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Debating Engagement

August 17th, 2008 . Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Debating Engagement
A Critical Dialogue among Progressives
on Iran & the Peace Movement

Friday October 16 <> 7 PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Columbus Auditorium | 280 S. Columbus Dr.
(between Monroe & Jackson)

 

Robert Naiman
National Coordinator of Just Foreign Policy  
&  
Kaveh Ehsani
Editorial Committee Member, Middle East Report
& Professor of International Studies, DePaul




The pivotal nature of the present moment is twofold: in the aftermath of its June presidential election, Iran has seen the largest political upheaval in the three decades since the revolution; and just this month 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 in to what the democratic movement in Iran is thinking and saying about the current situation? This dialogue will explore these questions and many more, shedding much-needed light on the critical issues at stake. 

Free and Open to the Public

 

Coalition Moves Ahead on Iran Resolution

July 2nd, 2008 . Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

At Wednesday’s meeting of the Chicago City Council, Mayor Daley prevented a vote on a resolution opposing an aggressive U.S. attack on Iran. The resolution, which cleared the Human Relations Committee on Tuesday, was expected by its sponsor, Alderman Joe Moore, to pass in the full City Council. Instead, two allies of the mayor employed a parliamentary maneuver to table the resolution.

The Chicago City Council has already passed a resolution opposing the Iraq War. The No War on Iran Coalition, which initiated the Iran Resolution, is disappointed that the Mayor aligned himself with the Bush/Cheney foreign policy threatening a wider war in the Middle East.

“It’s disappointing that Mayor Daley used Chicago politics-as- usual to prevent a Council vote on a matter of urgent concern, another imminent war,” said Michael Lynn, a member of the Coalition.

The No War on Iran Coalition continues to work for passage of the resolution both at City Hall and by raising public awareness of the danger of an attack on Iran.

Next Event

March 2nd, 2008 . Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

On Thursday March 6th hundreds of thousands of trade unionists and human rights activists worldwide will unite in a global day of action in solidarity with Iranian workers and to demand the release of Iranian labor leaders Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi, who are currently languishing behind bars.

In the face of escalating repression against Iranian workers, please join the Chicago Committee in Solidarity with the People of Iran and the Chicago Labor Education Program for a gathering to learn more about Osanloo, Salehi, and the struggle for worker justice in Iran today:

WHEN Thursday March 6th at 6:00 PM

WHERE Chicago Labor Education Program Classroom – Rice Building, 815 W. Van Buren (corner of Van Buren & Halsted), Room 110

WHO Speaking will be James Thindwa, Executive Director of Chicago Jobs With Justice (a native of Zimbabwe), & Peter Hudis, National Co-Organizer of the News & Letters Committees