Executive Producer Randall Wallace and DirectorPatrick Jerome launch the online documentary, "Noam Chomsky: Internationalism or Extinction" on ChomskySpeaks.org.
Based on a lecture by the public intellectual who is often described as the "most quoted living intellectual," the documentary brings both the activist energy and desperate concerns of climate change and nuclear escalation that are causing mass extinctions. Against these dire realities, Noam Chomsky surveys "the internationalism" of inter-state cooperation and social movements as solutions.
He notes the complicity of both Democratic and Republican parties in escalating nuclear tensions and nuclear proliferation.
At the same time, he condemns the Republican Party for profit-driven policies leading to climate-altering, carbon pollution.
The documentary is a compelling and urgent warning explaining such ideas and tools as "the Anthropocene," "the Doomsday Clock," "species extinction," "internationalism," "denialism," "non-proliferation," "NATO expansion," "climate accords," and "climate debt" among many others.
"Noam Chomsky: Internationalism or Extinction" - The Flyer
Many non-partisan organizations collaborated in organizing the original lecture upon which the documentary is based; several also supported the production of the documentary as a starting point for further analysis. These included peace movement organizations in collaboration with the Boston-based movement-building center, encuentro5and the democracy movement's Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution.
The video adds to their efforts at expanding the public conversation about vital issues of the day. A grant from the Wallace Action Fund supported the documentary.
Chomsky concludes his lecture with sober reflection on the urgent challenges facing humanity: "The tasks ahead are daunting and they cannot be deferred."
"Noam Chomsky: Internationalism or Extinction" - The Video:
Author Paul Orwell predicts that after losing the House in the midterm elections, Big Trump will—using the language of 1984—make a flurry of decrees to confuse opponents and implement his manifesto.
"As we saw in 2016, when confronted with facts, Big Trump will simply deny them. Instead he will shirk his responsibilities, shift the blame, and attempt to rectify the record, declaring victory after suffering a defeat, and making several day orders, some of which may be blackwhite or contradictory. Big Trump has many times spoken of mutability and shapeliness of truth and I predict that he will appoint Alex Jones to the Ministry of Truth (formerly the National Archives and Records Administration). Jones will revise the historical record according to a newly-implemented truth-fake axis. The Records Department (Recdep) at 1515 Pennsylvania Avenue will increase its supply of corrected information to media organs in the United States of America. In all media, "fake news" will be replaced with goodthink. Memory holes will be widely distributed to State Governments so records of election results can be conveniently disposed of."
At the Ministry of Love, General Sessions will be declared an unperson and replaced by Stoogey Graham.
Michael Moore, Jimmy Kimmel and Chris Hayes will be declared Enemies of the State.
Books by Stephen King will be burned.
Comrade DeVos will introduce the zero-sum game into the school system which will deprecate facts and learning, and emphasize the importance of winners and losers. 2 + 2 = 5 will also be taught.
Big Brother's face looms on giant telescreens in Victory Square in one of several scenes of Michael Radford's 1984 film adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. (Via Wikipedia)
Comrade Sanders will introduce a Two-Minute Press Hate (distributed by State-Sponsored Fox News via telescreens to proles) immediately prior to White House briefings.
Kanye West will head the Ministry of Truth's Fiction Department, pornosec.
The Department of Homeland Security will be renamed The Ministry of Peace and tens of thousands of Peace Officers will be hired and despatched to the borders. "There will be so much love out it won't be believed! Incredible!!" Big Trump announced. Anyone who crosses Oceania's borders without correct documentation will be transported to joycamps.
The war with Eurasia will be declared over. Simultaneously, a new war with Eastasia will be started. Eastasia will be the enemy and will always have been the enemy.
There will be changes to Newspeak itself. The period will be deprecated in favor of single exclamation mark (neutral), double exclamation mark (good) and triple exclamation mark (doubleplusgood). In addition "bigly" will be officially added to Newspeak (adverb, super big), as will "yuge" (adjective, bigger than "bigly.")
About Paul Orwell:
Paul Orwell, a writer and businessman, has lived in New York, Moscow and Washington DC and yearns for an era where Newspeak is abolished and the world can return to political conversation and bi-partisan compromise.
Festival of the Arts BOCA (image via festivalboca.org)
The 13th Annual Festival of the Arts BOCA, presented by the Schmidt Family Centre for the Arts, returns to the Mizner Park Amphitheater and Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center in Boca Raton, February 28 – March 10, 2019, with a celebration of music, film, dance, concerts and authors.
Opening the Festival of the Arts BOCA on Thursday, February 28 is Doris Kearns Goodwin, beloved five-time Festival presenter, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian. She will discuss her latest book, Leadership in Turbulent Times.
"We are over-the-moon to welcome our dear friend and long-time supporter, Doris Kearns Goodwin to this year's Festival, as well as Arturo Sandoval, who is back for a third time," said Charlie Siemon, Chair and Co-Executive Producer of the Festival of the Arts BOCA. "We have a fun mix of performances and a powerhouse of thinkers lined up for our 13th season."
⏩ The "force" will be with the Festival on Friday, March 1 as Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope gets its Florida premiere on the big screen to live music by The Symphonia, led by Constantine Kitsopolous, playing John Williams' epic Academy Award-winning score.
