<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><h2 class="yiv1061966893entry-title"><a rel="nofollow" class="yiv1061966893entry-title-link" target="_blank" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/BostonBranch/%7E3/9P7--STMcJY/fri-325-noam-chomsky-malalai-joya-case.html">Fri, 3/25, "Noam Chomsky & Malalai Joya: The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan"</a></h2>
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<div align="center"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><b>5:30pm, Friday, March 25th<br>
Harvard University</b></span><br>
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<i><b>Student Organization Center at the Hilles Building (SOCH) <br>
Radcliffe Quadrangle<br>
59 Shepard Street (corner of Shepard and Garden Streets)<br>
Cambridge, MA, 02138</b></i><br>
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<div>Walking Directions to the SOCH : Located on the
corner of Garden and Shepard Streets, the SOCH is just a 15 minute walk
from the Harvard Square T-stop on the Red line. Just follow Garden St.
past the Sheraton Commander hotel. The main entrance is located on the
right side of the building facing the Radcliffe Quadrangle.</div><br>
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<br><br><div align="center"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-piE3O17Scgw/TXWYorVRzuI/AAAAAAAABAI/Xs4_dLfhknU/s1600/A%2BWoman%2BAmong%2BWarlords.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-piE3O17Scgw/TXWYorVRzuI/AAAAAAAABAI/Xs4_dLfhknU/s1600/A%2BWoman%2BAmong%2BWarlords.jpg" border="0"></a><br></div><img alt=""><br><br><div>Come hear Noam Chomsky and Malalai Joya explain why the US/NATO occupation of Afghanistan should end now.<br>
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About the Speakers:<br>
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<b>NOAM CHOMSKY, PhD</b>, is a linguist, political philosopher, social
critic, and has been referred to as "arguably the most important
intellectual alive today."<br>
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Most recently, with Ilan Pappé he has completed "Gaza in Crisis"
(Haymarket Books, 2010). Other examples of his prolific work include:
The Culture of Terrorism; Manufacturing Consent (with E.S. Herman);
Understanding Power; Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global
Dominance; and most recently, Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the
Post-9/11 World, (with David Barsamian).<br>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.chomsky.info/">http://www.chomsky.info/</a><br>
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<b>MALALAI JOYA</b> has been called "the bravest woman in Afghanistan"
by the BBC News, while the New York Times has said of her, "Joya's life
has been singular and heroic."<br>
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At a constitutional assembly in Kabul in 2003, Malalai Joya stood up and<br>
denounced her country's powerful U.S./NATO-backed warlords. She was only
25years old. Two years later, she became the youngest person elected to
Afghanistan's new Parliament.<br>
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In 2007, she was suspended for her persistent criticism of the warlords
and drug barons. Beloved by her people for daring to speak out against
U.S.-backed war criminals that dominate the government, Joya has
survived at least 4 assassination attempts. Having come face-to-face
with the brutality of war, Joya has been demanding an end to the
occupation for years.<br>
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In her book A Woman Among Warlords, just out in paperback, Joya explains
the situation of ordinary Afghans: "We are caught between two
enemies—the Taliban on one side and the U.S./NATO forces and their
warlord allies on the other."<br>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://malalaijoya.com/dcmj/">http://malalaijoya.com/dcmj/</a><br>
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Sponsors (list in formation): Haymarket Books, United for Justice with Peace, the Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee.<br>
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