TEACH IN ON CAPITOL HILL

[Geoff Millard]

WHAT CONGRESS MUST DO TO END U.S. WARS AND HELP SECURE A PEACEFUL
MIDDLE EAST
DESCRIPTION: Educational briefing on the U. S. agenda in the Middle
East, its consequences and development of a strategy/plan to
withdraw. Emphasis will be on constructive, interactive dialogue
among panelists and attendees.
MODERATOR: Representative Dennis J. Kucinich (D - Ohio)
PANELISTS: Chris Hedges, Jeremy Scahill, David Swanson, Ann Wright
DATE: Thursday, April 29, 2010
TIME: 1:45 PM – 4:00 PM
PLACE: Gold Room (2168), Rayburn House Office Building, Independence
Ave and C Street SW, Washington, D.C.
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public, the media, members of
Congress, and staff
Chris Hedges is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute. He spent
nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the
Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than 50
countries and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National
Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News, and The New York Times, for
which he was a foreign correspondent for 15 years. He has taught at
Columbia University, New York University, and Princeton University.
He left the Times after being issued a formal reprimand for denouncing
the Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq. He has written nine
books, including "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the
Triumph of Spectacle," and "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning."
Jeremy Scahill is the author of the international best-seller
"Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army." He
is a frequent contributor to The Nation magazine and a correspondent
for the national radio and TV program Democracy Now! He is currently a
Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute. Scahill has
won numerous awards for his reporting, including the prestigious
George Polk Award, which he won twice. While a correspondent for
Democracy Now!, Scahill reported extensively from Iraq through both
the Clinton and Bush administrations. He has appeared on ABC World
News, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, CNN, MSNBC, PBS’s The
NewsHour, Bill Moyers Journal and is a frequent guest on other radio
and TV programs nationwide.
David Swanson is the author of "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial
Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union." He holds a master's
degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia. He has worked as
a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs
including press secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential
campaign, media coordinator for the International Labor Communications
Association, and three years as communications coordinator for ACORN,
the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Swanson is
Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, creator of
ProsecuteBushCheney.org, and Washington Director of Democrats.com, a
board member of Progressive Democrats of America, the Backbone
Campaign, Voters for Peace, and the Liberty Tree Foundation for the
Democratic Revolution, and chair of the Robert Jackson Steering
Committee. AfterDowningStreet was named Most Valuable Progressive by
the Nation Magazine in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
Ann Wright spent thirteen years in the U.S. Army and sixteen
additional years in the Army Reserves, retiring as a Colonel. In 1987,
she joined the Foreign Service and served as U.S. Deputy Ambassador in
Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan, and Mongolia. She received the
State Department’s Award for Heroism for her actions during the
evacuation of 2,500 people from the civil war in Sierra Leone, the
largest evacuation since Saigon. She was on the first State Department
team to go to Afghanistan and helped reopen the Embassy there in
December 2001. On March 19, 2003, the eve of the U.S. invasion of
Iraq, Wright cabled a letter of resignation to Secretary of State
Colin Powell, stating that without the authorization of the UN
Security Council, the invasion and occupation of a Muslim, Arab, oil-
rich country would be a disaster. She is a member of Veterans for
Peace and is the co-author of "Dissent: Voices of Conscience."
SPONSORS: EndUSWars.org, AfterDowningStreet.org, Code Pink: Women for
Peace, Democrats.com, Progressive Democrats of America, the Nation,
Gray Panthers of Metro Washington, Washington Peace Center, United for
Peace and Justice, Office & Professional Employees International Union
Local 2, U.S. Labor Against the War, Civilain Soldier Alliance,
Seacoast Peace Response, Veterans for Peace, The Humanist, Voters for
Peace, Rethink Afghanistan, Iraq Veterans Against the War,
CONTACT: Herb Hoffman, 207-646-5431 or pa...@maine.rr.com
Call your Representative at (202) 224-3121 and ask them to attend.

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