A unique chance to learn about the military infrastructure that makes U.S. invasions of Iraq and elsewhere possible....
An AFSC national speakers tour comes through Cambridge, MA, U.S.
Sunday, April 13, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Friends Meeting House
5 Longfellow Park
Cambridge, MA 02138
(off of Brattle Street)
Free and Open to the Public
Speakers
Jan Tamas
No to Bases Initiative in the Czech Republic
Olivier Bancoult
Chagos Refugees Group for the people of Diego Garcia
Jan Tamas - Spokesperson of the Czech Opposition to a U.S. Radar
Military Base
Washington has proposed to install 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar military base in the Czech Republic, purportedly meant to defend against Iran when, in fact, they represent a new expansion of U.S. global military power and an escalation of the arms race with Russia. In the Czech Republic, 70% of the country's population is opposed to accepting the radar and a potent grass-roots movement, led by Mr. Tamas, has formed in opposition.
Olivier Bancoult - Leader in the struggle against the U.S. military base in Diego Garcia.
Between 1965 and 1973, 2,000 native people were deported from the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to allow the construction of a US military base on Diego Garcia, the archipelago's largest island. The Chagossianswere dumped in Mauritius, 1200 miles from home, without jobs, education, or homes; most have lived in poverty since. As the leader of the Chagos Refugees Group, Mr. Bancoult continues to wage a legal battle seeking restitution & return to the islands. Today the Diego Garcia base is a key component of the U.S. attack on Iraq and reportedly serves as a secret prison for detainees abducted around the world as part of the
U.S.' "extraordinary rendition" program.
Sponsored by The American Friends Service Committee
For Information call Erin Placey tel. (603) 224 2407 cell. (207) 641
3924 email: eplacey@afsc.org
The speakers are part of a national tour sponsored by the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.
Submitted to Axis of Logic by AFCS