Mid East In Flames: Israel, Palestine, Iran—and The Bomb

Democratic Socialists of America October Forum

October 9, 7:00 pm
Encuentro 5, 9 Hamilton Place, Boston (near Park St T)

SPEAKERS: Shelagh Foreman, Peace Action; Mitchell Silver, Workmen’s Circle

Civil wars are currently  raging in Libya, Syria and Iraq, and the US and Iran now find themselves on the same side against ISIS—perhaps to their mutual dismay.  Gaza is struggling to recover from its recent decimation, and  there seems to be no realistic prospects for   Israeli-Palestinian peace in the foreseeable future.  So how should our movements for peace, justice and democracy respond to  these developments?  And what might a constructive US Mid East policy look like?

Shelagh Foreman from  Massachusetts Peace Action will review  the ISIS crisis, Obama’s response, and the  impact of both on the   US-Iran nuclear negotiations. These talks  aim to prevent Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons in exchange for ending US economic  sanctions, and  have been opposed from the beginning by hardliners in Washington, Jerusalem and Tehran.  But since the deadline for any agreement is November 24,  all our Congressional representatives will  soon have to weigh in as well.

Mitchell Silver from the Workmen’s Circle will speak on  the continuing  illegal Israeli settlements in  the Occupied Territories,  and  the uphill struggle for  a democratic  2 state   resolution  of the conflict through mutual self-determination —and those in the US and elsewhere who oppose it.  He has taught philosophy at UMass Boston since 1982, is the author of A Plausible God and other works on secular Jewish identity,  and  a frequent contributor to Jewish Currents.

Sponsored by Democratic Socialists of America

Co-sponsors: Massachusetts Peace Action; Workmen’s Circle 

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