New content, "Afghan Marshall Plan: Winning With Jobs Not Guns" (filmed in Kabul. Pegmedia download)

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FILM CONTENT DESCRIPTION: "Afghan Marshall Plan: Winning With Jobs Not Guns" (filmed in Kabul)

"In the midst of the superheated debate over the course of the war in
Afghanistan, independent film-makers Ralph Lopez and Najim Dost, the
latter an Afghan citizen, release this provocative look at the
underside of an insurgency. In a country with 40% unemployment, they
talk to those whose voices have been missing: ordinary Afghans. See
and hear them up close in the squares where they gather by the
thousands looking for work, and struggle to feed their families.
Ranked as the fourth poorest nation in the world, many have never even
heard of 9/11, nor the Twin Towers. But someone is always hiring at
a good daily wage: the Taliban. Exposing the false choice between
simply more troops or fewer, they talk to the people who matter most,
who could hold the key to victory. The documentary reveals that an
economic solution would cost but a small fraction of the present
occupation. (26 minutes)"

LINK TO PEGMEDIA DOWNLOAD PAGE FOR FILM (MPEG2 file) "Afghan Marshall
Plan: Winning With Jobs Not Guns":
http://www.pegmedia.org/index.php?q=msvr/showall/253/detail

LINK TO DOCUMENTARY FOR ONLINE VIEWING BEFORE DOWNLOADING (compressed MP4)
http://ralphlopezworld.com/pbs.mp4

MORE BACKGROUND LINKS ON SUBJECT:

LINK TO BOSTON GLOBE/BALTIMORE SUN OP-ED "We Can Win With Jobs Not
Guns in Afghanistan"
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.afghanistan16a...

LINK TO "An Exit Strategy for Afghanistan" by Ralph Lopez
http://jobsforafghans.org/exitstrategy.html

LINK TO FILM WEBSITE:
http://jobsforafghans.org

LINK TO PRINTABLE PUBLICITY POSTER (FOR COMMUNITY LIBRARY BULLETIN BOARDS ETC.)
http://jobsforafghans.org/poster.pdf