Dahr Jamail to Speak in Hartford about Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Award Winning Journalist Dahr Jamail to Speak in Hartford about Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Where: Bushnell Park (near duck pond) – Hartford CT
Date: Sunday September 20th, 2009 Time: 2:30pm
Contacts: Laura
Justice4all200960@yahoo.com

US Journalist Dahr Jamail, the author of, Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq, will be speaking at Hope Out Loud 8, September 20, 2:30pm, in Bushnell Park, Hartford. Hope Out Loud 8 will take place from 12pm-5pm, rain or shine. This is the second stop of Jamail’s week-long 2009 book tour in Connecticut. As discontent over the escalation of the eight year-old failing war in Afghanistan grows this tour promises to be a landmark event in Connecticut.

Anti-war and peace groups throughout Connecticut are sponsoring this book tour to raise awareness of the atrocities of United States sponsored wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hope Out Loud is a festival which combines music, poetry, dance, family activities, and speakers. Many organizations dedicated to peace and the arts will be represented. The festival is open to the public, and is a family friendly event.

Dahr Jamai’s new book: The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, portrays the hidden story of American soldiers turning against military occupation. "Dahr Jamail's human portrait of the men and women who turned away from the project of empire should serve as a beacon…The truth they tell demands that we find the courage to make our nation accountable for the crimes committed in our name." - From the Foreword by Chris Hedges

Jamail’s 2007 book: Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq goes past the polished desks of the corporate media and Washington politicians to tell first hand of the reality of life under U.S. occupation. Jamail was the winner, with Mohammed Omar, of the 2008 Martha Gelhorn Prize for Journalism. He has also been awarded the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, the Joe A.Callaway Award for Civic Courage, as well as the Lannan Foundation Writing Residency Fellowship. He was honored by Project Censored several times and his celebrated 2007 book tour offered many Americans a first detailed look at the impact of the 2003 Iraq War and occupation on civilians.

Jamail is available for advanced interviews and The Will to Resist is available for review.

For more information on Dahr Jamail, please see: www.dahrjamailiraq.com; and, please visit the Hope Out Loud web site at: www.hopeoutloud.org.