Post by Moses on Apr 17, 2006 23:04:17 GMT -5
We will be inviting members of organizations making up the so-called
"Israel Lobby" to ask questions and comments, trying to promote a real
and of course nonviolent dialogue, so thought some of you might be
interested.
Carol in dc
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DC Anti-War Network Presents:
IS THE ISRAEL LOBBY PROMOTING WAR ON IRAN?
Can the "Harvard Paper" Stop a War?
Monday April 24th
6:30-6:45 Meet and Greet 6:45-8:30 Forum (will start on time)
West End Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th Street, at L Street near Foggy
Bottom Metro, in the large second floor meeting room (steps at left back
corner)
A new academic working paper, THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND US FOREIGN POLICY,
has caused quite a stir not only in academia, but in United States
politics. This is because it asserts that America's "Israel Lobby"
actually pressures the U.S. congress, president and media to pursue
policies that benefit Israel at the expense of America's best
diplomatic, economic and military interests. It makes controversial
statements like: “Saying that Israel and the U.S. are united by a shared
terrorist threat has the causal relationship backwards: the U.S. has a
terrorism problem in good part because it is so closely allied with
Israel, not the other way around.” The authors further assert the Israel
Lobby stifles debate about Israel and U.S. foreign policy by constant
charges of anti-Semitism, a tactic they charge undermines American
democracy.
The paper, published on the Harvard University web site, was written by
John J. Mearsheimer, a professor of political science and a co-director
of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of
Chicago, and Stephen M. Walt, academic dean of the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard. Both are members of the Coalition for a Realistic
Foreign Policy, the organized voice of the “realist” school of foreign
policy.
The so-called "Harvard paper" asserts that the Israel Lobby, of which
neoconservatives are one branch, promoted the war against Iraq, and now
war against Iran, to benefit Israel. Our speakers will explore the
paper’s controversial theses, including as they concern a possible U.S.
military attack on Iran. As revealed recently by investigative reporter
Seymour Hersh, such an attack might utilize Hiroshima-sized nuclear
weapons as “bunker busters.” Speakers will discuss whether actively
protesting the Israel Lobby’s various neoconservative, Jewish and
Christian Zionist organizations can help peace activists stop war
against Iran. Speakers include:
ALEX PATICO is U.S. coordinator of the multi-country Campaign Against
Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran, a group bringing together a
broad coalition devoted to opposing current U.S. policy regarding Iran,
while supporting respect for human rights (including women and ethnic
and religious minorities), freedom of the press, and democratic values
in Iran. Mr. Patico served in the Peace Corps in Iran, has been an
advisor to Iranians for International Cooperation and co-founded the
National Iranian American Council. He will be part of a Fellowship of
Reconciliation delegation to Iran in early May . See
campaigniran.org/casmii
SIMIN ROYANIAN is an economist and a thirty-seven year veteran of the
anti-imperialist and peace and justice movements in Iran and in the US.
She co-founded Women for Peace and Justice in Iran and has been a
frequently speaker at forums and in the media for peace, justice and
women’ rights. women4peace.org/
KEVIN ZEESE is Director of DemocracyRising.US, an organization working
to responsibly end the Iraq War and Occupation. He served as Ralph
Nader's Press Secretary in 2004 and currently is running for U.S.
Senator from Maryland bringing together the Green, Populist and
Libertarian Parties. He often has spoken out on the undue influence the
neoconservatives and the Israel Lobby have had in promoting wars against
Iraq and Iran. See www.ZeeseForSenate.org
Please come to this important forum, the first of several events planned
by activists to organize against the terrible Iran war President Bush is
planning, with the acquiescence of the U.S. congress. Endorsements welcome.
For more information call 202-635-3739 or see DC Antiwar Network site
DAWNDC.NET.
See also a member’s site linking to the paper, articles and a chart
exploring differing positions at
STOPTHEWARNOW.NET/WARLOBBIES/HARVARDPAPER.HTML
DC area peace and antiwar activists, please feel free to join the DAWN
Iran Working Group to help stop this war.
groups.yahoo.com/group/dawn-iran-workinggroup
"Israel Lobby" to ask questions and comments, trying to promote a real
and of course nonviolent dialogue, so thought some of you might be
interested.
