Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin “Inside Iran” Chicago book tour July 1-2

Inside Iran: The Real History of the Islamic Republic of Iran Sunday July 1 3-4 pm Seminary Coop Bookstore 5751 S. Hyde Park Blvd, Chicago Monday July 2 6:30-8:30 pm Evanston Public Library 1703 Orrington, Evanston Why is Donald Trump making peace with North Korea but on the warpath with Iran? … Continue reading Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin “Inside Iran” Chicago book tour July 1-2

Dan Kovalik’s “The Plot to Attack Iran” a Tool to Combat Washington’s Middle East Wars

https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/05/03/dan-kovaliks-the-plot-to-attack-iran-a-tool-to-combat-washingtons-middle-east-wars/ https://dissidentvoice.org/2018/05/a-tool-to-combat-washingtons-middle-east-wars/ https://iranian.com/2018/10/04/plot-to-attack-iran/ https://ahtribune.com/author.html?id=1060 https://popularresistance.org/the-plot-to-attack-iran-a-tool-to-combat-washingtons-middle-east-wars/ The Plot to Attack Iran gives a readable and well- referenced look at Western -- especially US -- abuse of Iran. The author and human rights lawyer Dan Kovalik presents a concise overview of US imperial conduct since World War II. The book is a reminder, which we need from … Continue reading Dan Kovalik’s “The Plot to Attack Iran” a Tool to Combat Washington’s Middle East Wars

Medea Benjamin Code Pink Chicago Speaking Tour

Monday October 31, noon WBEZ Jerome McDonald Worldview Monday October 31, 6-7:30 pm 8th Day Center for Justice, 205 W. Monroe, Chicago Tuesday November 1, noon- 4:00 pm Purdue University, Calumet, Indiana November 1, 6:30- 8:00 pm City Lit Book Store, 2523 N Kedzie Blvd. Chicago Wednesday November 2, 3:00 to 4:30 pm Loyola … Continue reading Medea Benjamin Code Pink Chicago Speaking Tour

The War in Syria: Reportback from July Anti-War Delegation

Tuesday, October 4, 7m Loyola University (downtown) Corboy Law Center, room 301, 25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago Joe Jamison, a member of the US Peace Council, reports on their July delegation of US antiwar organizations in Syria. At the request of the U.S. Peace Council, the Syrian government approved a 7-member delegation composed of representatives … Continue reading The War in Syria: Reportback from July Anti-War Delegation

Fall 2016 Film Series: The Fight Against the 1%

Fall 2016 LoyolaFilm Series: The Fight Against the 1% Sundays, 2pm Loyola University (downtown) Corboy Law Center, room 301, 25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago (one block north of Chicago & State Red line L stop) September 18 Shock Doctrine 78 min 2009 A documentary adaptation Naomi Klein's 2007 book, The Shock Doctrine. An investigation of … Continue reading Fall 2016 Film Series: The Fight Against the 1%

Burkina Faso and Thomas Sankara

Burkina Faso remains one of the ten least developed countries of the world. The 1983-87 Burkina revolution, Sankara acknowledged, was occurring in a backward, agricultural, semi-feudal country where there was not yet ‘an organized working class, conscious of its historic mission.” He sought to build a national economy based more on domestic markets and interests. … Continue reading Burkina Faso and Thomas Sankara

Book Review: The Imperialist War on Libya

http://mltoday.com/article/1735-book-review-the-imperialist-war-on-libya/29 In Global NATO and the Catastrophic Failure in Libya, (Monthly Review Press, 2013. 320 pages) Horace Campbell exposes the role of the NATO countries in the attack, occupation and destruction of Libya. This book provides useful material, given that a segment of the peace movement that opposed to the war on Iraq supported US … Continue reading Book Review: The Imperialist War on Libya

Phil Wilayto “In Defense of Iran”

The Cuban Revolution and its Role in Defeating South Africa Apartheid with Isaac Saney

Isaac Saney is the author of Cuba: A Revolution in Motion, a detailed look at the Cuban Revolution since the beginning of the economic crisis that confronted Cuba with the collapse of the Soviet trade bloc until today. His film African Stalinigrad: Cuba And Southern African Liberation documents the decisive role of Cuba in achieving … Continue reading The Cuban Revolution and its Role in Defeating South Africa Apartheid with Isaac Saney