Berkeley,
CA
July 7, 2013 - 7:00pm
Following the "Arab Spring," the political landscape in the Middle East is dramatically shifting. Join us for a presentation and discussion with Dr. Hassan Fouda about the future of democracy in the Middle East. Dr. Fouda has made numerous visits to Arab countries and has interviewed many Arab government officials, opposition leaders, and opinion makers. He was born in Egypt and became an American citizen in 1974. Dr. Fouda is active with the Council for National interest. www.cnionline.org
San Francisco,
CA
July 7, 2013 - 7:00pm
New Documentary Film Focuses on Mumia's Innocence:
How Philadelphia's Police and DA actively manufactured Mumia's guilt, and suppressed his innocence
A short film by Stephen Vittoria, writer/director of "Mumia - Long Distance Revolutionary,"with Rachel Wolkenstein, lawyer for Mumia, legal consultant on this film
with speakers: Rachel Wolkenstein, lawyer for Mumia,and a Member of Mumia's Family
Speaking on:
INNOCENT: the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Petaluma,
CA
July 11, 2013 - 5:00am - 8:30pm
Peak oil, climate change, economic turmoil—the problems our society faces are immense and structural, and they aren’t going away. Conventional approaches aren’t working, but growing numbers of communities are finding solutions by applying permaculture design on the local scale.
San Jose,
CA
July 12, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta, a Quaker Jewish activist and author from Burnaby, B.C., Canada, will speak on nonviolence in Palestine and introduce her book "Refusing to be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation"
Walnut Creek,
CA
July 16, 2013 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Potluck dinner followed with a presentation by the San Francisco nurse that one day quit her job, founded the Center for Citizen Initiatives, went to the Soviet Union with a few friends and became a key player to end the Cold War
San Francisco,
CA
July 19, 2013 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Join Global Exchange and Specialty Studios
for a screening of
SCARRED LANDS AND WOUNDED LIVES
The Environmental Footprint of War
A film by Alice T. Day, PhD and Lincoln H. Day, PhD
San Jose,
CA
August 2, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
How has a country comparable in size to the United States performed under the leadership of the Workers' Party? Join Charlotte Casey, Sestilio Testa, and Sharat G. Lin, all of whom have recently returned from Brazil. * Capitalist development in the periphery * An immigrant nation: the true melting pot * The legacy of military rule * A BRIC country: size matters * Energy self-sufficiency * Reducing inequality in the face of neoliberalism: the unfinished task * The politics of compromise and vote banks * The Workers Party in a capitalist state
