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Open invitation to the 1st Congress of 
 
american 
VOICES 
abroad  
July 4-6th 2003 in Berlin, Germany 
 
American VOICES Abroad (AVA) 
 
is a non-partisan coalition bringing together U.S. citizens abroad in opposition to the Bush government's foreign and domestic policies. 
 
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July 3-9
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AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, we experienced an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy in our host countries, only to see it squandered by the Bush government’s aggressive unilateralism and disregard for world opinion. In cities such as Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Prague, Munich and Beirut, we acknowledged our special role as U.S. citizens by forming ad hoc groups to protest Bush’s plans for Iraq. Our actions served to remind our host countries that Americans do not stand united behind the policies of the present U.S. government. 

From July 4-6th these groups and other Americans abroad and from the States will meet in Berlin to discuss strategies for opposing these destructive policies and mending the international ties which they have put under such strain. 

The weekend event will begin on the evening of July 4 with "Do You Like American Music - But Not the Politics?" - a concert and variety show at the Passionskirche in Kreuzberg, featuring Berlin-based American artists, to benefit children in Iraq through IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War). The gala will feature the presentation of a coalition statement inspired by the Declaration of Independence, and will tie into a demonstration in Philadelphia to protest Bush’s visit to the Liberty Bell. 

On July 5, delegates will meet to discuss strategies and present initiatives for future action and to sign the Declaration. From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. the event will be opened to the public in a symposium featuring prominent speakers on issues related to the Iraq War, American policy, and the peace movement. 

On July 6, delegates will meet again to vote on the initiatives. At 1 p.m. a press event will be held to present the congress initiatives and the signed Declaration, with phone or video tie-ins to simultaneous events in sister cities.  

Groups and individuals are equally welcome! We encourage Americans to contact us for more information - whether or not you can attend the 1st AVA Congress. 

 
CONTACTS 

(English) 
Isabel Cole, spokesperson 
conference@americansineurope.org 
Tel. +49-30 484.76.454 
 
(German) 
PRESSE: Für Drehgenehmigungen, Akkreditierungen, Interviewanfragen, Informationsmaterial etc. wenden sie sich bitte an 
Ariane Hildebrandt, Pressereferentin  
hildebrandt@journalistenbuero-berlin.de  
Tel. 030-28.38.80.18, FUNK: 0171-535.2000. 
 
(AVA delegates) 
To submit site content and/or proposals for the Congress, schedule or declaration, contact 
Nicholas Levis, Tel. +49.30 399.4677 
trahila@snafu.de 


The 1st AVA Congress is hosted by 
AMERICAN VOICES ABROAD - BERLIN e.V. 
 Formerly Americans in Berlin Against the War 
 



 
Running concurrently to the 1st AVA Congress will be a 7-day 
 
FILM FESTIVAL  
America Heaven or Hell?   
 
July 3-9, 2003 
Eiszeit-Kino 
Zeughofstrasse 20, Berlin-Kreuzberg 
U-Bahn Görlitzer Bahnhof 
 
 
AMERICA – HEAVEN OR HELL? offers many critical and revealing works never before seen in Germany; most of which have been ignored by mainstream television in the United States. The highlights during the two days of the conference will include speaking engagements at the Eiszeit theater for AVA congress guests Phyllis Bennis, Nafeez Ahmed and Prof. Albrecht Schrott - who will present his findings on the effects of depleted uranium at a German-language symposium in the Eiszeit on the evening of Sunday, July 6th. 
 
("Plan Colombia")
 FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM
The AVA Network

Americans Against the War - France
aawFrance.net

International Peace Movement 
of the Czech Republic
  
AVA - Prague 
& an article in the Prague Post 

Americans Against War - Britain
AAW - UK
Football for Peace (Iraq 5 - USA 0) 

Americans Against the War - Beirut
Reuters: Beirut March Against War in Iraq 

Munich American Peace Committtee 
www.mapc-web.de

AAWI Netherlands
www.americansagainstwar.net 

Peace on Earth (literally) in
Southwestern France
American-led anti-war demonstration in southwestern France in advance
of European-wide marches in February.

