[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [Iran01] Chicago Iran resolution press release

[Barbara kessel]

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From: Michael Lynn <mlynn226 at gmail.com>
Date: May 9, 2008 7:26 AM
Subject: [Iran01] Chicago Iran resolution press release
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Please distribute widely.

For those of you who might not have contacted your Alderman yet, the
next two business days would be the ideal time to do so. And please
try to join us Tuesday and Wednesday at City Hall. Details below.

Mike

No War On Iran Coalition — Chicago
 www.nowaroniran-chicago.org

 For Immediate Release
 May 8, 2008

 Contact:
 Michael Lynn
 773-860-6969
 mlynn226 at gmail.com

 Alderman Joe Moore
 773-848-5796
 aldmoore at aol.com


Chicago City Council Considers Resolution Opposing War on Iran
 Leading Experts to Testify Against Military Action as Tensions Rise


WHAT:            Press Conference & Committee Hearings on Iran Resolution
 WHEN:            Tuesday May 13 — Press Conference 10:30 AM, Hearings 11:30 AM
 WHERE:          City Hall — Second Floor Council Lobby & Room 201-A
 WHO:              Scott Ritter, John Mearsheimer, Stephen Kinzer, Doug Cassel

 With the prospect of a U.S. military strike on Iran looming,
America's third largest city will decide next week whether to take a
stand on this volatile international situation.

 At the Chicago City Council meeting on Wednesday, May 14 at 10:00 AM
in the City Council chambers, the body will vote on a resolution
introduced by Alderman Joe Moore (with the support of Chicago's No War
on Iran Coalition) that would declare the city opposed to a U.S.
military attack on Iran.

 Hearings on the resolution will be held the day before — Tuesday, May
13 at 11:30 AM in Room 201-A of City Hall. Testifying will be:

 John Mearsheimer
 Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and
Co-Director of the University's Program on International Security
Policy

 Scott Ritter
 Former Chief Weapons Inspector for the United Nations Special
Commission in Iraq (UNSCOM) and Intelligence Specialist with the U.S.
Marine Corps

 Stephen Kinzer
 Professor of Political Science and Journalism at Northwestern
University and Former Foreign Correspondent for the New York Times

 Douglass Cassel
 Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law
School and a Weekly Commentator on Chicago Public Radio's Worldview
Program

 Norma Claire Moruzzi
 Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of the International
Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

 Farrah Hassen
 Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.

 All of the experts but Professor Cassel will be on hand at a press
conference one hour before the hearings, at 10:30 AM in the Council
lobby, second floor, City Hall (just outside the elevators).

 While a handful of American cities have passed similar resolutions,
Chicago would be by far the largest to do so. "With the economy in a
freefall," said Alderman Moore, the resolution's author, "another
unnecessary military adventure would sap even more of the resources
critically needed to improve the quality of life in Chicago's
neighborhoods."

 "No one harbors any illusions that the resolution will stop a U.S.
attack on Iran," said Michael Lynn of Chicago's No War on Iran
Coalition. The measure is rather "a vehicle to raise the profile of
the issue — right in the country's heartland — and demonstrate broad
opposition to a wider war."

 The goal, said Lynn, is "to influence policy by showing there would
be serious political consequences to any attack." The resolution's
passage, he said, "could inspire people in other cities to press their
local governments to pass similar measures."

 The resolution's co-sponsors include 2nd Ward Alderman Robert
Fioretti; 4th Ward Alderman Toni Preckwinkle; 6th Ward Alderman
Freddrenna Lyle; 7th Ward Alderman Sandi Jackson; 22nd Ward Alderman
Ricardo Muñoz; 47th Ward Alderman Eugene Schulter; and 48th Ward
Alderman Mary Ann Smith.

 As well, a range of political scientists at the major universities in
Chicago — from Northwestern and the University of Chicago to DePaul
and the University of Illinois at Chicago — and other prominent local
commentators have expressed their support for the resolution.


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