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<h1>Malalai Joya and Noam Chomsky on Afghan women's rights</h1>
<h1 class="rtecenter" style="text-align: center;"><span><em> <strong>No to US Wars - No to Warlords - No to Women’s Oppression</strong></em></span></h1>
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<p><strong><span>When: </span></strong><span>October 6 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm</span><img title="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MUYSuObUGHKG8uKd2SjRLgca4NxdcEi%2BMalalai Joya and Noam Chomsky: No to US Wars; No to Warlords; No to Women’s Oppression" src="http://masspeaceaction.org/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/JoyaChomsky.jpg" width="400" height="146" align="right" vspace="5" hspace="5" border="2" bordercolor="black" alt=""><span> <br><strong>Where: </strong>Location TBA, Harvard Square area, Cambridge</span></p>
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<p><b>Malalai Joya</b> is an Afghan <a title="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xKewqwTdK%2BDfjipgGgqJ4gca4NxdcEi%2B
Activism" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xKewqwTdK+DfjipgGgqJ4gca4NxdcEi+" target="_blank">activist</a> and <a title="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5pJ%2Byt9Cp51GVfvhaLU9Mwca4NxdcEi%2B
List of Afghans" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5pJ+yt9Cp51GVfvhaLU9Mwca4NxdcEi+" target="_blank">writer</a>. She was dismissed from Parliament for denouncing <a title="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WUMZKB2RAguMOhQMBDnFTwca4NxdcEi%2B
Warlord" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WUMZKB2RAguMOhQMBDnFTwca4NxdcEi+" target="_blank">warlords</a> and <a title="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IOdcuFyBxJSW9Sfw8Svj6Aca4NxdcEi%2B
War criminal" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IOdcuFyBxJSW9Sfw8Svj6Aca4NxdcEi+" target="_blank">war criminals</a>. Because of her courageous action, she has received death threats and multiple assassination attempts on her life. She has traveled the world speaking out against the warlords, the Taliban, the corrupt U.S.-backed Karzai administration, and the ongoing U.S./NATO occupation and has received international support for her work for women and children in her country. She calls for withdrawal of all troops from Afghanistan. Joya said, <i>“as long as we have foreign military bases in our country, we have no independence. And when we have no independence, we have nothing, and all talk of democracy, human rights and women’s rights is a joke.” </i>Joya has written a memoir, <i><a title="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JsHiNAEkRJErRSWpgfP2rAca4NxdcEi%2B
A Woman Among Warlords" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JsHiNAEkRJErRSWpgfP2rAca4NxdcEi+" target="_blank">A Woman Among Warlords</a>: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice, </i><span>which will be available for signing at her talks.</span></p>
<p><b>Noam Chomsky</b><b> </b>is a Professor of Linguistics at MIT and a world-renowned commentator and activist on contemporary issues and international affairs and a critic of U.S. foreign policy. In a 2005 poll, he was voted the “world’s top public intellectual”. Among his more recent books are: <i>The Essential Chomsky; Hopes and Prospects; Gaza in Crisis; </i><i>How the World Works</i>; <i>9-11: Was There an Alternative; Making the Future: Occupations, Interventions, Empire, and Resistance; Peace with Justice.</i></p>
<p>Forum: Donation: $10. $5 students/seniors/unemployed</p>
<p><b>There will a reception from 5:00 -7:00 pm</b> with Ms. Joya to raise money for organizations and charities benefiting Afghan women and children before the evening program. There will be music and refreshments will be served. <span>Reception: Contribution requested: $12. </span></p>
<p>Sponsored by <em>United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) Boston, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Boston, Massachusetts Peace Action, United for Justice with Peace, Pakistan Caucus, Harvard Pakistan Society</em></p>
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<p><b>Other Talks by Malalai Joya </b><b>– University Events Open to Public</b></p>
<p><em><b>Monday, October 7</b></em><b> </b></p>
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<li><b>Noon, Tufts University</b></li>
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<p><b>3:30 pm, Univ. of Mass. Boston, Campus Center, Ballroom C, 3<sup>rd</sup> flr</b></p>
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<p><b>7:00 pm, Wellesley College</b></p>
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<p><em><b>Tuesday, October 8</b></em></p>
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<li><b>1pm, Suffolk University</b></li>
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<p><i>Check <a title="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uSdxjwLJo70w9e/YXdKG5gca4NxdcEi%2B" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uSdxjwLJo70w9e/YXdKG5gca4NxdcEi+" target="_blank">masspeaceaction.org</a> for updated details</i></p>
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