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Hugo Blanco, a Peruvian Senator and leader of the Confederation of Peasants of Peru, speaks about how the United States war on drugs is a cover for counter-insurgency operations. He argues that the United States is in league with drug lords, and that the International Bank is pressuring Peru to bring down the quality of life and reduce social programs.

Rieko Osato, member of Japan's Council against Atomic and Hydrogen bombs, speaks about that country's peace movement, the impact of changes in Eastern Europe, and the Persian Gulf crisis following Iraqi's invasion of Kuwait.

Colonel David Hacworth, author of About Face: Odyssey of an American Warrior, traces how he has changed from a cold warrior into a disarmament activist. Wounded 8 times serving the United States since 1946, he argues that we now need to disarm, but do so logically. The Cold War is over because the two superpowers went bankrupt, he reasons, so we now must change swords into plowshares.

Two talks and a question and answer session which provides a background to the Christic Institute, and its legal battles against United States covert foreign policies.

r.1. pt.1. Christic Institute activities, the La Planca bombing, Rico Laws, and Costa Rica's role in Contra support / Tony Avirgon (15 min.) ; pt.2. Christic Institute activities, the La Planca bombing, findings concerning the DC8 crash, and audience questions / Gene Wheaton (42 min.) -- r.2.

Talk on the ways in which the United States economic elite maintains its control through neo-colonial techniques over land, labor and markets in the Third World. We support friendly governments by arming their police, developing a global military machine to maintain the world order based upon capital.