Mario Savio Memorial Lecture & Young Activist Award Ceremony

MARIO SAVIO MEMORIAL LECTURE & YOUNG ACTIVIST AWARD CEREMONY Fault Lines: Rights, Wrongs and Responsibilities in Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Palestine, and the Nation CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS in a freewheeling discussion with author-journalist ADAM HOCHSCHILD Thursday November 21st, 7:30pm Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley Student Union Telegraph and Bancroft Admission is FREE CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS is a former columnist for The Nation, and the 2003 I.F. Stone Fellow at the UC Graduate School of Journalism. He has been described as "one part Balliol Dandy, one part bull-terrier," as "lower than a liberal," as a "man of the left" suffering from "right wing envy," and as "one of the most compelling voices in Anglo-American journalism." He is the author of "The Trial of Henry Kissinger", "Letters to a Young Contrarian", "The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice", and many other books and articles. He is known for his rapier wit, his commitment to human rights, and his ability to upset and offend people of all political persuasions. ADAM HOCHSCHILD is the prize-winning author of "King Leopold's Ghost", "The Mirror at Midnight: A South African Journey", "The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin", and many other books and essays. Also, he is co-founder of Mother Jones Magazine, and teaches at the UC Graduate School of Journalism.