[Peace] Public Square advert for 4/30 Panel with Paul Street
Morton K. Brussel
brussel at illinois.edu
Thu Apr 23 10:49:58 CDT 2009
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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