Sent from Marcy Winograd
Dear Friend, Please join me this Monday morning, 7-8 am, on KPFK (90.7 FM - Los Angeles) when I guest host for Lila Garrett on Connect the Dots. First, a commentary on why we must Occupy the English language to expose the euphemisms that enable militarism and greed. Defense budget? No, it's a military budget. Next, a talk with foreclosure fighter Carlos Marroquin <http://occupylosangeles.org/?q=node/3697> on home defender actions throughout the southland, Green Party activist Laura Wells <http://acgreens.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/laura-wells-open-letter-to-governo r-jerry-brown/> on why California urgently needs a millionaire <http://www.mercurynews.com/california-budget/ci_19556853> 's tax, and actor-playwright Ian Ruskin <http://thelifeofthomaspaine.org/play.html> on his coming You Tube videos challenging the Tea Party's depiction of Thomas Paine. Learn about an upcoming meeting between Occupy the Rose Parade and Wells Fargo, hear a left critique of Governor Brown's budget & tax proposals, and learn how the right has hijacked Paine's legacy, only to have the left reclaim it. Please share with friends on fb and twitter. Thank you for your support! Warmest regards, Marcy Winograd - winogradte...@gmail.com Marcy will also be at the Dorrel's tonight, Saturday, January 28th for A Screening of WOMEN At WAR: Forgotten Female Veterans of Desert Storm A New Feature Documentary Film by Christie & Dennis Davis www.womenatwarmovie.com Saturday, January 28th At Frank, Jane & Emily Dorrel's 3967 Shedd Terrace, Culver City 90232 (Directions Below) Doors Open at 7:00 PM Film Will Be Shown at 8:00 PM Drinks & Desserts Will Be Served $5 Donation at the Door Music by Dennis Davis! Special Guest Marcy Winograd! Q & A after the Film with Christie & Dennis RSVP to: 310-838-8131 or: fdor...@addictedtowar.com OPERATION DESERT STORM: 1991 In 1991, 697,000 U.S. soldiers, along with coalition forces from nearly 40 countries, deployed to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Storm, determined to remove Saddam Hussein's invading Iraqi army from the oil-rich nation of Kuwait. Nearly 50,000 U.S. female soldiers deployed to the desert battleground of the Persian Gulf War. Although technically serving as "combat support," these women soon found there was no rear line in the Gulf to protect them from combat situations. They loaded their M-16 rifles, drove ammunition trucks into Iraq, served as MPs and set up war-zone field hospitals, vowing not to return home to their children in body bags. Operation Desert Storm was toxic battlefield. Female soldiers came under fire in a hot, dusty world of oil well blazes and Scud missile attacks. They experienced exposures to bio-chemical weapons, oil well fires, anthrax inoculations and depleted uranium that sent many of them into casualty hospitals. Ticker tape parades and cheering crowds celebrated the return of soldiers from Operation Desert Storm. But seventeen years later, the war's not over for many of them. Female veterans suffer from multiple war-related illnesses, only to be told "it's all in your head," or "we have nothing for female veterans with children." Today these women, disabled, some confined to wheelchairs, struggle to care for their families and search for answers to their debilitating illnesses. Nearly half of the soldiers who fought in the Gulf War are now sick and dying. Their voices cry out for help: Why has our government denied us proper testing, treatment and compensation? Why have we been abandoned by the country we laid down our lives to serve? "Women at War"- Movie Trailer: www.womenatwarmovie.com/trailer.asp THE FILMMAKERS Dennis Davis & Christie Davis attend the 2005 premiere of their documentary short "Beyond Babylon" at the Los Angeles Short Film Festival, Arclight Theatre, Hollywood Christie Davis is the writer, director and co-producer of "Women at War: Forgotten Female Veterans of Operation Desert Storm." This documentary won the 2006 Roy W. Dean Grant awarded to films that are "unique and make a contribution to society." Other films include the award-winning documentary short, " <http://www.beyondbabylonthemovie.com> Beyond Babylon," which examines the true cost of war from 536 BC to the current Iraq War. This film premiered in 2005 at the Los Angeles Short Film Festival held at the Arclight Theatre in Hollywood and continues to screen at film festivals world-wide. Dennis Davis is a multi-talented cinematographer, editor, musician, composer, singer-songwriter. He's co-producer, DP, editor and composer for the documentary feature "Women At War: Forgotten Female Veterans of Operation Desert Storm." In addition he co-produced shot, edited and composed the score for the documentary short "Beyond Babylon." Currently, Dennis is recording a CD of his recent political songs, entitled " <http://www.myspace.com/dennisjohndavis> Seeking The Truth." His song "Regret to Inform" plays over the ending credits of Barbara Trent's documentary short "Soldiers Speak Out." As co-owner of Chris/Den Productions, he's filmed many award-winning theatrical productions including Julie Harris in the "Belle of Amherst." 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