EYEWITNESS REPORT BACKS FROM RECENT VISITORS
Hear from three recent visitors to Venezuela who went to learn firsthand the truth of how the government and population are responding to defend their country from the U.S. led attacks. Their eyewitness accounts directly counter the false narratives coming from the Administration, Congress and the press, all supporting a discredited, unpopular opposition in order to impose regime change and wrest control of Venezuela’s oil and other resources.
Speakers:
Bahman Azad is an Iranian-American peace and justice activist living in the United States. He was a former acting director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University and is now a retired Professor of Economics and Sociology. He is a member of the National Board of the U.S. Peace Council. He is currently serving as the Chair of Veterans For Peace Iran Working Group, Organizational Secretary of the U.S. Peace Council, Coordinator of the Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases and the Global Campaign Against US/NATO Military Bases. He is Co-Chair of Iran Pledge of Resistance, and an NGO representative of the World Peace Council at the United Nations.
Lee Schlenker (Witness for Peace)
Luis Sanchez (Venezuela Solidarity Committee of Boston)
Contact: ujpcoalition@gmail.com
We regret this venue is not wheelchair accessible
Sponsors: United for Justice with Peace, Social Action Committee First Unitarian Universalist Society of Newton, MA State Green Rainbow Party, Common Street Spiritual Center of Natick, Metro West Peace Action, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – Boston Branch, Boston Venezuela Solidarity Committee, Mass. Peace Action, United National Antiwar Coalition, Witness for Peace
Additional Report Backs:
May 3, 7PM First Unitarian Universalist Society of Newton 1326 Washington St., Newton
May 4, 7PM Common Street Spiritual Center – 13 Common Street, Natick