To Engage or Not: Dialogue on Iran and the Peace Movement

Hear Robert Naiman, national coordinator of Just Foreign Policy, in a dialogue with Kaveh Ehsani, editorial committee member of Middle East Report and professor of international studies at DePaul University, on the critical issues at stake in Iran today.

• Friday October 16 at 7 p.m.
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Columbus Auditorium
• 280 S. Columbus Dr.

The present moment is pivotal on two levels: in the aftermath of its June presidential election, Iran has seen the largest political upheaval in the three decades since the revolution; and just last week the U.S. and Iran engaged in breakthrough discussions on Iran’s nuclear program. Are these two historic developments related? How should the peace movement make sense of them? Are antiwar activists in the U.S. tuned into what the democratic movement in Iran is thinking and saying about the current situation?

This event is sponsored by:

8th Day Center for Justice | American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) – Great Lakes Region | Buddhist Peace Fellowship (Chicago Chapter) | Chicagoans Against War & Injustice (CAWI) | F Newsmagazine | Fellowship of Reconciliation – Chicago Chapter |  In These Times | Logan Square Neighbors for Justice and Peace | Logos: A Journal of Modern Society & Culture | Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) | National Iranian American Council (NIAC) | No War on Iran Coalition | SAIC Liberal Arts Department | SAIC Student Activists | North Shore Coalition for Peace, Justice and the Environment | North Suburban Peace Initiative (NSPI) | Truthout | Voices for Creative Nonviolence

Tags: Iran, Middle East, National Iranian American Council, Nuclear program of Iran, Politics, progressive, Society and Culture, U.S, United States

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