APRIL 08: “Creative Nonviolence and Iraq’s Human Face”
Posted by Web Editor on May 3rd, 2008
The realities in Iraq go far beyond what we hear in the news. The Olympia FOR’s April TCTV program helps us:
· See Iraq’s human face – real people and real experiences;
· Confront the realities and atrocities of what the U.S. has been doing to Iraq – not just since March 2003, but since January 1991 and even before; and
· Understand nonviolence and nonviolent action more deeply and more profoundly in the context of Iraq.
Our guests are uniquely qualified to discuss Iraq and nonviolence. They share solid information, fascinating stories, and their wise and compassionate insights:
· Bert Sacks has been a guest on our TV program several times. Bert has gone to Iraq a number of times to work for peace and human well-being. After the U.S. government fined him for bringing humanitarian supplies to Iraq in violation of economic sanctions, he turned around and sued the U.S. government about the illegal war. He brings a vast knowledge of Iraq and a compassionate perspective that we sorely need. (www.BertOnIraq.blogspot.com)
· Kathy Kelly has extensive first-hand experience performing peaceful and humanitarian work in Iraq and the Middle East, for which she is respected around the world. Kathy co-founded Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org). Recently she has been coordinating the Season of Discontent: a Presidential Occupation Project (SoDaPOP), a civil disobedience campaign that calls upon presidential candidates to commit to withdrawing all US troops from Iraq within 100 days of taking office.