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Apr. 6th, 2004 03:27 am"We are being challenged in Iraq because people there hate freedom." - GW BUSH
Hmm...or could be they hate occupation?
Hmm...or could be they hate occupation?
Apr. 6th, 2004
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Friday, April 9, 2004 7:00pm
Apr. 6th, 2004 07:39 pmSo how'd you become an activist? featuring Medea Benjamin and Fernando Suarez del Solar
Friday, April 9, 2004 7:00pm
Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists [Wheelchair Accessible] 1924 Cedar Street (at Bonita) Berkeley CA.
Medea Benjamin and Fernando Suarez del Solar will be speaking at the monthly series entitled, "So how'd you become an activist?" in which activists share their experiences and influences that helped them become effective forces for change -- also discussing "So What Do We Do Now?"
Fernando Suarez del Solar
On March 27, 2003, Fernando lost his son Jesus when Jesus stepped on a US cluster bomb while fighting in Iraq. Since then, Fernando has been traveling around the country speaking out against the invasion and occupation of Iraq. In December Fernando traveled to Iraq with Global Exchange and a group of military families to listen to the needs and desires of the Iraqi people, and returned home to meet with congress people, UN officials and the media to call for the withdrawal of US troops. "Mr. Suarez himself is a new kind of American hero," says UC San Diego professor Jorge Mariscal. "He considers himself an ordinary citizen compelled to expose—without bitterness—the lies and injustices perpetrated by the Bush administration in its war in Iraq. His most immediate goals are to assist immigrant families who have children returning from war and to educate Latino youth about how they can create a better world. Undaunted by the pain of his loss and the obstacles that confront him, Fernando Suarez del Solar continues his journey for peace. He has no doubt that his son Jesus would be proud of him."
Medea Benjamin is a powerful and charismatic force in human rights activism who has struggled for social justice in Asia, the Americas, and Africa for over 20 years. She is Founding Director of Global Exchange. Since the tragic events of 9/11, Medea has been organizing against a violent response. She traveled several times to Afghanistan to highlight civilian casualties caused by the US invasion there. She is a leading activist in the peace movement and helped bring together the groups forming the coalition United for Peace and Justice. In October 2002, Medea made national news for interrupting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as he pitched his war plan to Congress. Medea co-founded Code Pink, a women's peace group that held a four-month vigil outside the White House to try to stop the war against Iraq and has been organizing against the occupation Iraq and pushing for a reorientation of budget priorities in the US to focus on heath care, education and housing, not war. After the invasion, Medea traveled several times to Iraq to organize the Occupation Watch International Center. She most recently traveled to Iraq early in December accompanying the delegation of military families.
Requested Donation $5 (students $3) No one turned away for lack of funds.
Sponsored by U.U. Social Justice Committee
For more information call 415-927-1645
Friday, April 9, 2004 7:00pm
Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists [Wheelchair Accessible] 1924 Cedar Street (at Bonita) Berkeley CA.
Medea Benjamin and Fernando Suarez del Solar will be speaking at the monthly series entitled, "So how'd you become an activist?" in which activists share their experiences and influences that helped them become effective forces for change -- also discussing "So What Do We Do Now?"
Fernando Suarez del Solar
On March 27, 2003, Fernando lost his son Jesus when Jesus stepped on a US cluster bomb while fighting in Iraq. Since then, Fernando has been traveling around the country speaking out against the invasion and occupation of Iraq. In December Fernando traveled to Iraq with Global Exchange and a group of military families to listen to the needs and desires of the Iraqi people, and returned home to meet with congress people, UN officials and the media to call for the withdrawal of US troops. "Mr. Suarez himself is a new kind of American hero," says UC San Diego professor Jorge Mariscal. "He considers himself an ordinary citizen compelled to expose—without bitterness—the lies and injustices perpetrated by the Bush administration in its war in Iraq. His most immediate goals are to assist immigrant families who have children returning from war and to educate Latino youth about how they can create a better world. Undaunted by the pain of his loss and the obstacles that confront him, Fernando Suarez del Solar continues his journey for peace. He has no doubt that his son Jesus would be proud of him."
Medea Benjamin is a powerful and charismatic force in human rights activism who has struggled for social justice in Asia, the Americas, and Africa for over 20 years. She is Founding Director of Global Exchange. Since the tragic events of 9/11, Medea has been organizing against a violent response. She traveled several times to Afghanistan to highlight civilian casualties caused by the US invasion there. She is a leading activist in the peace movement and helped bring together the groups forming the coalition United for Peace and Justice. In October 2002, Medea made national news for interrupting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as he pitched his war plan to Congress. Medea co-founded Code Pink, a women's peace group that held a four-month vigil outside the White House to try to stop the war against Iraq and has been organizing against the occupation Iraq and pushing for a reorientation of budget priorities in the US to focus on heath care, education and housing, not war. After the invasion, Medea traveled several times to Iraq to organize the Occupation Watch International Center. She most recently traveled to Iraq early in December accompanying the delegation of military families.
Requested Donation $5 (students $3) No one turned away for lack of funds.
Sponsored by U.U. Social Justice Committee
For more information call 415-927-1645
Death Cult.
Apr. 6th, 2004 09:21 pmThese neo-conservative war mongers are tilting the planet into world war.