Afghan history and the "War on Terror" - 4/17

Find out how one of the roots of 9/11 and today's
"Global War on Terror" comes from the policies of
Carter (including the link to Obama today), Brezhnev,
Reagan, Gorbachev, and GWH Bush in Afghanistan. For historical
color and discussion, we will show an English-language Afghan-Soviet
propaganda film from the 80's, April Revolution. This is a reason to come
by itself, since you won't casually find Soviet media like this.
I assume this film was made for foreign audiences though.

This discussion of Afghan history, especially in the
70's and 80's, is Thursday, April 17th at 7pm at the
Chapel Hill Public Library, in the downstairs
conference room. It is part of the monthly Triangle
Socialist Forum.

The May 1st (May Day/International Workers' Day) forum (location TBA)
will be a discussion
of the national, state, and local candidates in the
May 6th election. I think April 11th is the last day to register
to vote or update your voter information for May, and I met
an Obama canvasser doing that Saturday in Durham.
The water supply, drought, and class will be the topic
in June, and land use and development issues is what
we are considering for the July topic.