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Political Analyst Judith Bello Returns From Syria;
Will Speak At ArtRage Gallery August 30
Activist and political analyst, Judith Bello, will report on her recent week-long visit to Syria with a seven-member U.S. Peace Council delegation at 7 p.m., this Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley Avenue in Syracuse.
The U.S.P.C. delegation met with leaders of various NGOs, religious and civil society groups, as well as high-level government officials. The delegation held an extended private session with President Bashar al Assad.
This was Bello’s second fact-finding mission to Syria. A student of the Middle East and West Asia, Bello has taught in Iraqi Kurdistan and, several years ago, traveled with Code Pink to the Waziristan region of Pakistan to meet with surviving family members of hunter/killer Reaper drone attacks. She was among the very first arrested, tried and jailed protesting Hancock Air Force Base’s Reaper drones.
Bello, of Rochester, is on the Administrative Committee of UNAC, the United National Antiwar Coalition.
This is a panel from Session 4 of the 2015 Left Forum, held May 29 -31 at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. The conference theme was "No Justice, No Peace: Confronting the Crises of Capitalism & Democracy."
Note: The lights in the room (and the entire building) went out shortly after the one hour mark.
From the Organizers:
The global system of capitalism has created an endless crisis for working class people. For people of color, this crisis is even greater, as racist police brutality terrorizes communities across the US. Combined with cuts in education and basic services, mounting state violence has reached genocidal proportions for communities of color and poor people. Meanwhile, the US has fought wars in seven countries since 2008, bringing a crisis of endless wars by direct bombing or proxy. All for the purpose of profits for an increasing desperate system. This panel will connect these major issues as the symptoms of one system in crisis, imperialism. We will discuss how we can practically unite these struggles to fight back and win a world of social justice and peace.
Abayomi Azikiwe is the editor of Pan-African News Wire and Workers World Newspaper. He is a long-time activist in Detroit and been active in struggles against racist austerity, bankruptcy, and the ongoing effort to put a moratorium on housing foreclosures.
This is Panel 6 (the Closing Plenary) from the Stop the Wars at Home & Abroad Conference, held May 8 -10, 2015 in Secaucus, NJ and sponsored by the United National AntiWar Coalition (UNAC).
Joe Lombardo, Co-Coordinator, UNAC Mari Matsuo, Antiwar & Social Justice Activist
Presenters:
Malik Mujahid, Muslim Peace Coalition Dr. Mazeda Uddin, South Asian Fund for Education, Scholarship & Training Cynthia McKinney, Former Six-Term US Congresswoman Peter Van Buren, Author & US State Dept. Whistleblower Cheri Honkala, Anti-Poverty & Human Rights Advocate Dr. Ghias Moussa, Syrian American Forum Ann Wright, Ret. US Army Colonel; Gaza Freedom Flotilla Chris Nineham, UK Stop the Wars Coalition Elizabeth Byce, New Democratic Party of Canada, Socialist Caucus Elsa Rassbach, Co-Founder, German Drone Campaign
This is Breakout Session 3 from the Stop the Wars at Home & Abroad Conference, held May 8 -10, 2015 in Secaucus, NJ and sponsored by the United National AntiWar Coalition (UNAC).
Panel Chair:
Judy Bello, Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones & End the Wars
Presenters:
Johnny Achi, Coordinator, Arab Americas for Syria Ray McGovern, Antiwar Activist, Former CIA Analyst Cynthia McKinney, Former Six-Term U.S. Congresswoman Bill Dores, Vice Chair, International League of Peoples' Struggle
This is Panel 5 from the Stop the Wars at Home & Abroad Conference, held May 8 -10, 2015 in Secaucus, NJ and sponsored by the United National AntiWar Coalition (UNAC).
Panel Co-Chairs:
Sara Flounders, International Action Center
Imani Keith Henry, Equality for Flatbush Project (E4F)
Presenters:
Michelle Kamal,
Mother of Abdul Kamal Manzoor Cheema,
Muslims for Social Justice, NC
Margaret Stevens,
Director, Urban Issues Institute
Kevin Zeese,
Activist, Organizer with Popular Resistance
Jane Ledesma,
East Flatbush CopWatch
Marilyn Zuniga,
Teacher from Orange, NJ
Larry Holmes,
People's Power Assemblies
Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou,
Author, Activist, Pastor
FOR Organizer in Ferguson
This is Panel 4 from the Stop the Wars at Home & Abroad Conference, held May 8 -10, 2015 in Secaucus, NJ and sponsored by the United National AntiWar Coalition (UNAC).
Panel Co-Chairs:
Ana Edwards, Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality Christine Marie, Connecticut United for Peace
Presenters:
Shafeah M'Balia, Black Workers for Justice, North Carolina Ramiro Funez, National Popular Resistance Front of Honduras Antonia Juhasz, Author, Activist, Oil Energy Expert Lawrence Hamm, People's Organization for Progress Clarence Thomas, ILWU Local 10 Rolandah Cleopattrah McMillan, Raise Up for $15, Virginia Andre Francois, USW 8751, Boston School Bus Drivers Union
This is Panel 3 from the Stop the Wars at Home & Abroad Conference, held May 8 -10, 2015 in Secaucus, NJ and sponsored by the United National AntiWar Coalition (UNAC).
Panel Co-Chairs:
Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report Jeff Mackler, Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
Presenters:
Alejandro Molina, Editor, USA on Trial Pam Africa, Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal Mark Burton, Criminal Defense & Civil Rights Attorney El-Hajj Mauri' Saalakhan, Coalition Against Political Imprisonment Sharmin Sadequee, Prisoners & Families Committee, NCPCF Lynne Stewart, Human Rights Lawyer, Former Political Prisoner
Nick Mottern (KnowDrones.com) interviews well-known peace activist Kathy Kelly on drone warfare and related topics.
This interview took place at the Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad National Conference, sponsored by the United National AntiWar Coalition (UNAC), and held in Secaucus, NJ, May 8 -10, 2015.
This is a Breakout Session from the Stop the Wars at Home & Abroad Conference, held May 8 -10, 2015 in Secaucus, NJ and sponsored by the United National AntiWar Coalition (UNAC).
Panelists: Nick Mottern, Kathy Kelly, & Debra Sweet
Includes some lively and interesting discussion by audience members.
An impromptu statement by ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern at the 2015 United National AntiWar Coalition (UNAC). In the second half he explains why he left the CIA and became an antiwar activist.
Susan Abulhawa, Author "Mornings in Jenin" Johnny Achi, Coordinator of Arab Americans for Syria
Joel Andreas, Author of "Addicted to War"
Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor, Pan-African News Wire Bernadette Ellorin, Chairperson, BAYAN
USA Glen Ford, Executive Editor, Black Agenda Report
Bruce Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
Irina Koval, Patriot+ Foundation, Odessa, Ukaine
Ray McGovern, Antiwar activist and former CIA Analyst
Phil Wilayto, Virginia Defenders for Freedom Justice & Equality
Kaylee Knowles, People's Power Assemblies, NYC
