CPU Newsletter

January 17, 2006

CPU EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1) Advance Screening of WHY WE FIGHT (Thursday, 01/19); 2) CPR Pitch Deadline for March Issue (Sunday, 01/22)

CPU EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Advance Screening of WHY WE FIGHT (Thursday, 01/19)

2. CPR Pitch Deadline for March Issue (Sunday, 01/22)

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1. The CPU Proudly Presents: An Advance Screening of WHY WE FIGHT

Date: Thursday, 01/19
Time: 7PM
Location: Roone Arledge Cinema, Alfred Lerner Hall

Join filmmaker Eugene Jareki at an exclusive screening of the
documentary WHY WE FIGHT - see it before its release to theaters!

**To RSVP, send an email to whywefight@cupolitics.org. Include your
name, Columbia affilation, and contact email address and phone
number.**

SONY PICTURES CLASSICS presents WHY WE FIGHT:

“A dense and absorbing critique of American militarism.”
-A.O. Scott, The New York Times

“Why We Fight, Eugene Jarecki's nimble and brilliant docu-dissection
of the military-industrial complex, unearths the deepest roots of
our scariest political realities. I defy anyone not to be staggered
by it.”
- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Award-winning filmmaker Eugene Jarecki’s “WHY WE FIGHT,” which won
the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, is an
unflinching look at the anatomy of the American war machine,
weaving unforgettable personal stories with commentary by a “who’s
who” of military and beltway insiders.

Featuring John McCain, Gore Vidal, William Kristol, Chalmers
Johnson, Richard Perle and others, ‘Why We Fight’ launches a
bipartisan inquiry into the workings of the military industrial
complex and the rise of the American Empire.

Inspired by Dwight Eisenhower’s legendary farewell speech (in which
he coined the phrase “military industrial complex”), filmmaker
Jarecki (“The Trials of Henry Kissinger”) surveys the scorched
landscape of a half-century’s military adventures, asking how – and
telling why – a nation of, by, and for the people has become the
savings-and-loan of a system whose survival depends on a
state of constant war.

The film moves beyond the headlines of various American military
operations to the deeper questions of why – why does America fight?
What are the forces – political, economic, ideological – that drive
us to war?

**After the screening, Eugene will conduct a Q&A with the audience.
For more information about the film, please visit the CPU website
at www.cupolitics.org.**

Written and directed by Eugene Jarecki; produced by Eugene Jarecki
and Susannah Shipman; executive producers, Roy Ackerman and
Nicholas Fraser; editor, Nancy Kennedy; music by Robert Miller.
Running time is 98 minutes.

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2. CPR Pitch Deadline for March Issue

Date: Sunday, 01/22
Time: Midnight

The deadline to pitch an article for the March issue of the CPR is
this Sunday (January 22nd) at midnight. Each pitch should include a
summary of the issue you want to cover as well as some possible
arguments and conclusions you would make. Keep in my mind that you
are trying to convince the editors why your article should be
selected. Feel free to not only describe the facts and
circumstances, but also to explain why the issue is important and
deserves coverage. Also, remember that the issue will not be
published until early March. You may want to make the
case for why your article will still be relevant in a month and a
half. To pitch, return the attached form to cpureview@columbia.edu.

If you would like to have an editor review your ideas, simply
indicate that in you're pitch. We'll do our best to get to all of
them. The earlier you get your pitches to us though, the more
likely it is that we'll be able to give you meaningful comments.

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