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The War in Syria Cannot Be Won, But Can Be Ended

April 12, 2017 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Join us for a talk with IPS Fellow Phyllis Bennis, and event that is free and open to the public and satisfies the Montgomery College multicultural and diversity training requirement. Please share with friends.

Phyllis Bennis directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and is a fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She has been a writer, analyst, and activist on Middle East and UN issues for many years. In 2001, she helped found and remains on the advisory board of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. She writes and speaks widely across the U.S. and around the world as part of the global peace movement. She is the author of numerous books, including Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and Before & After: US Foreign Policy and the War on Terror. She plays a leading role in US and global movements against wars and occupation. Her newest book is entitled Understanding ISIS & the New Global War on Terror: A Primer.

The event is sponsored by Montgomery College’s Peace and Justice Studies Community Global Nexus Program, Humanities Area, and Department of World Languages and Philosophy. Questions about this event contact Patricia Ruppert, Patricia.Ruppert@montgomerycollege.edu.

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Date:
April 12, 2017
Time:
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Website:
http://insidemc.montgomerycollege.edu/details.php?id=80583

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Montgomery College
51 Mannakee Street, TC 136
Rockville, MD 20850
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