The Other America Welcomes the Other Afghanistan-NYC 10/28

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THE OTHER AMERICA WELCOMES THE OTHER AFGHANISTAN

AN EVENING OF INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WITH RAWA
The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan


Time:   6:30-8:30 p.m.*
Place:  Judson Memorial Church
        55 Washington Square South **
        (between Thompson and
        Sullivan Streets), Manhattan

* Please note that daylight savings ends the night before.

** IND 8 Ave A, C & E trains, 6 Ave F
train to West 4 St; IRT 7 Ave #1
train to Christopher St/Sheridan Sq;
NJ PATH to 9 St

The meeting is free and open to the public, but no cameras and no
news media will be allowed. Seating is limited.

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Must we choose a "lesser evil" -- the terrorist attacks of September 11 or
the U.S. government's war on Afghanistan?  Or is it possible to turn a
different vision of the future into a reality -- a future of freedom, human
dignity, cooperation, and genuine safety?  Who are our allies in helping to
realize this vision?

Come listen to and speak with TAMEENA FARYAL, representative of RAWA, the
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.

RAWA is an independent, all-volunteer, non-violent organization that calls
for multilateral disarmament and the establishment of a secular democracy in
Afghanistan, where women may once again participate fully in public life.

Since 1977, the women of RAWA have stood up to all native and foreigner
oppressors with courage and principle.  They opposed the Russian occupation
of Afghanistan and today they oppose all Islamic fundamentalist forces,
including the Taliban and those in the Northern Alliance.

On September 14, RAWA condemned the September 11 attacks as a barbaric act
of violence and terror, opposed a U.S. military attack that would kill
thousands of innocent Afghans for the crimes committed by the Taliban and
Osama, and expressed its sincere hope that the great American people can
*differentiate* between the people of Afghanistan and a handful of
fundamentalist terrorists.

While the Taliban have outlawed education for women beyond the second grade
and deny them the few social services that exist in Afghanistan, RAWA
secretly -- and under the threat of death -- provides schooling for girls
and boys, as well as medical care and adult education for women.  In
neighboring Pakistan, it provides Afghan refugees with aid, runs orphanages,
and sponsors income-generating projects.

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PROGRAM OF THE OCTOBER 28 MEETING
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 Welcome (6:30-6:40)
 Anne Jaclard
 News and Letters Committees
 (Marxist-Humanists)
 
 Introduction (6:40-6:50)
 speaker TBA
 Women for Afghan Women
 
 MAIN ADDRESS (6:50-7:40)
 TAHMEENA FARYAL
 Representative of RAWA
 (Revolutionary Association of
 the Women of Afghanistan)
 
 Open Discussion,
 Questions and Answers (7:40-8:30)

The meeting is organized by the New York Local of News and Letters
Committees (Marxist-Humanists), www.newsandletters.org; nandl@igc.org.  For
more information, or to co-sponsor the meeting (organizations only, please),
call News and Letters at (212) 663-3631.

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          Sponsors (List in Formation)
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 - Brecht Forum
 - Education Committee of the NY Not in Our Name
     anti-war coalition
 - FED-UP (Federation for URPE Pluralism)
 - Hegel class of Brecht Forum
 - NY News and Letters Committee (Marxist-Humanists)
 - NY Transfer News
 - NOW - NYC (National Organization for Women)
 - Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory
 - WILPF NY Metro (Women's International League for Peace & Freedom)
 - Women for Afghan Women
 - Women in Black - NY

To assist with the national RAWA tour, please contact rawa_afg@yahoo.com
For background information on RAWA and to support women's peaceful 
resistance in Afghanistan, please visit http://www.rawa.org

 
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