Teach-in

Find out this Thursday, Feb 21, when Iraqi-American Dahlia Wasfi gives a presentation about her experiences in occupied Iraq and the need for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops. Jason Hurd, an Iraq war veteran and president of the Asheville chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War will give a short introduction. Dr. Wasfi's presentation will be followed by a facilitated question and answer period.

When: Thursday February 21 at 7 PM
Where: Dey Hall room 307

UNC-Chapel Hill SDS will host an event, "Report Back: A Meeting With the Iraqi Resistance." Kosta Harlan, member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, recently traveled to Italy to attend the international conference, "With the Resistance, for a Just Peace in the Middle East". The conference marks the first time that leaders of the Iraqi national resistance have been able to speak in the West. Kosta will report back on who the resistance is and why they fight; the current conditions of the U.S. occupation of Iraq; the birth and development of the Iraqi resistance; and the tasks of the U.S. antiwar movement. Q&A to follow.

Monday, February 12th @ 6:30pm, 103 Bingham Hall

Imelda Daza-Cotes was an activist and a member of the Patriotic Union (UP) in Colombia. The UP was created through peace accords in 1984, as a leftist alternative to the two ruling parties. 4,000 UP members, activists, candidates and elected officials were assassinated by military and paramilitary forces supported by the right-wing government. Daza-Cotes was elected to office representing the Patriotic Union and fled from Colombia to protect her life. She is currently a professor of Economics in Sweden.

Monday November 13th: The Pit @ 3-5pm

We are hosting the Beehive Collective! They will use two of their awesome murals and a 6 foot tall storybook to lead an interactive discussion about the Free Trade Area of the Americas, Plan Colombia, Plan Puebla Panama and how these plans affect the people of Latin America. They are a volunteer run non-profit graphic collective from Maine and are also traveling to Ft. Benning. They will use money we give them to print their newest graphic and distribute copies for free at the Mesoamerican Foro this winter.

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Wednesday November 8th: Dey 404 @ 7pm

We will screen "Guns and Greed," a short film that brings to light some of the atrocities committed by SOA-graduates and the movement to close the School of the Americas. Students and local activists who have been to Venezuela and Colombia will lead a discussion after the film.

Join SDS and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) for a special screening of "The Ground Truth", a powerful new documentary featuring interviews with veterans of the Iraq war. The film will be followed by a discussion with members of IVAW.

Thursday November 2, 6pm in Bingham Hall 103.

Free food and drink!

Join us for a presentation by anti-war activists on the war in Iraq. Special focus will be placed on exposing the media's story about "sectarian civil war" as a way of hiding the struggle of the Iraqi people against occupation. We will discuss the history of Iraq's struggle for sovereignty, U.S. counter-insurgency operations, and the popular resistance movement for national liberation.

Presented by:
Kosta Harlan, UNC Chapel Hill Students for a Democratic Society
David Hungerford, New Jersey People's Organization for Progress

Wednesday, October 11 at 7:00pm
Bingham Hall Room 317