[Antiracism] July 6 Darfur Forum

[Nick Camerota]

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Darfur: An Open Discussion On Intervention, Regime Change & The Politics of 
Genocide
A multi-media presentation, speakers, panel discussion and audience Q & A

DATE: July 6, 2006
TIME: 7-9 pm
PLACE: Neilson Browsing Room (Smith College), Northampton

NEXT THURSDAY, July 6, a public forum will provide an opportunity for people 
to learn more about the reasons behind the conflict in Darfur. Panelists 
will offer diverse perspectives on the crises, exploring the many unanswered 
questions behind the popular calls for humanitarian intervention and regime 
change in Sudan. The politics of genocide will also be addressed.

PANEL:
- Sara Flounders, (*) Co-Director of the International Action Center, NYC
- Keith Harmon Snow, Independent photojournalist, human rights and genocide 
investigator, Williamsburg, MA
- Dimitri Oram, writer & researcher, Northampton, MA

For more information contact:
Dimitri Oram:
dadima23 at yahoo.com
Deb Chandler:
deborahchandler at comcast.net (413) 584-9160;

Sponsors:
Northampton Committee to Stop the War in Iraq
Traprock Peace Center
Touchstone Farm and Yoga Center
WMass International Action Center/Troops Out Now Coalition
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WMass IAC UPDATES & BACKGROUND ITEMS:
- Sudan rejects 'colonial' troops, BBC, June 20 at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5097868.stm
- Khartoum accuses UN of giving cover to rebel leader, Internat'l News 
(Pakistan) at
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=12729
- Sudan's Bashir rules out UN force in Darfur, Sudan Trib, June 29 at
http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=16438
- AU & the New Imperialism, Daily Observer (Banjul), June 27 at
http://allafrica.com/stories/200606270610.html

(*) Sara Flounders went to Sudan in 1998, just after the U.S. bombing of the 
El Shifa pharmaceutical plant. She was part of an International Action 
Center fact-finding delegation led by former U.S. Attorney General and IAC 
founder Ramsey Clark. Sara's recent report, "The U.S. role in Darfur, Sudan" 
(included in our June 7 mailing) is online at 
http://www.iacenter.org/Africa/dafur-sf06032006.htm
For another previously posted (May 11) IAC report regarding Sudan, "Imperial 
Designs Behind the Struggle in Darfur," open 
http://wmass.indymedia.org/newswire/display/713/index.php
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OUR THANKS to list member Rachel G. who was kind enough to forward this 
item, PRESIDENT BUSH SIDESTEPS THE LAW WITH USE OF CAVEATS, SAYS A.B.A. 
PRESIDENT, online at http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1150967122583 
ALSO SEE this related report, "Bush Ignores Laws He Inks..." at 
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2122700
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Western Mass. Organizing Committee
INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER
413-896-5219
wmassiac at hotmail.com
http://www.iacenter.org
http://www.troopsoutnow.org
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