[WestMALocals] FW: July 6 anti-war Darfur Forum

[davidrolde at comcast.net]

I urge people to go to this forum in Northampton tomorrow (Thursday) to hear and discuss an anti-imperialist perspective on Sudan.  US media is very biased against Sudan and tends to promote war against Sudan.  Anti-war activists should be doing more to try to stop imperialist intervention in Sudan and to try to counter the lies about Sudan that are emanating from the US Government from Zionist groups and from pro-imperialist groups.  So I'm very glad to see this forum happening. A great article on Sudan by Sara Flounders (who will be one of the panelists at the forum) is online at http://www.workers.org/2006/world/darfur-0608/index.html

- David Rolde

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From: "Nick Camerota" <wmassiac at hotmail.com>
To: davidrolde at comcast.net
Subject: July 6 Darfur Forum
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 12:58:57 +0000
> From: "Nick Camerota" <wmassiac at hotmail.com>
> To: wmassanswer at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [wmassanswer] July 6 Darfur Forum
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:27:40 -0400
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> >ADVANCE NOTICE: JULY 6 DARFUM FORUM [Preliminary information, as it now
> >stands, outlined below; any clarifications, additions, etc. will be
> >forwarded to the list.]
> >
> >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
> >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> 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
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
> >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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