top
Peninsula
Peninsula
Indybay
Indybay
Indybay
Regions
Indybay Regions North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area California United States International Americas Haiti Iraq Palestine Afghanistan
Topics
Newswire
Features
From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature

Trump Nukes the Iran Accord: What Happens Next?

Date:
Sunday, June 10, 2018
Time:
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
Peace Action of San Mateo County
Location Details:
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo
300 E. Santa Inez Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94402

In early May Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), an agreement between Iran, the U.S. and five other countries which was designed to curtail Iran's development of nuclear weapons. Virtually the entire world supported the agreement, with the noted exception of Israel (which immediately conducted air strikes against Iran) and Saudi Arabia - and now, officially, the U.S. 63% of the American people also supported it.

Trump's Secretary of Defense, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and over 80 nuclear policy experts joined the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in asserting that Iran was keeping up its end of the accord. Despite that, Trump called it, from almost the beginning of his candidacy for President, "the worst deal ever".

We can speculate on his motivation for that label, with reasons having to do with it not being his deal, or an aversion to giving Obama credit for any such accomplishment. But the more important question now is of what happens next. Will Iran start enriching uranium on a greater scale? Are we headed toward a war at the behest of new Secretary of State George Pompeo and new National Security Adviser John Bolton, both of whom have advocated "regime change" in Iran? Will the rest of the countries involved in the deal (including Iran) pursue its terms?

On Sunday, June 10, to address such implications and alternatives, Paul George, Executive Director of the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center in Palo Alto, will give a talk entitled "Trump Nukes the Iran Accord: What Happens Next?" Paul will talk about possibilities for war, peace, diplomacy and nuclear proliferation - all among the countless subjects he has addressed in his work at PPJC for close to 30 years and peace and justice work generally for 50 years.

The UUSM is wheelchair accessible.

Free, contributions welcome.
Added to the calendar on Mon, May 21, 2018 10:09AM
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!

Donate

$75.00 donated
in the past month

Get Involved

If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.

Publish

Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.

IMC Network