Laila Al-Arian is a freelance journalist and co-author, with Chris Hedges, of Collateral Damage: America?s War Against Iraqi Civilians (Nation Books, 2008). She has written for The Nation, USA Today, United Press International, The Huffington Post, and The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Staff Sergeant Camilo Mej?a was the first veteran to publicly refuse [...] [...]
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[qt:http://tompkinsagainstwar.org/video/Camilo_Mejia_Laila_Al-Arian-3.mov 480 272] [...] [ October 27, 2008; 4:00 pm; ] Resisting Empire: A National Speaking Tour Sponsored by Haymarket Books. LAILA AL-ARIAN and CAMILO MEJIA, GIAC & Southside Teens and Ithaca HS African Latino Club @ GIAC Laila Al-Arian is a freelance journalist and co-author, with Chris Hedges, of Collateral Damage: America’s War Against Iraqi Civilians (Nation Books, 2008). She has written for The Nation, USA Today, [...] [...] [ October 27, 2008; 11:30 am to 1:15 pm. ] Resisting Empire: A National Speaking Tour Sponsored by Haymarket Books. LAILA AL-ARIAN and CAMILO MEJIA, Latino Luncheon with GIAC & Southside Staff and Friends @ GIAC by La Cocina Latina Catering Laila Al-Arian is a freelance journalist and co-author, with Chris Hedges, of Collateral Damage: America’s War Against Iraqi Civilians (Nation Books, 2008). She has written for [...] [...] “The ultimate goal is to put new solutions into our warfighters’ hands as soon as possible, so they can apply them to the challenges posed by the battlefield of the 21st century.” – From Raytheon’s Website On Thursday, October 16th, members of Cornell and Ithaca College Campus Antiwar Network went to a recruiting session for Raytheon. Raytheon [...] [...] [ October 31, 2008; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Resisting Empire: A National Speaking Tour Sponsored by Haymarket Books. JOE ALLEN and MICHAEL SCHWARTZ 2-4pm. Book Presentation and Signing, Autumn Leaves Books, 115 The Commons, Ithaca 5:30 pm. Talk. Plant Science Building, Cornell University Joe Allen is a Chicago-based activist and the author of Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. Lost (Haymarket Books, 2008), [...] [...] [ October 31, 2008; 5:30 pm; ] Resisting Empire: A National Speaking Tour Sponsored by Haymarket Books. JOE ALLEN and MICHAEL SCHWARTZ 2-4pm. Book Presentation and Signing, Autumn Leaves Books, 115 The Commons, Ithaca 5:30 pm. Talk. Plant Science Building, Cornell University Joe Allen is a Chicago-based activist and the author of Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. Lost (Haymarket Books, 2008), [...] [...] [ October 27, 2008; 7:30 pm; ] Resisting Empire: A National Speaking Tour Sponsored by Haymarket Books. LAILA AL-ARIAN and CAMILO MEJIA, Kaufman Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell University. Laila Al-Arian is a freelance journalist and co-author, with Chris Hedges, of Collateral Damage: America’s War Against Iraqi Civilians (Nation Books, 2008). She has written for The Nation, USA Today, United Press International, The Huffington [...] [...] October 1, 2008, Ithaca, N.Y. Common Council votes to designate Ithaca a ‘Community of Sanctuary’, thus respecting the rights of its residents to support lawfully and proactively military personnel and veterans who are organizing to stop the wars in and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Next step is to bring a resolution forward to [...] [...] [ October 10, 2008; 7:00 pm; 7:00 pm; ] Here’s your opportunity to meet the person who will finally unseat the odious Randy Kuhl, who has been a reliable source of aid and comfort to the people who have occupied the White House for the past eight years and who have done so much to harm this country. Massa has been a strong and [...] [...] [ October 1, 2008; 5:30 pm; ] Rally to Demand an Economy That Works for Everyone Main Street, Not Wall Street! What: A Rally on The Commons in Ithaca to Demand an Economy That Works for Everyone When: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 @ 5:30 p.m. Where: Bernie Milton Pavilion (Center Pavilion, on edge of Bank Alley at corner of E. State and Tioga Sts. in Ithaca) Who: [...] [...] [ October 1, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] Please join us: We need a large crowd at the upcoming final vote. We have four to five people lined up to speak on the resolution’s behalf, and now need to gather a large crowd to show Common Council that the resolution has widespread support amongst constituents. Common Council will ask those in the [...] [...] [ October 4, 2008; 3:00 pm; ] Russia’s attack on the Republic of Georgia, the tiny Eastern European country to its east, grabbed headlines this August. But Georgia’s biggest enemy is the idea that war is the solution to the territorial conflict-or any conflict-says Irakli Kakabadze, a Georgian writer, poet, and playwright who fled his native country in 2007 when his life [...] [...] [ October 29, 2008; 5:00 pm; ] From Tel Aviv to Jenin: Traversing the Iron Wall Screening of film The Iron Wall and discussion with students David Jacobus and Maurice Chammah, 5:00pm, location TBA [...] [ October 7, 2008; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] From Jenin to Tel Aviv: American Jews in Palestine and Israel Andrea Levine and Maurice Chammah will be sharing their experiences from this summer. Location to be determined. [...] [ October 4, 2008; ] Saturday, October 4 Location: t.b.a. North East Winter Soldier will showcase veterans testifying alongside special guest Elliot Adams, Michael Schwartz and Tod Ensign. The purpose of N.E.W.S. is first and foremost to put the voices of those who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan front and center. 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Brainstorming a series of media workshops
If you are drawn to the technical side of independent media, specically blogs and internet video, and are interested in sharing knowledge, I’d like to talk with you. I’d like to see a series of workshops in Syracuse, Rochester, Binghamton, Ithaca, and any other location where there is sufficient interest to help content producers become more versatile, organizations become more effective [...] [...]