January 6, 2016 The Skanner Page 7
Film Review: Michael Moore Mounts Faux Invasion
in Tongue-in-Cheek ‘Where to Invade Next’
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
O
scar-winner Michael Moore
(for Bowling for Columbine)
has been challenging the
power structure ever since
releasing Roger & Me way back
in 1989. That groundbreaking
expose indicted General Motors
for the outsourcing of jobs which
devastated his beloved hometown
of Flint, Mich. Over the interven-
ing years, Moore has exhibited
a knack for tackling a variety of
hot-button topics from a left ist
perspective, including the Iraq
War (Fahrenheit 9/11), the health-
care industry (Sicko), and the
global fi nancial crisis (Capital-
ism: A Love Story), to name a few.
With Where to Invade Next, the
inveterate rabble-rouser sets his
sights on the subject of American
imperialism. You may remem-
ber that the Bush Doctrine, as es-
poused by President George W.
Bush in 2002, asserted the United
States’ right to wage preemptive
war whenever deemed in the na-
tional interest. Well, relying on
that dubious notion, Moore pro-
ceeds to play agent provocateur
as he circumnavigates the globe
visiting countries with cultural
and social constructs supposedly
worth emulating.
So, instead of conquest with in-
tent to plunder, the focus here is
merely on borrowing ideas which
See INVADE on page 11
Arts & Entertainment
Film Review: ‘Trumbo’
Film restores reputation of
blacklisted scriptwriter
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
S
criptwriter Dalton
Trumbo (1905-1976)
was at the height
of his career when
subpoenaed in 1947 to
testify in front of the
House
Un-American
Activities
Committee
(HUAC)
investigating
the spread of Commu-
nist propaganda by Hol-
lywood. The celebrated,
Academy Award-nomi-
nee (for Kitty Foyle) had
registered a blip on Con-
gress’ radar because of
his outspoken support
of the party and progres-
sive political ideas like
the right of workers to
unionize.
See TRUMBO on page 11
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow,
I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American
dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live
out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-
evident, that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one
day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the
sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the
table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of
Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering
with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of
freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will
one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color
of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream
today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious
racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of
“interposition” and “nullification” -- one day right there in Alabama
little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little
white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream
today! I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and
every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places
will be
#SKBreakfast
made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight;
“and the
#KingBreakfast2016
glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.”2
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back
to
Trial lawyer, author
he South with. With this faith, we will be able to
hew
out
and lifelong
activ-
ist Charles Bonner
of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With
this
was born in Selma,
Ala. At the age of
faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords
o f
16 Bonner joined
our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
the Student Nonvi-
olent Coordinating
With this faith, we will be able to work together, to
pray
Committee (SNCC)
in 1963 and partic-
together, to struggle together, to go to jail together,
t o
ipated in sit-ins, marches and other actions for vot-
stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will
be
one
ing rights in the
South. free
Two years later
he became day.
a
fi eld director for the organization. Bonner was one
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And this
be the
-- this
when
all on Sunday,
of March
God’s
who were beaten
7,
1965 by Alabama State troopers on the Edmund
children will be able to sing with new meaning: Pettis My
country ‘tis of
Bridge during the “Bloody Sunday” Selma to
Montgomery my
March for fathers
the right to vote.
thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where
died,
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