American VOICES Abroad - Berlin
Formerly Americans in Berlin 
Against the War 
Filibuster at Brandenburg Gate
March 13-15
 
Photo Galleries: [  1  ] [  2  ] [  3  ] [  4  ]

AAW Message Board

An American Abroad - Politics Page
www.anamericanabroad.com 

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American Voices Abroad -Berlin presents 
 
 
DO YOU LIKE 
A M E R I C A N
M   U   S   I   C 
BUT NOT U.S. POLITICS?
come to 
The REAL Independence Day Celebration 
Benefit Concert at the Passionskirche 
Marheinekeplatz, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Friday, July 4, 2003, 7 p.m.
A variety program of local American performers and their friends. 
To benefit children in Iraq through the German chapter of IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War).
(click für DEUTSCH)
from €9
starring these great U.S. artists living in Berlin:
(click for bios!)
Your Host - MC Syd Atlas!
  • Louey Moss - Soul & Gospel, accompanied on piano by Heather O'Donnell
  • Bob Rutman - Bow Chimes and Vocal, from an Improvised Opera about "Bushit"
  • Bob Lenox & Friends - Jazz Poet from New York
  • Pete Wyoming Bender with Joe Kucera (sax) & Special Guests - American Indian and original compositions
  • Patricia Barbano & Michael Scott Ferris - Musical Theater Selections
  • Dead Joe Hill aka Greg Dinunzi - Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter
  • Dorothea Fayne - Mezzo-Soprano, Classical & Musical
  • Todd Ford - Spoken Word and Dance
  •  
With the friendly support of the Passionskirche
Akanthus - Kulturmanagement & Veranstaltungsservice
(www.akanthus.de)
sponsored by >

die tageszeitung

www.thefriends.de 
OKTOBERDRUCK printers
 
 
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Sat-Sun, July 5-6, 2003 
 
1st AVA Congress 
 
Wilhelm-Leuschner-Saal
DGB-Haus am Wittenbergplatz
Keithstrasse 1+3, U-Bahn: Wittenbergplatz 
 
 
Congress fee: 25 euros
(includes 3 meals)
 
Schedule (subject to change) 
 
Day 1 - Saturday, July 5, 2003 
 
10 to 11:30 a.m. 
Brunch - discussion groups 

11:30 a.m. 
Opening / Keynote 

Noon to 3 p.m. 
AVA ROUNDTABLE  
(delegates only) 
12 - 1p.m.: Visions (general discussion). 
1 - 3 p.m. Presentation of proposed initiatives for future AVA actions. 

3 p.m. 
Buffet 

4 p.m. to 7 p.m. 
PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM  
On American Policy and Its Consequences 
Finding New Forms of Political Responsibility 
 

Admission to public: 5€
 
4 p.m.-5 p.m. Podium discussion 
American Voices Abroad: American Dissent and International Protest  
AVA delegates will discuss the European-American protest experience with Berlin peace activist Halina Bendkowski (peace movement, co-founder of Scheherezade and Pope to Baghdad). 

5 p.m.-7 p.m. Panel discussion with guest speakers: 

Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed 
(Author, The War on Freedom) 
Phyllis Bennis 
(Institute for Policy Studies, Washington DC) 
Prof. Albrecht Schott 
(scientist, Depleted Uranium Center, Humboldt University Berlin)
William Street 
(American trade unionist)
 
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7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 
Song and Silence 

8:30 p.m.  
FILM NIGHT at EISZEIT 
Zeughofstrasse 20, Berlin-Kreuzberg 
U-Bahn: Görlitzer Bahnhof 
Hidden Wars of Desert Storm; Plan Colombia 
Speaker: Phyllis Bennis 

[ FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM ]

10 p.m. to ?? 
thePARTYcongress  
at the legendary White Trash Fast Food 
Torstrasse 201, Berlin-Mitte 
DJ Skizum (New York's own Scottie B) 
Poetry Jam - video room  
 


Day 2 - Sunday, July 6, 2003  
(DGB-Haus am Wittenbergplatz)
 
10 a.m. Brunch 
PLENUM 
Opening talk with Dennis A. Mazurek (lobbyist for the proposed United States Department of Peace). 
Voting on initiatives - final resolutions.   

