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On the killing of Osama Bin Laden

Damian Counsell — Wed, 11 May 2011 11:41:31 +0000

Norman Geras summarizes some opinion on the legality and morality of the action.

At conservative blog Ricochet.com, Claire Berlinski lists some of Bin Laden’s victims.

On Slate, Christopher Hitchens treats the opinionating of Noam Chomsky on the matter with the contempt it deserves.

At the Website of he New Republic tries to put the event in historical perspective.

Nick Cohen Meeting 6:15pm, 22Mar07

Alan Johnson — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:33:50 +0000

Democratiya, The Euston Manifesto, Engage, and Mishcon de Reya are delighted to invite you to a conversation with Nick Cohen. In What’s Left? How Liberals Lost their Way Cohen tells the story of how parts of the Liberal-Left of the 20th Century ended up supporting the far Right of the 21st in the shape of Islamic extremism.

The event will take place at 6.15pm, Thursday, 22 Mar 2007, Mishcon de Reya, Summit House, 12 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4QD. (The nearest tube station is Holborn.) Interviewing Nick will be Anthony Julius, lawyer and academic, founding member of both Engage and The Euston Manifesto, and author of TS Eliot, Anti-Semitism, and Literary Form. Drinks and nibbles will be available after the event.

Tickets for this event are £10 and can be obtained by:

sending your name and address and a cheque, made out to “Democratiya”, to “Alan Johnson, Editor of Democratiya, 3 High Tenterfell, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4PG” — you will be able to collect your ticket at the event,
making an online donation of £10 at Democratiya’s Pay Pal account — send your name and address to alandemocratiya and you will be able to collect your ticket at the event;
any remaining tickets will be on available at the event.

Left Forum: NYC, 9–11 March 2007

Damian Counsell — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 11:31:38 +0000

Left Forum 2007 will take place March 9-11 at the Cooper Union in New York City. Each spring, Left Forum convenes the largest gathering in North America of the US and international Left. Last year’s conference brought together 1500 participants, speakers, booksellers, and social movement organizations from across the globe for a dynamic three-day event. Conference updates and information about their events appear on their Website. For further information or to volunteer please contact them:

Left Forum,
c/o Ph.D. Program in Sociology
365 5th Avenue, NY, NY 10016
leftforum
212-817-2003

IAB January Seminar

Damian Counsell — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 11:22:39 +0000

Ofir Frankel invites Euston Manifesto supporters to the International Advisory Board for Academic Freedom’s (IAB) January seminar at 16:00 local time on Tuesday 16 January 2006 at the Shimshon and Chana Feldman Congress Hall (building 301), Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan. The speaker will be Yale University’s Prof. Charles Asher Small, the title: Processes of Globalization: Impact on Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israel Sentiment.

In the discourse surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, extreme criticism of Israel (e.g., Israel is an “apartheid” state, or that the Israel Defense Forces deliberately target Palestinian civilians), are coupled with radical policy campaigns (e.g., academic boycotts, divestment from companies doing business with Israel). Such activism is often criticized as a form of neo anti-Semitism (as Israel is singled out for special treatment). In his research, Prof. Small has applied a detailed statistical methodology in order to analyze this issue.

Prof. Small is the Director of the Yale Initiative on the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism (YIISA). YIISA is based at Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) Yale University. It is the first such scholarly institute in a North American University. Prof. Small is also the President and Founder of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy.

Debate: “The American Era: Why US Power And Primacy Are Desirable”

Damian Counsell — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:50:13 +0000

This Friday 10Nov06 from 14:00 to 17:00, Robert J. Lieber, Professor of Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University will speak to the title “The American Era: Why US power and primacy are desirable” at the Institute for the Study of the Americas at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.

Michael Cox of the London School of Economics, Richard Saull of Queen Mary, and Robert Singh of Birkbeck will respond.

The full address of the (revised) venue is Lecture Theatre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square London WC1B 5DR. All are welcome. Contact olga.jimenez to attend. The event is being convened by Tim Linch of the ISA, timothy.lynch

Special screening: “The Road To Hell”—Saddam’s genocide

Gary Kent — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 04:07:12 +0000

Labour Friends of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Foreign Policy Centre are showing this film on Wednesday 15th November from 6-8pm in the Boothroyd Room in Portcullis House.

Veteran filmmaker Gwynne Roberts will speak after the film, which is to be shown on Channel 4 on 20th November. There will also be a Q&A with the Kurdistan-Iraq Minister on the Iraqi Special Tribunal and Kirkuk disputed territory.

The other guest speaker is Dr Mohammad Ihsan, Minister for Extra-Regional Affairs who is coming to the UK especially for this screening. Dr Ihsan’s ministry is devoted to the reintegration of originally Kurdish areas confiscated and arabized by Saddam Hussein regime, which includes Kirkuk, Mosul, Khanaqin, Mendeli, Zurbaniya, Makhmour, Shai Khan, Zumar and Sinjar.

RSVP Vian Rahman at vian.rahman

Conference: Mid East WMD-free zone

Damian Counsell — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:00:38 +0000

Dan Plesch at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) writes to notify Euston Manifesto site readers of a conference in London UK next week about “The Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone”. This is jointly sponsored by the centre and Pugwash. Full details are on the conference Webpages. All Euston Manifesto supporters are invited.

Progress Foreign Policy Seminar: 2020 VISION: Labour’s Future Challenges

Damian Counsell — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:45:29 +0000

Tom Brooks Pollock writes:

After our largest-ever annual conference in September, Progress launches a new series of seminars which seek to continue the debate on the challenges of the next decade. The first event is:

‘Labour’s foreign policy: Is liberal interventionism dead?’

Professor Brian Brivati, Kingston University; Gary Kent, Labour Friends of Iraq; Denis MacShane MP; Gisela Stuart MP; Oona King (chair).

Tuesday 7 November - 1800-1930 - House of Commons: Committee Room 15

If you want to come along, please register with Tom Brooks Pollock, by supplying your full name and email address to tom or 0203 008 8180.

Inaugural Meeting of City of London Fabians

Damian Counsell — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:50:18 +0000

The inaugural meeting of the City of London Fabians will take place on Thursday 19 October at the City University Club near Bank Tube Station. For further information please e-mail Richard Briggs, dearrichardbriggs.

Euston Meeting at Lib Dem Party conference

Damian Counsell — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:35:35 +0000

Oliver Kamm and Jon Pike will be speaking at a fringe meeting at the Hilton Metropole in Brighton on Weds 20Sep06 at 8pm.