Major Anti-war Forum 4th, 5th & 6th

dublin | anti-war / imperialism | event notice Thursday February 17, 2005 14:06 by Pajo - IAWM

Algerian Revolutionary Ben Bella speaks in Dublin

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AGAINST WAR OCCUPATION & EMPIRE Forum
March Central Dublin
4th, 5th & 6th
Venues: Irish Film Institute, Temple Bar (Friday March 4th)
Royal Dublin Hotel, O' Connell St (March 5th& 6th)
Tickets: Weekend (excluding Screening) - €15/10 (conc.) Day Ticket - €10/7.50(conc.)
Tickets available from Irish Anti-war Movement, 55 Middle Abbey St, Dublin
(Mon-Fri) or phone 01 8727912 / e-mail info@irishantiwar.org

Ahmed Ben Bella is the legendary leader of the Algerian resistance to French
colonialism. After the Liberation of Algeria, Ben Bella became the first
President of Algerian.

At 88 years of age Ben Bella is still a leading voice in the struggle against Imperialism
in the world. He is President of a recently formed global coalition of anti-war groups
and anti-imperialist groups established in Cairo in the aftermath of the US invasion
of Iraq.

On Friday March 4th at 6pm in the IFI Ben Bella will introduce the famous Film
'Battle of Algiers' that depicts the struggle he led against French colonialism.
On Saturday March 5th he will join Haifa Zangana & Denis Halliday to speak on
"End the Occupation of Iraq."

On Sunday Saturday March 6th he will speak at 3.30pm on "Democracy,
Resistance & Imperialism."

Denis Halliday
Denis Halliday is the former assistant secretary general of the United
Nations. He resigned as UN humanitarian co-ordinator in Iraq in protest
against sanctions. He has become one of the leading voices in Ireland and in
the United States opposing the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
He will speak on Saturday with Ben Bella on Iraq and later on the UN and the
Oil for Food programme.

Haifa Zangana
Haifa Zangana is an Iraqi writer and exile imprisoned under the Baathist
regime in the 1970's. She is a prominent figure in the British anti-war
movement and a leading writer on women's and cultural issues in Iraq and
the Middle East.

She will speak with Ahmed Ben Bella on Iraq and Democracy & Resistance.
She will join Irish poet Dave Lordan to talk about Poetry, Literature &
Resistance on Saturday night.

Irish Anti-War Movement presents
Ahmed Ben Bella
Other speakers at the event include:
Eamonn McCann (Author & Journalist), John Gormley TD (Green Party),
Ali Halimeh (Palestine - Delegate General in Ireland), Vincent Browne (Broadcaster & Journalist),
Joe Higgins TD (Socialist Party) , Catriona Ruane MLA (Bring Them Home Campaign),
Kieran Allen (Author & Sociologist), Mick McGaughan (Irish Times Journalist & Author),
Dr Nooh Al Kaddo (Director, Islamic Cultural Centre), Andy Storey (AfrI & Lecturer in Development
Studies), Richard Boyd Barrett (Irish Anti-War Movement), Mary Van Lieshout (US Citizens in
Ireland for Alternatives to War), Saif Abukeshek (Director, International Solidarity Movement). Click Here To download the full program


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Date: March 4, 2005