The International Scene Lectures presents the fourth in series of four lectures on Foreign Policy Challenges in Obama’s Second Term. Speaker Bernard Alter will discuss The U.S. and Pakistan: Friends or Foes? Bernard Alter is a Career Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State.
An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, … Continue reading Film Screening: Five Broken Cameras
Roy Bourgeois – founder of The School of Americas Watch(soaw.org), Vietnam Vet, and former Maryknoll Priest -- has devoted his ministry to social justice and to educating the public about U.S. foreign policy, particularly in Latin America. He served time as a prisoner of conscience and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. Roy will review … Continue reading Roy Bourgeois: My Journey from Silence to Solidarity
Friday, May 17 at 7 PM meet Medea Benjamin at Book Revue 313 New York Ave. Huntington. FREE!!! NO ADMISSION FEE. Medea is promoting her new book about DRONE WARFARE. If you can, please come to support and encourage her as she draws attention to this new form of warfare that is terrorizing so many … Continue reading Medea Benjamin, Friday, May 17, Book Revue in Huntington
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013 at 7:00 PM Unitarian Universalist Church at Shelter Rock 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhassat NY 11030 Rethinking Security: A Call to Action No War. No Nukes. No Drones. Save the Planet. Annual Hiroshima Commemoration Join Great Neck SANE Peace Action and the Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives on the 68th anniveirrsary … Continue reading 68th Hiroshima Commemoration
Fall 2013 International Scene Lecture Series: Issues of Domestic and Global Secutiry presents UNCHECKED CAPITALISM AND THE APOCALYPSE RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/587798171264138/ Location: Hofstra University, 900 Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, New York 11549 Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, South Campus Speaker: Robert Jensen, Professor of Journalism, University of Texas http://mwcnews.net/component/comprofiler/userprofile/RobertJensen.html Hosts: Hofstra's Departments of Economics, History, … Continue reading Unchecked Capitalism and the Apocalypse: Robert Jensen at Hofstra
International Scene Lecture Series CRISIS IN SYRIA: Diplomacy or War? featuring David Wildman 16 Oct 2013, Hofstra University East Library Wing, 2nd floor (room 246, Axinn Library) Common Hour (11:15am-12:30pm) FOLLOWED BY VIGIL COMMEMORATING ANNIVERSARY OF ONGOING U.S.-LED "CONFLICT" IN AFGHANISTAN (12:30pm, in front of Hofstra Hall) Sponsored by: Hofstra's Cultural Center Hofstra's Departments of … Continue reading Crisis in Syria: David Wildman at Hofstra
SAVE THE DATE!!! DEC. 7th KAIROS AWARDS The LI Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF PEACEMAKERS KAIROS AWARDS DINNER And Annual Meeting Saturday, DECEMBER 7, 2013 at 6 p.m. $75 per person Hofstra University, Student Center, PLAZA ROOMS (North Campus), Hempstead NY (Hempstead Turnpike, west of Nassau Coliseum) 2013 Kairos Honorees LONG ISLAND FOOD … Continue reading 2013 Kairos Awards Dinner