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<b>Summary:<br>
7pm Sun 10/9 - "Birth of a Nation" film & discussion at Art
Theater </b><br>
<b><b> 6pm Thu 10/13 - "Palestine 101: An Introduction to the
Conflict"<br>
</b></b><b><b><b> 4:30pm Fri 10/14 - SEIU Rally for a Fair
Contract (in negotiations with U of Illinois)</b></b></b><br>
<b><b><b><b> 1pm-9pm Sat 10/15 - Fundraiser - "CU Stands with
Standing Rock" <br>
</b></b></b></b><b><b><b><b><b> 7pm Thu 10/20 - singer Roy
Zimmerman - "This Machine"<br>
11:30am Fri 10/28 - </b></b></b></b></b><b><b><b><b><b><span
class="_4n-j fsl">Harold Koh: Former Top Legal Advisor
to Hillary Clinton & Legal Architect of U.S. Crimes
against Humanity - Not Welcome!<br>
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</span></b></b></b></b>7pm Sun 10/9 *tonight* - "Birth of
a Nation" </b>film at the Art Theater, <br>
with panel discussion to follow. (The film is showing at many
other times too over the next couple of weeks, but this is the only
panel.)<br>
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<span class="_4n-j fsl">Nate Parker's acclaimed film about Nat
Turner's slave revolt addresses U.S. history and revolutionary
violence, and raises several necessary specters of discussion -
on & offscreen.<br>
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Post-show panel:<br>
Malaika Mckee-Culpepper (Department of African American Studies,
UIUC)<br>
Charisse Burden-Stelly (Department of African American Studies,
UIUC)<br>
Robert King (Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault and the
Breakfast Club)<br>
Lou Turner (Department of African American Studies, UIUC)<br>
Moderated by Sundiata Cha-Jua (Department of African-American
Studies, UIUC)<br>
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6pm Thu 10/13 - "Palestine 101: An Introduction to the Conflict"</b><br>
Lincoln Hall room 1027, 702 S Wright St, Champaign<br>
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<span class="_4n-j fsl">Come learn more about the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict and hear from students activists
organizing around the cause of Palestinian liberation! This
event is open to all students at UIUC with any level of
knowledge of the conflict.<br>
<br>
Speakers include:<br>
Dr. Kenneth Cuno (History): History of the Conflict<br>
Dr. Lila Sharif (AAS): Socio-cultural Effects of Apartheid and
Settler-Colonialism<br>
Stephanie Skora (UIUC alumna and President of the UP Center of
Champaign County): Pinkwashing and Jewish Solidarity with
Palestine<br>
There will be a Q&A session and time for discussion after
all three speakers.<br>
<br>
Hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine UIUC<br>
Co-Sponsors: Campus Union for Trans Equality an Support (CUTES),
Native American and Indigenous Student Organization (NAISO),
Black Students for Revolution (BSFR)<br>
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<b>4:30pm Fri 10/14 - SEIU Rally for a Fair Contract (in
negotiations with U of Illinois)</b><br>
Oak & Kirby, Champaign<br>
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Next picket: Friday October 14 at 4:30pm, corner of Oak and Kirby.
