SATURDAY: Don't miss Foreign Policy for All conference Nov 8!

Dear friend,

Don't miss the Foreign Policy for All conference this Saturday!  Pre-register at http://fp4a-conf.bpt.me/ to receive first choice of workshops.  Or you can register at the door starting at 9am at MIT building 34, 50 Vassar St., Cambridge.

The Foreign Policy for All working paper has been posted for comment. Check it out here and post your comments to help us prepare for the discussion.
Check out the schedule of the day,  workshop descriptions, and logistics, parking info and map.
I look forward to seeing you at the conference!
- -- Cole for the Foreign Policy for All working group

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A Foreign Policy for All

Re-Thinking U.S. Foreign Policy for the 21st Century

Saturday November 8, 2014, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
MIT Room 34-101 • 50 Vassar St • Cambridge • Kendall T

Confirmed Speakers
Noam Chomsky, MIT Institute Professor, author, Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order	Bill Fletcher, former president, Trans Africa Forum; author, They’re Bankrupting Us! And 20 other Myths about Unions	Phyllis Bennis, director, New Internationalism Project, Institute for Policy Studies	Stephen Kinzer, Boston Globe columnist; author, The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War	Judith Leblanc, Field Director, Peace Action; former co-chair, UFPJ; member of the Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma

It’s time for a change.
After years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, with their terrible toll of death and destruction, we are fighting again in the Middle East.  But growing numbers of Americans are debating the values and goals of U.S. foreign policy, with its heavy reliance on military intervention.  Why has it been so unsuccessful? What is the appropriate role for our nation in today’s world?  How does our investment in a gigantic, costly military establishment affect our foreign policy decisions?
In this one-day conference, held immediately after the midterm election, we will attempt to outline a more positive vision of U.S. global engagement, one that addresses the actual security needs of people around the world and that is consistent with the principles of peace and justice for all.   We will also explore the actions needed to make the changes we seek, to shift the discussion.
Read the working paper! The discussion will respond to A Foreign Policy for All, a working paper written by a Boston area working group. Read more about the Foreign Policy for All project.
Schedule and Workshops: the schedule of the day and the workshop descriptions. Pre-registered attendees will receive first choice of workshops.
Conference fee: $35; $10 for students and low income; free to MIT students; 15% discount for 5 or more people registering together. Fee includes morning coffee and lunch.  
Register at fp4a-conf.bpt.me/, mail check to Massachusetts Peace Action, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138; write "FP4A" on memo line. Or call in your credit card number to the office, or pay at the door. Info: 617 354 2169
Host: MIT Technology and Culture Forum
Co-Sponsors: Massachusetts Peace Action, American Friends Service Committee, MIT Western Hemisphere Association, United for Justice with Peace, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - Boston Branch, Massachusetts Global Action, Democratic Socialists of America
Workshop Topics (more details here):

• Nuclear disarmament
• Changing U.S. foreign and military climate policy
• The U.N. and International Law: Can they help with Global Crises? 
• War in the 21st Century: Drones, Space Weapons and Cyber Wars
• A Foreign Policy for All and the struggle against inequality and for social and economic justice
• Nourishing Resistance: Food and Foreign Policy
• A Foreign Policy for All in the Middle East and North Africa:  Foreign Intervention, Jihadism, and Alternatives
• A Foreign Policy for All in Eastern Europe, Ukraine & Russia
• A Foreign Policy for All in Asia/Pacific: Dangers and Opportunities in the U.S.-China-Japan Triangle
• Peacebuilding
• Budgets, Values and Militarism: the Outlook for the Mass. Budget for All Campaign
• Media: Manufacturing of Consent
• Human Security in the Time of Ebola
• Building the Foreign Policy for All on Campus

For peace and justice, Cole Harrison Executive Director Massachusetts Peace Action

 

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