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From: Kate Reuer, FOR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 8:09 PM
Subject: [iac-disc.] IRAQ ACTION DIGEST
Hi All!
Props to the folks at Berkley who not only challenged Madeline Albright
by disrupting her commencement address with banners and voices but who
also garnered some great press coverage. Be on the lookout for speakers
such as Albright, Bush, Gore or Holbrooke speaking at commencements in
your area--and make sure you have a presence wherever they are. Do what
your group is comfortable with, but don't be afraid to get a little
noisy! I have articles from the San Fran Chronicle and Examiner for
those interested.
Again, if you're interested in more news, I encourage you to subscribe
to the Iraq Action Coalition's list serve moderated by Rania Masri. She
has begun to distribute news summaries two or three times a week. A
great way to stay informed. To Subscribe, send a blank message to:
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The text from Denis Halliday's May 3 Congressional Briefing is available
via email. I haven't come across the von Sponeck or Ritter transcript.
Another reminder that if you are interested in the Campaign of
Conscience for the Iraqi people, let me know how many participant forms
you want, and I'll get them to you!
The updated calendar is listed below. Our website is being updated
weekly to include this calendar. Visit it at
www.forusa.org/ccframe.htm.
in peace--kate reuer
May 16--Portland, OR
Disruption Opportunity: George Bush
May 17--Everett, OR
Disruption Opportunity, Bush speech on free trade
May 17--Dublin, Ireland
Speaker, Denis Halliday
May 21--Providence, RI
Speaker, Anthony Arnove
May 21--Fairfax, VA
(?)Madeline Albright Commencement Speech at George Mason University
May 22--New York City, NY
Iraq Under Siege Speaking Tour
May 23--Chicago, IL
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Kathy Kelly
June 2-3--Rhode Island
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Anthony Arnove
June 6--Alternative Radio Broadcast
Howard Zinn, Rania Masri, Ali Abunimah, Anthony Arnove
June 8-11--Chicago, IL
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Anthony Arnove, Naseer Aruri, Phyllis Benis,
Denis Halliday, Kathy Kelly, and Sharon Smith
June 9--Madison, WI
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Kathy Kelly
June 10--Washington, DC
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Kathy Kelly
June 11--Stanford University
Kofi Annan Commencement Speech Disruption
June 24-28--Washington, D.C.
EPIC's Lobby Days
July 8--Dublin, Ireland
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Denis Halliday
July 30--New York, NY
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Anthony Arnove, Barbara Nimri Aziz, and
other
contributors
August 6--Washington DC
Tenth Anniversary of Imposition of Economic Sanctions
August 6--St. Louis, MO
March Against Sanctions
October 17--St. Louis, MO
Final Presidential Debate Disruption
WEEKLY VIGILS
*Dublin, Ireland--Saginaw, MI--Oakland, CA--Concord, NH--Tampa,
FL--Tuscon, AZ--Cape Cod, MA--Chapel Hill, NC--Minneapolis/St. Paul,
MN--Bellingham, WA--Hartford,CT--Northhampton, MA--Denver, CO--Chicago,
IL--Morganton and Hickory, NC--Washington, DC--New York City,
NY--Worcester, MA--New Orleans, LA--Oakland, CA--New Haven, CT--Boston,
MA
(for more information on these, contact me)
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May 17--Dublin, Ireland
Speaker Denis Halliday
Wednesday, May 17, 2000, Denis Halliday sepaks to the Irish Parlimentary
Committee, Dublin, Ireland. Info: Ogrady Walsh, 353-1-288-2107.
May 21--Fairfax, VA
(?)Madeline Albright Commencement Speech at George Mason University
No Solid Information, but I thought I'd give DC/Northern VA folks a
heads up.
May 21--Providence, RI
Speaker, Anthony Arnove
8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Anthony Arnove with Afruz Amiri, 16 Beaver Street, 5th
Floor, New York, NY. Info: (212) 509-2800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
(718) 599-0247, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
May 22--New York City, NY
Iraq Under Siege Speaking Tour
A Panel Discussion with Anthony Arnove and Afruz Amighi will be held at
8pm at 16 Beaver Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY. Two voices against
the
sanctions will document the human, cultural, environmental and social
toll of the United States-led war against Iraq. This Teach-In coincides
with South End Presss recent release of Iraq Under Siege; The Deadly
Impact of War and Sanctions (edited by Anthony Arnove) and an open call
for proposals from artists, activists & others to address the campaign
to end the sanctions against Iraq. The 16 Beaver Group is located at 16
Beaver Street, 5th fl., New York, NY 10004, phone: 212.509.2800, e-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information: Call Paige Sarlin
718.599.0247.
May 23--Chicago, IL
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Kathy Kelly
At 2:30 p.m. Kathy Kelly will be speaking at Northwestern University,
Garrett Theological Seminary in Dr. Reuther's class, Chicago, IL. Info:
(847) 855-3953.
June 2-3--Rhode Island
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Anthony Arnove
Anthony Arnove will be at the American Baptist Women Conference, Rhode
Island. Info: Sue Hastings, (401) 787-3808.
June 6--Alternative Radio Broadcast
Howard Zinn, Rania Masri, Ali Abunimah, and Anthony Arnove
Alternative Radio (produced by David Barsamian) will be
internationally broadcasting a show based on Iraq Under Siege featuring
Howard Zinn, Rania Masri, Ali Abunimah, and Anthony Arnove. Information
on ordering transcripts and audio tapes, as well as information on
stations that carry AR, is available at www.alternativeradio.org. Or
call 800-444-1977. Information on the book is available at
www.lbbs.org/sep/iraq.htm or by calling 800-533-8478. Please contact
your local public radio stations to ask them to pick up the free
satellite feed of the Iraq Under Siege program on June 6.
