June 17th in Eugene, Oregon

by susio Thursday, May. 31, 2001 at 7:27 PM

see below

A CELEBRATION OF RESISTANCE TO GENOCIDE, ECOCIDE and ALL FORMS OF OPPRESSION.

Speaker this year will include:

CHELLIS GLENDINNING Chellis Glendinning is a psychologist, poet, social activist, and a pioneer in the field of eco-psychology. Her articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including the Earth First! Journal, Mother Jones, and the San Francisco Chronicle. She lives in the village of Chimayo in northern New Mexico, where she works for cultural preservation and environmental justice. Chellis should not be missed by anyone interested in feminism and radical environmentalism. Chellis is the author of Waking up in the Nuclear Age, The Neo-Luddite Manifesto, When Technology Wounds: The Human Consequences of Progress, My Name is Chellis and I’m in Recovery from Western Civilization, and most recently Off The Map: An Exploration Deep into Imperialism, the Global Economy, and Other Earthly Whereabouts.

WARD CHURCHILL The AK Press Publishing Collective has described Ward Churchill as a “Native American author, activist and all around ass-kicker. Ward Churchill uses clear indisputable scholarship to debunk everything from the mythical history of America to the present problems of today’s liberal left. Perhaps the Americas’ most important voice”. Ward is a longtime radical and social justice activist. Ward should not be missed by anyone interested in combating oppression, exploitation, and cultural genocide. Ward Churchill (Creek/Cherokee Metis) is co-director, with Glenn Morris, of the Colorado Chapter of the American Indian Movement and coordinator of American Indian Studies with the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America at the University of Colorado/Boulder. His books include: Pacifism As Pathology: Reflections On The Role Of Armed Struggle In North America, Marxism and Native Americans, Culture Vs. Economism: Essays on Marxism in the Multicultural Arena, Critical Issues in Native North America, A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust And Denial In The Americas 1492 To The Present, From A Native Son: Selected Essays on Indigenism, Since Predator Came: Notes From The Struggle For American Indian Liberation, Agents of Repression: The FBI’s Secret War Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement, and Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide, and Expropriation. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Our speakers will follow after a short film about the resistance to globalization, with footage from protests in Eugene, Prague, and the recent mass demonstrations against the FTAA in Quebec City.

AT THE WOW HALL, ON 8th & LINCOLN, SUNDAY, JUNE 17th. Doors open @ 7:00 PM. THE EVENT WILL START AT 7:30 PM (this event will start on time; do not be late). This event is free, but donations will be very, very appreciated. IN EUGENE, OR brought to you by the ecological anarchist network

Original: June 17th in Eugene, Oregon