FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 15, 2005 5:00 PM

CONTACT: Center for Constitutional Rights
Mahdis Keshavarz, 212-260-5000

Family of American Woman Killed by Military Bulldozer Files Suit Against Catepillar, Inc.

Family of Rachel Corrie Charges Bulldozer Manufacturer Knowingly Sold Machines Used to Violate Human Rights

This short video features footage of Joan Norman, the 70+ year old who was the first to be arrested.

Also shown is the break-up of the second blockade further up the road that day, which featured people locked to and under an abandoned truck in the middle of the road.

George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 fm interviews Cindy Corrie about her daughter Rachel Corrie.

Cindy talks about what kind of person Rachel was, why she did the work that she did, how Rachel's killing has affected her family and how they are continuing her work. Cindy also reads a few short clips of Rachel's writings and talks about their efforts to get an independent investigation into Rachel's killing.

Rachel Corrie, a volunteer with the ISM, was killed by a D-9 Caterpillar bulldozer driven by Israeli soldiers on March 16th, 2003 while non-violently attempting to prevent the demolition of a family home in the refugee camp of Rafah, Occupied Gaza. (57:44 / 52.9 MB)

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George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 fm interviews Joe Carr, an eyewitness to Rachel Corrie's killing. He speaks about what he saw on the day that Rachel was run over by an Israeli bulldozer.

She was killed on March 16, 2003 by Israeli soldiers who ran her over with a D-9 Caterpillar bulldozer while she non-violently attempted to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian doctor and his family's home. There has never been an independent investigation into her killing. He also talks about what kind of person Rachel was, what motivated her to do the work she had done and how he and others are continuing her work. He also answers criticisms of the International Solidarity Movement, the movement that both he and Rachel were a part of.

Joe Carr is an anti-oppression activist from Kansas City, Missouri and worked with the ISM in Rafah for four months in 2003 and is now an activist with Christian Peacemaker teams. He has also worked with Food Not Bombs, Earth First and Arts in Action. He is also a performance artist, musician and poet and has written a song about Rachel called A Dove's Last Song. (31:29 / 21.6 MB)

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Azadeh Moaveni
Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran
Monday, March 14th at 7:30 p.m.
Capitola Book Cafe