Ralph C. Cole wrote:
>
> Democracy Univ. Vol. 1: The Chomsky/Caldicott/Dugger/Berenson video
>
> Welcome to Democracy University-
>
> The following is the most recent draft of our letter describing the
> 6-hour Berenson/Chomsky/Caldicott/Dugger video, Democracy University
> Volume 1, available for a donation of $10 (to be sent after you receive
> the video). Please contact Justicevision at (213) 747-6345 or by e-mail
> at [log in to unmask] to obtain a copy of this video, to be notified
> about videos available now or in the future, and if  you are
> interested,to be part of a Democracy University planning group. In
> addition to additional events with Noam Chomsky and Helen Cldicott,
> future videos in the series will include Dick Gregory, Cesar Chavez
> (speaking in 1992), Ralph Nader, Winona LaDuke, David Korten, Richard
> Grossman, Molly Ivins, Hazel Henderson, Howard Zinn, Tony Clarke, Michael
> Parenti, and many others. Please inform us about issues we should cover
> for this series, and of important events we should try to go and
> videotape. Also, please email and/or post this message periodically
> wherever it is not inappropriate to do so.
>
> Dear Justicevision Supporter or Other Person of Conscience -
>
> The following message is about a videotape we have put together which has
> Noam Chomsky, Helen Caldicott, Ramsey Clark, Maxine Waters, Ronnie Dugger
> (founder of the Alliance for Democracy), and the parents of prisoner of
> conscience Lori Berenson (see below) for a minimum donation of only $10.
> Let me know if I can put you down for one:
>
> We have had the opportunity to videotape a number of exceptional
> inter-related events lately, and are making four of them available
> together on one 6-hour videotape for a minimum pledge of only $10; the
> sound and picture quality are suitable for showing to groups, for public
> access programs, and for radio broadcast. The video includes a complete
> Dec. 5th lecture by Noam Chomsky entitled "Democracy and Markets in the
> Evolving World Order", a Nov. 18th talk given by Helen Caldicott at the
> UCLA Medical Center on "The Medical Implications of the Consumption
> Economy" (our title), and a Nov. 15th program about Lori Berenson, a
> journalist that while writing about Peru's poor, was accused of sedition,
> convicted in a closed trial, and given a life sentence, which she is
> serving in an Andean prison in near freezing conditions. Lori's story is
> told by former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Congressperson Maxine
> Waters, and by her parents, Mark and Rhoda Berenson. I'm also including
> an Oct. 31 interview with Ronnie Dugger, founder of the Alliance for
> Democracy (a growing grassroots effort to end the domination of the
> political process by corporations, now with 55 chapters across the
> country), done at their 2nd Annual National Convention in Atchison,
> Kansas, along with 20 minutes of performances from that convention by
> protest singers Jim Bush and Native American Victor McManamy. The music
> may be worth the $10 by itself.
>
> Dr. Chomsky's lecture took place at the World History Center at
> Northeastern University in Boston. There were about 75 present, primarily
> students. His announced topic was "Democracy and Markets in the Evolving
> World Order", although he touched on a wide range of interesting and
> current topics, not only during his talk, but also during Q&A and in a
> followup discussion with one of the seminar's attendees, which is
> included. The Chomsky portion is 2 hrs. 24 mins. Dr. Helen Caldicott, in
> addition to discussing the medical effects of consumer goods, discusses
> the U.S.'s use of depleted uranium artillery weapons in the Gulf War, the
> sale of 60 nuclear reactors by GE to China, the continuing threat posed
> by nuclear waste, and the genetic consequences of rising levels of
> atmosphericly borne plutonium.
>
> We will send a copy of the above described 6-hour video to anyone who
> pledges to either view and return the videetape or send us a donation  of
> $10 or more in the envelope we will send along. It is our hope that we
> can get enough $10 orders to sustain  our effort, because $10 is all many
> people can afford, and we feel change is only possible democratically if
> enough people have access to good information. You can help us avoid
> having to ask more for our tapes by telling others about this effort.
>
> We do not require a royalty for permission to edit our tapes for use on
> public access, radio, or etc. Programmers who do so may take credit for
> co-production, but we request fair compensation for our efforts if such
> funding is available. Please acknowledge us if  you can and provide your
> audience with a means of contacting us if possible, since my family has
> no other income besides from the tapes we make. We love to get
> feedback... please let us know how our tapes are being used.
>
> If you need multiple copies of our tapes, we will make them for you as
> affordably as we can. We can also make copies in 2-hour mode, S-VHS, or
> Hi-8; possibly in 3/4 inch as well. Please order by phone or email and
> send your donation to Justicevision after you receive your videotape, in
> the envelope we will provide with the tape for that purpose. We will send
> along our list of available videos, a photocopy of the poster from the
> Chomsky event, and also printed information about Lori Berenson and how
> you can get involved in the effort to save her life.
>
> The tape can be requested by calling me at (213) 747-6345 or by e-mail at
> [log in to unmask] . Be sure to leave a phone number, and your snail mail
> address where you would like the tape sent. Please forward this message
> to any friends that may be interested, either in this particular tape or
> in future announcements. In requesting this tape, you can refer to it as
> "Democracy University, vol.1", or simply, DU-1. Also, please tell us how
> our announcements could be made more effective, who we can e-mail
> announcements to, and where we can post them, and tell us which speakers
> or which previous events from our list you would like to see in the
> Democracy University series.
>
> Thank you for your interest. I hope and look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Ralph Cole, organizer,
>
> Justicevision
>
> P.S.: If this message has reached you via a friend and you have e-mail,
> please make sure we get your email address so we can contact you directly
> with future announcements. Also, if you would like to be taken off our
> email list please let me know.
>
> P.P.S.: I'm hoping that this tape will be the first in a series of tapes
> of lectures and events on social justice issues from all over, capturing
> the best of progressive thought, and that in turn it will either inspire
> or become a real Democracy University. I hope you will help by ordering
> tape 1, by passing the word along, and by keeping an eye open for events
> we should cover. Thanks!
>
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Is this offline or online video that you are referring to? I do not have
audio or video on my computer.