1 p.m. 
MEDIA CONFERENCE  
1p.m. - 2 p.m.: Talks by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed and Phyllis Bennis will outline the problem of American empire. 
2 p.m.-3.p.m.: AVA offers solutions  
Signing of Declaration.  
Presentation of Congress resolutions. 
Hook-up with simultaneous events in our sister cities.  

AVA EUROPEAN ACTION DAY  
Our sister groups will be staging actions in their own cities throughout the day. Watch for details! 

3 p.m. 
CONFERENCE ENDS 


FROM 6 p.m. 
PROGRAM at EISZEIT 
Zeughofstrasse 20, Berlin-Kreuzberg 
U-Bahn: Görlitzer Bahnhof 

Admission: 6€
 
6 p.m.  
deutschsprachige Symposium & Diaschau 
NACH IRAQ - WOHIN? 
Mit Prof. Albrecht Schott, "Human Shields," Nafeez Ahmed u.a. 

8 p.m.  
9/11 Film night with Nafeez Ahmed 
German Premiere: AFTER MATH - UNANSWERED QUESTIONS OF 9/11 
 

The Film Festival continues through July 9.
 
[ FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM ]
  
 
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LATEST NEWS / PRESS   
  
Updated June 24. Final schedule, the initiatives and additional press releases will be published on June 30.  
 
 
For press accreditations (English), AVA Congress registration and accommodations, please contact 
Isabel Cole, Tel. +49-30 484.76.454 
conference@americansineurope.org 
 
 
PRESSEMITTEILUNG  AUF DEUTSCH 
Ariane Hildebrandt, Pressereferentin  
Tel. 030-28.38.80.18 
FUNK: 0171-535.2000 
hildebrandt@journalistenbuero-berlin.de  
 
 
AVA DELEGATES:  
To submit site content and/or proposals for the Congress, schedule or declaration, contact 
Nicholas Levis, Tel. +49.30 399.4677 
trahila@snafu.de 
 
more links...
THE EX-BERLINER
The English Language Paper for Berlin

Americans for Informed Democracy 
(AID)
"A non-partisan organization that seeks to raise awareness in the U.S. about world opinions of American foreign policy"
 
 
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  1st AVA Congress 
Public Symposium  
On American Policy and Its Consequences  
Finding New Forms of Political Responsibility 

July 5, 4-7 p.m. 
Wilhelm-Leuschner-Saal 
DGB-Haus am Wittenbergplatz 
Keithstrasse 1+3 
 
 

Featured Speakers of AVA Congress 
 
[ Biografien auf Deutsch ]
 
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Brighton, England, political analyst and human rights activist, Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Development (IPRD), specializes in human rights in relation to Muslim affairs, author of The War On Freedom. How and Why America Was Attacked, September 11, 2001. At the 1st AVA Congress he will be presenting his 9/11 research findings. nafeez.mediamonitors.net  

Halina Bendkowski has long been active in the anti-violence movement as a feminist men’s researcher and gender democracy initiator. She is the co-founder of SCHEHERAZADE, which aims to establish a World Women’s Security Council. Active in the German-US peace movement, she participated in the February 15, 2003 demonstration in New York as a delegate from the initiative Pope to Baghdad! At the 1st AVA Congress she will speak about the influence of American anti-war politics on German/European resistance to the benevolent empire and vice versa.  

Phyllis Bennis, New Internationalism Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and independent journalist, Washington DC, specializes in Middle East and United Nations issues. She is a member of the United for Peace and Justice coalition, which organized the demonstration of 500,000 people against the Iraq war in New York City on Feb. 15th, 2003. Bennis's research work has focused on U.S. domination of the United Nations leading up to the 1991 Gulf War, economic sanctions on Iraq, and international interventions and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Author of Before & After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11 Crisis (Interlink, 2002). Currently working on a new book on Palestine. At the 1st AVA Congress, she will be speaking on "Empire and the Resistance to Empire." www.ips-dc.org  

Dennis A. Mazurek is a member of the Global Renaissance Alliance, a worldwide coalition of peace activists. Lead by Marianne Williamson, the Alliance is the primary lobbyist in the U.S. Congress for passage of H.R. 1673, legislation proposed by Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich to establish a cabinet-level Department of Peace. Along with 230 other active members of the DOP campaign, Mr. Mazurek travelled to Washington D.C. in April 2003 to lobby Congress for the Department of Peace. Mr. Mazurek, who lives in Detroit, is Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel for the Governmental Affairs Division of the City of Detroit Law Department. He will be presenting an overview of the proposed legislation and discussing the actions that the attendees can take to ensure creation of the U.S. Department of Peace.  

