An open letter on the invitation of Mother Agnes Mariam to speak at the upcoming International Anti-War Conference, and on an anti-imperialism that reduces events to geopolitical wrangling between nation states while Syrians are forced to justify their revolution time and again. News recently broke that the Stop the War Coalition (StWC) invited Mother Superior Agnès Mariam de la Croix to speak at its November 30 International Anti-War Conference. Fellow guests included MPs Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn and journalists Owen Jones and Jeremy Scahill. Responding to a firestorm of protest, Jones and Scahill vowed to boycott the event if the Syrian-based nun spoke alongside them. Eventually she decided to “withdraw” from the conference and StWC issued a statement without explanation. Nor did it divulge why anyone would object to a Syrian cleric’s participation in an ostensibly pro-peace event. Here are some reasons why we consider Mother Agnès-Mariam’s inclusion in an anti-war event to be a “red line” for opponents of conflict.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:40:21 +0000
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