An Iraqi War teach-in and peace festival has been organized for Friday, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov. 23 at Sonoma State University by several student and faculty groups on campus.
The schedule of events includes:
* FRIDAY
Campus Commons (unless otherwise noted)
10 -11:30 a.m., Panel: Israel, Palestine and Iraq: Historical Interlocks-
Philip Beard, War and Peace lecture series; Chuck Sher and Laura Reichardt, Petaluma Progressives; Therese Mughannam, Palestinian-American Peace Activist; and Mitchell Plitnick, Jewish Voice for Peace
Noon-1:30 p.m., Iraq: Media, Conspiracies and Ideology
- Dennis Bernstein, KPFA Flashpoints; Marilyn Dudley-Rowley, Tom Lough and Peter Phillips, Sociology.
2 to 3:30 p.m., Alternatives to Cowboy Capitalism Powered by Oil and Money - Art Warmoth, Psychology; Philip Beard, German; Kathleen and Gerald Hill, Sonoma Peace Activists.
4 to 5:30 p.m., Being Peace: Becoming the Change We Want to See in the World - Debora Hammond, Hutchins School; Scott Miller, Writing Center; Larry Robinson Sebastopol City Council
7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Iraq: U.S Policies Directions and Unilateral Power
Politics - SSU Commons ($5.00 suggested donation)
Moderator: John Kramer, Political Science
Panelists: Richard Becker, International Action Center; Karen Talbot, Investigative journalist/peace activist; Elias Rashmawi, Free Palestine Alliance.
* SATURDAY'S EVENTS
Campus Common, Darwin Hall, Salazar Hall, The Cooperage
10 a.m. to Noon - Peace Festival
Noon to 1 p.m. - Lunch Provided By Food Not Bombs of Santa Rosa and Rohnert Park/Cotati . Live music and open discussion.
1 p.m. - Films, Darwin 108
Workshops, Salazar Hall.
1-1:50 p.m. - Creating Expressive Art , Salazar 2015; Guerra Contra la Paz, Salazar 2016; Lawrence of Arabia & Beyond: Controversy in Arabia, Salazar 2019.
2 -2:50 p.m. - Direct Action, Salazar 2015; Legal Action, Salazar 2016; War vs. Environment, Salazar 2019.
3 -3:50 p.m. - Dirty War, Salazar 2015; COINTEL PRO,Salazar 2016; Patriot Act, Salazar 2019.
4 -4:50 p.m. - AWOL, Salazar 2015; Media & Their Lies, Salazar 2016; Faith in Peace (Interfaith Reaction to War), Salazar 2019.
Ongoing - "War on Terror Around the World" workshops will be from 1 to 5 p.m. in Salazar 2020. They include Palestine/Israel , 1 to 1:50 p.m.; Asia (Korea and Indonesia), 2-2:50 p.m.; Chechnya Russia's War on Terror, 3 -3:50 p.m., and Latin America, 4 -4:50 p.m.
Saturday's events conclude with a Festival of Music and Art from 7 -10 p.m. in The Cooperage.
The two-day event is sponsored by Project Censored, Liberal Studies Association, War and Peace lecture series, Hutchins School, Global Studies School, Praxis Peace Institute, Residential Student Association, and the Student Activist League of Sonoma.