Prof. Dr. Albrecht Schott, biochemist, worked at the Free University Berlin and now heads the WoDUC (World Depleted Uranium Center) in Berlin. He conducted the first study linking genetic damage in Gulf War I veterans to the use of depleted uranium munitions. At the 1st AVA Congress he will speak about the results of his research. www.woduc.de  

William Street, Geneva, directs the Global Wood and Forestry Program at the International Federation of Builders and Wood Workers, a global union federation of 10 million workers. He is the international representative for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, in Portland, Oregon, AFL-CIO; CLC Director of Research at the International Woodworkers of America-US, Portland, Oregon, AFL-CIO. Delegate, World Social Forum, Porto Allegre, Brazil. Anti-war and civil rights advocate since 1968. Community development and military conversion proponent since 1978. He will be speaking on labor and war. 
 

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Advance Statement (DRAFT)
For the 1st Congress of AMERICAN VOICES ABROAD in Berlin, July 4-6th, 2003
During the early months of 2003, the protests of tens of millions around the world and of the majority of the world's states failed to stop an illegal, U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. As Americans who live abroad, we see that this action, launched from a platform of lies about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction and its alleged connection to the Sept. 11 attacks, has done great harm to world peace and stability; as well as to the moral stature and credibility of our country.  

Despite claims that the war in Iraq is over, war has become a key instrument of U.S. policy. The Bush government threatens to unleash preventive attacks against a long list of designated enemies, even claiming the right of nuclear first strike against non-nuclear powers. This plays into the hands of political extremists and sows instability by encouraging states to pursue nuclear arms and asymmetrical forms of warfare.  

At home, the constant threat of war feeds a broad national anxiety and serves to suppress dissent, endangering the basis of democratic society. As the domestic complement to its foreign aggressions, the Bush government is creating a rule of fear, lies and repression in the United States itself.  

Proclaiming an open-ended emergency, the Bush government recognizes no checks or balances to its authority, whether from national institutions or bodies of international law, such as the United Nations. Arrogantly, it attempts to dictate the policies of other nations despite its doubtful legitimacy at home; having lost the popular vote in the 2000 election and having been appointed to office on the strength of a questionable court decision.  

In light of these and other grievances, we seek to align with all those, in our host countries and at home, who resist this government's aggressive politics by peaceful and democratic means. In the spirit of 1776, and as an affirmation of our duty, as loyal U.S. citizens, to uphold our Constitution and Republic, we support those who struggle to emancipate themselves from the Bush government's global machinations and its claim to unlimited power.  

In Amsterdam, Beirut, Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Prague and other cities across Europe, we assumed our special responsibility as U.S. citizens by forming ad hoc groups to protest the Iraq war. On the Fourth of July 2003, we shall gather at a congress in Berlin to unite in a new coalition as AMERICAN VOICES ABROAD, dedicated to the following values and goals:  

1) Peace and international law: Abolishing the Bush administration's doctrine of preventive war, which makes war the primary tool of international diplomacy; employing peaceful, legal and democratic means in international relations; redistribution of resources from military to civilian priorities.  

2) Justice: Repealing the USA PATRIOT Act of October 2001 and returning to the standards of habeas corpus and probable cause as the basis for U.S. law; rolling back the Bush government's broad-based attack on the Constitution and human rights; ending the national siege mentality.  

3) Transparency: Lifting the secrecy and restrictive information policy of the Bush government; promoting maximum disclosure and open government for informed public debate, the heart of a healthy democracy.  

These demands are not conservative or liberal, Republican or Democratic; they are essential conditions for an open society with democratic rule and protection for the inalienable rights of all human beings -- the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  

The present U.S. administration under George W. Bush has become destructive of fundamental human rights at home and around the world. Our country risks becoming the kind of empire that the founding fathers sought independence from when they signed the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on the Fourth of July, 1776.  

