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DESCRIPTION:Medea Benjamin, one of America’s best-known & most effective activists, 
 co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange, is the author of Drone Warfare 
 and Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S—Saudi Connection. In 2012 she 
 was awarded the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation’s Peace Prize, and in 2014 
 the Gandhi Peace Award.\n\nNow Medea has written the first general-audience 
 progressive  book on Iran’s history and politics, recounting Iran’s 
 history from the pre-colonial period through the CIA-engineered coup that 
 in 1953 overthrew the country’s democratic leadership, to its emergence 
 as the only nation (other than Russia, of course) both Democrats and 
 Republicans regularly denounce. Benjamin draws upon her firsthand 
 experiences with Iranian politicians, activists and everyday citizens to 
 provide a deeper understanding of the extraordinary complexities of Iranian 
 society and the national role in the region. In 1979 the Iranian Revolution 
 brought a Shia theocracy to the 80 million inhabitants of the Middle 
 East’s second largest country. In the decades since, bitter relations 
 have persisted between the U.S. and Iran. Yet how is it that Iran has 
 become the primary target of American antagonism, when Saudi Arabia – a 
 regime far more repressive – has become one of America’s closest 
 allies?\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/05/07/18809000.php
SUMMARY:Medea Benjamin presents "Inside Iran: The Real History & Politics of the Islamic Republic"
LOCATION:The Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/05/07/18809000.php
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