Join us! The $5 billion-plus University still insists on offering
no raises, only cuts! BS<span class="text_exposed_show">Ws and
FSWs, many of whom only make $17,000-30,000 a year, stand to
lose thousands to health care increases alone, and management
wants to raise parking fees, force employees to work more than 8
hours in a day without overtime, and more. This impacts our
communities as workers and their families have less disposable
income. Join our fight!</span><br>
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<b>1pm-9pm Sat 10/15 - Fundraiser - "CU Stands with Standing Rock"</b><br>
Alto Vineyards, 4210 N. Duncan Rd, Champaign<br>
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href="https://www.facebook.com/events/161627100954548/">https://www.facebook.com/events/161627100954548/</a><br>
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<span class="_4n-j fsl">The two CU Stands with Standing Rock
fundraising events will consist of a mix of local bands playing
their music, interspersed with presentations from Native
American speakers about the current situation with DAPL, Native
American culture, heritage, and history.<br>
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Donate (in person, or) at: <a
href="https://www.gofundme.com/cuswsr">https://www.gofundme.com/cuswsr</a><br>
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(The second such fundraiser will be <a
href="https://www.facebook.com/events/195344260876359/">Nov
12th 1pm-10pm at the IMC.</a>)<br>
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<span class="_4n-j fsl"></span><b>7pm Thu 10/20 - singer Roy
Zimmerman - "This Machine"</b><br>
Allen Hall, 1005 W Gregory Dr, Urbana<br>
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<span class="_4n-j fsl">"This Machine" is ninety minutes of Roy
Zimmerman's hilarious, rhyme-intensive original songs. The title
is a reference to Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger to be sure, but
also an acknowledgement that songwriting does good work in the
world. “Sometimes I think satire is the most hopeful and
heartfelt form of expression,” says Roy, “because in calling out
the world's absurdities and laughing in their face, I'm
affirming the real possibility for change.”<br>
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[I (Stuart) think he's like a modern-day Phil Ochs, but with
better music. Come hear him if you can.]<br>
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<b><span class="_4n-j fsl"></span></b><b>11:30am-1pm Fri 10/28 -
protest former State Dept lawyer Harold Koh</b><br>
U of I College of Law, 504 E Pennsylvania Ave, Champaign<br>
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<span class="_4n-j fsl">Harold Koh: Former Top Legal Advisor to
Hillary Clinton & Legal Architect of U.S. Crimes against
Humanity - Not Welcome!<br>
Protest Koh’s speech at the University of Illinois Law School!<br>
When: 11:30 am, Friday, Oct. 28<br>
Where: North Courtyard, Law Building Complex, 504 E.
Pennsylvania Ave, Champaign, IL 61820<br>
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<span class="_4n-j fsl">We live in a time of state-sanctioned
murder of Black, brown, and poor people within the U.S. and
beyond. Since Obama’s election in 2008, extra-judicial killings
have often been perpetrated and justified by former liberal
critics of past President Bush’s open practices of torture, war,
and occupation. Top lawyers have played a crucial role in this
process. One of the most prominent has been Harold Koh, curren<span
class="text_exposed_show">tly a professor of international law
and former Yale Law School dean who served as Hillary
Clinton’s top legal advisor while she was Secretary of State
(2009 to 2013). In that capacity, Koh has planned, promoted,
and justified heinous crimes that have cost thousands of lives
and devastated whole regions and countries. Anyone with a
conscience should protest his appearance as an honored guest
at the University of Illinois Law School on October 28. <br>
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Here are just a few examples of the many crimes for which he
must be held to account:<br>
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Koh helped to conceive, execute, and publicly defend President
Obama’s drone assassination program. He participated, based on
questionable CIA intelligence, in deciding who ought to live
and who ought to die, all without charges, trial, an
opportunity to defend themselves or to surrender. The victims
include thousands of innocent people in Pakistan, Yemen,
Somalia, and other countries, and at least two U.S. citizens,
Anwar al-Awlaki, and a few weeks later, his 16-year-old son,
again without any due process.<br>
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He testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
that Obama’s devastating 2011 bombardment of Libya was not a
“hostile action" since there was “limited exposure for US
troops," so no Congressional approval was needed. His boss,
Hillary Clinton, was an outspoken advocate of the savage NATO
bombing. Obama sent Koh to testify after lawyers from the
Justice and Defense Departments refused to take the
Administration’s line, which was both illegal and immoral.
Thousands died in that bombardment, the country’s
infrastructure was destroyed, and an open field has been
created for reactionary jihadists. <br>
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Koh was part of the State Dept. team that claimed “it was not
clear” whether the coup d’etat in Honduras (2009) was really a
coup, so the sanctions that would be required against the coup
regime were not applied. A cable from the US Embassy in
Honduras to the State Dept. that was revealed by Wikileaks
exposed his lies. Instead of sanctions, the U.S. worked with
the coup government to drive the elected president out of the
country and establish a regime more to US liking.<br>
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Koh participated in the shocking failure of the US State Dept
to investigate the Israeli commando murder (2010) on the Mavi
Marmara of passengers attempting to bring humanitarian aid to
Gaza, including Furkan Dogan, a US citizen. Instead, the US
chose to rely on Israel’s investigation of its own murder, not
unlike US police investigating their murders. <br>
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The list could go on. We urge you to join World Can’t Wait
Chicago, AWARE, Neighbors for Peace, Central Illinois Prairie
Greens, World Labor Hour, and more (list in formation, contact
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:chicago@worldcantwait.org">chicago@worldcantwait.org</a> to add your name) at 11:30 am on
October 28, North Courtyard, Law Building Complex, 504 E.
Pennsylvania Ave., Champaign, Il 61820</span></span><br>
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