[1385] in peace2
Event Tuesday evening at MIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Julia Steinberger)
Thu Jan 17 19:43:10 2002
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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:42:58 -0500
From: Julia Steinberger <julias@MIT.EDU>
The MIT Western Hemisphere Project presents ...
IS THERE JUSTICE IN PERU?
featuring films:
* Abducted
* Convicted by an Image
and panelists:
* Zan Barry & Peter Cole, Committee to Free Lori Berenson
* Chappell Lawson, Professor of Political Science, MIT
Tuesday, January 22
7 pm in MIT Room 3-133
The event is open to all; admission is free;
food and light refreshments will be provided
Details
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ABDUCTED discusses the case of Hugo Munoz Sanchez, a professor
in Lima kidnapped (along with nine students) and murdered by the
Peruvian military intelligence service, which then killed one
of its own agents in an effort to cover up the original massacre.
(See http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere/events/abducted.shtml.) Our
second film, CONVICTED BY AN IMAGE, argues that Lori Berenson,
a former MIT student now imprisoned in Peru for (allegedly)
supporting terrorism, "was actually convicted twice, first by a
kangaroo court in Peru and then, more effectively, in the media."
(For details see http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere/berenson/.)
ZAN BARRY and PETER COLE work together in the Massachusetts chapter
of the national Committee to Free Lori Berenson. In this capacity
they organize rallies, disseminate information, and coordinate
political lobbying. Peter is also active as a volunteer with the
Brazilian Immigrant Center and the Massachusetts Green Party.
Ms. Barry was a childhood friend of Lori Berenson.
CHAPPELL LAWSON is a professor of Political Science at MIT. His
major interests are Latin American politics, the mass media, and
U.S. foreign policy. Before joining the MIT faculty, he served as
Director of Inter-American Affairs on the National Security Council
and was a fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies at the
University of California, San Diego.
This event is organized by the MIT Western Hemisphere Project. It
is part of our "Tuesday Night Terror" film/discussion series: each
week in January we show a film or video about terrorism and human
rights in the Americas, then discuss it with guest speakers. In
previous sessions we looked at Colombia, Nicaragua, and Brazil. In
our last session (January 29), we will look at the United States.
(Please see: http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere/events/terror.shtml.)
Directions to MIT Room 3-133
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Here's how you get to the MIT campus:
http://whereis.mit.edu/doc/getting-to-mit.html
And here's how you get to Room 3-133:
http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?locate=room_3-133
In plain English: at the main entrance to MIT at 77 Mass. Ave., enter
and go straight ahead into the "Infinite Corridor." Take the first
right to enter Building 3. As you walk down the hall, the first
lecture hall on the right is Room 3-133. There will be a poster on
the door to tell you that you're in the right place.
Contact
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If you need more information or if you want to let us know what you
think of the program, you can reach us via <hemisphere-admin@mit.edu>
or http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere/feedback/
