Our speaker, international human rights advocate and lawyer Dan Kovalik, just returned from observing the March 17th presidential elections in Russia. He was in the Kherson Oblast, which experienced terrorist attacks designed to disrupt the election. Dan will report back on the current Ukraine conflict in light of historical developments, in particular the break-up of the Soviet Union, the fight against fascism dating back to WWII, and the missed opportunities for peaceful resolutions in that region; in short, the continuing efforts of the US and its allies to weaken Russia. Dan will also report on his investigations of popular sentiment in Russia regarding Putin and the legacy of the Soviet Union. 

Sun, Apr 21, 2024: 10:30am-12:30pm Pacific The Rwandan Genocide. SPEAKER: Ann Garrison Ann Garrison has agreed to present in late April.  She will speak on the Rwandan Genocide.  The is the thirtieth year anniversary. Title and blurb to follow.

Sun, Apr 28 2024: 10:30am-12:30pm Pacific Korea: The current situation Dae-Hon Song of  the International Strategy Center ( goisc.org/home ), Korea Policy Institute and a journalist with Peoples Dispatch has tentatively agreed to speak on a topic related to Korea on April 28th.  Title, topic, bio, and pic to follow shortly.

Freeing Labor from its Chains: Indenture, Chattel Slavery and Wage Slavery in America Speaker: Peter Fay   American labor is deindustrialized, deunionized, fragmented, and pauperized. Its debased condition is a prisoner of its form: that of a commodity, forever cheapening, like any other. Bereft of political leadership, labor instinctively reacts in populist protest at its […]

Mehmet will contact the encampments in Berkeley and Stanford and prepare a lead in discussion on the events around the new emerging protest wave in the US and around the world. yes

Sun., May 19, 2024: 10:30 am-12:30 pm PDT Resisting the Purging of pro-Palestinian Faculty Speaker: Danny Shaw Our speaker, Danny Shaw, is among the many voices for Palestine who have been punished for speaking out against genocide. After 18 years of teaching in the Latin American and Latinx Studies Department at John Jay College of […]