[Marxism] Los Angeles: a Series on Japanese Internment

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is the schedule for the first two talks in a series that relates
the internment of Japanese-Americans to today's Patriot Act. The hours
are obviously wrong, so you should be sure to call regarding dates and
hours: (213) 625-0414.

Saturday, Feb 26, 2005

Lifelong Learning

From Tokyo Rose to the Patriot Act: Propaganda and its Impact on Civil
Liberties
2:00pm - 2:00pm

This five-part seminar features Dr. Mitchell T. Maki, Acting Dean,
College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Los
Angeles, and author of Achieving the Impossible Dream: How Japanese
Americans Obtained Redress, in conversation with noted scholars,
activists, and artists as they respond to propaganda artifacts
displayed in the exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community. This
session will examine the period covering the late nineteenth century
through the Great Depression era and include comments by Akemi
Kikumura-Yano, PhD?, National Museum Senior Vice President, author of
Through Harsh Winters: The Life of a Japanese Immigrant Woman, and
curator of the National Museum's inaugural exhibit Issei Pioneers:
Hawai`i and the Mainland 1885 - 1924.

Saturday, Mar 12, 2005

Lifelong Learning

From Tokyo Rose to the Patriot Act: Propaganda and its Impact on Civil
Liberties
2:00pm - 2:00pm

In this second of five sessions, we continue our examination of
selected propaganda artifacts displayed in the exhibition Common
Ground: The Heart of Community. Dr. Mitchell T. Maki, with actors Pat
Morita and George Takei, covers the World War II period. For more
information about this series, please refer to the February 26th
calendar listing.


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