Joe Carr - Iraq speaker
Joe Carr is an anti-oppression activist and performance artist from Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated with a BA from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington in 2004, having organized with direct-action movements such as Earth First, Food Not Bombs, and Arts in Activism. He spent January-April of 2003 coordinating for the International Solidarity Movement in Rafah, Palestine, and witnessed Israeli soldiers murder international activists Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall. He spent May-June 2005 with the Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraq, as well as another two trips in Palestine organizing nonviolent resistance to the Israeli Occupation. He has done two national speaking tours, appeared in several documentaries, has had his writing published in major media outlets, and produced two albums of his music and poetry. For more information on Joe, www.lovinrevolution.org/?q=bio.htm.