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On Sunday the ANSWER Coalition held a well-attended teach-in in San Francisco entitled "War Crimes and Regime Change in the Middle East" on the occasion of (more or less) the 9th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. There were some really excellent talks given. Speakers included: - Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General; author of ³The Fire This Time² (first U.S. Gulf War); has traveled extensively to Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, & other countries in region. - Mike Prysner, Iraq War vet and co-founder of March Forward, an organization of anti-war vets and active-duty service members - Dr. Henry Clark, Executive Director, West County Toxics Coalition - Nazila Bargshady, Iranian American activist, member, Teachers for Public Education - Dr. Jess Ghannam, Al-Awda Palestine Right of Return Coalition, UCSF Global Health Service - Gloria La Riva, Award-winning filmmaker, ³Genocide by Sanctions² (Iraq) - Richard Becker, Author, "Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire" The entire program is available on Ustream here: http://www.answercoalition.org/sf/index.html Three of the individual talks are available on YouTube: The opening talk, an excellent survey of the entire subject, by Richard Becker: http://youtu.be/F10o2yB1DXw The talk by Dr. Jess Ghannam on the health consequences of war and occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine, filled with information you won't find elsewhere: http://youtu.be/PCoqdpuM6Cs An powerful and inspirational talk by Mike Prysner that received a standing ovation, rebutting Obama's "Day of Honor" proclamation with the REAL lessons of the war against Iraq: http://youtu.be/KlHwp16Ac0U Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
