona Knox. 11/13/04, :59.

3) Charlie Clements, past president of Physicians for Human Rights and Physicians for Social Responsibility, and author of Witness to War: "Water & Other Human Rights Under Siege in the 3rd World". At the UUSC Volunteer Workshop, Long Beach, California, 1/22/05; :81.

4) Filmmaker Kevin Pina: "The Betrayal of Haiti", 11/19/04, 1:57.

Total Running Time: 5 hours 53 minutes

Democracy Digest Volume 67: "SCADA's 2004 Book Fair: Democracy & Truth: Regime Change 2004"

Presented by the Southern California Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action
Los Angeles Convention Center, 10/2/04
Total Running Time: 6 hours 52 minutes
(when ordering, request "DD67")

1) Dr. Michael Shaw: "Bag News Notes", :20

2) Kris Borjesson: "Into the Buzzsaw", :26

3) Marc Umile: "Bush Unplugged", :16

4) Joseph Mealey & Michael Shoob: "Bush's Brain", :18

5) Blase Bonpane: "Common Sense for the 21st Century", :09

6) Eric Mann: "The 2004 Elections: A Turning Point for the U.S. Left", :13

7) Arianna Huffington: "Fanatics & Fools", :15

8) Panel, :58

9) Billionaires for Bush, :30

10) Margie Ghiz for Laura Flanders ("Bush Women"), :16

11) Frank Dorrel: "Addicted to War", :08

12) Carl Boggs: "Masters of War", :17

13) Jimmy Walter: 9/11 Commission critic, :11

14) Ian Williams: "The Deserter", :16

15) Charles Derber: "Regime Change Begins at Home", :14

16) James Carroll: "Crusade: Chronicles of an Unjust War", :10

17) Larry Flynt: "Sex, Lies, & Politics: The Naked Truth", :14

18) Dr. Justin Frank: "Bush on the Couch", :15

19) Nancy Snow: "Information War: American Propaganda, Free Speech, and Opinion", :12

20) Larry Beinhart: "The Librarian", :07

21) Acknowledgements

22) Panel, :56

Democracy Digest Volume 66: "City Repair," Asra'a Mizyad, Dennis Kucinich and others

(When ordering, request "DD66")

1) The Portland, Oregon "City Repair Project"
With co-director Mark Lakeham. Ojai, California; 12/7/04; 2:02.

2) An Evening with Asra'a Mizyad,
who was injured in a US missile attack near Basra in 1999. With Medea Benjamin, Fernando Suarez del Solar, Tim Goodrich, Andy Manoff, and Cole Miller. Venice United Methodist Church; Venice, California; 12/8/04; 1:48.

3) Office of the Americas 21st Anniversary Celebration: "After the Election, the Struggle for Peace Continues"
With Ed Asner, Karen Bass, Ramona Ripston, Reverend Jim Lawson, Ross Altman, & Honoring Dennis Kucinich. University Synagogue; Los Angeles, California; 11/14/04; 2:12.

Democracy Digest Volume 65: "Crack & the CIA: 4 Events, with Gary Webb, Norman Solomon, Maxine Waters, and Dick Gregory"

Total Running Time: 5 hours 44 minutes
(When ordering, request "DD65")

1) Gary Webb (8/31/55 - 12/10/04), author of Dark Alliance, at the UUSC Encuentro, 10/2/99, :49.

2) "Snow Job" Demo at the L.A. Times Building, with Norman Solomon, 2/17/97, :18.

3) "Crack the CIA" Press Conference, with Mike Ruppert, Cele Castillo, & Ralph McGeehee. L.A. City Hall, 2/22/97, :48.

4) "Crack the CIA" Rally, with Maxine Waters, Dick Gregory, David Saybow, and many others. L.A. City Hall, 2/22/97, 3:48.

Democracy Digest Volume 64: "Solving the 9/11 Crime: A Citizens' Grand Jury"

(When ordering, request "DD64")

Bob Hope Patriotic Hall, Los Angeles, California; October 23, 2004
Total Running Time: 6 hours, 5 minutes

1) Introductions & Opening Statements; Mindy Kleinberg (on video), Nafeez Ahmed, Barrie Zwicker, & Paul Thompson; :78.

2) Professor David Griffin and Robert Scheer; :21.

3) Barbara Honegger, Webster Tarplay, Zwicker video; :72.

4) Chris Bollyn, Jim Hoffman (on the collapse of the towers), and Barrie Zwicker; :79.

5) Barbara Honegger & Don Paul; :67.

6) Questions and Deliberations; :48.