Fall 2011 Lunchtime Seminars
Wednesdays at 1pm. Light lunch served; $5 donation requested
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational – 11 Garden Street, near Harvard Square
October 12 – No Seminar
Subrata Ghoshroy’s talk on the Pentagon R&D Budget has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule at a later date.
October 26 – Civil Society and “Arab Spring” in Iraq
Terry Rockefeller, 9/11 Familes for Peaceful Tomorrows
The U.S. is proposing to keep a military force in Iraq after December 31 despite its commitment in the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to withdraw all troops by then. Terry Rockefeller will report back from her September trip to Iraq and specifically on the work of La’Onf, a nonviolent anti-occupation network and force for re-knitting of Iraqi society.
November 9 – The Humanitarian Case for Global Nuclear Abolition
John Loretz, Program Director, Int’l Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Loretz will present the medical and environmental case for a nuclear weapons convention. He will explain recent scientific findings about the climate effects of regional nuclear war and touch on issues around the nuclear chain which have come into focus following Fukushima.
December 7 – Budget Cutting, SuperCommittee and the Peace and Progressive Movements
Ken Thomson, Strong Democracy and Cambridge/Somerville for Change
Ken Thomson will give an update on the SuperCommittee budget negotiation process in Congress, the role of Sen. Kerry, and facilitate a discussion on the response of the peace and progressive movement.