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DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1FM & Project Censored present\n\nMEDEA BENJAMIN\nInside 
 Iran: The Real History & Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran\n     
 \nHosted by Mickey Huff\n\nadvance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 or Books 
 Inc/Berkeley, Pegasus Books (3 sites), Moe's, Walden Pond Bookstore, Mrs. 
 Dalloway's. East Bay Books  $15 door, KPFA benefit   more info: 
 kpfa.org/events, wheelchair access\n\nMedea Benjamin, one of America's 
 best-known and 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.\n\nIn 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\nTackling the contradictions in Iran's 
 system of government, its religion, and its citizens' way of life, Inside 
 Iran cuts sharply through the inflammatory rhetoric surrounding 
 U.S.-Iranian relations to present a realistic and hopeful case for the two 
 nations' future.\n\n$12 advance, $15 door.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/05/21/18809318.php
SUMMARY:Medea Benjamin Inside Iran: The Real History & Politics of Iran
LOCATION:Hillside Club\n2286 Cedar Street\nBerkeley, CA 94709
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/05/21/18809318.php
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