Oct. 2nd Rally, in Tulsa, in solidarity with "One Nation Working Together" in Washington D.C., same day

[Tony Nuspl]

On the Calendar for October 2nd Bring Our War $$ Home -- U.S. Out of Afghanistan When: Saturday, Oct 2nd 12 Noon - 2:00 p.m. Where: Southwest corner of 41st & Yale, in Tulsa, on sidewalks Parking: ample parking in strip malls on Northwest and Northeast corners of 41st & Yale. Pls do not use bank lot. Plans are under way for a productive rally that will have far-reaching effects. The coalition is growing as more organizations come together to raise a united voice to stop wasting our money and political capital, stop endangering the lives of our US service troops, and stop driving more people in Afghanistan and Pakistan to seek refuge with extremist groups. Help make our Tulsa event a success, to be held in tandem with the October 2 "One Nation Working Together" rally in Washington. We hope it will be the beginning of a new, united push toward peace and a stable economy. Everyone is welcome! This event also falls on the commemoration of Mohatma Gandhi's birth. event listing MAP Bring Our War $$ Home Rally -- Rebuild America When: Saturday, October 2, 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. Where: E 41st St & S Yale Ave, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135 On October 2nd we will support the One Nation Working Together rally in Washington D.C. with a local rally outdoors at the corner of 41st & Yale, the most central and busiest intersection of the city. One of the largest coalitions of progressive organizations in our lifetime has come together to demand a people's agenda from our government. This gathering on 10.2.10 provides an important opportunity for peace and anti-war activists to work closely with and support other activists across the progressive political spectrum, to spread our message and voice our demands: Cuts in military spending to fund human needs Peace abroad and renewable energy at home Bring the troops and War dollars home now Jobs and economic recovery at home We must create a people's movement for peace and justice that will transcend the October 2nd event so that a united voice expresses our concerns over the din of the media. We need our local communities to be heard, so that appropriate actions are taken by our Government officials. It was the people united that moved the Civil Rights Bill into law. It was people protesting in millions across the United States in 1969 that brought the Vietnam War to an end. It was the people united in the 1920's that finally brought about passage of the 19th Amendment for a woman's right to vote. Every human rights law written in the United State of America is as a direct result of people standing in solidarity and demanding justice. Join us on October 2! Just weeks after a USA Today/Gallup poll showed support for the Afghan War was plummeting, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows the trend continuing, with 58 percent of Americans now firmly opposed to the war. "All of the questioned showed a trend toward greater opposition to the war and greater pessimism about the war. It seems that, nearly nine years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, war exhaustion is driving Americans to increasingly call for a pullout." ~Jason Ditz, news editor at antiwar.com “COUNTDOWN TO ZERO” -- Strategic Arms Elimination When: Opens on Friday, October 1st, screentime TBA Where: Circle Cinema, 12 South Lewis Ave., Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104 Map Film Run: Oct 1st to Oct 7th event listing Circle Cinema screens controversial film on nuclear weapons, on the evening of Friday October 1st “COUNTDOWN TO ZERO” - with Skype chat with Valerie Plame Wilson. Opens 10/1/10 - Runs through 10/7/10 COUNTDOWN TO ZERO traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possess nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. Written and directed by acclaimed documentarian Lucy Walker (Devil’s Playground, Blindsight), the film features an array of important international statesmen, including Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf and Tony Blair. Magnolia Pictures is releasing the film in North America; HISTORY™ has North American broadcast rights. The film was produced by Academy Award® winner and 2009 nominee Lawrence Bender (Inglourious Basterds, An Inconvenient Truth) and developed, financed and executive produced by Participant Media, together with World Security Institute. The uncontested star of “Countdown to Zero” is former CIA undercover operative Valerie Plame Wilson. She will take questions via Skype opening night. email: [e-mail] movie info line: 918-592-3456 web: http://www.circlecinema.com "Countdown to Zero" runs from Oct 1 to 7 2010 at the Circle Cinema Film reviews: Contra: July 22, 2010 Disarmament for Some Only? Co-opting the Anti-Nuclear Movement By Darwin Bond-Graham http://www.counterpunch.org/graham07222010.html Pro: 3 August 2010 The Nuclear Abolitionist Movement is Now Being Mainstreamed By Hugh Gusterson in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Contra: August 23, 2010 Countdown to Zero – or to War on Iran? by John V. Walsh http://original.antiwar.com/john-v-walsh/2010/08/22/countdown-to-zero/ Looking Ahead!! Put on your calender for Oct 30th When: Saturday morning, Oct 30th, from 8am to 12 noon. Parade starts at 10am Where: Brookside, in Tulsa Boo Ha! Ha! Parade in Brookside, Tulsa, on Saturday morning, Oct 30th Volunteers needed! Advance notice of your planned participation required - Please call 918-398-6506 if you would like to march together with TPF members in the parade. The planned theme for the TPF parade entry is: "No Nuke Weapons"

Tulsa Peace Fellowship | c/o UU Church of the Restoration, 1314 N. Greenwood Ave | Tulsa| OK | 74106-4854 Find on a map: Google Maps link

[Tony Nuspl]

Enjoyed the film "Countdown to Zero" very much myself, as did two friends who saw it with me this evening. The negative reviews of the film turned out to be very tendentious.

The film very well could be the shot in the arm that the anti-nuclear movement needs. It's certainly topical, given the new START treaty that needs to be ratified in Congress.

Some great montages, and some great soundtracks to go with. There is one very long sequence of U.S. military hardware going awry, invariably ending with explosions: an impressive sequence of the film, providing a cautionary tale for devotees of all things technological, and/or all things military.

The film acknowledges Israel as a nuke power, but actually speaks the words only once. The only other two mentions of Israeli nuclear power are in the graphics, including one graphic that may well low-ball the number of nuclear warheads in Israel's possession. Don't blink, or you'll miss them. There is zero discussion of the other topical issue today in nuclear disarmament circles: the prospect of creating at least a nuclear-free Middle East.

On the whole, the burden of nuclear disarmament is on the U.S. and Russia, with 98% of the world's nuclear arsenal. Gorbachev and even Yeltsin, as well as Medvedev are all portrayed in a favorable light. Gorbachev probably has the best line in the film.

This is a post-Cold War film, but it only scratches the surface of the controversies and inconsistencies of U.S. nuclear posture. As the reviewer said for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the film is "fuzzy on the details" about how to get to zero nukes. You can't expect too much from a film, I guess.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go listen to some more Radiohead. Maybe while I'm reading Johnathan Schell's The Seventh Decade.