June 8-11--Chicago, IL
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Anthony Arnove, Naseer Aruri, Phyllis Benis,
Denis Halliday, Kathy Kelly, and Sharon Smith
Anthony Arnove, Naseer Aruri, Phyllis Benis, Denis Halliday, Kathy
Kelly, and Sharon Smithwill speak at the Socialist Summer School 2000.
Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. Info: (773) 665-9651,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
June 9--Madison, WI
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Kathy Kelly
Kathy Kelly will be speaking at the Annual Methodist Conference,
Madison, WI. Info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
June 10--Washington, DC
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Kathy Kelly
At 12:45 p.m. Kathy Kelly will be speaking at the ADC Convention,
Washington, DC. Info: (202) 244-2990, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
June 11--Stanford University
Kofi Annan Commencement Speech Disruption
KOFI ANNAN, UN Secretary General, will be delivering the Commencement
Address at Stanford University Sunday, June 11th, 2000. Join us to
protest and vigil against the sanctions that have killed over a million
Iraqi civilians. While it is clear that the deadly sanctions remain in
place because of U.S. and British insistence, the policy is officially a
United Nations policy. Kofi Annan should and can refuse to be a pawn in
this illegal war. Lift the sanctions of mass destruction and end the Oil
for No Food Program!
Meet at 8:30pm outside Gate 2, Stanford Stadium Foster Field, Galvez,
Palo
Alto. (Embarcadero becomes Galvez after the junction with El Camino
Real)
Parking at Town & County mall (El Camino & Embarcadero, NE corner) Entry
to the Commencement is free and open - no ticket needed. Bring signs.
Please try to make it at 8:30am - a large turn-out is more impressive
and newsworthy. But if you really can't get there that early, it's ok to
come later. The commencement commences at 9:30am. Sponsored by
American Muslims for Global Peace & Justice, Peninsula Peace & Justice
Center, San Jose Peace Center, Interfaith Peace Coalition. Info:
408-297-2299 / 650-326-8837/ 408-988-1011. To endorse/cosponsor this
action or to obtain fliers, contact
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
HELP US ENSURE A LARGE TURN-OUT ON THE 11th - COME TO THE NEXT MEETING
TO ORGANIZE FOR THIS ACTION:
Thursday 25th May, 2:00pm at Peninsula Peace & Justice Center, 457
Kingsley Ave, Palo Alto.
June 24-28--Washington, D.C.
EPIC's Lobby Days
Lobby Days are a great opportunity to learn about the newest
developments in Iraq and Iraq related activism, and to gain concrete
skills in lobbying-then to get out there and DO IT! For more
information, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 202 543 6176 or visit
www.saveageneration.org.
July 8--Dublin, Ireland
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Denis Halliday
Denis Halliday will be speaking at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Info: Ogrady Walsh, 353-1-288-2107.
July 30--New York, NY
Iraq Under Siege Tour: Anthony Arnove, Barbara Nimri Aziz, and other
contributors
August 6--Washington, D.C.
National Mobilization to end the Economic Sanctions on Iraq
Come one, Come all to call attention to this atrocity! The coalition's
web site will be up soon with continually updated information!
August 6--St. Louis, MO
March Against Sanctions
On August 6th in St. Louis, we will march from the World Community
Center
(438 North Skinker Blvd) down Delmar to Lewis Park in University City
(all
along the Delmar Loop), leafleting pedestrians and protesting the
sanctions.
At Lewis Park, we will join in the annual Hiroshima Day commemorations.
For
more info, call 314-862-5773 x12 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
October 17--St. Louis, MO
Final Presidential Debate Disruption
On October 17, the final presidential debate will be held in St. Louis.
Following in the footsteps of recent protests in Seattle, Washington, DC
and
the 1998 Columbus Town Hall Meeting, we aim to make this a presidential
debate worth remembering! Planning meetings will begin in May. For more
info, call 314-862-5773 x12 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Speical panel with Anthony Arnove, Barbara Nimri Aziz, and other
contributors, Brecht Fourm, 122 West 27th Street, 10th Floor, New York,
NY. Info: (212)
242-4201.
WEEKLY VIGILS
Conference ponders complex future of Gulf War foes Iran and Iraq. Jordan
Times
Sanctions are strengthening Saddam, time for change: analysts
KUWAIT CITY, May 14 (AFP) -
The decade-old UN sanctions on Iraq have only served to strengthen
President
Saddam Hussein, Western and Arab analysts agreed at a forum in Kuwait
Sunday.
They called for a fresh approach to containing the Iraqi leader and
warned
Saddam's ambitions to control the region had not changed, and he would
rebuild his military might if Iraq were allowed direct access to its oil
revenue.
"The economic crisis in Iraq did not become a political and security
crisis
for the regime. Instead, sanctions have turned into a tool to support
Saddam," said Mustafa Alani of Britain's Royal United Services Institute
for
Defence Studies.
"After 10 years of imposing them, sanctions have failed to achieve their
target," Alani, who is also an Iraqi opposition figure, told the second
day
of a three-day symposium on future Iraq-Kuwait ties.
"No system seems to be working fully. I think it's time to explore some
new
ideas," said Kenneth Katzman of the US Congressional Research Center.
Iraqi opposition, Gulf ministers to address seminar on Kuwaiti-Iraqi
ties. AFP. May 11.
Summary: Key Iraqi opposition figures and Gulf ministers addressed a
seminar
in Kuwait on the political changes in Baghdad and their implications
for
future ties.
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