Will to Resist War tour features Dahr Jamail September 19th, 20th and 21st in Connecticut

Journalist Dahr Jamail Book Tour 2009 Connecticut

Dahr has spent a total of nine months in occupied Iraq as one of only a few independent US journalists in the country. Dahr has also has reported from Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. He has also reported extensively on veterans’ resistance against the war. He currently writes for the Inter Press Service, Le Monde Diplomatique, and many other outlets. His stories have also been published with The Nation, The Sunday Herald in Scotland, Al-Jazeera, the Guardian, Foreign Policy in Focus, and the Independent to name just a few. Dahr’s dispatches and hard news stories have been translated into French, Polish, German, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic and Turkish. On radio as well as television, Dahr reports for Democracy Now!, has appeared on the BBC and NPR, and numerous other stations around the globe. Dahr is also special correspondent for Flashpoints.

Dahr Jamail: Obama Channels Bush on Promoting Afghan War
September 3rd, 2009, Talk Nation Radio for September 3, 2009
Dahr Jamail: Obama Channels Bush on Promoting Afghan War
Part one of a series:
Produced by Dori Smith, Storrs, CT TRT: 29:39


Part Two, Sept 9, 2009




Part 3, September 17, 2009, Veteran for Peace Fred Louis, and Organizers for Dahr Jamail's Will to Resist War Tour of CT, Fred Louis shares some reactions to Dahr Jamail's report that American soldiers are avoiding combat patrol missions. He is a Vietnam Veteran working for Peace who says GIs did the same thing during the Vietnam War. See Veterans for Peace.

Dahr’s reporting has earned him numerous awards, including the prestigious 2008 Martha Gellhorn Award for Journalism, The Lannan Foundation Writing Residency Fellowship, the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, the Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage, and four Project Censored awards.

Dahr Jamail's 2nd book was released this summer. The title is, 'The Will to Resist, Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, with a forward by Chris Hedges. (Dahr's Books will be available at all of the locations below.)

All Events Free and Open to the General Public, contact talknationradio at gmail.com for further information!

Dahr Jamail's 2009 tour of Connecticut begins Saturday September 19, 2009. at 6:00 PM at The Wrench in the Works Collective, a member-run coffeehouse and social justice center at 861 Main St in Willimantic, CT. Meet Dahr Jamail over a cup of fair-trade coffee or tea. This will be a book signing social with a round table discussion about Dahr Jamail's book, "The Will To Resist: Soldiers who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan" (Haymarket Books). Food Served: Light meal of vegetable dishes and fruit salad, fresh rolls.
Special thanks to everyone at the Wrench, especially John Schwenk and Mike and Miriam Kurland mimbck@yahoo.com for coordinating this great event. It was an opportunity to discuss a bill to prevent soldiers from losing their benefits if they refuse deployment, AND discussion on heart of matter in Dahr Jamail's book, The Will to Resist: supporting soldiers who do resist.

We will turn this site into a page for organizing around these efforts soon. talknationradio@gmail.com for further information.

Sunday September 20, 2009 Hope Out Loud welcomes Journalist Dahr Jamail. In Bushnell Park Hartford, near carousel! Hear an inspirational talk, both Dahr Jamail books available, and have him sign your copy afterward.

The event is from 12:00 noon through 5:00 PM. At 2:30 Dahr will give his talk about finding the will to resist war and reorganizing the peace movement! Please Contact Christine Gauvreau chris_gauvreau@comcast.net for information. MAP

Hope Out Loud 8 combines music, poetry, dance, family activities, speakers with fun for everyone. Spend the afternoon. Bring a picnic. It's a concert, a day of remembrance, a day of inspiration, a day for renewal with many organizations dedicated to peace and the arts. Hope Out Loud is a family friendly event.
Event sponsors: Connecticut United for Peace, West Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice, Hope Out Loud, Socialist Action, CT, Manchester Peace Coalition, We Refuse to Be Enemies, National Lawyers Guild, CT, International Socialist Organization, CT, Middle East Crisis Committee, Connecticut Students Against the War, Endorsers: Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans for Peace, TransAdvocacy, CT People of Faith

Also on Sunday September 20th at 7:30 PM, Dahr Jamail speaks at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center located on the campus of the University of Connecticut in Storrs Connecticut. The UCONN event is sponsored and coordinated by WHUS FM 91.7 the campus radio station broadcasting at 4400 watts. Dahr Jamail has been a frequent guest of Talk Nation Radio airing Wed. at 5 PM EDT.]>
[Press Conference, 7:00 PM, WHUS Studios, 412, 4th floor.]

