[238] in peace2
Iraq Action, Video, Book
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (F. AuYeung)
Tue May 2 12:09:18 2000
Message-Id: <200005021609.MAA22772@biohazard-cafe.mit.edu>
To: peace-list@MIT.EDU
cc: nwaheed@MIT.EDU, bhelal@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 12:09:08 -0400
From: "F. AuYeung" <auyeung@MIT.EDU>
remember Mad-lion Half-bright's response to the price of a million children:
"It's a hard choice, but I think, we, think, it's worth it."
1. REVIEW (very short)
2. ACTION (today!! don't make me type it all out without your calling)
3. VIDEO (others at MIT also concerned about the issue)
4. REMINDER (find out more about the issue next week with Arnove)
Hans von Sponeck, who resigned from his post as the Humanitarian Coordinator
of the UN in charge of the "Oil for Food" program and after his 32-year!
career with the UN, spoke last night at Harvard for the first time since his
resignation, which followed that of Scott Ritter (UNSCOM) and Dennis Haliday
(his predecessor). Fact after fact, this public official with real integrity
went on. His final straw for resigning, however, was singular: not only are
people dying from a policy that is not working, but the sanctions are robbing
the future generation the necessities of becoming responsible adults,
resulting from the lack of basic funding for schools and medicines. This,
of course, is a direct violation of numerous international treaties,
including the UN Charter and the Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantee
the right to life and to fulfill the human potential.
All three UN resignees will be speaking at a Congressional briefing on May 3.
Call the Massachusetts congress people to that they simply ATTEND the fucking
briefing or send their aide. Two-thirds of our representives in this state
supports the sanctions. Call them; they are mostly local numbers.
Sen Kennedy 565-3170 sanctions
Sen Kerry 565-8519 sanctions
Rep Meehan 459-0101 sanctions
Rep Neal 413-785-0325 sanctions
Rep Frank 332-3920 sanctions, but said he'd go to briefing
Rep Maokley 565-2920 sanctions
Rep Markley 396-2900 sanctions
Rep Delahunt 770-3700 sanctions, reversed his position from last yr
Rep Capuano 621-6208 against (on Conyers letter)
Rep Tierney 508-531-1669 against
Rep McGovern 508-831-7358 against
Rep Olver 413-442-0946 against
Things to ask for:
* co-sponsor briefing, or at least attend briefing
(May 3, 3pm, Rayburn Bldg Rm 2203, Washington DC)
* inform us what they learned from the briefing
* sign Conyers letter or write their own to Clinton
* visit Iraq themselves to see the effects on people
------- Forwarded Message
To: peace-keepers@MIT.EDU
Subject: IRAQ Events
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 11:25:16 -0400
From: Numan Waheed <nwaheed@MIT.EDU>
The Muslims Students' Association, the Arab Student Organization, and
Paksmit are jointly sponsoring events to increase awareness of the
humanitarian disaster in Iraq, in parallel with events at
Harvard University. PLEASE try to distribute this information to
other people who would be interested, but are ignorant of the situation.
Thursday, May 4th, 6 pm
Documentary Screening of 'Paying the Price:
Killing the Children of Iraq' by John Pilger,
International Journalist of the Year and Academy Award Winner
Place: 1-190 (MIT)
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?locate=bldg_1
Wednesday, May 3rd - Friday, May 5th, 11 am - 5 pm
Citizens Under Sanctions: Photos from Iraq, Petition-signing,
and Humanitarian donations collection
Place: MIT Student Center Lobby
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?locate=student_ctr
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And again, Anthony Arnove will be speaking at MIT on May 9, 7pm, in 4-237.
He has been to Iraq first-hand and is the editor of the new book Iraq Under
Siege. Brice <elrond> is organizing the talk.
