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Thursday, November 1, 2007

RACISM/WAR: MAKING CONNECTIONS FOR PEACE

RACISM/WAR: MAKING CONNECTIONS FOR PEACE



NOVEMBER 19 (MONDAY)
6:30-9:00 p.m.
VIETNAMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER
(Behind the Fields Corner T Station, Red Line)
Racism and war (at home and abroad) are parts of a system of
oppression that affects all of us. We must all (including white,
middle-class/privileged peace activists) work together to overcome
the racism that fuels our wars abroad.

Program includes:

EXPERIENCE: testimony from casualties of war abroad and at home: Iraq
vets, CORI victims

DISCUSSION: antiracist dialogue about war abroad and at home

ACTION: antiracist next steps for peace following the leadership of
communities of color.

Guest Speakers include:

City Counselor CHUCK TURNER

PROJECT HIP-HOP

BOSTON WORKERS ALLIANCE

Co-Sponsored by DORCHESTER PEOPLE FOR PEACE and COMMUNITY CHANGE, INC.

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"Beyond the War in Iraq", a talk by Howard Zinn

"Beyond the War in Iraq", a talk by author and radical historian Howard
Zinn.
Tuesday, 6 November
8 pm
Morse Auditorium at Boston University

Sponsored by BU Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Boston
Youth and Student Anti-War Network (BAWN).

Morse Auditorium is located at 602 Commonwealth Ave., right at the
Blandford St. T stop on the Green Line (B), a couple of blocks outbound
from Kenmore Square.

Admission is free and the event is open to the public, but reservations
are recommended. To reserve a seat, email sdsbu@bu.edu, and be sure to
include your first and last name.

You can find a flyer for the event at
daschaich.homelinux.net/Zinn-11-06.pdf

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