Questioning the New Imperial World Order
A Hearing on the Project for the New American Century ( PNAC)
[hosted by Beursschouwburg
and Les Halles]
Day 0 [Wednesday 14.04.04] Beursschouwburg
OPENING OF THE BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL:
17.30: Opening of the cultural event (exhibition) surrounding
the Brussels Tribunal, informal Press meeting with some of the participants of the tribunal.
Bénédicte Liénard (Vestiaire)
Jean-Philippe Convert (Loges)
Jos De Gruyter (Salle d'exposition / Expositieruimte)
20.00: Welcome : Guido Minne and Annick
Deville (Grenier / Zolderzaal)
- Introduction : Lieven De Cauter
- A word on th World tribunal by the Istambul committee : Ayse Berktay
- Opening by the chairman : François Houtart
- Video Testimony by Ramsey Clark
- Statement by members of the commission : Nawal Al Saadawi, Sabah Al Mukhtar
and Samir Amin
- Introduction to the cultural events : Guido Minne and Annick Deville
- "For a justice to come" (fragments of the interview with Jacques
Derrida)
Day 1 [Thursday 15.04.04] Beursschouwburg
THE PROJECT FOR THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY:
THE BLUEPRINT OF THE NEW IMPERIAL WORLD ORDER
(Salle des Fêtes / Feestzaal)
9.00: Registration
9.30: XXI century, Part Seven: (Documentary on PNAC by Lorenzo
Meccoli & Gabriele Zamparini)
10.30: The 'Project for the
New American Century' (PNAC) and the idea of "Pax Americana" (Tom
Barry, 'amicus curiae')
11.00: The PNAC and its responsabilities for the agressive unilateral US military
policies and the breaches these entails of international and humanitarian law (Felicity
Arbuthnot, prosecutor)
11.30:
12.00: "All powers fused": Economic ties
of PNAC with the petrochemical industry and the military industrial complex (Geoffrey
Geuens)
13.00: 14.30: "The neoconservative ideology and the Bush
administration" (John Saxe Fernandez)
15.30: "The power complex": the links of PNAC
to industrial interests in general and to the petroleum industry in particular (Sara
Flounders)
15.50: Human Rights as swords of Empire (Amy
Bartholomew)
16.30:
17.00: How Europe reacts to the Neocon Imperial War
Policy (Armand Clesse)
18.30: Round up of the day
19.00: End of the sessions
18.00-22h30 (Grenier / Zolderzaal)
Route 181, fragments of a journey in Palestine-Israel - Eyal Sivan and Michel Khleifi
21.00-22.45 (Salle des Fêtes / Feestzaal)
Gaza City - Armin Linke (15')
The agony of silence - Els Opsomer (12')
La démocratie en Iraq - Hana Al Bayaty (52')
"Wargame": graphic workshop by the students of three art schools: Sint-Lukas, ERG, La Cambre
Day 2 [Friday 16.04.04] Beursschouwburg
PNAC POLICIES AND THE WAR IN IRAQ
(Salle des Fêtes / Feestzaal)
09.00: "Benevolent hegemony ?" The
neoconservative policy as a break with longstanding standards of US foreign policy (written testimony by Immanuel
Wallerstein)
09.30: "The Rulers of the world": Geopolitical
strategies behind the New Imperial War Policy (Michael Parenti)
10.30: The Global War has begun: the neocon blueprint of wars to
come (Michel Collon)
11.30:
12.00: "Weapons of mass deception": The UN inspections and the
premeditated war in Iraq (written testimony by Scott Ritter)
13.00:
14.30: "Pre-emptive strike": the war against Iraq, the UN and
international law (Hans von Sponeck)
15.30: The horrors of occupation and the wholesale of
Iraq (Haifa Zangana)
16.00: The collateral consequences of PNAC policies on
the ground in Iraq (Ghazwan Al-Mukhtar)
17.00:
17.30: Plea of the defense ('amicus curiae', Jim
Lobe)
18.15: Speech of the prosecution team (Karen
Parker)
19.00: Closing of the tribunal by the Chairman
19.30: End of the sessions
20.00-00.30 (Grenier / Zolderzaal)
Route 181, fragments of a journey in Palestine-Israel - Eyal Sivan and Michel Khleifi
21.00-22.45 (Salle des Fêtes / Feestzaal)
Gaza City - Armin Linke (15')
The agony of silence - Els Opsomer (12')
De la démocratie en Iraq - Hana Al Bayaty (52')
Day 3 [Saturday 17.04.03] Les
Halles de Schaerbeek
CONCLUSIONS
[09.30: Closed session for the
Commission : discussing conclusions]
17.00: Press conference: pre-release of the commissions
findings
18.00-0.00: Supporting cultural evening at Les Halles de
Schaerbeek
Petite Halle
19.00: La Fièvre - Transquinquennal
21.30: Contre - Lydie Salvayre et Serge Tessot-Gay
Cave
20.00: Ali Mezani
21.00: Thomas Olbrechts
22.00: Jean-Michel Espitallier et TG Stan
23.30: Pierre Deruisseau
Grande Halle
Installation vidéo - Bénédicte Liénard
Ruelle
Gaza City - Armin Linke - 2003 (15')
The agony of silence - Els Opsomer - 2003 (12')
De la démocratie en Iraq - Hana Al Bayaty - 2003 (52')
22.30: Public Declaration of the Findings of the Commission
23.00-0.00 : Closing concert