A DIGEST NOTE:
TO BUILD REAL RESISTANCE TO EMPIRE WE MUST DARE TO SEE AND HEAR OUR REAL LEADERS. TO RESIST EMPIRE, FIRST AND FOREMOST MEANS WE STAND PROUDLY WITH THE MILLIONS WAGING RESISTANCE AGAINST U.S. IMPERIALISM. WE HAVE ABANDONED OUR SISTERS & BROTHERS GIVING THEIR PRECIOUS LIVES & LANDS TO RESIST OUR "LEADERS", DYING TO THROWING A WRENCH IN THE U.S. BIPARTISAN AGENDA FOR GLOBAL DOMINATION, STRIKING BLOWS FOR THE FUTURE.
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THERE'S NO PEOPLES' PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE. NO PEACE OR JUSTICE FROM IMPERIALIST- ZIONISM TORTURING AND MASSACRING IN OUR NAMES WHILE WE MUTTER PLATITUDES ABOUT 'PEACE'. WHOSE PEACE, FOR WHAT?
SUPPORTING JUST NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLES FOR INDEPENDENCE & SOVEREIGNTY AGAINST 'OUR' CRIMINAL RULERS & THEIR PROXIES IS WHERE AN HONEST START.
PLAYING 'RESISTANCE' WITHOUT ACTIVE LOYALTY TO FRIENDS & OPPOSITION TO ENEMIES IS FEEL-GOOD HYPOCRISY AND SILENT COMPLICITY WITH OUR COMMON ENEMY.
HERE'S A CALL TO GET REAL, TO ACTUALLY 'START FROM THE GROUND UP' BUILDING A GENUINE ANTI- WAR MOVEMENT IN THE "HOMELAND" BY PLEDGING ACTIVE SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT TO REAL LEADERS, TO RESISTANCE AND REVOLUTION EVERYWHERE.
sincerely, in solidarity and struggle,
liz
http://www.burbankdigest.com/
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RESISTING EMPIRE
www.resistingempire.org
A National Speaking Tour Sponsored by Haymarket Books
Fall 2008
Here and around the world, people want to see an end to the Iraq War and a change in the reckless direction of U.S. foreign policy. U.S. aggression has inflicted a humanitarian catastrophe— from Iraq, to Afghanistan, and beyond—with millions of people killed or turned into refugees. American troops continue to suffer and die, while schools and hospitals fall apart.
A new resistance needs to be built from the ground up. To build it, we need to hear the stories the mainstream media refuse to tell: the stories of war resisters, unembedded journalists, and activists. Resisting Empire starts with us.
Featuring:
Joe Allen, author of Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. Lost
Laila Al-Arian, co-author with Chris Hedges of Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians
Iraq Veterans Against the War and Aaron Glantz, co-authors of Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations
Dahr Jamail, author of Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq
Camilo Mejía, author of Road from ar Ramadi: The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia
Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, recently released en Espanol.
Michael Schwartz, author of War Without End: The Iraq War in Context
Richard Staciewicz, author of Winter Soldier: An Oral History of Vietnam Veterans Against the War
About the tour :
Resisting Empire will be visiting over 30 cities between October 15 and November 15 -- visit www.resistingempire.org for a full schedule; and become a fan on Facebook to invite friends and help spread the word!
Sponsored by: Haymarket Books
Co-sponsored by: AlterNet, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Nation Books
Contact:
For event requests and general tour inquiries, contact info@resistingempire.org
Media requests, contact Sarah Macaraeg at sarah@haymarketbooks.org , 773-583-7884
Review and exam copy requests, contact Aaron Hess at aaron@haymarketbooks.org
DAHR JAMAIL'S DATES/LOCATIONS:
Portland, OR
October 18, 2008– 12:00 pm
Dahr Jamail speaks with Camilo Mejia, author and board chair of Iraq Veterans Against the War.
Northwest Winter Soldier, First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Street (at Main)
Sponsored by PDX Peace Coalition, Veterans for Peace Chapter 72, Military Families Speak Out Oregon, Iraq Veterans Against the War-Seattle
Seattle, WA
October 19, 2008– 2:00 pm
University Lutheran Church, 1604 NE 50th St.
$10 suggested donation at the door; no one turned away.
A fundraiser for Coffee Strong, a forthcoming GI Coffeehouse Sponsored by GI Voice
(206) 214-8823
Bellingham, WA
October 20, 2008– 12:00 pm to7:00 pm
Part of the World Issues Forum Speaker Series Western Washington University, Fairhaven College Auditorium, 516 High Street
Contact: (360) 560-2309
Durham, NH
October 22, 2008– 12:00 pm
University of New Hampshire-Durham, MUB I Reception at Smith Hall Peace Gallery to follow Sponsored by NH Peace Action Education Fund
Contact: (603) 781-9308
Concord, NH
October 22, 2008– 7:00 pm
Common Man Restaurant, 25 Water Street Sponsored by NH Peace Action Education Fund and AFSC-NH
Contact: (603) 520-0839
Beverly, MA
October 23, 2008– 7:00 pm
Endicott College, 376 Hale Street
Boston, MA
October 24, 2008– 7:00 pm
Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth St., Jamaica Plain
Atlanta, GA
October 25, 2008– 5:00 pm
Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw
Iowa City, IA
October 27, 2008– 7:00 pm
University of Iowa
Sponsored by the University of Iowa Anti-war committee
St. Louis, MO
October 28, 2008– 7:00 pm
Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid
Cosponsored by Veterans for Peace
Martin, TN
October 29, 2008– 7:00 pm
University of Tennessee at Martin, Humanities Room Sponsored by the History Club and the American Democracy Project
Toledo, OH
October 30, 2008– 7:00 pm
University of Toledo, Driscoll Auditorium, University Hall Sponsored by UT Antiwar and the International Socialist Organization
Rohnert Park, CA
November 13, 2008– 7:00 pm
Part of Project Censored’s Modern Media Lecture Series Darwin 103,
Sonoma State University,
1801 E Cotati Ave
Tickets per lecture: $5 pre-paid up to 24 hours before the event,
$10 at the door
Free for currently enrolled SSU students,
Sponsored by Project Censored
Contact: 707-664-3160, Project Censored Lectures
San Francisco, CA
November 15, 2008– 6:00 pm
Closing plenary of the Northern California Social Conference
City College San Francisco, 50 Phelan Ave.
With Rose Aguilar, Host of KALW’s Your Call and author of Red Highways Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization
Contact: 415-336-5034
Tuscon, AZ
November 17, 2008– 7:00 pm
University of Arizona Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Auditorium
1130 N. Mountain (Northeast corner of Speedway and Mountain)
Contact: 520-622-6419
Amherst, NY
November 18, 2008– 7:30 pm
University of Buffalo, Student Union Theatre, UB North Campus
Contact: 716-645-2258

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