[Peace-discuss] Public Square advert for 4/30 Panel with Paul Street

[Morton K. Brussel]

This has been submitted, in haste,  to WILL's Public Square. It may be  
modified in the presentation.

Hello, I’m Morton Brussel, speaking for AWARE. We are sponsoring a  
significant event, namely an appraisal of the first 100 days of the  
Obama presidency. This will take place at 7pm on Thursday, April 30,  
at the Urbana City Council Chambers, and will be televised on UPTV  
local cable channel 6.

The review will be discussed first by historian, journalist, activist  
Paul Street, author of a recent book about Obama, followed by a panel  
of varying viewpoints, consisting of Champaign County board member  
Carrol Ammons, UIUC Professor of Political Science Paul Diehl, UIUC  
Professor Brian Gaines, and Just Foreign Policy coordinator and  
activist Robert Naiman.

Paul Street will speak for 45 minutes. Each panelist will give ten  
minute presentations, and then there will be time for questions and  
comments, interchanges between the panelists and the audience.

We expect that this will be an important discussion serving to  
illuminate how successful the present administration has been in these  
first 100 days in dealing with the serious questions confronting it,  
on foreign and domestic policies, how the actions of the  
administration and President Obama have been received by the American  
public, by allies of the United States and by those with whom we  
confront in the wider world.

Clearly on the list of pressing topics that might be discussed are the  
policies of the administration concerning 1) the wars and occupations  
in Iraq in which we are engaged, 2) policies with regard to our  
relations with other countries [e.g., Iran, Israel/Palestine, North  
Korea, Pakistan, Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, China, India, Somalia, etc.]  
3)  the economic situation at home and administrations actions to deal  
with it, 4) Civil rights at home and for our prisoners—habeas corpus  
and the issue of torture, environmental policy, including how climate  
change is considered, energy,

The list of issues that can be addressed will certainly be greater  
than time will permit, but we expect an informative, stimulating  
appraisal of what has been accomplished, what needs to be  
accomplished, what is most important to accomplish, and what are the  
chances for success based on what we now know of Obama’s actions and  
statements.

Please come and listen or watch: 7pm on Thursday April 30 at the U.  
City Council Chambers on vine Street U.



--mkb
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