5-22-08 - Radio Intifada - Empire, Militarization and occupation

5-22-08 - Radio Intifada - Empire, Militarization and occupation - from Algeria to Iraq

RADIO INTIFADA
intifada=shaking off - oppression/silence

VOICES from Kolkota to Casablanca

Voices of struggle, Voices for change

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 3-4pm PST

KPFK 90.7fm Los Angeles, 98.7 Santa Barbara
and streaming live at www.kpfk.org

and available on KPFK audio archive for 90 days

Empire, Militarization and Occupation

From Algeria to Iraq

This week, Radio Intifada will feature Professors Marnia Lazreg and Catherine Lutz to discuss strategies of war, from Algeria to Iraq. Join us as we discuss the uses of torture, and the recruitment of cultural anthropologists in the current war on terror.

Catherine Lutz, is currently the Matina S. Horner Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University. Her research focuses on questions of militaries, war, and society. Her most recent publication is titled: The Bases of Empire: The Struggle against US Military Posts (ed.). London: Pluto Press (with The Transnational Institute), 2008.

Marnia Lazreg, is a Professor in the Sociology Department at Hunter College, the City University of New York. Her books include The Eloquence of Silence: Algerian Women in Question and most recent, Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad, 2007.

Co-Produced and co-hosted by Rana Sharif, Khanum Shaikh, and Azza Basarudin of SWANA
South and West Asia and North Africa Collective of KPFK

SWANA CALENDAR

Sunday, May 25, 12noon
"Al-Nakba (The Catastrophe): The Untold Story" featuring prominent speakers who will discuss historical components of the conflict, the humanitarian crisis facing Palestinians today, and current political realities at home and abroad, featuring Dr. Mahmoud Ibrahim, Chair of the History Department at California Polytechnic University in Pomona; Basel Othman, Palestine Children Relief Fund; Dr. Nayyer Ali, MPAC Chairman and co-author of "In Pursuit of Justice: The Jurisprudence of Human Rights in Islam"; and Dr. Maher Hathout, MPAC Senior Advisor.
Islamic Center of Southern California, 434 South Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90020

Fri May 23 - Sunday May 25 - 11th National Conference of the New Civil Rights Movement
BUILDING THE POWER OF THE NEW CIVIL RIGHTS & IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MOVEMENT: REALIZING THE PROMISE OF EQUALITY, DIGNITY and HOPE FOR ALL
sponsored by BAMN [Call 323-317-7675 or see www.BAMN.com for more info]

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