WarCriminalsWatch Events

As a special engagement, the Chicago chapter of World Can't Wait is presenting the documentary film, "Rethink Afghanistan" by Robert Greenwald. The film will be shown in its entirety (segments of the film have been available for viewing online).

"Rethink Afghanistan" focuses on the human and financial cost of combat to challenge the notion that Afghanistan is the "good war".  Instead, Greewald argues that troop escalation threatens to entrench the US in a unwinnable, unwanted war that only further empowers the resurgent Taliban. Other award-winning films directed by Robert Greenwald include:" Iraq For Sale, The War Profiteers"; "Wal-Mart, The High Cost of Low Price"; and "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism".

The film will be followed by discussion with H. Candace Gorman, Chicago Human Rights Lawyer and War Criminals Watch advisor, and Anthony Wagner, Iraq War Veteran and Columbia College student. Ms. Gorman is currently handling habeas corpus petitions for 2 Guantanamo detainees and has visited her clients at the prison more than a dozen times. She has spoken on "Obama's Guantanamo: What Has
and Has Not Happened Since Obama Took Office". Perhaps the most distressing change is that the level of secrecy has actually increased. Anthony Wagner served in ground combat in Iraq and is now a student at Columbia College and an anti-war activist.

Transportation: #78 Montrose, #11 Lincoln Ave, #49 Western, #50 Damen, Brown Line Western Stop. Parking is also available.