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Prospects for Peace and Justice in Israel & Palestine

Boston Review and Standing Together—one of the largest grassroots people’s movements in Israel working to bring together Jews and Arabs—welcome Sally Abed, Noam Chomsky, Alon-lee Green, Congressman Jim McGovern and Dr. James Zogby, President of the Arab-American Institute, for a panel discussion on the prospects for peace and justice in Israel and Palestine. This event will be moderated by Omar Dahi.
Panelists:
  • Noam Chomsky is an educator and linguist. He joined the University of Arizona in fall 2017, after several decades at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • Jim McGovern is a member of the U.S. House, representing Massachusetts’ second Congressional District.
  • Omar Dahi is an associate professor of economics at Hampshire College and research associate at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  • Alon-lee Green is one of the founding members of Standing Together, an elected member of the national leadership, and is currently acting as the national co-director, alongside Rula Daood.
  • Sally Abed is a member of the elected national leadership and currently acting as the resource development and relations coordinator at Standing Together.
  • Dr. James Zogby is the founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a Washington, D.C.-based organization which serves as the political and policy research arm of the Arab American community.
Register here.
Sponsors: PERI Institute (U Mass. Amherst), Boston Review and Standing Together.

The Roots & Consequences of the Democratic/Republican Party Unity on Militarism

Jeremy Scahill and Intercept Editor-in-Chief Betsy Reed invite you to join them for a live virtual event focused on the roots and consequences of bipartisan unity on militarism and foreign policy.
They’ll unpack the humanitarian and economic costs of the politics of empire, examining how Joe Biden’s presidency is reinforcing the long-standing bipartisan imperial agenda.
This event will also feature an exclusive interview with Rep. Ro Khanna on U.S. foreign policy toward China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and more.
Register here.
Sponsor: The Intercept

Talking Peace taping: Yemen Can’t Wait

Tune into this week’s taping of Talking Peace with the WNYPC! Hour two features:

#YemenCantWait! With Aisha Jumaan, Executive Director of Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation; Jehan Hakim, Chair of the Yemeni Alliance Committee; Muna Munassar, Access (Lackawanna, WNY); Deidra EmEl, Executive Director of the WNY Peace Center; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Human Rights & Peace Education Chair, and Consultant for the Interfaith Peace Network.

Discussion topics:

    • Yemen’s humanitarian disaster under blockade
    • US arms sale(s) to and enabling of Saudi war crimes (challenged in Senate incl by Sen Schumer)
    • need to press our elected reps to stop US arming and enabling
    • ways to support and get involved