[Peace] [Peace-discuss] AWARE mtg Sunday Feb. 12

[Brussel, Morton K]

It is unfortunate that Zunes has become an apologist for our government's policies towards Syria. Read

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/08-0

--mkb

On Feb 8, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:

AWARE should meet promptly this Sunday, Feb.12. and adjourn in time for people to walk over to Unit One to hear Stephen Zunes.  --CGE


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From: Department of History <hist-workbox at mx.uillinois.edu<mailto:hist-workbox at mx.uillinois.edu>>
Date: February 8, 2012 2:43:49 PM CST
Subject: FW: Unit One Guest: Prof. Stephen Zunes


Greetings from Unit One at Allen Hall!

We would like to share with your department the upcoming events with Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, where he chairs the program in Middle Eastern Studies.  Expert on US foreign policy and Middle East politics, he will share his perspectives on human rights, social movements, and nonviolent action.  He will be our Guest-in-Residence at Allen Hall from Feb. 12th to February 16th, 2012.

The week- long event is free and open to the public. Please join us and distribute the information below among any list members, faculty, students, and staff who might be interested.

Sincerely,

Laura Haber

Program Director of Unit One


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Noted expert on US foreign policy and Middle East Politics, Stephen Zunes will be a Unit One/Allen Hall Guest-in-Residence February 12 - February 16.

Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, where he chairs the program in Middle Eastern Studies. He has traveled frequently to the Middle East and other conflict regions, meeting with prominent government officials, scholars and dissidents. He has served as a political analyst for local, national, and international radio and television and as a columnist for the National Catholic Reporter, Huffington Post, Truthout, Alternet and Common Dreams. He has published scores of articles and op-ed pieces on such topics as U.S. foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics, Latin American politics, African politics, human rights, arms control, social movements and nonviolent action. He is the co-editor of Nonviolent Social Movements, the author of Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism and the co-author (along with Jacoby Mundy) of Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution.

All events take place in the South Rec Room of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL unless noted otherwise. Free parking is available in the parking garage across the street.

Sunday, February 12
7pm - Opening Program: My 'Radical Agenda': Human Rights in the Middle East and Beyond

Monday, February 13
7pm - The Iraq War and its Legacy

Tuesday, February 14
7pm - The United States and the Israel-Palestinian Peace Process

Wednesday, February 15
7pm - The Arab Spring and the Power of Nonviolent Action

Thursday, February 16
7pm - How to Deal with Iran





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