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Film Screening: Merritt College – Home of the Black Panther Party
@ Merritt College, L-127
Film Screening: Merritt College – Home of the Black Panther Party
@ Merritt College, L-127
Oct 18 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
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7:00 pm
American Justice on Trial – Book Discussion and Signing
@ Modern Times Bookstore
American Justice on Trial – Book Discussion and Signing
@ Modern Times Bookstore
Oct 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Lise Pearlman, retired judge and legal expert, will speak about her new book American Justice on Trial at the bookstore, which outlines how the defense during the Huey Newton murder trial worked to lessen racial bias in jury selection and put into place legal and cultural precedents that still affect American jurisprudence, criminal law, and race relations. On the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party, Pearlman’s new book American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton compares the explosive state of American race relations in 1968 to race relations today … Continued
7:00 pm
Turning Point for the Palestine Solidarity Movement: Can Israeli Apartheid Really Be Defeated?
@ First Congregational Church
Turning Point for the Palestine Solidarity Movement: Can Israeli Apartheid Really Be Defeated?
@ First Congregational Church
Oct 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Ali Abunimah is a Palestinian-American journalist and author of “The Battle for Justice in Palestine” — which won the 2014 Palestine Book Award — and “One Country, A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse.” He received the 2013 Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship and has been an activist on these issues for over 20 years. Alice Walker calls him “a special voice to champion us, one that is… fierce, wise — a warrior for justice and peace — someone whose large heart, one senses, beyond his calm, is constantly on … Continued
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Discussion and Book Signing: Violent Borders
@ Pegasus Books
Discussion and Book Signing: Violent Borders
@ Pegasus Books
Oct 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Reece Jones: Violent Borders Reece Jones discusses and signs his new book Violent Borders: a major new exploration of the refugee crisis, focusing on how borders are policed. About Violent Borders (Verso, 2016) Forty thousand people died trying to cross international borders in the past decade, with the high-profile deaths along the shores of Europe only accounting for half of the grisly total. In Violent Borders, Reece Jones argues that these deaths are not exceptional, but rather the result of state attempts to contain populations and control access to resources and opportunities. ‘We may live … Continued
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