Militarism and the Arms Race
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Larry Wittner, larrywittner@gmail.com, is available to speak on nuclear weapons and war. Professor Emeritus, SUNY Albany. He “ is the author of nine books, the editor or co-editor of another four, and the writer of about 400 published articles and book reviews. His most ambitious scholarly project thus far has been his Struggle Against the Bomb…
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Jon Wiener, wiener@uci.edu – major research interests, recent American history, Cold War culture. Professor Emertitus, University of California Irvine. “Jon Wiener . . . sued the FBI for their files on John Lennon . . . That story is told in his book Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files. . . . He’s…
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Daniel A. Sjursen, dannysjursen@hotmail.com, is available to speak on U.S. foreign and military policy post-9/11, reframing patriotism and dissent, antiwar veteran experience, American Empire, race/class/social justice links to U.S. militarism. He is a U.S. Army major (retired); senior fellow at the Center for International Policy (CIP), director of the Eisenhower Media Network (EMN), and contributing editor at Antiwar.com. He describes…
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Stephen Miles, stephen@winwithoutwar.org, is available to speak on US foreign policy, war powers and use of force, Pentagon/defense spending, endless wars. Executive Director of Win Without War. “He previously worked for the global campaigning organization Avaaz, as well as on multiple federal, state, and local electoral campaigns, and as the Executive Director of the American…
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Michael Klare, mklare@armscontrol.org, is available to speak on climate change and on arms control. He is a Five College professor emeritus of peace and world security studies, and director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies. “Michael Klare is currently the secretary for the Arms Control Association board of directors and…
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Horace Campbell, hgcampbe@syr.edu, is available to speak on issues of peace and reconstruction in the 21st century, including reparations and reparative claims; US militarism; US wars against liberation movements (especially in Africa); the lies of the Cold War. Professor of African American Studies and Political Science at Syracuse University, he is a noted international peace…
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Medea Benjamin, medea@codepink.org, is available to speak on resisting US militarism and interventions. She is a co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK and of the human rights group Global Exchange. She has been an advocate for social justice for more than 40 years. Described as “one of America’s most committed—and most effective—fighters for human…