This is the time, for We the People of the United States and for We the People of the World, to reassert our inalienable rights, to reject the politics of empire, and to realize the democracy and constitutionalism of the American ideal. 
 

 
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Pressemitteilung auf deutsch 

Einladung zum Ersten Kongress der  
"American VOICES Abroad"  
vom 4. bis 6. Juli 2003 in Berlin 
 
 
 
"American VOICES Abroad" ist eine unparteiische, unabhängige Organisation von Amerikanern im Ausland, die sich gemeinsam gegen die Innen- und Außenpolitik der Bush-Regierung stark machen wollen. 

Nach dem 11. September 2001 haben wir als Amerikaner in unseren Gastgeberländern beispielloses Mitgefühl und bewegende Anteilnahme erlebt. Dies wurde jedoch durch Bush's aggressives einseitiges Vorgehen unter Mißachtung der internationalen öffentlichen Meinung mit Füßen getreten. Daraufhin entschlossen wir uns spontan in Städten wie Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Prag und Beirut Gruppen zu bilden, um gegen Bush's Irak-Pläne zu protestieren. Wir wollten gegenüber unseren Gastgeberländern zum Ausdruck bringen, daß nicht alle Amerikaner hinter der Politik der aktuellen amerikanischen Regierung stehen. 
  
Vom 4. bis 6. Juli findet in Berlin die Erste Europaweite Konferenz der "American VOICES Abroad" statt.  

Die teilnehmenden Gruppen werden gemeinsame Strategien entwickeln, um Bush's destruktiver Politik entgegenzuwirken und die internationalen Beziehungen wieder zu entspannen. 

Auftakt des Wochenendes ist am 4. Juli die große Benefiz-Gala, bei der in Berlin lebende amerikanische Künstler auftreten. Das Geld wird den "Ärzten gegen Atomkrieg" (IPPNW) gespendet und kommt irakischen Kindern zugute. 

Die Gala beginnt mit der Präsentation einer gemeinsamen öffentlichen Erklärung der "American VOICES Abroad" inspiriert durch die Unabhängigkeitserklärung der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika am 4. Juli 1776 in Philadephia. Parrallel dazu findet in Philadelphia eine Demonstration gegen den Bush Besuch der Liberty Bell in der Independence Hall statt. 

Am 5. Juli treffen die Delegierten von "American VOICES Abroad" zusammen, um Strategien und Initiativen für künftige Vorhaben zu diskutieren und die Erklärung zu unterschreiben. Von 16 bis 19 Uhr ist die Veranstaltung öffentlich. Während des folgenden Symposiums nehmen prominente internationale Sprecher Stellung zum Krieg im Irak, zu amerikanischer Politik und zur Friedensbewegung. 

Am 6. Juli treffen die Delegierten erneut zusammen, um über die Initiativen abzustimmen. Um 13 Uhr findet eine Pressekonferenz statt: Vorstellung der neugewählten Initiativen durch den Kongress und der unterzeichneten gemeinsamen öffentlichen Erklärung sowie Telefon- und Videoübertragungen von simultan statfindenden Events in den Partnerstädten.  

Ob Gruppen oder Einzelpersonen, alle im Ausland lebenden AmerikanerInnen können teilnehmen und sind herzlich eingeladen, sich mit uns in Verbindung zu setzen. Auch wenn Sie diesmal nicht teilnehmen können, kontaktieren Sie uns für mehr Information, zum gemeinsamen Ideenaustausch und um in unseren e-mail-Verteiler aufgenommen zu werden für zukünftige Aktivitäten.  

Unsere Webseite: www.americansineurope.org 

KONTAKT:  
Isabel Cole 
Vorsitzende und Pressesprecherin conference@americansineurope.org  
Tel. 030-48.47.64.54  

PRESSE: 
Für Drehgenehmigungen, Akkreditierungen, Interviewanfragen, Informationsmaterial etc. wenden sie sich bitte an:  
Ariane Hildebrandt 
Pressereferentin  
hildebrandt@journalistenbuero-berlin.de  
Tel. 030-28.38.80.18 
FUNK: 0171-535.2000. 

