[Announce-DAN] Activist killed by US government (in 1987)

["david martin" <p_hayze@hotmail.com>]

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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