[van-announce] Public forum on Iraq & All of us

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From: Hari Sharma <sharma at sfu.ca>
Subject: [pr-x] Public forum on Iraq & All of us
Date: 23 Apr 2003 19:53:53 -0700


Dear friends:

Sending this reminder for the event coming up this Sunday. Hope to
see you there.

hs
SANSAD
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US War On Iraq
& its impact on us

PUBLIC MEETING
Sunday April 27, 2003
3:30 to 5:30 P.M.

KILLARNEY COMMUNITY CENTRE
6260 Killarney Street, Vancouver, B.C. V5S 2X7
(one block north of 49th Avenue)
Speakers:
Dr. Sunera Thobani, Professor, Dept. of Womens Studies, UBC
Riadh Muslih, Editor, Al-Shourouk, (Arabic-English monthly published
in Vancouver)
Ken Hiebert, Prominent Trade Unionist, Anti War & Palestinian
Solidarity Activist
A SANSAD Board member will speak on implications for South Asia

followed by an Open Discussion and Questions and Answers.


Organized by South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD)

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RESIST THE VIOLENCE OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

The war on Iraq waged by the United States and Britain is illegal,
immoral, and a threat to the peace and security of the entire world.
In waging this war without the sanction of the United Nations the
imperialist "Coalition" have effectively dismissed the UN as an
instrument of determining international conflicts and opened an era
of unrestrained aggression, the rule of sheer military power. In
arrogantly displaying its imperial might, the U S has not only broken
the law of international relation as it currently exists but the rule
of law itself. Terror has now been legitimated: all may use it with
equal sanction.

Understandably, millions of people across the globe have condemned
this war. All people are threatened by it. If the mighty can do what
they want because they can, there is neither freedom nor security for
people. The war will generate violence across the globe, the
aggressive violence of states against states, the violence of people
resisting imperial and state violence, and the repressive violence of
states against people. In this endless cycle people will reap only
suffering.

South Asians have reason to be particularly concerned about the
consequences of this war. South Asia is already involved in
escalating militarism and internal violence. The example of
imperialist violence can only increase these. The absorption of the
region in American global interest is also likely to intensify the
conflict between the people and the state. South Asians in North
America are already suffering. Many South Asians in the U S and
Canada faced violence and humiliation following 9/11. They continue
to face harassment and humiliation in the U S, both at the border and
inside. This has discouraged travel between Canada and the U S and
led to the fleeing of South Asians from the U S to Canada.

We must all unite to resist American imperialism and the regime of
raw military power. We must resist the increasing erosion of civil
liberties for all and the harassment and humiliation of people on the
basis of their origin, religion and skin colour. We must demand that
the Canadian government receive and assist people fleeing oppressive
conditions in the U. S. We must ensure that Canada maintain its
commitment to peace, law and civility in the face of pressure from
the U S and its Canadian allies to join the imperial train.

We urge you to join SANSAD and peace-loving people everywhere to
demand that the government of Canada exert its moral force and
diplomatic ability to resist imperialism and work toward halting its
march.

For information and membership, contact SANSAD at
By Mail: 205 ‘ 329 North Road, Suite 435, Coquitlam, B.C. Canada V3K 6Z8
By e-mail: sansad at sansad.org
By Phone: 604-420-2972
Website: www.sansad.org
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