Move to Amend Barnstorming Tour with David Cobb - Sunday, June 3rd

Sunday, June 3rd
Poppa Rollo's Pizza
West-bank Meeting Room
703 N. Valley Mills Drive
6:00 pm - Pizza Buffet
6:30 pm - David Cobb Lecture & Discussion

David Cobb, a fiery speaker, and former Green Party presidential candidate, is touring the country giving his talk "Creating Democracy & Challenging Corporate Rule."  This presentation is part history lesson and part heart-felt call-to-action!

Cobb is an organizer and national spokesman for Move to Amend.org, a coalition of over 195,000 people and organizations whose goal is to amend the United States Constitution to end corporate rule and legalize democracy.

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Progressive Film Series: May 10, 2012

Revenge Of The Electric Car

        Thursday, May 10, 2012

        Poppa Rollo's Pizza

        West-bank Meeting Room

        703 N. Valley Mills, Waco

        6 pm:  Pizza and business
        6:30:  Film and discussion

        Run time:  90 minutes
        Release date:  2012

 

 By 2006, as many as 5,000 modern electric cars were destroyed by the major car companies that built them. Today, the electric car is back... with a vengeance. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America's future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever. Narrated by Tim Robbins, and from the director of WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?, the film goes behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors and an independent car converter to find the story of the global resurgence of electric cars, following the race to be the first and the best, and to win the hearts and minds of the public around the world. It's not just the next generation of green cars that's on the line, it's the future of the automobile itself. "Revenge tells the story of that rare moment when the bottom line finally dovetails with the greater good" (Village Voice).

 

In 2006, filmmaker Chris Paine examined the short and troubled history of General Motors' EV1, an electric powered automobile that was fast, efficient and taken off the market under mysterious circumstances, in his documentary WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?. A few years later, with the price of gas skyrocketing and the environment an even greater issue for many Americans, alternative vehicles are finally making their way into the mass marketplace, and Paine takes a look at four firms who are trying to put electric autos onto America's highways in his follow-up THE REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR. Bob Lutz of GM, after dropping the ball on the EV1, spearheads an effort to launch the Chevy Volt, one of the first plug-in hybrids from a major American automaker. Carlos Ghosn of Nissan puts his firm's resources behind an innovative fully electric auto, the Nissan Leaf. Elon Musk, who made a killing in the dot-com boom, is gambling his fortune on the Tesla, a sleek and high powered electric sports car aimed at the luxury market with a price tag of $100,000. And Greg "Gadget" Abbott is an ambitious mechanic who has launched a business transforming conventional autos into gas-free electric vehicles, though not without problems. THE REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR was an official selection at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. 

 

"REVENGE is that rare artifact, a snaphsot of a major industrial shift on its way to a tipping point....A slick, enjoyable valentine to a retooling industry."-- Daniel M. Gold, New York Times 

 

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Kay Lucas Receives Peacemaker Award

At the April 17^th meeting of the Waco Friends of Peace, Kay Lucas was presented with a Peacemaker Award.  This was to acknowledge her years of dedicated activity in the Central Texas area in the cause of peace.

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Mark Rudd Appearance Highlights April Film Series Event

We had a great turnout at Poppa Rollo’s on Thursday, April 12, for the showing of the documentary film The Weather Underground.  Mark Rudd, who was prominently featured in the film, was on hand to introduce it and lead a lively discussion afterward.  He was forthright and candid in discussing his role at the time depicted in the film, and he explained the evolution of his thought since then.  He emphasized that in his view radical change is still necessary but can only be obtained through nonviolent means.

Professor Marc Ellis Statement

Below is a link to a video statement by Professor Marc Ellis, the founder and director of Baylor University’s Center for American and Jewish Studies.  Dr. Ellis has been a steadfast advocate for fair treatment of the Palestinian people in Israel and in the occupied territories.  He is currently fighting dismissal from Baylor for what he has described as "routine offences."  Many believe that his dismissal is an attempt to deny him a forum for speaking truth to power.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XNeyG9RG5w&feature=youtu.be

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Trayvon Martin Prayer Vigil--St. James United Methodist Church, April 1, 2012

Waco Friends of Peace members participated in the Prayer Vigil Sunday afternoon 3pm at St James United Methodist Church.   Several of us joined about 120 people at this moving and spirited remembrance of Trayvon and emphatic call for justice.  Rev. Valda Jean Combs began the vigil and a prayer was offered by Rabbi Gordon Fuller of Congregation Agudath Jacob.  The choir led the group in upbeat and powerful music, and the congregation responded vigorously.  Several symbolic hoodies were observed in the crowd.  A moving poem was recited by two young men, one white and one African-American.  The Honorable Lester Gibson introduced the keynote speaker, Rev. Dr. Michael A. Bell, Pastor of Greater St. Stephen First Church, Fort Worth.  Rev. Bell delivered a fiery and timely speech, outlining steps the audience can take to help ensure justice for Trayvon.  He encouraged the crowd to make noise about Martin's death, continue meeting about the issue, and keep the faith.  Pastor Charley Garrison of the Central Texas Metropolitan Community Church concluded the event by calling for equality and justice for all. He remarked: "I am tired and sickened by the treatment of the Trayvon Martins of the world who are black, Jewish, Islamic, HIV-positive, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender. We are all God's children."  

 

Progressive Film Series: April 12, 2012

The Weather Underground

         Thursday, April 12, 2012
       Poppa Rollo's Pizza 

       West-bank Meeting Room

        703 N. Valley Mills, Waco
        6 pm:  Pizza and business
        6:30:  Film and discussion
        Run time:  96 minutes
        Release date:  2002

Thirty years ago a group of young American radicals called The Weathermen announced their intention to overthrow the U.S. government. Fueled by outrage over the Vietnam War and racism in America, they went underground during the 1970s, bombing targets across the country that they felt symbolized "the real violence" that the U.S. government and capitalist power were wreaking throughout the world. From pitched battles with police on Chicago's city streets, to bombing the U.S. Capitol building, to breaking acid-guru Timothy Leary out of prison, this carefully organized clandestine network attempted to incite a national revolution, while successfully evading one of the largest FBI manhunts in history.

One of the top documentaries of the year 2002, this award-winning film interweaves extensive archival material with modern-day interviews to explore the incredible story of "The Weather Underground." As former members reflect candidly about the idealistic passion that drove them to "bring the war home," they paint a compelling portrait of troubled and revolutionary times, with unexpected and often striking connections to the current world situation.

A Very Special Addition To This Event:

Mark Rudd, one of the main figures in the Weather Underground, will be on hand to answer questions and participate in discussion after the film.