| Presented by the WAMM Middle East Committee |
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| Cynthia McKinney: Breaking the Siege of Gaza |
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Recorded
Friday, November 6, 2009
Walker Methodist Church, Minneapolis. |
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Former Congresswoman and presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney tells the story of her three valiant attempts and final success at entering Gaza to show solidarity and provide humanitarian aid to its besieged people.
While attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, Cynthia McKinney was a passenger in the relief vessel Dignity when it was rammed by the Israeli army in international waters, December 30. The heavily damaged ship was forced to limp into a Lebanese port.
In late June, McKinney and twenty other human rights activists were arrested when their boat, Spirit of Humanity, was boarded by the Israeli Navy. McKinney spent days in an Israeli prison before being released, but within days was on her way to join the Viva Palestinian U.S. caravan, organized by British Member of Parliament George Galloway. |
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| Media: Flash audio. Total runtime 1:22:04. Also posted here. |
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| Introduction |
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| Sarah Martin of the WAMM Middle East Committee introduces Cynthia McKinney with a short history of the congresswoman's career. |
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| Part 1 |
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| Congresswoman McKinney talks in detail about AIPAC's influence on US elections, largely using her own experiences running for office. |
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| Part 2 |
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| Cynthia McKinney talks about the start of the Iraq War and the repercussions of her stand against it, her experiences with the Free Gaza Movement, her abduction and imprisonment by the Israeli government and the appalling media non-coverage of the entire event. She also addresses the sorry state of US electoral politics, our sub-standard health care system and other topics. |
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| thanks to |
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A-Infos Radio Project
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