What responsibilities come with knowledge?
This week we will work on Constitution Live, and next week we will be shifting our focus in class to the mid-term elections and the election process. BUT BEFORE WE DO... we are fortunate enough have two guest speakers in our classes on Friday, who have a lot of direct experience with The System. Look below and get infected with some of my enthusiasm; get ready to ask some questions and get some answers.
This week we will work on Constitution Live, and next week we will be shifting our focus in class to the mid-term elections and the election process. BUT BEFORE WE DO... we are fortunate enough have two guest speakers in our classes on Friday, who have a lot of direct experience with The System. Look below and get infected with some of my enthusiasm; get ready to ask some questions and get some answers.
Ray McGovern: 27 years as a CIA analyst. Worked closely with Reagan Admin as an advisor and gave morning briefings to first Bush Admin...and then became something of a "whistle blower'"on use of intelligence to justify war in Iraq. Comes at it with a Catholic morality/peace worker perspective. Frequently published on alternet.org and consortium news, he has been active recently taking a stand in defense of Bradley Manning, the service member who supposedly leaked videos of U.S. crimes in Afghanistan to WikiLeaks and is facing serious charges.
Larry Everest: Author of Oil, Power, and Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda (which Oliver Stone drew on for his movie W) and Behind the Poison Cloud: Union Carbide’s Bhopal Massacre (based on his reporting of India's gas disaster in the 80's). Writer for Revolution Newspaper, articles have appeared in Boston Globe, SF Chronicle, LA Times, etc. Been reporting on Middle East for 30 years - on the scene at first intifada and during Iranian Revolution - and comes with a Revolutionary perspective.
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