SAVE THE DATE --- Conflict in Syria: US Intervention and the Prospects for Peace!

A forum on Syrian perspectives, the US role and activist response

August 15, Thursday, 7-9 pm(location to be announced)

Presenters:

Marwa Alnaal, Syrian American Forum; a graduate of the international relations program at Clark University, Ms. Alnaal is a Syrian American who has travelled to Syria multiple times to study the crisis.

Assaf Kfoury, Boston University computer science department; Prof. Kfoury grew up in Beirut and Cairo and has published numerous articles on the Middle East in the Nation, Z-net, Counter Punch, etc, and has recently returned from Lebanon.

Nidal Bitari, A Palestinian living in a Syrian refugee camp will talk about his experiences during the uprising in Syria.

Commentary by Elaine Hagopian, professor of sociology at Simmons College (emeritus); Prof. Hagopian is Syrian by birth and has spent much of her life studying the Middle East, Palestine and Syria.

The drawn out conflict in Syria is of great concern; 100,000 people have been killed and the UN expects 3.5 million refugees by the end of 2013, but intervention by the US and other countries creates the potential for a major regional war.

The US decision to directly supply arms to the opposition and talk of No-Fly Zones, in addition to years of sanctions and covert involvement, dangerously escalates the violence when a ceasefire and political talks are needed.

Most activists in the peace/antiwar movement and public opinion oppose US intervention, but there are many questions because of the complexity and lack of reliable information.

Donation $5 - no one turned away.
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