The Documentary Film & Discussion Series Presents "Honduras: Challenge to US Rule," February 11
This month’s Documentary Film & Discussion Series presents "Honduras: Challenege to US Rule" (67 min) in the Ashland Library’s Community Room, Thursday, February 11, 7:00-9:00 pm. Admission is free. Viewers are invited to stay for discussion. All points of view are welcome.
In his powerful talk last December at MIT, Noam Chomsky places recent events in Honduras in the context of long-standing U.S. policy in the southern hemisphere. Four U.S. Presidents have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama. “All four have left their imprint on the southern hemisphere.”
Chomsky notes November marked the anniversary of the end of a 25-year campaign to crush another challenge to U.S. rule in Latin America: Vatican II and the rise of liberation theology. Its practitioners were prime targets. Six Jesuit intellectuals, their housekeeper and her daughter were murdered by an elite force just back from special training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. School of Americas proudly credits itself with the defeat of liberation theology.
In his powerful talk last December at MIT, Noam Chomsky places recent events in Honduras in the context of long-standing U.S. policy in the southern hemisphere. Four U.S. Presidents have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama. “All four have left their imprint on the southern hemisphere.”
Chomsky notes November marked the anniversary of the end of a 25-year campaign to crush another challenge to U.S. rule in Latin America: Vatican II and the rise of liberation theology. Its practitioners were prime targets. Six Jesuit intellectuals, their housekeeper and her daughter were murdered by an elite force just back from special training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. School of Americas proudly credits itself with the defeat of liberation theology.
Chomsky’s 30-minute talk is followed with questions and answers from a large MIT audience.
The Documentary Film & Discussion Series meets every 2nd Thursday and 4th Tuesday of the month for an in-depth look at important topics of our day. The events are often lively and thought-provoking.