Other Festival highlights include:
Rhapsody in Blue, an evening of orchestral blockbusters performed by The Symphonia
Pink Martini, the wildly popular group described as "The United Nations house band of 1962 meets Lawrence Welk on acid" in an exclusive South Florida appearance
An Evening of Classical Russian Ballet featuring Stars from theRussian National Orchestra and the Bolshoi Ballet
Nu Deco Ensemble, an innovative Miami-based virtuosic and eclectic chamber orchestra designed for the 21st century
10-time Grammy winner Arturo Sandoval and his band
Arturo Sandoval will perform at the Festival of the Arts BOCA on Sunday, March 10 2019.
The Authors and Ideas program features:
Constitutional scholar and author Jeffrey Rosen who will speak about the Constitution in the 21st Century
The screening of Bending the Arc, a documentary that tells the story of idealistic young doctors who helped change the way public health issues are addressed in developing nations, followed up with a panel discussion, "Global Public Health Today and Tomorrow," featuring Dr. Agnes Binagawaho and Tom Bollyky
PoemJazz with former Poet Laureate, Robert Pinsky, who will read his poetry while accompanied by a small jazz ensemble
Pulitzer Prize winning writer, David Sanger, who will talk about his latest book, The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage and Fear in the Cyber Age
⏩ Tickets for the 13th Annual Festival of the Arts BOCA range from $25 to $150 per person and are available at festivalboca.org or by calling (866) 571-ARTS (866-571-2787).
Be the FIRST to see Jason Momoa as Aquaman when his interactive wax figure debuts at Madame Tussauds Orlando on December 4!
Joining an unprecedented league of DC Super Heroes, Aquaman will soon take his rightful place in the action-packed experience – Justice League: A Call for Heroes, only at Madame Tussauds Orlando.
Fans will be the FIRST to see Jason Momoa as Aquaman up close when the epic new figure debuts on December 4. Designed in collaboration with Warner Bros. Consumer Products on behalf of DC Entertainment, the figure captures every detail from the title character in the feature film Aquaman, which hits theatres on December 21, and is outfitted in the all-new suit designed for the movie. In the experience, Aquaman's commanding presence will rise above the streets of Metropolis where fans must unite with an all-star cast of DC Super Heroes to save the world.
"There is nowhere else in the world where fans can not only see a striking wax figure of Jason Momoa as Aquaman before the film hits theatres, but also take a SELFIE with the A-lister and actually join him in battle with the Justice League to save the world," said Madame Tussauds Orlando General Manager James Paulding. "It's the adventure of a lifetime that ONLY Madame Tussauds can deliver!"
Justice League: A Call for Heroes debuted this summer to rave reviews, offering an unrivaled and immersive experience for fans of the iconic DC Super Heroes. Part of a seismic shift within the Madame Tussauds brand, the experience features special effects that include a series of hands-on, interactive missions and a larger-than-life-set where fans can become the stars of their favorite stories.
The attraction also marked the first-time-ever that super fans could get up close and personal with some of their favorite DC Super Heroes including Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman, Henry Cavill's Superman and Ben Affleck's Batman, as they fight to save the world from Lex Luthor's evil corporation, LexCorp.
About Aquaman: From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, Aquaman, starring Jason Momoa in the title role.
The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be…a king.
The film also stars Amber Heard, Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Oscar winner Nicole Kidman. Wan directs from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall, story by Geoff Johns & James Wan and Will Beall, based on characters created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger for DC.
The film is produced by Peter Safran and Rob Cowan, with Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder, Jon Berg, Geoff Johns and Walter Hamada serving as executive producers.
Aquaman is set to hit theaters on December 21, 2018, in 3D and 2D and IMAX, and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. Aquaman is rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for some language.
"The Christmas Hoax" (Trump's 24 Days of Christmas)
President Trump is one of the most controversial people in the world right now. No matter what he says or does, someone has something to say about it. As a result of this controversy, a new collection of Christmas stories has been published by We Just What, Inc.
"Trump's 24 Days of Christmas" is a collection of 24 children's stories written from the point-of-view of United States President, Donald Trump. As such, the stories have a political angle, though it's only visible to adults as well as older children who have learned about politics.
The book is rated PG - Partisan Guidance Suggested! The 24 stories take a fun look at the news stories we have been bombarded with over the last 2 years. However, the stories are never judgmental. The stories can be read to children by parents or parents can choose to let the children read the stories out loud.
"This is a great tradition to start," comments the author of the books, Amin El-Gazzar. "Children can read a different story each night leading up to Christmas morning. And parents can start a fun conversation with their kids about the craziness going on all around us."
The stories are entertaining, with tales of what's going on at the North Pole. The character lineup throughout the stories includes Santa (as President Trump) and Mrs. Claus (as the First Lady), his head elf (Layla – as Kellyanne Conway), the reindeer, some penguins, and plenty of elves who have a lot of responsibilities in order to get ready for Christmas Eve when Santa takes to the sky in his sleigh to deliver presents.
"Pledge allegiance to the flag of the North Pole..." (Trump's 24 Days of Christmas)
The book will be just as popular with adults as it will be for kids. "I'd highly recommend any adult to get their hands on the book just to place on the coffee table. It's definitely going to be a conversation starter," comments Amin El-Gazzar.
Trump's 24 Days of Christmas
A Kickstarter page has been created to help get the necessary funding. Whether you love or hate President Trump - anyone will enjoy reading the book and they can choose to fund the project for any amount. By choosing to fund the Kickstarter, it also enables people to reserve their copy of the book to ensure that they have it in their hands by December 1, 2018. For those who are interested in the Kickstarter, the launch is happening now. Visit theKickstarter page at 24DaysOfChristmas.com. The goal is to get all of the funds in place as early as possible so that the book is live in time for the Christmas season.
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