RADIO INTIFADA
Voices from Kolkota to Casablance
Voices of struggle, Voices for change
[Intifada = shaking off - oppression/silence]
Thursday 5/8/07 3-4pm
Iran: The1988 Massacres of Political Prisoners; How and Why
In 1988, the Iranian government summarily and extrajudicially executed thousands of political prisoners held in Iranian jails. The government has never acknowledged these executions, or provided any information as to how many prisoners were killed. The majority of those executed were serving prison sentences for their political activities after unfair trials in revolutionary courts.

Special Guests:
Azizeh Shahmoradi
Azizeh Shahmoradi is an Iranian political and Human Right activist in Diaspora. In 1984, she was arrested along with her husband and their 18-month-old son by Islamic Security forces at their home. In 1988, she was condemned to death by whipping for being an atheist. Azizeh was ultimately released in 1989.

Jafar Yaghoobi was born in the city of Tabriz, Iran in 1950. He traveled to US in 1973 to attend graduate school at the "University of California in Davis. He returned to Iran in 1979.He joined Organization of People's Fedaee after returning to Iran.
In 1984, he was arrested along with 100's of other activists across Iran.
He survived that mass killing and was freed into house arrest in Tehran in 1989.

Iraj Mesdaghi , was arrested in 1981 in relation to Iranian Mujahedin. In 1982 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was finally released in 1991 and left 1994 left Iran with her wife and 25-day-old son illegally. Last year he published a 300-page collection of poems about the 1988 prison killing

Mehdi Aslani , an Iranian activist, was a member of Organization of Iranian Fedaee when he was arrested during the second half of 1984. Mehdi spent close to 5 years in confinement. He was released in 1989 and left Iran in 1997. He currently lives in exile in Germany.

PanteA Bahrami , was an activist in Iran when she was arrested in 1981. She was held as a political prisoner for four years and released from prison in 1986. She has since obtained her Ph.D. in Journalism from the University of Dortmund and has done extensive research in comparison of the identity of women in Iran before and after the Islamic Revolution

This program was produced and hosted by members of the SWANA Collective, South and West Asia, North Africa Collective of KPFK. We wish to extend our gratitude to all the persons whose cooperation made this program possible, namely Parvin Moussavi, who helped in production, Lucy Der-Tavitian, the narrator, and to others who dedicated countless hours of research and hard work to make this program a reality.
This program was edited and engineered by Meliza Figueroa.

Tune in same time next week to listen to the next segment of this program. We will be addressing the response of the International Human Rights Community, remembering some of the fallen, and talk about the families of the death and those of the survivors.

SWANA Community Calendar
As part of UCLA Palestine Solidarity Week, and in commemoration of
the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation and the 59th anniversary
of Al Nakba, CEIA-SC is proud to announce an educational forum:

Israel, Zionism and Apartheid:
The Case for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

Sunday, May 20, 2007 � 10 am until 2:30 pm
Humanities A51 � UCLA

The Consequences of Zionism
The inherent inequalities of the Jewish state
Dr. Zahi Damuni, co-founder of Al-Awda

The Misuse of Anti-Semitism
Making accusations in order to deflect legitimate criticism of Israel
CEIA-SC Members

Lessons from South Africa
Learning from the Anti-Apartheid Movement
Samuel A. Paul, Ph.D.

The Nature of Israel as an Apartheid State
Dr. Laila Al-Marayati, spokesperson and past-president of Muslim Women's League, chairperson of Kinder USA, and MPAC board member

University Divestment Campaign
The Muslim Students' Association- UCLA and Students for Justice in Palestine-UCLA

Presented by CEIA-SC in conjunction with Muslim Students Association- UCLA,
Students for Justice in Palestine-UCLA and Palestinian American Women Association of Southern California.
Endorsers (as of 5/09): American Friends Service Committee, ANSWER Coalition-LA, Islamic Shura Council, Palestine Aid Society, Jan 27 Action Coalition, Council on American-Islamic Relations-LA, Coalition for World Peace, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Global Voices for Justice, Global Women's Strike, Women of Color/Global Women's Strike, Payday Men's Network, The Middle East Fellowship of Southern California, Friends of Sabeel-Southern California, International Socialist Organization, SWANA Collective/Radio Intifada, MEChA de USC, Women in Black-Los Angeles, Office of the Americas, The Committee of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism-Los Angeles, The International Action Center, Addicted to War, Venice Peace and Freedom Party, Freedom Socialist Party, Students for Justice in Palestine-USC, Foothills Peace Coalition, Radical Women, Muslim Public Affairs Council

Individual Endorsers (as of 5/05; affiliations included for identification purposes only):
Jim Lafferty (National Lawyers Guild), Sally Marr and Peter Dudar (Arlington West Film)

Free admission. Lunch will be offered.
For additional information, please contact us at:
info@ceia-sc. org

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Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

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