Connecticut's Independent Media Celebrate Dahr Jamail who will speak about his new book, "The Will to Resist: Soldiers who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghansitan". Coordinators: Operations Manager: Ben Shaiken (operationsmanager@whus.org) Public Affairs Director: David Haseltine (publicaffairsdirector@whus.org) and Producer of Talk Nation Radio, Dori Smith, (talknationradio@gmail.com) twitter Dori_TalkNation


Three Events TODAY to wrap up in Middletown at Wesleyan University where Dahr Jamail will share the stage with David Rovics. Monday, September 21st, 2009 the United Nations called another International Day of Peace, so we naturally called Dahr Jamail!

As reported by NPRSept 21, 2009, President Obama's 'secret' briefing on Afghanistan leaked to Washington Post. Grim assessment of Afghan War: "OPERATION IS DETERIORATING" says Gen. Stanley McChrystal, top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan. (Perhaps real story ought to be, on UN International Day of Peace, the US President speaks with world leaders and prepares to head the Security Council... will Gen. McChrystal's demand for more troops for Afghanistan be followed by an appeal from the US President for an international force to be sent to Afghanistan?

Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic: 1:00-3:00 PM. In the Betty Tipton Room of the Student Center. Press Conference, 12:30 pm, at event location

Topic: Reinventing Journalism, Thoughts of an Unembedded Reporter in Iraq, open to the general public. Press conference, book signing, Coordinator at ECSU is Helma DeVries, PHD "de Vries, Helma G. (Political Science)" contact: devriesh@easternct.edu Award Winning Journalist Dahr Jamail, discusses his reporting as an unembedded journalist who went Beyond the Green Zone to get the story. Sponsored by Promoting Enduring Peace. Founded by Yale Professor Jerome Davis in 1952, Promoting Enduring Peace--"PEP"--conducts peace education activities to promote sustainable world peace. Since its founding PEP has distributed over 10 million free peace education articles to peace educators around the world.

View Flier here

Monday September 21, 2009, Central Connecticut State University in New Britain welcomes Dahr Jamail,6:00-7:30 PM At Marcus White Living Room in Marcus White Hall at CCSU, 1615 Stanley Street. Dahr Jamail will speak about How Independent Journalism Changed Iraq and Afghan War Coverage. Discussion on journalism, with distinguished panel to follow. Coordinator, Marissa Blaszko, marissablaszko@gmail.com

CCSU has regular lecture series for students and the general public. See this link

Monday Sept. 21, 2009, at Wesleyan University's Memorial Chapel, Dahr Jamail and Singer/Songwriter David Rovics to share stage at Wesleyan University

At Event begins at 7:30PM The public is invited to hear an inspirational talk by award winning journalist Dahr Jamail, author of "Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq," and "The Will to Resist: Soldiers who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan," The challenges for independent journalists covering US foreign and military policy under Bush/Cheney, Obama/Biden. Dahr Jamail will explain his reasons for focusing on the impact of policies on Iraqi and Afghan civilians, as well as US GIs and others serving in the military. Co-Sponsored by WesPeace and WESU Radio at Wesleyan. Coordinator, Paul Blasenheim pblasenheim@wesleyan.edu 518-577-8157



Special Thanks to PEP, Promoting Enduring Peace for their generous contributions that helped make all of these events possible.

Books by Dahr Jamail: (2009) The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan (Hardcover) Also available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble Books


Dahr Jamail is also author of the 2006 book: Beyond the Green Zone, Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq, Haymarket Books, and Amazon