Thursday, March 14, 5:00 p.m. 115 Stillman, OSU, 1947 College Rd., Columbus, OH
Watch _Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza De Mayo_ (Dir. Susana Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo, 1985), and discuss Argentina's Dirty War, a "war on terrorism" in the 1970s. During the six year reign (1976-1983) by a military junta, which had overthrown an elected government, nearly 30,000 people were "disappeared" in Argentina. In 1999, "the FBI was forced to acknowledge its years of cooperation with the six Latin American dictatorships [Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, & Brazil] that organized Operation Condor in the seventies. Condor was a secret agreement to join forces in exterminating political dissidents. When Paraguayans opened five tons of Condor archives - 'archives of terror,' they named them - they found a trove of evidence detailing Washington's encouragement and support. Asked to comment, a State Department official brushed the matter aside as 'ancient history'" (Patrick Smith, _The Nation_ 20 Sep. 1999). Let us resist historical amnesia and reclaim the memories of Los Desaparecidos.
Por la Memoria, la Verdad, y la Justicia
"First we will kill all the subversives; then, their collaborators; later, those who sympathize with them; afterward, those who remain indifferent; and finally, the undecided." -- General Ibérico Saint Jean, governor of the Province of Buenos Aires under the military junta
Sponsors: the Student International Forum and Social Welfare Action Alliance. OSU Campus Map: <www.osu.edu/map/linkbuildings/stillmanhall.html>. Calendar of Events: <www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>. For more info, contact Yoshie Furuhashi at <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> or 614-668-6554; or Keith Kilty at <kilty.1 at osu.edu> or 614-292-7181.
Download the flyer for the event at <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/argentina.doc>. Download the flyer for other upcoming SIF/SWAA events at <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar10.doc>. -- Yoshie
* Calendar of Events in Columbus: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html> * Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html> * Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>