Terrorism and Human Rights in the Americas
Erica McEvoy
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Terrorism -- the illegitimate use of force to achieve political ends -- has a history in the Western Hemisphere that stretches back for centuries, from colonial times, through revolutions, coups, and atrocities, and down to the present day. Have you been thinking about this subject? Attend our discussion series. Using a combination of film screenings, eye-witnesses, and guest speakers who have written on the subject, we will examine domestic or international terrorism involving Colombia, Peru, Nicaragua, Brazil, and the USA.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere/events/terror.shtml
Contact: Erica McEvoy, 225-9695, hemisphere-admin@mit.edu
Sponsor: Western Hemisphere Project
What's Up With Colombia?
Erica McEvoy
Josh Rubenstein, Director of Amnesty USA's Northeast Region, will show "Colombia: Getting Away With Murder" (30 mins.), a video on the regime of violence in Colombia; and Jean Jackson, professor of Anthropology at MIT and a student of the region for more than thirty years, will discuss "Plan Colombia," a military-political program that is supported by more than a billion dollars in US military aid and weaponry. Discussion to follow. (Light refreshments provided.)
Tue Jan 8, 07-10:00pm, 3-133
Economic Development: Promise or Threat?
Erica McEvoy
Liz Canner will show her film "Deadly Embrace" (30 mins.), on the damage that World Bank & IMF policies have done to the people of Nicaragua; and Jennifer Lemire of Grassroots International will show "Strong Roots," about the MST: a social movement in Brazil that uses the country's new Constitution to pressure the government into implementing land reform. Discussion to follow. (Light refreshments provided.)
Tue Jan 15, 07-10:00pm, 2-105
Is There Justice in Peru?
Erica McEvoy
We will watch two films about how justice is too often dispatched in Peru. "Abducted" investigates the case of Hugo Munoz Sanchez, a professor kidnapped and murdered by the Peruvian government; while "Convicted By An Image" argues that Lori Berenson, a former MIT student now imprisoned in Peru for supporting terrorism, "was actually convicted twice, first by a kangaroo court in Peru and then, more effectively, in the media."
Tue Jan 22, 07-10:00pm, 3-133
A Year in the Streets: Globalization vs. Human Rights?
Erica McEvoy
"A Year in the Streets" is a film about a new generation of activists rising to expose the conflicts between human rights and neo-liberal economic globalization. From the WTO protests in Seattle to the Bush inauguration in January 2001 and beyond, the film-makers criss-crossed the United States, providing a street-level "guerilla media" view of the clash between activists who want radical change and a state apparatus that seems increasingly to be engaged in the repression of free speech and free assembly. The panel discussion after the film will include Randy Shadowalker, one of the film-makers; Sarah Babb, a professor of sociology at U. Mass. (Amherst) who studies the historical role of the IMF in Latin America; and Tiffany Dumont, a member of the video group at the Independent Media Center of Boston.
Tue Jan 29, 07-10:00pm, 3-133
Latest update: 25-Jan-2002
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