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The Anti-Genocide Struggle in Guatemala

Sunday, 17 June 2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The Anti-Genocide Struggle in Guatemala

An interactive presentation on the Association for Justice and Reconciliation –
a multi-ethnic coalition of Mayan massacre survivors demanding justice for
genocide in Guatemala. Despite the continued threats they face, the AJR
organizes to end the impunity enjoyed by the politicos and military brass that
reigned over one of the hemisphere's bloodiest genocide in modern times.

The key target of the AJR's organizing, Efrain Rios Montt - the coup-launching,
evangelical dictator who ruled over the murder of an estimated 70,000
indigenous people from 1982-1983 - is poised for election to Congress in
September. The AJR is clamoring for Guatemala to try Rios Montt on charges of
genocide - a trial in which the AJR would provide the critical testimony as
witnesses and survivors of his crimes.

Austinite Jordan Buckley will reflect on ten months of living in AJR villages as
an accompanier with the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala
(NISGUA), during which time he also published interviews and stories online
(under the name Elias Lawless) for Austin IndyMedia, WireTap Magazine, the
Nation, Proper Gander, and Upside Down World, among others.

He will discuss the role of US politics, evangelism and neoliberalism as they
relate to the genocide, as well as how North American allies can respond to the
AJR's call for international solidarity.

The Solidarity Center
1109 Mass St.
Lawrence,KS
6pm

Location:
The Solidarity Center
1109 Mass St.
Lawrence,KS
6pm