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DESCRIPTION:Phyllis Bennis - Leading Progressive Analyst of U.S. policy in Iraq and the 
 Middle East speaking on "The Bush Administration's Drive for War" 
 \n\nSunday, October 20, 7pm\nFirst Congregational Church\n2501 Harrison 
 Street (at 27th Street), Oakland\n\n Phyllis Bennis is Director of the New 
 Internationalism Program of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington. 
 She has been a writer about UN and Middle East issues for more than 25 
 years and appears frequently in all major media in the U.S. and 
 internationally. Phyllis is also a Fellow of the Transnational Institute in 
 Amsterdam and is an Editor of MERIP’s Middle East Report. In early 1999 
 Phyllis participated in a six-week, 22-city speaking tour on Iraq sanctions 
 and U.S. policy with former UN Assistant Secretary General and Humanitarian 
 Coordinator in Iraq Denis Halliday. Later that year she accompanied a group 
 of congressional aides to Iraq for the first U.S. congressional visit since 
 1991. In 2001 she helped found, and remains on the steering committee of 
 the U.S. Campaign to End Israeli Occupation. Bennis’ newest book is 
 Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis 
 (Interlink Publishing, September 2002). She is also the author of Calling 
 the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today’s UN (Interlink, 2000). Her 
 earlier books include From Stones to Statehood: The Palestinian Uprising; 
 Altered States: A Reader in the New World Order; and Beyond the Storm: A 
 Gulf Crisis Reader. \n\nSponsored by: PNVRC (People's Non Violent Response 
 Coalition),\nCalifornia Peace Action, Global Exchange, KPFA, and the Middle 
 East\nChildren's Alliance, WarTimes. Following Bennis' talk there will be 
 a\ndiscussion of coalition building in the East Bay against the war.  
 \n\nDonations welcome. For more information contact: June Brashares at 
 Global Exchange Speakers Bureau at 415-575-5542.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/12073.php
SUMMARY:Phyllis Bennis - Speaks on "The Bush Administration's Drive for War"
LOCATION:First Congregational Church\n2501 Harrison Street (at 27th Street), 
 Oakland\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/12073.php
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