Challenging Empire - booklaunch
andrea@tni.org - 23.02.2006 16:03
Transnational Institute invites you to the launch of
Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Defy US Power
by Phyllis Bennis
at 7.30pm, Friday 3 March
ABC Treehouse, Voetboogstraat 11, Amsterdam
Transnational Institute invites you to the launch of
Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Defy US Power
by Phyllis Bennis
at 7.30pm, Friday 3 March
ABC Treehouse, Voetboogstraat 11, Amsterdam
When millions around the world marched to protest the Iraq war and the
US drive towards empire, the New York Times dubbed global public opinion
“the second super-power.” What empowered those protests was their
alliance - if only for a brief moment - with governments unexpectedly
willing to stand up to US pressure, and with the United Nations itself,
when it followed its Charter's command to stop “the scourge of war.”
Bennis tracks the rise of US unilateralism and the doctrine of
preemptive war, looking particularly at Iraq and Israel/Palestine, and
examines both the potential and the challenges ahead in reclaiming the
UN as part of the global peace movement.
Phyllis Bennis is a Fellow of both the Transnational Institute and the
Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC. She is a journalist
specialising in the Middle East, the United Nations and US foreign
policy. Her most recent books are “Before & After: US Foreign Policy and
the War on Terrorism” (Interlink, 2002) and “Calling the Shots. How
Washington Dominates Today's UN” (Interlink, 2000).
“Challenging Empire” will be on sale at the launch or contact Andrea
Sturkenboom for more details.
Contact:
Andrea Sturkenboom
Email:  andrea@tni.org
Tel: + 31 20 662 66 08
Fax: + 31 20 675 71 76
www.tni.org
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