Events for 10/22/2009

Dan Kenney, the peace activist who brought us news of the Blackwater military training camp in northern Illinois, will be in Madison to speak on Military Privatization in the Global South.  In a preview of his talk this coming November at the School of the Americas Vigil in Columbus, Georgia, Dan Kenney will share his thoughts on the growing use of private armies throughout the Global South.  While it is critical that we keep up the pressure
on closing the SOA in Ft. Benning, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Dan will share his perspective on the impact privatization of the military has not only on all of the Americas, but also on the democratic system. Dan Kenney is an educator, activist, and investigative journalist. He is coordinator of the DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace & Justice; co-founder and coordinator of noprivatearmies.org and of the Clearwater Project to stop Blackwater; a founding member of the Illinois Coalition for Peace & Justice; the Illinois state coordinator of Bring the Guard Home;
and the chair of the social justice committee of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of De Kalb.