Category: Features
Published: 2017-04-12 00:00:01.000
Join us on April 12 for a talk titled "The War in Syria Cannot Be Won. But it Can Be Ended" by Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies on April 12 from 2 to 3:15 p.m. in TC 136 on the Rockville Campus. The event is free and open to the public. It satisfies the multicultural and diversity training requirement. Please share with friends.
About the Speaker:
Phyllis Bennis directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and is a fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She has been a writer, analyst, and activist on Middle East and UN issues for many years. In 2001, she helped found and remains on the advisory board of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. She writes and speaks widely across the U.S. and around the world as part of the global peace movement. She is the author of numerous books, including Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and Before & After: US Foreign Policy and the War on Terror. She plays a leading role in US and global movements against wars and occupation. Her newest book is entitled Understanding ISIS & the New Global War on Terror: A Primer.
The event is sponsored by Montgomery College's Peace and Justice Studies Community Global Nexus Program, Humanities Area, and Department of World Languages and Philosophy.
Questions about this event contact Patricia Ruppert at Patricia.Ruppert@montgomerycollege.edu
Questions about the Global Nexus Program, contact Enas Elhanafi at Enas.Elhanafi@montgomerycollege.edu
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