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    As the war in Colombia heats up 
        and the U.S. involvement deepens, 
            you=92ll want to see and show -- 

                         COLOMBIA:  THE NEXT VIETNAM?

                              a 40-minute video

                       by Anne Barstow and Tom Driver 

                    [Scroll down for ordering information]

    In March of 2001, Barstow and Driver were members of the 100-    
member delegation that Witness for Peace sent to Colombia.  Using     
Driver=92s stunning photographs, trenchant commentary by both     authors, and

music taped on location, this engrossing report

--  details interviews with human rights workers, the military,     campesinos,

labor organizers, religious leaders, displaced     persons, and U.S. Embassy

personnel

  --  shows a home-stay in Nueva Colombia, a settlement of displaced     
persons in the Department of Caqueta

    -- demonstrates why U.S. involvement n Colombia is
        -- not about drugs but about oil       
        -- not about counter-narcotics but about counter-insurgency
        -- not about coca but about U.S. military expansion
        -- ineffective at controlling drug addiction in the U.S.
        -- and harmful to Colombian farmers and their families

    WHAT PEOPLE SAY:

    =93Watched your video on Colombia last night. I liked it a lot. Very    

informative, especially the part about Bush's private investments in     
Colombia.=94
--  Meria Heller, host of the Meria Heller Show, where Drver and 
    Barstow were interviewed on June 27, 2002.  

    =93What a great work!  Your pictures and audio were so well done - 
    informative, moving, and inspirational.=94
        -- Mary Beth Summer, Ohio

    =93 ... all who viewed it thought it was very well done, informative. ...

    appropriate for those with some background and those unfamiliar with 
    the situation.  Our group unanimously agreed to hold a public showing 
    in the fall ... in conjunction with the end-of-Sept. local mobilizations.

    One person borrowed it to show to others he hoped would become 
    interested in joining our local efforts to pressure our members of 
    Congress.  We are placing a copy in our public library and will issue a 
    press release to let the public know it is available for loan.=94
        -- Lynn Yellott, West Virginia

    ---

    Anne L. Barstow, prior to retirement, was Professor of History at the 
    Old Westbury campus of the State University of New York.  Tom F. 
    Driver is the Paul J. Tillich Professor of Theology and Culture 
    Emeritus at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.  Both are 
    authors and have been active volunteers with Witness for Peace for 
    more than ten years.

    TO ORDER: 
    Send your name and postal address to
    =93Tom F. Driver=94 <tfd3@columbia.edu> 

        When the tape arrives with mailing address enclosed, send a 
    contribution to PPF (or to Presbyterian Peace Fellowship) -- $5.00 
    minimum, please; more if you can.

        Production costs for COLOMBIA: THE NEXT VIETNAM? were 
    underwritten by friends in the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.  Your 
    contributions fund a scholarship program to help other people go on 
    future delegations to Colombia so that they can return enabled to 
    swell the chorus of protest against U.S. militaryinvolvement. 

Tom F. Driver
Sheffield, MA
<tfd3@columbia.edu>