[628] in peace2
COLOMBIA TALK TONIGHT, reparations forum
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Wed Apr 4 15:11:41 2001
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Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 15:11:22 -0400
From: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@MIT.EDU>
Tonight at 8pm in room 2-105 is going to be presentations of
people reporting from Columbia... you should definitely go if
you can do one thing today!!!
If you can afford to do two, however, at 5pm there is going to
be a forum in 10-250 with recently infamous David Horowitz
and a pro-reparations speaker. One strategy is to give no
audience to someone like Horowitz, another is to have a strong
showing of people who believe he is guilty of racism and of
white-washing (punn intended) both the history of our nation at home
and as a colonizing force abroad... (by making claims that Blacks are
lucky to be here in the US rather than in those African countries, which
all lack financial power as well as democratic self-determinism thanks to
the European colonization process followed by the CIA/WB/IMF 3-headed
monster which ensures that African resources enrich wealthy share-holders
of TNCs...)
(more info on both events below.)
In unity,
Aimee
"40 Acres and a Mule: Does America Owe Blacks?"
Tonight, David Horowitz, noted conservative author and critic
of the slavery reparations movement, and Dorothy Lewis, co-chair
of the Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, will
debate the politics and morality of slavery reparations.
C-SPAN will be there. Local (and maybe national) press will be there.
Wacky protestors will be there. You should be there too.
The debate is tonight. It will start at 5pm. It will be located in
Rm.10-250.
Event sponsors: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, The Tech, the UA,
Society for Political Awareness, Political Science Dept,
College Republicans, OME, GSO, and a growing list of others.
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Subject: Reminder: COLOMBIA TALK TONIGHT
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 11:16:09 -0400
From: Michael G Hinczewski <mgh@MIT.EDU>
Hi everyone,
Just a reminder:
Two important Colombian human rights activists are coming to MIT to speak
Wednesday evening:
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"HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA: Eyewitness accounts of the impact of
U.S. policies on the grassroots struggle for peace"
a talk with:
REGULO MADERO, president of CREDHOS, a Colombian human rights organization
CARLOS PALACIOS, former priest; organizer of the Putumayo Project of Peaceful
Coexistence
WHEN: Wednesday, April 4th, 8pm
WHERE: MIT, Bldg. 2, Rm. 105 (for directions see below)
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This tour has been organized by the Colombia Human Rights Network and
the US/Colombia Coordinating office to promote peace and human rights
in Colombia through non-violent means. It is co-sponsored by Colombia
Vive, MIT/Harvard Amnesty International, MIT Social Justice
Cooperative.
More details:
REGULO MADERO, the president of CREDHOS, a human rights
organization, will discuss the the history and current situation in
Barrancabermeja, a city in Colombia's main oil production region in
the Magdalena Medio, one of Colombia's most violent regions. He will
also discuss his difficult and dangerous work of defending human
rights in this context.
CARLOS PALACIOS, a former priest and current organizer of the Putumayo
Project of Peaceful Coexistence, will address the impact of
U.S. fumigation on human rights and the grassroots struggle for peace
in the Putumayo department, the area where U.S.-backed
counternarcotics offensives began late last year.
Directions to Building 2, room 105, MIT:
From the main entrance to MIT (77 Massachusetts Ave): follow the steps up
from Mass Ave, through the main lobby, into the long hallway (the so-called
"Infinite Corridor"). About three-quarters of the way down the corridor,
there will be a sign for Buildings 4 and 2 off to the right. Turn onto this
hallway and take it to the end. Turning the corner on the left will be
Bldg. 2, rm. 105 (the classroom is labeled 2-105).
From the MBTA Red Line (Kendall/MIT stop): After getting off the T, take
Main Street west (away from the river) for two blocks and make a left onto
Ames Street. Turn right onto the main MIT campus after passing the
wedge-shaped building. Follow the walkway down to the far side of the
courtyard. In the center of the row of buildings will be an entrance onto
the Infinite Corridor. Follow the corridor a short way until you see a sign
for Bldg. 4 and 2 pointing to the left. Turn onto this hallway, follow it
to the end, and turning the corner on the left will be Bldg. 2, rm. 105
(the classroom is labeled 2-105.)
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