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A Military Strategy for the Shank of the Century - General William Westmoreland
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - General Westmoreland served in both World War II and Korea prior to his appointment as commander of US Military Forces in Vietnam and Southeast Asia in 1964. A four-star general, his military career ended in 1972 following a four-year tour as Army Chief of Staff. His book, A Soldier Reports, recalls forty years of service and focuses on his experiences in Vietnam. Part of the World Affairs Series: Tyranny or Freedom...Which Side Are We On?

Global Development Options for Freedom - Thoman A. Blinkhorn
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Thomas A. Blinkhorn is Chief of Public Affairs for the World Bank. He manages a program of information about development issues and the World Bank for audiences in the developing world as well as industrial countries. He has also worked with the Bank as a Senior Loan Officer in West- and East-African regions including Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia. Part of the World Affairs Series: Tyranny or Freedom...Which Side Are We On?

Debt Crisis: Causes and Solutionns - Cheryl Payer
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Cheryl Payer has taught economics at Northwestern University New School for Social Research and the University of Hawaii. Her books include The Debt Trap: The IMF and the Third World, Commodity Trade of the Third World, and The World Bank: A Critical Analysis. Part of the World Affairs Series: Tyranny or Freedom...Which Side Are We On?

U.S. Policy in the Middle East and the Palestinian Question - Naseer Aruri
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Nasser Aruri, Professor of Political Science at Southern Massachusetts University, is a Palestinian who has travelled extensively in the Middle East. His books include Lebanon: A Challenge to the Arab World, Reagan and the Middle East, and Occupation: Israel over Palestine. Part of the World Affairs Series: Tyranny or Freedom...Which Side Are We On?

Why Do We Do What We Do in the Middle East? - Steven Spiegel
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Steven Spiegel is an Associate Professor of Political Science at UCLA, and the author of The War for Washington: The Other Arab-Israeli Conflict. His other books on American foreign policy include Conflict in World Politics and At Issue: Politics in the World Arena. Part of the World Affairs Series: Tyranny or Freedom...Which Side Are We On?

The West Bank and Gaza: Palestinitan and Israeli Perceptions - Christy Brown
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Christy Brown, Assistant Professor of English at Iowa State, will discuss her recent tour of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, where she visited universities and refugee camps, and spoke with Israeli and Palestinian writers, intellectuals, and human rights activists about the prospect for peace in the Middle East. Part of the World Affairs Series.

Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy: Implications for Democracy in the Southern Cone - Isabel Letelier
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Isabel Letelier is Director of the Human Rights Project and Third World Women's Project at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington. Her husband was the Chilean Ambassador to the United States and Minister of Foreign Relations before the 1973 coup, and in 1976 he was assassinated while in exile in this country. Part of the World Affairs Series: Tyranny or Freedom...Which Side Are We On?

How to Improve Human Rights in Other Countries - Charles Fairbanks
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Charles Fairbanks was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Human Affairs, 1982-84. As a member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Committee for the 1980 Reagan presidential campaign, he wrote the administration's position paper on human rights. Before his appointment as Deputy Assistant Secretary, he worked on the Policy and Planning staff of the State Department. He is now Visiting Research Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Part of the World Affairs Series: Tyranny or Freedom...Which Side Are We On?

Which Side Are We On? - Dr. Noam Chomsky
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Noam Chomsky is Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His book, Syntactic Structures, marked the start of a revolution in linguistic theory. Dr. Chomsky has a long history as a spokesman and writer working in support of peace and justice. His books include Human Rights and American Foreign Policy; The Fateful Triangle: The US, Israel, and the Palestinians; Towards a New Cold War; and Problems of Knowledge and Freedom. Part of the World Affairs Series: Tyranny or Freedom...Which Side Are We On?

Film: "Missing"
3:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - "Missing" is a political thriller about an American writer who disappears during the 1973 military coup in Chile and the frustrating attempts by his wife and father to find him. In their search, they discover apparent US business and government involved in the political upheaval. Part of the World Affairs Series