Screening of ‘Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space’ | San Mateo

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Pax Americana is a Latin term meaning, as it looks, “American Peace”. It connotes the historical concept of relative peace in the Western hemisphere – even if such a peace is prevented in other parts of the world.

It is with the irony of that term in mind that French filmmaker Denis Delestrac entitled his 2010 documentary film “Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space.”

This event is a FREE screening of the movie. See it while you still can!

The subject matter is explained in the film’s title, exploring our country’s development of weapons that would be deployed in space for the purpose of wreaking mayhem on Earth.

The movie depicts meetings and interviews with military brass as they tout the use of space-based weapons in achieving U.S. strategic goals, which are not likely to match the goals of those opposing such advanced weaponry. It features the likes of Noam Chomsky, Dr. Helen Caldicott and Bruce Gagnon (of the Global network Against Nuclear Weapons and Power in Space) to offer contrary opinions of the wisdom of these weapons.

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