Speakers: Larry Everest, Gareth Porter
Sponsors: Westside Progressives • World Can't Wait–Drive Out the Bush Regime-LA
Endorsers: LGBT Greens • Out Against the War-LA • Topanga Peace Alliance
$5-10 donation, no one turned away for lack of funds. Wheelchair-accessible.
World Can't Wait-Drive Out the Bush Regime, Revolution Books and other organizations are sponsoring a series of emergency forums titled "The Danger of a U.S. Attack on Iran is Real and Growing - We Must Act Now!" in Berkeley, Los Angeles, and New York City on June 24-27.
These emergency meetings are being called to raise awareness of the rapidly escalating danger of a possible U.S. preemptive attack on Iran – perhaps before Bush leaves office -- and to organize mass opposition to any U.S. military action against Iran .
Organizers write: "Are you willing to be silent as your government – steps up pressure and war preparations against Iran – a Third World country of 70 million people half-way around the world? Are you willing to sit passively while leading political figures – from President Bush to John McCain and Barak Obama to Israeli leaders – threaten Iran that 'all options are on the table' – i.e., with nuclear annihilation?"
Speakers include Ervand Abrahamian distinguished Prof. of History at CUNY and author of A Modern History of Iran and other books; Shahram Agahmir, Iranian-born journalist and co-host of KPFA's "Voices of the Middle East"; Larry Everest, Revolution newspaper (www.revcom.us) correspondent and author of Oil, Power & Empire – Iraq and the US Global Agenda, and Gareth Porter, author of Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam who has written extensively on Iran and Iraq for Inter Press Service, The American Prospect, The Nation, The Huffington Post, and Salon.com.
These speakers will detail the escalation of military diplomatic moves and the campaign of charges and lies about Iran 's nuclear capabilities and role in Iraq . They'll challenge notions that U.S. threats have simply been "saber-rattling," or that attacking Iran is impossible because Bush is a "lame-duck" and/or the U.S. is too bogged down in Iraq – including by detailing the 2007 effort by Vice President Cheney and others to push through strikes on Iran .
They'll analyze the roots of the US-Iranian clash in the nature and goals of Bush's global strategy and "war on terror" objectives, and why events since Sept. 11, 2001 have increasingly made Iran a U.S. target.
The speakers will also discuss the potentially catastrophic impact of any US attack on Iran , why it would be illegal, immoral and unjust.
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