THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE AT HOFSTRA

Departments of Economics, History and Sociology

The Center for Civic Engagement,

Long Island Teachers for Human Rights, The Cultural Center

and The Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives Present:

The International Scene Spring 2014 Lectures:

ECONOMIC AND SECURITY CHALLENGES

Wed. FEBRUARY 19:

Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance,

          Corporate Power and Public Resistance

Speaker: HEIDI BOGHOSIAN, National Lawyers Guild

11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Guthart Cultural Center Theater,

Axinn Library, South Campus, Hofstra University

Wed. MARCH 5:  Rethinking Keynes: A Radical

                                  Approach to Joblessness

Speaker: PAVLINA TCHERNEVA, Professor of Economics,Bard College

11:15a.m.-12:30p.m., Guthart Cultural Center Theater,

Axinn Library, South Campus, Hofstra University

Wed. MARCH 12: The Changing Face of Empire:

                          The Use of Drones and Special Forces

Speaker: NICK TURSE, Author of Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam, Fellow at The Nation Institute  and managing editor for Tom.Dispatch.com

12:50-2:00 p.m.   105 BRESLIN HALL,

SOUTH CAMPUS, Hofstra University

International Scene Co-Directors: Professors Martin Melkonian, Linda Longmire and Carolyn Eisenberg. For information: 516-463-5595