Join Veterans For Peace, About Face: Veterans Against War and In These Times for a special showing of the Drummer, followed by a panel discussion with award winning actor, Danny Glover.
After the film showing, there will be a panel featuring Danny Glover, actor and political activist, Eric Werthman, writer and director of the Drummer and Aaron Hughes, artist, organizer and Iraq war veteran.
The program will be hosted by Natasha Erskine, Organizing Director of About Face: Veterans Against War and Garett Reppenhagen, Executive Director of Veterans For Peace.
Watch the film trailer here.
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Sanctions have been imposed on more than 40 countries by the United States in order to help create dissent and push for regime change. These sanctions primarily hurt the people of the sanctioned countries. This is especially true during the COVID pandemic as the US denies many of them vaccines and medical equipment.
But sanctioned countries are now working together and finding ways to fight back. Learn what is happening as the World Stands Up to Sanctions.
Speakers include:
- Francisco Campbell – Nicaraguan Ambassador to the US
- Carlos Ron – Venezuela’s vice minister for North America
- Deacon Yoseph Teferi – Chairman of Ethiopian American Civic Council
- Foad Izaadi – Assoc. Prof., University of Tehran
- Erica Jung – Nodutdol – Korean grassroots org.
- Elias Amare – Eritrean Am. Journalist
Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent and associate fellow of the Russia and Eurasia program at Chatham House. He is renowned for his nuanced and incisive analysis of Russian politics and society. He served as the head of the University’s Politics and International Relations department and has published widely about Soviet, Russian and post-communist affairs, including Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands.
Nina Khruscheva is Professor of International Affairs at The New School in New York and an editor of and a contributor to Project Syndicate: Association of Newspapers Around the World. Her articles have appeared in Foreign Policy, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and other publications. Her latest book (co-authored) is In Putin’s Footsteps: Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia’s Eleven Time Zones
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Sponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action; Campaign for Peace, Disarmament, and Common Security; International Peace Bureau; and Chicago Area Peace Action.
