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[Announce-DAN] Activist killed by US government (in 1987)
- Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 23:26:21
- From: "david martin" <p_hayze@hotmail.com>
- Subject: [Announce-DAN] Activist killed by US government (in 1987)
Who was Ben Linder?
Ben was an American activist building community-scale hydroelectric and
clean water projects in Nicaragua, when he assassinated by US-supported
Conttras in 1987.
Come hear his inspiring story as told by Joan Kruckewitt, author of "The
Death of Ben Linder: The Story of a North American in Sandinista Nicaragua"
at the following locations:
BOULDER, CO
Thursday, Dec. 7; 7 p.m.
Boulder Borders Books
1600 Pearl Mall
Boulder, CO
(760) 565-8266
BROOMFIELD, CO
Saturday, Dec. 9, 2-3 p.m.
Broomfield Borders Books
1 West Flat Iron Circle Village #332
Broomfield, CO 80021
(303) 466-4044
Ben Linder was a 27-year old engineer and unicyclist from Portland, Oregon,
who, along with two Nicaraguan volunteers, was ambushed and killed by the
U.S. - backed Contras in 1987 as they surveyed a stream for a hydroplant to
bring electricity and safe-drinking water to a village in northern
Nicaragua. In spite of the danger, Ben chose to work in the mountains where
a war raged between the Sandinistas and the Contras because he felt he had
an obligation, as an American, to rebuild what his country was destroying.
Ben was also a clown who performed in the circus, and a juggler who
delighted in riding his unicycle along the one-dirt road
villages, leading children to newly-opened health clinics for vaccinations.
Read his biography, "The Death of Ben Linder; The Story of a North American
in Sandinista Nicaragua," written by a journalist who covered the war
between the Sandinistas and the Contras. The 395-page book includes formerly
classified CIA documents that reveal who killed Ben and why. Order the book
at www.stanford.edu/~joank or, for an autographed copy, send a check for $22
(includes shipping) to the author, Joan Kruckewitt, PO Box 413, Belmont, CA,
94002.
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