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The documentary "The 'Good War' & Those Who Refused to Fight It" was shown at the Oakland Museum Theater last Friday evening. In the audience were several WWII COs who were welcomed with thunderous applause by the 600 people there. The one-hour film will be aired nationally for the first time on PBS Tuesday, January 15, at 10 P.M. (Channel 9 in the San Francisco Bay Area). For more information, and to confirm showtimes in your area, check http://www.pbs.org/thegoodwar ------------------------- This is from U.S.A. Today, page 20, 1/1-13/02: News & Views The "good war" wasn't their fight Mention the conscientious objectors of World War II to most Americans, and the typical response is a blank stare. WWII, after all, has gone down in history as "the good war," the fight that unifed the entire country in crushing evil. In fact, 42,000 American C.O.s, as conscientious objectors are known, refused to fight. Their little-known struggle - and the contribution of many to the later civil rights movement and other social causes - is the subject of a documentary, "The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It," airing Tuesday on PBS (10 p.m. ET). Martin Luther King Jr. embodied the values so many C.O.s defined, especially that fighting injustice does not always mean taking up arms against others. (King, who was only 12 when America entered the war, wasn't a conscientious objector himself.) "These guys proved that pacifism can be active," says Rick Tejada-Flores, a Vietnam War C.O. and co-creator of the documentary. "King was an advocate of non-violence. The C.O.s showed how you put non-violence to work." World War II C.O.s Bill Sutherland and George Houser started the Congress on Racial Equality in 1942. Other C.O.s volunteered for medical experiments replicating combat situations or filled war-related job vacancies in mental hospitals, exposing horrific conditions and spearheading much-needed reforms. "These guys did not stop World War II," Tejada-Flores says. "But they did contribute to changing American society in many positive ways. They were ahead of their time." ____________________ For more information on "'The Good War' and Those Who Refused to Fight It" see http://www.pbs.org/thegoodwar __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
