Valley Grassroots for Democracy

Please note the change of the date!

Join us for our November meeting. We'll have a wrap up of the election and talk about plans for the year ahead.

We will also be collecting toiletry items for the AIDS Project LA food bank. These items have been specifically requested: Deodorant, mouthwash, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shaving cream, shavers, shampoo, soap, etc.

This will be our last general meeting of the year since we'll have our holiday party in December.

We will have a short VGFD meeting this Thursday, October 16, at 7:00 at the Valley Democratic Campaign HQ, 14529 Archwood, Van Nuys. Before and after the meeting we'll be making phone calls and putting together precinct walk packets for weekend precinct walking.

Join VGFD for our September meeting. Our guest will be author and columnist Robert Scheer who will be speaking about his book The Pornography of Power.We will also have our club election for the 2009 officers and executive board.

About The Pornography of Power:

In the course of his forty-year-career as one of America's most admired journalists, Robert Scheer's work has been praised by Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, and Joan Didion, who deems him "one of the best reporters of our time." Now, Scheer brings a lifetime of wisdom and experience to one of the most overlooked and dangerous issues of our time - the destructive influence of America's military-industrial complex.

Scheer examines the expansion of our military presence throughout the world, our insane nuclear strategy, the immorality of corporations profiting in Iraq, and the arrogance of our foreign policy. Although Scheer is a liberal, his view echoes that of former Republican president General Dwight Eisenhower, who, in his farewell speech to the American people, spoke prophetically about need to guard against the growing influence of the military-industrial complex. In George W. Bush's America, politicians like Ike and Richard Nixon seem like prudent centrists.

The views of libertarians, liberals, and pacifists are often overlooked or ignored by America's mainstream media. The Pornography of Power is the culmination of a respected journalist's efforts to change the terms of debate. At a time when many are exploiting fears of terrorist attacks and only a few national leaders are willing to advocate cuts in defense spending, nuclear disarmament, and restrained use of American force, Robert Scheer has written a manifesto for enlightened reform.

Join VGFD for our August meeting. We'll be discussing some of the more controversial propositions on the November ballot.

August meeting: Tuesday, August 5, 7:30 pm, at Denny's at the corner of Sepulveda and Burbank.

This Month's Book: High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families by Peter Gosselin

Everyone is invited to join us and participate in the discussion whether or not you have read the book.

You can order the book at our web site at www.vgfd.net.

For more information on the book club please email Steve at bookclub@valleygrassrootsfordemocracy.com