Wednesday, November 11^th

DAHR JAMAIL: FROM IRAQ TO AFGHANISTAN –

THE MEDIA, THE MILITARY AND THE NEW G.I RESISTANCE

Venue: Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura

5654 Ralston St. Ventura, CA 93003

Time: 7pm

Contact: Cindy Piester

Tel: 805-407-7997

Email: work4peacenow@gmail.com

Website: www.ivaw.org

Proceeds: $10 donation

Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) is a group of men and women who have served or continue to serve in the U.S. military since September 11th, 2001. We are calling for: Immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces from Iraq; and reparations for the human and structural damages Iraq has suffered; and Full benefits, adequate healthcare (including mental health), and other support for returning servicemen and women.

On Dahr Jamail-

“Soldiers who refuse to fight have a type of moral authority which, oddly enough, a pacifist who refuses to fight will somehow always lack. Experience is a compelling authority. A pacifist is always struggling against implications of cowardice and self-interest, but soldiers who’ve seen action, who’ve taken lives and risked their own, are in a much better position to face down such insinuations.” As Chris Hedges puts it in his foreword to Jamail’s book, “These returning veterans know the essence of war, which is death, and have been maimed by the trauma of industrial warfare.” I don’t know the essence of war – I hope I never will. Somewhere in between the soldiers who refuse to fight and the people like me, there are people like Dahr Jamail.