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09-07-2005, 12:16 AM
IRAQ OCCUPATION FOCUS
International Teach-in
“Voices from Occupied Iraq”
Themes: corporate invasion; democratic, civil and human rights; resistance.
Saturday 26 November 2005
10.30am to 5pm (registration at 10am)
University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1
Speakers include:
Representative from General Union of Oil Employees, Basra
Ismeel Dawood, human rights activist, Baghdad
Rahul Mahajan, publisher of Empire Notes blog (www.empirenotes.org (http://www.empirenotes.org/)) and reporter from Iraq
Jeremy Dear, General Secretary National Union of Journalists
Gilbert Achcar, author The Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder
Professor Kamil Mahdi, Exeter University Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Sami Ramadami, lecturer, Iraqi-born activist, regular contributor to the Guardian
Haifa Zangana, Iraqi-born novelist, activists and former political prisoner in Iraq, regular contributor to the Guardian
Registration £7 (waged), £3 (unwaged). Creche available if booked in advance.
Sponsored by: Voices in the Wilderness, Labour and Trade Union Review/Bevin Society
To register in advance, or for further information contact Iraq Occupation Focus, www.iraqoccupationfocus.org (http://www.iraqoccupationfocus.org/) or PO Box 44680, London N16 7XX, email: iraqfocus@riseup.net (iraqfocus@riseup.net)
International Teach-in
“Voices from Occupied Iraq”
Themes: corporate invasion; democratic, civil and human rights; resistance.
Saturday 26 November 2005
10.30am to 5pm (registration at 10am)
University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1
Speakers include:
Representative from General Union of Oil Employees, Basra
Ismeel Dawood, human rights activist, Baghdad
Rahul Mahajan, publisher of Empire Notes blog (www.empirenotes.org (http://www.empirenotes.org/)) and reporter from Iraq
Jeremy Dear, General Secretary National Union of Journalists
Gilbert Achcar, author The Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder
Professor Kamil Mahdi, Exeter University Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Sami Ramadami, lecturer, Iraqi-born activist, regular contributor to the Guardian
Haifa Zangana, Iraqi-born novelist, activists and former political prisoner in Iraq, regular contributor to the Guardian
Registration £7 (waged), £3 (unwaged). Creche available if booked in advance.
Sponsored by: Voices in the Wilderness, Labour and Trade Union Review/Bevin Society
To register in advance, or for further information contact Iraq Occupation Focus, www.iraqoccupationfocus.org (http://www.iraqoccupationfocus.org/) or PO Box 44680, London N16 7XX, email: iraqfocus@riseup.net (iraqfocus@riseup.net)