Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Protest at Iran Mission to UN, Memorial and Sanctions Talk

Where Is My Vote? - NY:
4:30pm to 5:30pm
41st Street and 3rd Avenue, New York, NY
A group of us are gathering in front of the Iranian Mission to UN to show our disgust and outrage at yesterday's summary executions by the Islamic Republic.

Solidarity Committee for Advancement of Democracy in Iran:
We are all Iranian Kurd Today
Memorial Vigil for the 5 executed political prisoners 
5:30-7 PM 
Washington Square North at 5th Avenue, New York, NY


Where Is My Vote? - NY, Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at NYU, The Nation, and Campaign for Peace and Democracy:
7-9pm 
50 Washington Square South (at 255 Sullivan Street)
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies @ NYU
Sanctioning Iran?

FEATURING:

JOY GORDON – Professor of philosophy at Fairfield University, PhD Yale University, JD Boston University School of Law. Dr. Gordon has published extensively on issues of international relations and international law, particularly in the area of economic sanctions. Her most recent work Invisible War: The United States and Iraq Sanctions was published by the Harvard University Press.

TRITA PARSI – Founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian politics, and the balance of power in the Middle East. Dr. Parsi is the author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States. On February 25, 2010, he testified before Congress on the Human Rights situation in Iran.

ROANE CAREY – Serving as moderator for this event, he is managing editor of The Nation magazine. He is the editor of two books on the Middle East conflict, The New Intifada (Verso, 2001) and The Other Israel (New Press, 2002).

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