Organised
by - Tadhamun Iraqi Women Solidarity
“The
immorality of the United States and Great Britain's decision to invade Iraq in
2003, premised on the lie that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, has
destabilised and polarised the world to a greater extent than any other conflict
in history”.
Archbishop
Desmond Tutu’s conviction was shared by millions who demonstrated across the
globe against the war on Iraq in 2003 and continues to be shared today.
Fifteen
years on, the impact of the illegal US led act of aggression on the Iraqi people
that continues to cause endless suffering, has become another footnote in the
cycle of violence and war that blights the Middle East to this day.
Remembering
Iraq is not only important to the millions of victims who deserve justice, it is
necessary - to reclaim the basic principles of peace and respect between nations
that is the foundation of our shared humanity and guarantee we can all live in a
future devoid of the scourge of war.
These
are the aims behind our launch of the initiative: Iraq Solidarity Month
(ISM).
It
will be a reminder of the crimes committed in dismantling a state, society and
culture so that they are not repeated. It is also a celebration of Iraq's
history, resistance and aspiration for peace based on equality and justice.
At:
SOAS Alumni Lecture Theatre (S) ALT Paul Webley Wing (Senate House North Block)
SOAS University of London, 10 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
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Date:
Thursday 26th April 2018, 7:00 – 10:00 PM
Contributors:
Denis
J. Halliday: Head of the Humanitarian Programme in Iraq 1997-98
Ayça
Çubukçu: Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Director of the Human Rights
Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Lindsey
German: Stop the War convener
Hamza
Hamouchene: Algerian activist. Senior Programme Officer - North Africa and West
Asia at War on Want
Mike
Phipps: Editor of the fortnightly Iraq Occupation Focus e-newsletter.
Victoria
Brittan: Journalist and author of several books and plays about the war on
terror and Guantánamo Bay.
Haifa
Zangana: Iraqi Author - journalist. .
Ihsan
al Imam: Iraqi musician - Oud player
Lowkey:
British - Iraqi rapper and activist.