[Chicago] BPF Chicago reminder: No War on Iran Forum, Saturday Dec. 8 at Loyola

[Kevin H]

Averting Another Catastrophe: The Folly Of An
Attack On Iran

A panel discussion with Mansour Farhang, Stephen
Kinzer, and Elahe Amani

Saturday December 8th, 2:00 PM
Loyola University
Lake Shore Campus
Damen Hall, Room 144
1/2 block north of Devon & Kenmore
  
- Stephen Kinzer, a veteran foreign correspondent
for the New York Times, has reported from more
than 50 countries and served as the paper’s
bureau chief in Turkey, Germany, and Nicaragua.
He is the author of Overthrow: America’s Century
of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq, All the
Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of
Middle East Terror, Crescent and Star: Turkey
Between Two Worlds, Blood of Brothers: Life and
War in Nicaragua, Bitter Fruit: The Story of the
American Coup in Guatemala, and the forthcoming A
Thousand Hills: Rwanda’s Rebirth and the Man Who
Dreamed It. A frequent contributor to the New
York Review of Books, he is a columnist for
Guardian America and teaches journalism and
international affairs at Northwestern University.

- Mansour Farhang teaches International Relations
and Middle East studies at Bennington College in
Vermont. He is the author of U.S. Imperialism:
>From the Spanish-American War to the Iranian
Revolution, The U.S. Press and Iran: Foreign
Policy and the Journalism of Deference, and the
forthcoming A Theology in Power: Reflections on
the Iranian Revolution. He was Iran’s Ambassador
to the United Nations in 1979-1980, a post from
which he resigned in protest over Ayatollah
Khomeini’s refusal to accept the UN Commission of
Inquiry’s recommendation to release the U.S.
hostages. He is a frequent commentator on
U.S.-Iran relations for the BBC Persian Service
and is an advisory board member of Human Rights
Watch/Middle East. His work has appeared in The
Nation, openDemocracy, the Christian Science
Monitor, and many other publications. 

- Elahe Amani has taught courses on global
women’s movements and women in cross-cultural
perspective at the California State University
(CSU), Long   Beach and Fullerton. She is chair
of the Coalition of Women from Asia and the
Middle East (CWAME) and chair of the Women’s
Intercultural Network, a global organization with
grassroots circles in Uganda, Japan and
Afghanistan. A peacemaker and trained mediator,
she works closely on issues related to gender,
culture and mediation. She participated in the
World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 and
has published extensively in both Persian and
English on issues related to global women’s
movements, peace, and the plight of Iranian and
Afghan women.

Presented by the No War on Iran coalition with
the co-sponsorship of:

8th Day Center for Justice 
American Friends Service Committee
Buddhist Peace Fellowship - Chicago Chapter
Chicago Committee in Solidarity with the People
of Iran
Chicago Progressive Alliance
Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism
Chicago Area Code Pink
Department of Anthropology - Loyola University
Department of Communication - Loyola University
Department of Philosophy - Loyola University
Department of Political Science - Loyola
University
Food Not Bombs - Loyola Chapter
International Studies Program - Loyola University
Iran House of Greater Chicago
Iranians for Peace and Human Rights
Lincoln   Park Neighbors United for Peace
Loyola Anti-War Network
Neighbors for Peace
North Suburban Peace Initiative
North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice
Northwest  Indiana Coalition Against the Iraq War
Peace Studies Program - Loyola University
Union of Iranian Socialists - North America
World Can’t Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime

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