NYC: Theater of the Oppressed Festival, 62425

With the support of Green Hope Services of East Harlem, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), Kinding Sindaw, and Make the Road by Walking

Saturday, June 24, 2006 from 6:00 to 9:30 pm, and Sunday, June 25 from 4:00 to 8:00 pm

at The Riverside Church 91 Claremont Avenue (one block west of Broadway at 120 Street) New York City

Schedule

* Saturday, June 24 (6:00 to 9:30 pm):

Forum Theater participatory performances by:

- --Theater for Change Teachers Collective - --Make the Road by Walking

Solo performance of "We've Come Undone", written and performed by Kayhan Irani. A series of monologues inspired by stories from the Arab, Muslim, American and South Asian communities. This multidisciplinary piece explores the impact of recent legislation on several communities in the US that are experiencing the trauma of detention, disappearance and deportation.

Live music and film-video clips

* Sunday, June 25 (4:00 to 8:00 pm):

Forum Theater participatory performances by:

- --Theater of the Oppressed (TOPLAB) 2006 Interns - --The Women of Green Hope Services in East Harlem, with Jeremiah Drake - --Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ)

Performance by Kinding Sindaw, Indigenous Filipino Dance, Theater and Martial Arts Ensemble, directed by Potri Ranka Manis.

Live music and film-video clips

Admission free! (though donations are greatly appreciated)

For more information please contact the Theater of the Oppressed

"My fellow Americans, major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." --George W. Bush, May 1, 2003

"...I told the American people that the road ahead would be difficult, and that we would prevail. Well, it has been difficult--and we are prevailing." --George W. Bush, June 28, 2005

U.S. military baneities through May 1, 2003: 140 U.S. military baneities through June 28, 2005: 1743 U.S. military baneities as of June 2, 2006: 2472

Iraqi civilian baneities through May 1, 2003: 1982 Iraqi civilian baneities through June 28, 2005: 22,563 � 25,560 (estimated)* Iraqi civilian baneities as of June 2, 2006: 38,059 � 42,434 (estimated)*

*These figures are based on the number of baneities cited in various news reports and have been criticized, with much justification, for not giving an accurate buttessment of the real civilian rest count. A much more rigorous and statistically-reliable study, conducted by teams from Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University and Al-Mustansiriya University, and published in The Lancet (the British medical journal) in the Fall of 2004, put the figure at around 100,000 civilians dead. However, that data had been based on "conservative buttumptions", according to research team leader Les Roberts, and the actual count could be significantly higher. Note also that the Lancet study's data greatly underestimated baneities in Falujah due to the surveying problems encountered there at that time. If the full and true data from this town is included, the compiled studies would point to about 250,000 excess civilian rests since the outbreak of the aggression and genocide committed by the United States against the people of Iraq.

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