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American Voices Abroad – Berlin 
präsentiert 
das alternative „Fourth of July Weekend„! 

*Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2003, 20 Uhr 
ERÖFFNUNG DES FILM-FESTIVALS  
„AMERIKA – HEAVEN OR HELL?„ 
Eiszeit-Kino, Zeughofstr. 20 (U1 Görlitzer Bhf.) 
Deutsche Premiere des Scott-Ritter-Films „In Shifting Sands„. 

*Freitag, 4. Juli 2003 – Independence-Day-Konzert, 20 Uhr 
„DO YOU LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC - ABER NICHT DIE US-POLITIK?„ 
Passionskirche,, Marheinekeplatz, U7 Gneisenaustrasse 
Einlaß ab 19 Uhr - Eintritt ab 9 Euro 
Benefizshow mit in Berlin lebenden amerikanischen Künstlern (Jazz, Gospel, Klassik) für das Kinderhilfe-Irak Projekt des IPPNW. Mit Louey Moss, Bob Rutman, Pete Bender u.a. 
Präsentation einer „Erklärung der Unabhängigkeit von der Bush-Doktrin" durch American Voices Abroad. Diese „Unabhängigkeitserklärung„ wird nach dem Kongreß der US-Botschaft vorgelegt zur Weitergabe an George W. Bush. 

*Samstag, 5. Juli, 10 Uhr 
1. KONGRESS DER „AMERICAN VOICES ABROAD„ 
Wilhelm-Leuschner-Saal, DGB-Haus, Berlin, Keithstr. 1 (U1 Wittenbergplatz) 
(geschlossene Veranstaltung) 

*Samstag, 5. Juli, 16 Uhr 
ÖFFENTLICHES SYMPOSIUM (In Englisch) 
AMERICAN POLITICS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 
(DIE AMERIKANISCHE POLITIK UND IHRE FOLGEN) 
Wilhelm-Leuschner-Saal, DGB-Haus, Berlin, Keithstr. 1  
(U1 Wittenbergplatz) 
Infos zu den RednerInnen siehe unten. 
Vorträge werden auf Englisch gehalten 
16 Uhr bis 17 Uhr:  
Panel-Diskussion mit Halina Bendkowski (Berlin) und AVA-Delegierten ArieAnna McFarnam (Prague) und Linda Deak (Den Haag) zu Themen der Protestbewegung im amerikanisch-europäischen Vergleich. Moderiert von Isabel Cole (Vorsitzende, AVA-Berlin). 
17 Uhr bis 19 Uhr: 
Gastredner 
Phyllis Bennis zum Thema "Empire and the Resistance to Empire." 
Nafeez Ahmed über seinen neuesten Recherchen zum 11.09.2001 
William Street über die Rolle der Gewerkschaften in der Friedensbewegung 
Prof. Dr. Albrecht Schott über seine Forschungen zu DU-Munitionen 
Moderiert von Colin King (AVA-Berlin) 

*5. Juli, 20.30 Uhr 
HIDDEN WARS OF DESERT STORM & PLAN COLOMBIA 
Filme mit Gastrednerin: Phyllis Bennis 
Eiszeit-Kino, Zeughofstr. 20 (U1 Görlitzer Bhf.) 

*5. Juli, 22 Uhr bis open end  
PARTY mit DJ Skizum 
White Trash Fast Food, Torstr. 201, Berlin-Mitte 

*Sonntag, 6. Juli 2003, 10 Uhr 
KONGRESS DER AMERICAN VOICES ABROAD  
Wilhelm-Leuschner-Saal, DGB-Haus, Berlin, Keithstr. 1  
(U1 Wittenbergplatz) 
(geschlossene Veranstaltung) 
Begrüßungsrede: Dennis Mazurek 

*6. Juli, 13 Uhr bis 13.30 Uhr 
PRESSEKONFERENZ  
DGB-Haus 
Vorstellung der beim Kongreß beschlossenen Initiativen, feierliche Unterzeichnung der „Declaration„ durch die AVA-Delegierte. 

