AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY

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Saturday, January 30, 2016

In Cambridge -Syria • ISIS • Middle East Violence • and the Next President

Syria • ISIS • Middle East Violence • and the Next President

When: Monday, February 1, 2016, 7:00 pm

Where: Suffolk University Law School, First Floor Function Room • 120 Tremont St • near Park Street MBTA • Boston

How can the US stop destabilizing the Middle East and lay the foundation for peace?

Stephen Kinzer: The Roots of Middle East Terror

Valentine Moghadam: ISIS, the World System, and the Need for New Politics
Stephen Kinzer is an author, U.S. foreign policy analyst, and award-winning foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. He spent over 20 years with The New York Times, posted in Central America, Berlin, and Istanbul. His books include All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and The Roots of Middle East Terror. He writes a column for The Boston Globe and is a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.

Valentine Moghadam is Professor of International Affairs and Sociology, Northeastern University and Director of its Middle East Studies Program and International Affairs Program. Born in Tehran, she is author of Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East and Globalization and Social Movements: Islamism, Feminism, and the Global Justice Movement
Introduced by Rachael Cobb, Chair, Suffolk University Government Department
Sponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action's Middle East Working Group and Suffolk University Government Department
Suggested donation $5 in advance • $10 at the door • students and low income free • Pre-register: mideast.bpt.me/

Upcoming Events:

Remembering Hiroshima: Working for a Nuclear Weapons Free World	Monday, February 1, 2016 - 9:00am	Central Square Library	Cambridge
Syria • ISIS • Middle East Violence • and the Next President	Monday, February 1, 2016 - 7:00pm	Suffolk University Law School, First Floor Function Room	Boston
From Place to Place	Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 7:00pm	SATV	Salem
Film: “Containment”: The dangers of storing nuclear waste	Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 7:00pm	Central Square Library	Cambridge
Joseph Gerson: Hibakusha and their Quest for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World	Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 7:00pm	Central Square Library	Cambridge
The New Cold War? Geopolitical Competition Between the US, China and Russia	Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 7:00pm	Fong Auditorium	Cambridge
Ward Wilson: The Realist Case for Eliminating Nuclear Weapons	Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 7:00pm	Central Square Library	Cambridge
Hillary Chute: Graphic Novels and the Trauma of Hiroshima & Nagasaki	Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 7:00pm	Central Square Library	Cambridge