WED: Malalai Joya on the US Occupation in Afghanistan & FRI Water & Justice in Israel/Palestine

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Thanks to all who came out to the 2009 Northwest Socialist Conference this weekend at UW it was a great success! We'll have video and audio of the events out soon!

WED: The UW will be closed this wed for veterans day
Instead of our normal Wed night meeting the ISO will attend Malalai Joya’s speaking tour stop, sponsored by Washington Peace Action. Join us for the talk & come out afterward for food & political discussion.

FRI: Water & Justice in Israel/Palestine
A talk by Susan Koppelman on Water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, followed by Q&A

This Wednesday Join the ISO to Hear
Malalai Joya Speak About the US Occupation in Afghanistan
Wed Nov 11th at 7pm
Seattle First Baptist, 1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle

Malalai Joya is known around the world as a courageous opponent of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, the corrupt regime presided over by President Hamid Karzai--and the Taliban and other conservative Islamist forces battling U.S. and Afghan government troops. An uncompromising fighter for women's rights, Joya was elected to parliament in 2005, where she denounced the presence of representatives who she called "warlords" and "war criminals." In 2007, she was suspended on the grounds that she had "insulted" fellow members. An international solidarity campaign has rallied support for her. Joya has been the target of assassination attempts and must travel in Afghanistan with armed bodyguards, wearing a burqa as a disguise. She is speaking in Seattle on a US book tour for her new book, A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice.

Check out the

Interview with Malalai Joya: Why the U.S. has to go

Or watch her speech at the Northeast Socialist Conference

FRIDAY:
The ISO is one of the sponsoring organizations for Friday's Events with Susan Koppelman

Water & Justice in Israel/Palestine
Friday, November 13 6:00pm
Tompson 101, UW Seattle

Join us for a talk on Water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, followed by Q&A.
Palestinians are facing a water crisis due to Israeli policies. What are the UN, international NGOs and Palestinian authorities doing to uphold Palestinians’ human right to water? What can we do? Susan will be discussing the worsening humanitarian situation, show two short documentaries, and discuss non-violent strategies to ensure respect for Palestinians’ fundamental human rights.

Check out these Readings on Zionism, Israel, and the Palestinians from the International Socialist Review

The siege of Gaza
Hadas Thier
Zionism: False Messiah
Lance Selfa
The hidden history of Zionism
Annie Zirin
Zionism and anti-semitism: Are Israel's critics anti-semites?
Hadas Thier
Israel and the Nakba: Chronicle of dispossession
Paul D'Amato
Planning the terror that created Israel
Mostafa Omar
Israel: The Watchdog State
Lance Selfa
Israel: Colonial settler state
Phil Gasper
The Watchdog bites
Phil Gasper
The class character of Israel (reprint)
Moshe Machover
Israel, the “lobby,” and the United States
Sherry Wolf
Ariel Sharon, war criminal
Hadas Thier
Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon
Hadas Thier
Arafat's Legacy
Snehal Shingavi
Israel, war, and the future of the Intifada: Two views from Palestine
Toufic Haddad and Tikva Honig-Parnass
Lies, damn lies, and Israeli propanganda
Anthony Arnove and Paul D'Amato
Walling in the Palestinians
Ida Audeh
Israel: Gearing up for a new offensive?
Toufic Haddad
Iraq, Palestine, and U.S. Imperialism
Toufic Haddad
U.S. intervention in the Middle East: Blood for oil
Paul D'Amato
End of the Road Map
Toufic Haddad
Intifada from the Inside
Toufic Haddad
The destruction of Lebanon: “Birthpangs of a new Middle East”
Toufic Haddad
Crisis of the Palestinian national movement
Toufic Haddad
The one-state solution
Dennis Kosuth