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Challenging Empire Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:00–9:00 p.m. Macalester Plymouth Church 1658 Lincoln Avenue, St. Paul, MN Challenging Empire Friday, April 25, 2008 7:00–9:00 p.m. Christ United Methodist Church 400 5th Avenue SW, Rochester, MN Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Saturday, April 26, 2008 9:30 a.m. –Noon Southdale Library, 2nd Floor 7001 York Avenue South, Edina, MN Phyllis Bennis is a nationally renowned analyst and author with credentials focused on the Middle East and United Nations. She has been sought out by national media for interpretation of statements made by the frontrunners in the Democratic candidate endorsement contest. In April, Bennis will travel to Minnesota for presentations in St. Paul, Edina and Rochester. Bennis is a fellow of the Transnational Institute and the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC, which was called "the think tank for the rest of us" by iconoclastic American journalist I. F. Stone. Formerly based at the United Nations, Bennis is the author and editor of books on Palestine, Iraq, and the UN. Recent publications are Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer; Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Defy US Power; and Before & After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11 Crisis. Bennis will sign books at each of these public appearances. Her hot-off-the-press new pamphlet, Iran in the Crossroads: How to Prevent Washington's Next War, also will be available. Pre-Event Reading WAMM recommends you download, print and read the Introduction to Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Defy US Power before attending Phyllis Bennis' presentations: Flyers (PDF) Sponsors Sponsored by Women Against Military Madness (WAMM), Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace, Macalester Plymouth Peacemakers, Middle East Peace Now!, Northwest Neighbors for Peace, Pax Christi Minnesota – Rochester Chapter, and Southeast Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers More Information Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) Phone: (612) 827-5364 E-mail: wamm@mtn.org
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Empire
Building in the Middle East: Phyllis Bennis Speaks Out 
