[Antiracism] RE: [Sage] Crisis in the Middle East -- forum and action

Sat Jul 22 17:09:37 EDT 2006

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Protest assault on Lebanon & Gaza Monday!
Show our solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Gaza!
No More money for Israel!
PICKET/ Speak-out

Where: Federal Building in Springfield
When: Monday July 24, 2006
5PM-6:30PM

Hundreds of Lebanese civilians have died in Israel's brutal bombing of
Lebanon, that has included the use of the illegal incendiary weapon white
phosphorus. Across Lebanon, apartment buildings have been levelled, houses
destroyed, families killed in their entirety.

In Gaza, Israel has created the world's largest prison camp, cutting off
funds, bombing infrastructure, and strangling the Palestinian people and
punishing them for the "crime" of electing a government that Israel and the
US oppose.

Bush speaks out self-righteously to support Israel's "right to defend
itself." But it is Israel who is carrying out the war of terror. The
stones of Palestinian youth and the rockets of the Lebanese fighters are
nothing compared to the terrible might of the Israeli military, armed to the
teeth by the United States--by our tax dollars--to the tune of 5 billion
dollars a year.

We stand in solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Gaza.

End this war of terror! Free Palestine!

Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization, the International
Action Center, more sponsors to follow. Please email contact (at) 
isowmass.org
to co-sponsor this event or find out more info.

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>Subject: [Sage] Crisis in the Middle East -- forum and action
>Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:24:44 -0400
>
>Friends,
>
>The following are two opportunities to help us all address this 
>heartbreaking and enraging time: an action email compiled by community 
>member David Ahlfeld and a Community Forum (this coming Wednesday).
>
>
>*****************
>
>Contact: Mike Sances, Palestine Action Coalition
>Cell: 508-367-1644
>Email: umassawc at gmail.com
>
>Emergency Forum about the current crisis in the Middle East
>Panel Discussion to be followed by Q&A
>July 26, 2006
>7:00 pm, Lyman Hall, First Churches
>129 Main Street, Northampton
>
>Panelists:
>Carolyn Oppenheim (Freelance journalist), Vijay Prashad (Trinity College), 
>Sayres Rudy (Amherst College),
>& Mary Wilson (UMass, Amherst)
>
>WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS  On Wednesday, July 26, 2006 Carolyn Oppenheim, Vijay 
>Prashad, Sayres Rudy, and Mary Wilson will be speaking at the First 
>Churches in Northampton. Organized by the Western Mass Palestine Action 
>Coalition, the Northampton Committee to Stop the War, American Friends 
>Service Committee and the UMass Anti-War Coalition, the event is free, 
>accessible, and open to all.
>
>The current crisis in the Middle East has led to the death of over 300 
>people in Lebanon and 34 people in Israel.  And as the world's attention is 
>focused on Lebanon and Israel, more than 100 people have been killed and 
>more than 400 injured by Israeli forces in Gaza. The Israeli government 
>continues destroying infrastructure in Lebanon and Gaza while Hezbullah is 
>firing rockets into Israel.  "As Israel prepares for a full-scale land 
>offensive in Lebanon, the US administration continues to block initiatives 
>for an immediate ceasefire, including those at the UN security council, the 
>G8 summit in St Petersburg and the European foreign ministers' meeting in 
>Brussels," says Mike Sances, a member of the Palestine Action Coalition and 
>the UMass Anti-war Coalition. "It's about time we start realizing the role 
>that our own government is playing in this whole crisis."
>
>About the speakers:
>Carolyn Oppenheim, a former reporter for both the Chicago Tribune and 
>Chicago Sun Times, has been a peace activist and freelance journalist for 
>some 30 years. She advises and writes about Israeli/Palestinian peace 
>movements and other conflict resolution initiatives. She founded the 
>U.S.-based Friends of Open House, to publicize the work of a unique 
>Jewish/Arab peace center in Ramle, Israel and has served on the boards of 
>the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Jewish Peace Fellowship.
>
>Vijay Prashad is Professor of International Studies at Trinity College, 
>Hartford, Ct and writes a regular column for ZNET, Counterpunch and 
>Frontline (India). His most recent books are: The Darker Nations: A 
>People's History of the Third World (New Press, 2006) and (with Teo Ballve) 
>Dispatches from Latin America: Experiments Against Neoliberalism (South End 
>Press, 2006). He is the author of ten other books and serves on the boards 
>of Center for Third World Organizing, National Priorities Project and 
>United for Fair Economy.
>
>Sayres Rudy teaches political scienceat Amherst College. A specialist on 
>Islamism and Middle East politics, he has researched in Lebanon, the 
>Occupied Territories, Algeria, Sudan, Jordan, and elsewhere, and lectured 
>critically on US Foreign Policy, the Middle East, international relations, 
>human rights, and the ethics and morality of war, occupation, and terrorism 
>for a decade.  He also served as the Director of Political and Economic 
>Programs at the Middle East Institute (Washington, DC).
>
>Mary C. Wilson is a professor of history at the University of 
>Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the author of "King Abdullah, Britain, and 
>the Making of Jordan" (Cambridge University Press, 1987 and 1993, 
>translated into Arabic Cadmus Press, 2000) and co-editor, with Albert 
>Hourani and Philip Khoury of "The Middle East" (Taurus Press 1993 and 2004, 
>translated into Arabic Dar sl-Tlas, 1996). Presently she is writing a 
>general history of Syria for Cambridge University Press. She spent academic 
>year 2005-2006 at the American University of Beirut as a Visiting 
>Professor.
>
>For more information contact Mike Sances at umassawc at gmail.com or 
>508-367-1644.
>
>***************
>
>From David:
>
>>Friends,
>>The horror in Lebanon continues.  Please take action.
>>
>>Several days ago the US House passed H. Res. 921 with John Olver and 
>>Richard Neal voting in favor.  This bill condemned the actions of 
>>Hezbollah but was silent on the Israeli attacks on civilians and civilian 
>>infrastructure in Lebanon.
>>
>>Israel, with US assistance, is continuing its rain of destruction on the 
>>civilians of Lebanon while Hezbollah continues its random missle attacks 
>>on Israeli towns and cities.  There is much civilian suffering to come in 
>>the weeks and months ahead.
>>
>>H. Res. 450 has been brought by Dennis Kucinich and calls for a ceasefire 
>>and an international peacekeeping force.  More details are at:
>>http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/jvfp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=4691
>>
>>Please phone your congressperson and urge him to co-sponsor H.Res. 450.  
>>(You might also go stand on a street corner with a sign if you feel so 
>>moved).
>>
>>John Olver  - (202) 225-5335
>>Richard Neal - (202) 225-5601
>>
>>Peace and hope,
>>David Ahlfeld
>
>
>
>"What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?
>         The world would split open"  ~ Muriel Rukeyser
>
>
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