Carol in dc
____________________________________
DC Anti-War Network Presents:
IS THE ISRAEL LOBBY PROMOTING WAR ON IRAN?
Can the "Harvard Paper" Stop a War?
Monday April 24th
6:30-6:45 Meet and Greet 6:45-8:30 Forum (will start on time)
West End Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th Street, at L Street near Foggy
Bottom Metro, in the large second floor meeting room (steps at left back
corner)
A new academic working paper, THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND US FOREIGN POLICY,
has caused quite a stir not only in academia, but in United States
politics. This is because it asserts that America's "Israel Lobby"
actually pressures the U.S. congress, president and media to pursue
policies that benefit Israel at the expense of America's best
diplomatic, economic and military interests. It makes controversial
statements like: “Saying that Israel and the U.S. are united by a shared
terrorist threat has the causal relationship backwards: the U.S. has a
terrorism problem in good part because it is so closely allied with
Israel, not the other way around.” The authors further assert the Israel
Lobby stifles debate about Israel and U.S. foreign policy by constant
charges of anti-Semitism, a tactic they charge undermines American
democracy.
The paper, published on the Harvard University web site, was written by
John J. Mearsheimer, a professor of political science and a co-director
of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of
Chicago, and Stephen M. Walt, academic dean of the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard. Both are members of the Coalition for a Realistic
Foreign Policy, the organized voice of the “realist” school of foreign
policy.
The so-called "Harvard paper" asserts that the Israel Lobby, of which
neoconservatives are one branch, promoted the war against Iraq, and now
war against Iran, to benefit Israel. Our speakers will explore the
paper’s controversial theses, including as they concern a possible U.S.
military attack on Iran. As revealed recently by investigative reporter
Seymour Hersh, such an attack might utilize Hiroshima-sized nuclear
weapons as “bunker busters.” Speakers will discuss whether actively
protesting the Israel Lobby’s various neoconservative, Jewish and
Christian Zionist organizations can help peace activists stop war
against Iran. Speakers include:
ALEX PATICO is U.S. coordinator of the multi-country Campaign Against
Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran, a group bringing together a
broad coalition devoted to opposing current U.S. policy regarding Iran,
while supporting respect for human rights (including women and ethnic
and religious minorities), freedom of the press, and democratic values
in Iran. Mr. Patico served in the Peace Corps in Iran, has been an
advisor to Iranians for International Cooperation and co-founded the
National Iranian American Council. He will be part of a Fellowship of
Reconciliation delegation to Iran in early May . See
campaigniran.org/casmii
SIMIN ROYANIAN is an economist and a thirty-seven year veteran of the
anti-imperialist and peace and justice movements in Iran and in the US.
She co-founded Women for Peace and Justice in Iran and has been a
frequently speaker at forums and in the media for peace, justice and
women’ rights. women4peace.org/
KEVIN ZEESE is Director of DemocracyRising.US, an organization working
to responsibly end the Iraq War and Occupation. He served as Ralph
Nader's Press Secretary in 2004 and currently is running for U.S.
Senator from Maryland bringing together the Green, Populist and
Libertarian Parties. He often has spoken out on the undue influence the
neoconservatives and the Israel Lobby have had in promoting wars against
Iraq and Iran. See www.ZeeseForSenate.org
Please come to this important forum, the first of several events planned
by activists to organize against the terrible Iran war President Bush is
planning, with the acquiescence of the U.S. congress. Endorsements welcome.
For more information call 202-635-3739 or see DC Antiwar Network site
DAWNDC.NET.
See also a member’s site linking to the paper, articles and a chart
exploring differing positions at
STOPTHEWARNOW.NET/WARLOBBIES/HARVARDPAPER.HTML
DC area peace and antiwar activists, please feel free to join the DAWN
Iran Working Group to help stop this war.
groups.yahoo.com/group/dawn-iran-workinggroup