On Dish Network NOW - Chan. 256 - "Life of Emile Zola"...

[Peter Frank]

...made in 1937 -- Brilliant parallel to today's the questions of war & speaking truth to power.

[Peter Frank]

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[6000eliot]

2. J'accuse!

[Peter Frank]

3. ???

[6000eliot]

4. Related to Emile Zola

[Peter Frank]

6. Forgive my ignorance...

I wasn't familiar with the story 'till now.

Here's a link to your reference -- http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/96_99/19266.html

[Eric J in MN]

5. From wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Zola

He risked his career and even his life on January 13, 1898, when his J'accuse (original French, English translation) was published on the front page of the Paris daily, L'Aurore. The paper was run by Ernest Vaughan and Georges Clemenceau, who decided that the controversial story would be in the form of an open letter to the President, Félix Faure. J'accuse accused the French government of anti-Semitism and of wrongfully placing Alfred Dreyfus in jail. Zola was brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse on February 7, 1898 and was convicted on February 23. Zola declared that the conviction and transportation to Devil's Island of the Jewish army captain Alfred Dreyfus came after a false accusation of espionage and was a miscarriage of justice. The case, known as the Dreyfus affair, had divided France deeply between the reactionary army and church and the more liberal commercial society. The ramifications continued for years, so much so that on the 100th anniversary of Émile Zola's article, France's Roman Catholic daily paper, "La Croix", apologized for its anti-Semitic editorials during the Dreyfus affair.

[Peter Frank]

7. Thank you so much for the info!

I hate that I'm so ignorant on this subject.

Watching the movie, it followed very closely to what I just read here. The flick was made in 1937 -- depicting events 40 or so years old which pertained to the then ever-present NAZI threat.

...Like making an anti-military/industrial movie 40 years after Vietnam.[/b}

[Warpy]

8. The difference between then and now

is that the reactionary churches and military are in bed with the corporations that own the major media. "J'accuse!" would never see the light of day anywhere in print or on the televised news.

It's published on the net daily, though.