*6. Juli, 13.30 Uhr bis 15 Uhr 
ÖFFENTLICHE PANEL-DISKUSSION 
DGB-Haus 
Offene Diskussion mit Nafeez Ahmed, Halina Bendkowski, Phyllis Bennis, Dennis Mazurek, Prof. Dr. Albrecht Schott, William Street – Anregungen, Eindrücken, Fragestellungen des Kongresses. Aussichten für die Zukunft der Opposition gegen die Bush-Doktrin. Offen für Fragen von der Presse und aus dem Publikum. ModeratorIn: AVA-SprecherIn (wird während des Kongresses ernannt). 

*6. Juli, 18 Uhr 
ÖFFENTLICHES SYMPOSIUM (In Deutsch) 
EISZEIT KINO, Zeughofstr. 20, Kreuzberg (U1 Görlitzer Bhf.) 
Mit Dennis Mazurek, Albrecht Schott, Human Shields u.a. 

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Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Brighton, England Politikexperte und Aktivist für Menschenrechte, Leiter des "Institute for Policy Research & Development" (IPRD), Spezialist im Bereich Menschenrechte in  Bezug auf Muslimische Angelegenheiten. Autor des Buches "Der Krieg gegen die  Freiheit - wie und warum Amerika angegriffen wurde, September 11, 2001". Auf dem  Ersten AVA-Kongress in Berlin wird er seine neuesten Recherchen im  Zusammenhang mit dem 11.09.2001 vorstellen.  nafeez.mediamonitors.net   

Halina Bendkowski ist seit langem bekannt als Aktivistin in der Anti-Gewalt-Bewegung als feministische Männerforscherin und Initiatorin für Geschlechterdemokratie, sowie Mitbegründerin der Initiative "SCHEHERAZADE" zur Gründung eines "Weltfrauensicherheitsrates". Sie engagiert sich außerdem sehr stark in der deutsch-amerikanischen Friedensbewegung; die Initiative "US-Bischöfe und Nobelpreisträger nach Bagdad (Pope to Bagdad)" sandte sie als Berlin-Botschafterin am 15.2.2003 zur großen Friedensdemonstration nach New York. Auf dem Ersten AVA Kongress in Berlin spricht sie über "The influence of American anti-war politics on German/European resistance to the benevolent empire and vice versa" - Der wechselseitige Einfluss amerikanischer Anti-Kriegs-Politik auf den Deutsch-Europäischen Widerstand "  

Phyllis Bennis, neue internationale Fellow am "Institute for Policy Studies and independent journalist" in Washington, DC, Expertin in den Bereichen Nahost-Konflikt und Vereinte Nationen. Sie arbeitete zu Themen wie Wirtschaftsembargo im Irak, internationale Interventionen und amerikanische Außenpolitik in Nahost, die Rolle der USA im ersten Golfkrieg. Autorin von "Vorher & Nachher": Amerikanische Außenpolitik und die Krise des 11. September" (Interlink, 2002). Gegenwärtig schreibt sie an einem Buch über Palästina. Auf dem ersten AVA-Kongress spricht sie über "Empire and the Resistance to Empire." www.ips-dc.org   

Dennis A. Mazurek, hochrangiger Rechtsberater in Bundesregierungsangelegenheiten für den Justizsenat der Stadt Detroit. Erfahrener Friedensaktivist und Lobbyist für die Gründung eines "Ministeriums für Frieden" auf nationaler Ebene. D.A. Mazurek unterstützte aktiv den Gesetzgebungsvorschlag für ein "Ministerium für Frieden", eingebracht durch den demokratischen Representanten Dennis Kucinich (Ohio).  

Prof. Dr. Albrecht Schott, Biochemiker, lehrte an der Freien Universität und leitet jetzt das WoDUC (World Depleted Uranium Centre) in Berlin. Er erstellte die erste weltweite Studie, die eine Verbindung zwischen genetischen Schäden bei Veteranen des ersten Golfkriegs und der Verwendung abgereicherter Uranmunition (DU-munition) nachweist. Auf dem ersten AVA-Kongress wird er über die Ergebnisse seiner Forschungen sprechen. www.woduc.de 
  

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