At 05.02 -0800 01-11-10, Bill Barowy scrobe:
>It looks like the Barbara Wein posting is taken from another, posted at the
>Independent media center by Betty Reardon 11:38pm Wed Nov 7 '01
...and if you check up on Betty Reardon you'll find her (lotsa googlehits)
as a peace educator in respectable places. If you look twice on the USIP
doc, you'll see that it's from December 98. Much can have happened in
silence since then... NOT a lot of googlehits on Ms Wein of the USIP.
... I already forwarded the forward (minus the in-house intro which I found
somewhat superfluous - Paul getting bored, or what?) to the Swedish FiB
forum, which I joined just a few weeks ago, although I have been a
subscriber of the parent magazine, Folket i Bild/Kulturfront since the
seventies. There's not a lot of discussion in the forum, I discover - but
it is a great and convenient source of info about the current war (critical
and/or anti). So when I come across a suitable drop I pour it into the
stream.
Eva
>When I went to the USIP web site, it had recognized a workshop for antiwar
>activitist done by Barbara in October. There is no mention as far as I can
>find, that she has been fired. From USIP.
>www.usip.org/pubs/pw/1298/instppl.html :
>
>"Barbara Wein, program officer in the Education and Training Program,
>moderated
>a panel on ìThe Impact of Globalization on Diversityî for a U.S. Information
>Agency program for 100 Hubert Humphrey Fellows from around the world on
>November 9.
>
>In October, she facilitated a workshop for 50 anti-war activists on ìIdentity,
>Nationalism, and Conflictî at the 75th anniversary conference of the War
>Resisters League, held in Davidsonville, Md. "
>
>
>
>--- "Paul H.Dillon" <illonph@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I remember several years ago on xmca when I ran into a wall of raging fire
>> for suggesting that perhaps a noted feminist should not be able to teach all
>> female classes .
>>
>> With that as a precedent for the list's opposition to the repression of
>> academic freedom I would like to offer up the following for your
>> consideration and possible supportive action:
>>
>> Paul H. Dillon
>>
>>
>> > > Forwarded Message:
>> > > Subj: Georgetown fires teacher for opposing war
>>
>> > >
>> > > Dear friends,
>> > >
>> > > Barbara Wein has been fired from USIP (United States Institute for
>> > > Peace) for speaking out against the war in Afghanistan. She was told
>> > > she would never lead another training program again because she
>> > > expressed her opposition to the bombings of Afghanistan. Barbara has
>> > > been there for 5 years as a program officer in the training division.
>> > > She trains people in negotiation, peace building, cross cultural
>> > > communication in war zones, including UN Peacekeepers, foreign service
>> > > officers, NGO's, US police officers going to E Timor, Bosnia, Kosovo,
>> > > etc. She was part of the civil society effort that helped create the
>> > > USIP which is congressionally funded.
>> > >
>> > > There is growing evidence that some of our civil liberties and civil
>> > > rights are being eroded in light of the tragic crisis. Several Members
>> > > of Congress, worried about democracy, have called Barbara in a show of
>> > > support.
>> > >
>> > > Barbara has an international reputation as a peace educator, a skill
>> > > we desperately need more than ever. She should be reinstated and the
>> > > USIP should protect the right to alternative voices as the bedrock of
>> > > democracy.
>> > >
>> > > You can send a real letter to the Chairman of the Board to share with
>> > > his Board members .
>> > >
>> > > Mail to Hon. Chester Crocker,
>> > > Chairman of the Board,
>> > > USIP,
>> > > Schlesinger Professor of Strategic Studies,
>> > > School of Foreign Service,
>> > > Georgetown Univ.
>> > > Intercultural Center,
>> > > Rm 813,
>> > > Washington DC 20057
>> > > e mail address: crockerc@gunet.georgetown.edu
>>
>>
>
>
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