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DESCRIPTION:Sun, Feb 28, 2021: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm\nPeace and Solidarity Movements, 
 2008—2021 and Beyond \n\nThe anti-war movements in the US and across the 
 globe were at their peaks through the first years of the post-9/11 wars.  
 They were broad, diverse, international, and powerful.  They did not 
 succeed in preventing the 2003 US/UK invasion of Iraq, but they set the 
 stage for future movements and future victories, including stopping US 
 bombing campaigns in Syria and escalation in Iran, parts of the Arab Spring 
 uprisings,  and more.  By the time the Obama administration came into 
 office in 2008, the movement in the US was already facing new challenges.  
 And over the next several years its power, size, breadth, and influence  
 had all diminished.  Many blamed it on "oh the peace movement was just too 
 enthralled with Obama" and they stopped working.  But that claim, while 
 holding a grain of truth among a few sectors of the movement, does not 
 explain the changes.  Phyllis will discuss that history, and look forward 
 to today's legacy and new anti-war organizations, and the rise of 
 anti-war/anti-militarism components in a broad range of intersectional 
 organizations. \n\nAbout the speaker: Phyllis Bennis is a fellow at the 
 Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., where she directs the New 
 Internationalism Project, focusing on Middle East, U.S. wars and UN issues. 
 For many years she has been a role model for those who would change US 
 foreign policy by combining activism with crucial research and analysis.  
 In 2001 Phyllis helped found the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and 
 now serves on the national board of Jewish Voice for Peace. She works with 
 many anti-war and Palestinian rights organizations, writing and speaking 
 widely across the U.S. and around the world. She has served as an informal 
 adviser to several top UN officials on Middle East issues and was twice 
 short-listed to become the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the 
 Occupied Palestinian Territory.  Phyllis has written and edited eleven 
 books. Among her latest is the just-published 7th updated edition of her 
 popular Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. Other important 
 works include Before & After: US Foreign Policy and the War on Terror and 
 Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Defy U.S. Power.\n 
 \nLOG-IN INFORMATION\nThe meeting will be opened up, as usual, at 10:15 for 
 anyone to join and discuss technical matters, catch up with each other, say 
 Hi, etc. We intend to start the presentation as close to 10:30 am as 
 possible. The program  will end at 12:30, but the zoom meeting will remain 
 open for informal discussion.\n\nLOG-IN INFO WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE 
 BY FRIDAY: ICSSMARX.ORG\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/02/24/18840257.php
SUMMARY:Peace and Solidarity Movements, 2008—2021 and Beyond
LOCATION:ZOOM MEETING. LOG-IN INFO WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE BY FRIDAY: 
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URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/02/24/18840257.php
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