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Afghanistan
The Cost of Empire: Military Spending, Military Bases, and Empire-Building
Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington 4444 Arlington Blvd., Arlington, VA, United StatesA forum and discussion on the costs of empire. IPS Research Fellows Miriam Pemberton and Erik Leaver will lead a discussion on military spending, military bases, and empire-building in Iraq and Afghanistan and will offer a set of policy alternatives for the new administration.
Afghanistan: Why We Need to Leave
UW-Milwaukee Student Union, Room 191 220 East Kenwood Street, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesPhyllis Bennis will speak on the topic "8 Years in Afghanistan: Why We Need to Leave." She'll provide background on the current situation in Afghanistan, what U.S. policy is leaning toward for the region, and what we can do to tell our representatives that eight years is too many.The presentation is sponsored by Peace Action Wisconsin and Progressive Students of Milwaukee.
Phyllis Bennis: U.S. Policy in the Middle East
Western Michigan University: The Fetzer Center, Kirsh Auditorium 1903 Western Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesDon’t miss this opportunity to learn more about what is going on in the Middle East, from a renowned expert. If you want to know what is really happening, and why we should care, the upcoming presentation by Phyllis Bennis will knock your proverbial socks off! No cover charge for the event. Phyllis Bennis is a fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies and of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, who specializes in Middle East and United Nations issues.
More Information can be found here: www.kzoo4peace.org
This event is sponsored by Kalamazoo Non Violent Opponents of War
Nebraska’s Annual Peace Conference: ‘What a Just U.S. Policy in the Muslim World Would Look Like’
Trinity United Methodist Church 5th and Elm Street, Grand Island, NE, United StatesOur Middle East fellow Phyllis Bennis will be speaking on U.S. policy in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the current state of U.S.-UN relations. She'll also lead a workshop, "Responding to the Afghan Quagmire & Obama’s Vietnam."
This event is sponsored by Nebraskans for Peace and the UNO School of Social Work. Registration information and a full schedule of conference workshops can be found here.
Conference: ‘Rolling Back Militarism: A Task for the Global Movement’
Georgetown University 37th & O St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesAt this time of global economic and environmental crisis, join activists from International & US based NGOs to find the opportunity – this conference is an invitation to engage in a strategic process, to examine our campaigning priorities and options, to explore new ways to challenge the militarism we see around us, and to build international connections and partnerships.
• Learn ways to help constituents begin to break with the culture and practice of militarism that is now a U.S. legacy• Set strategies to achieve more collaborative, peace-oriented policies from the Obama administration.• Rebuild relations between US peace movement(s), partners abroad, & key leaders from sister organizations.• Forge new alliances and exchange proposals for future joint work.
Emira Woods will be presenting the keynote address in this conference, and Phyllis Bennis will lead a presentation. For more information, you can read the conference flyer or register at www.peace-action.org.
Author Event: Phyllis Bennis, ‘Ending the War in Afghanistan: A Primer’
Busboys and Poets, Langston Room 14th & V St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesThe Bush administration answered the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 with what it called the “global war on terror,” beginning with the assault and invasion of Afghanistan and then with the invasion and occupation of Iraq. As more and more Americans joined the opposition to the Iraq war, for many, Afghanistan remained “the good war.” But was Afghanistan ever a “good war”? And will President Obama’s plan and escalation of US troop presence in Afghanistan work?
Los Angeles Author Event: Phyllis Bennis on ‘Ending the War in Afghanistan: A Primer’
Levantine Cultural Center 5998 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United StatesMiddle East expert and author Phyllis Bennis will present her latest book (co-authored with David Wildman), Ending the U.S. War in Afghanistan: A Primer, followed by a Q & A. The evening is cosponsored by CODEPINK: Women for Peace.
Author Event: Ending the U.S. War in Afghanistan
Kay Spiritual Life Center, American University 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, United StatesAcclaimed writer, analyst, and activist Phyllis Bennis discusses her new book "Ending the US War in Afghanistan: A Primer" and leads a conversation questioning whether the war in Afghanistan was ever "the good war" and what citizens can do in the face of President Obama's recent troop escalation.
Endgame: Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Politics of U.S. Withdrawal
IPS Conference Room 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC, United StatesPresident Obama promises to begin transferring U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2011. A new international conference in Kabul endorses Afghan President Karzai’s call for Afghanistan to be in charge of its own security by 2014. Meanwhile, facing its own Islamist insurgency and growing economic and political crises, Pakistan considers its options in Afghanistan.
Iraq: A Teach-In on the Legacy of the Seven-Year U.S. Occupation
Busboys & Poets - 14th & V 2021 14th Street NW, Washington, DCThousands of U.S. troops are leaving Iraq -- but more than 50,000 troops and tens of thousands of US-paid mercenaries remain. US "combat operations" are ending, but Iraq remains mired in war.
US Counter-Narcotics Policy in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Mexico
University of Maryland, College Park Stamp Student Union, Benjamin Banneker B, College Park, MD, United StatesAccording to the 2006 report of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime/Ministry of Counternarcotics, Opium production in Afghanistan has skyrocketed since the U.S. military teamed with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance in toppling the Taliban in 2001, with Afghanistan now supplying 92 percent of the world’s illicit opium.
Hill Briefing: How Would You Spend $1 Trillion?
Capitol Visitors Center, Room SVC 210 First & East Capitol Streets, NE, Washington, DC, United StatesAt this congressional briefing and screening view two four-minute compelling videos which chronicle how the filmmakers – and the people they interview – would spend the more than $1 trillion already spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The filmmakers will also offer brief introductions to their work and to life in their communities.
War Voices: Ten Years of War in Afghanistan
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church 1830 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC, United StatesOctober 7, 2011 is the tenth anniversary of the Global War on Terror, the longest war in U.S. history. War Voices is a unique forum to reflect on this decade of war by bringing together people directly impacted by U.S. militarism and the U.S. war economy
Author Event: Party in The Street
Busboys & Poets - 14th & V 2021 14th Street NW, Washington, DCThe Institute for Policy Studies co-sponsors a discussion and signing of a book on "The Antiwar Movement and the Democratic Party after 9/11" by Michael T. Heaney and Fabio Rojas.