Apr 04, 2017
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
- Go watch a movie, because today is 1984 Day
Against the backdrop of an increasingly right-wing Donald Trump presidency, movie theaters around the world will screen 1984 on Tuesday, April 4, marking the date George Orwell's protagonist, Winston Smith, begins keeping a secret diary in his first act of rebellion against a totalitarian state.- Roughly 180 theaters nationwide are taking part in the evening of cultural resistance, plus a handful in Canada, the U.K., Sweden, New Zealand, and Croatia.Find a complete listing here.
- Check out the #1984NationalScreeningDay hashtag for more info and live updates
- Fifty years later, read or listen to Martin Luther King Jr's 'Beyond Vietnam' speech at Riverside Church
It was a half century ago today, on April 4, 1967, that MLK Jr. gave his famous speech in which called the U.S. "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today" as he railed against imperialism and the Vietnam War- Read it here. Watch/Listen to it here.
- Join the new campaign launched in honor of King's speech that demands wasted tax dollars now spent on endless war overseas be used instead on social programs here at home.
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
- Go watch a movie, because today is 1984 Day
Against the backdrop of an increasingly right-wing Donald Trump presidency, movie theaters around the world will screen 1984 on Tuesday, April 4, marking the date George Orwell's protagonist, Winston Smith, begins keeping a secret diary in his first act of rebellion against a totalitarian state.- Roughly 180 theaters nationwide are taking part in the evening of cultural resistance, plus a handful in Canada, the U.K., Sweden, New Zealand, and Croatia.Find a complete listing here.
- Check out the #1984NationalScreeningDay hashtag for more info and live updates
- Fifty years later, read or listen to Martin Luther King Jr's 'Beyond Vietnam' speech at Riverside Church
It was a half century ago today, on April 4, 1967, that MLK Jr. gave his famous speech in which called the U.S. "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today" as he railed against imperialism and the Vietnam War- Read it here. Watch/Listen to it here.
- Join the new campaign launched in honor of King's speech that demands wasted tax dollars now spent on endless war overseas be used instead on social programs here at home.
Keep reading...Show less
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
- Go watch a movie, because today is 1984 Day
Against the backdrop of an increasingly right-wing Donald Trump presidency, movie theaters around the world will screen 1984 on Tuesday, April 4, marking the date George Orwell's protagonist, Winston Smith, begins keeping a secret diary in his first act of rebellion against a totalitarian state.- Roughly 180 theaters nationwide are taking part in the evening of cultural resistance, plus a handful in Canada, the U.K., Sweden, New Zealand, and Croatia.Find a complete listing here.
- Check out the #1984NationalScreeningDay hashtag for more info and live updates
- Fifty years later, read or listen to Martin Luther King Jr's 'Beyond Vietnam' speech at Riverside Church
It was a half century ago today, on April 4, 1967, that MLK Jr. gave his famous speech in which called the U.S. "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today" as he railed against imperialism and the Vietnam War- Read it here. Watch/Listen to it here.
- Join the new campaign launched in honor of King's speech that demands wasted tax dollars now spent on endless war overseas be used instead on social programs here at home.
Keep reading...Show less
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