Dahr Jamail part one Lecture at ECSU on Reinventing Journalism in a Time of War

Talk Nation Radio for October 14, 2009

Dahr Jamail Lecture at ECSU on Reinventing Journalism in a Time of War
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Special Thanks to Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, CT where this program was taped and also to: Prof. Helma De Vries, Political Science Dept., who coordinated the event, and the campus human rights group, as well as sponsor, Promoting Enduring Peace, PEP, a Connecticut based peace group. Video of this event here taped by ECSU audio visual dept.

Produced by Dori Smith
TRT:29:51
Recorded September 21, 2009
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Dahr Jamail spoke at Eastern Connecticut State University, [ECSU] in Willimantic, Connecticut before a crowd of several hundred students, professors, and members of the general public. The event September 21, 2009, marked the UN's International Day of Peace and was sponsored by Promoting Enduring Peace and campus groups. Link to video here.

You can learn more about Dahr Jamail's recent book, 'The Will to Resist, Soldiers who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan' at his web site dahr.org or at the publisher, Haymarket Books. Dahr Jamail's previous book was, 'Beyond the Green Zone, Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq'.

U.S. Military Resister's specials, this represents part one of a lecture on the media, independent journalism, and Dahr Jamail's book on US soldiers resisting deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan for a variety of reasons. Connecticut residents are working on a variety of projects relating to Dahr Jamail's work including the creation of a library project to offer Dahr's work as a collection for school and public libraries. [See this page, Connecticut Independent Reporting Award To Journalist Dahr Jamail - 2009, Connecticut September 20, 2009, for more information.]
In addition we are working on a bill to try to force the US Military to stop jailing US military resisters, and stop taking away their rights and their health and educational benefits for saying they cannot or will not redeploy to Iraq or Afghanistan. In many cases, as Dahr Jamail points out, they have been wounded in combat already and face PTSD or even TBI, traumatic brain injury.

Contact Dori Smith at talknationradio@gmail.com for further information on how to help.