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DESCRIPTION:Our speaker will be Tova Fry, of the United National Antiwar Coalition 
 (UNAC) and the International Action Center (IAC). The subject will be the 
 conflict in Ukraine between pro-Russian and pro-European Union factions 
 there - and the specter of military intervention by the U.S. and NATO, 
 whether direct or indirect, overt or covert.\n\nUNAC formed in July 2010 at 
 a conference of 800 activists from peace, environmental, and social justice 
 groups around the U.S. The coalition adopted an "Action Program" that 
 included a review of U.S. affairs, and initiated campaigns to deal with the 
 war-and-peace issues of the time. It also considered demands to make on a 
 U.S. government and system that, it asserted, puts profits above human 
 needs.\n\nUNAC's positions include a narrative of U.S./NATO support for the 
 overthrow of a Ukrainian government leaning toward Russia - speculating on 
 a possible U.S. eye on Russia's energy resources. The presence of a 
 far-right faction also associated with the pro-western uprising further 
 complicates the U.S. role. UNAC's position is to oppose our country's 
 intervention, favoring spending resources on education, jobs and other 
 needs here at home.\n\nTova Fry's anti-war work began in 1967, when she 
 attended a Vietnam war teach-in at the University of Michigan and then 
 boarded a bus to join the March on the Pentagon. In Detroit she continued 
 to organize against the Vietnam war and U.S. actions in the Middle 
 East.\n\nTova has been active with the IAC since 1992, helping to organize 
 campaigns and educate against U.S. occupations around the world. She moved 
 to the Bay Area in 2011.\n\nAs part of UNAC, Tova has helped to organize 
 demonstrations against U.S. intervention in Libya and Syria, and more 
 recently put on a community "speak out" in downtown Oakland against U.S. 
 and NATO intervention in Ukraine. On June 15, Tova will offer a perspective 
 on the Ukraine story that doesn't tend to make it into the mainstream 
 media.\nThe UUSM is wheelchair accessible.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/06/03/18756862.php
SUMMARY:'What's Driving the 'New Cold War' and How Can We Stop It?'
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez\nSan Mateo, CA 
 94401\n\nhttp://www.uusanmateo.org/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/06/03/18756862.php
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