Dahr Jamail on Iraq Eyewitness to Occupation at Socialism 2008

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20 min – Jul 21, 2008
Charles Jenks – www.socialistworker.org

“Over half the total population of the country are either refugees, in need of emergency aid or dead.” Dahr Jamail gave a riveting talk on the occupation of Iraq at Socialism 2008 in Chicago on June 20.

Dahr has spent a total of eight months in occupied Iraq as one of only a few independent US journalists in the country. In the Middle East, Dahr has also has reported from Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. He writes for the Inter Press Service, the Asia Times and many other outlets. His reports have also been published with the Nation, the Sunday Herald, Islam Online, the Guardian, Foreign Policy in Focus, and the Independent.

Dahr uses the DahrJamailIraq.com Web site and his popular mailing list to circulate his dispatches.

Socialism conferences are sponsored annually by the Center for Economic Research and Social Change, publisher of International Socialist Review and Haymarket Books. Conferences are co-sponsored by the International Socialist Organization, publisher of Socialist Worker and Obrero Socialista. For more information on Socialism 2008, see

http://www.socialismconference.org

See also:

Socialist Worker http://www.socialistworker.org

International Socialist Review http://www.isreview.org

Haymarket Books http://www.haymarketbooks.org

Obrero Socialista http://www.socialistworker.org/Obrero.shtml

International Socialist Organization Center for Economic Research and Social Change http://www.cersc.org/

International Socialist Organization http://www.internationalsocialist.org

Videotaped and edited by Charles Jenks.

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