[URPE] [NYC] Brecht Forum: Political Econ.of Iran Crisis, Immigrant Voting Rts, Globalization of Law Enforcement & More

Tue May 16 14:47:02 MDT 2006

P L E A S E     F O R W A R D    W I D E L Y

The Brecht Forum
451 West St.  (Betw Bank & Bethune)
New York, NY 10014
(212) 242- 4201
www.brechtforum.org

1,2,3 A,C,E to 14th st.
14A,11,20 buses to Abingdon Square/12th Street
8 bus to Christopher St.
L to 8th Ave @14th st.
F,V to 14th St. B,D to W. 4th
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In this email:

5/16 Oil, Nukes, Mullahs, Democracy & U.S. Hegemony:  The 
Political-Economy of the Iran Crisis
5/17 Teach In on the International Law Enforcement Academy
5/19 Democracy For All: Restoring Immigrant Voting Rights in the U.S.
5/20 NEUES KABARETT  Jack Wright with Reuben Radding & Andrew Drury + 
George Haslam with Roy Campbell and Borah Bergman
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Tuesday, May 16
7:30 pm
Co-sponsor: NY Union for Radical Poliical Economics

Oil, Nukes, Mullahs, Democracy & U.S. Hegemony:  The Political-Economy 
of the Iran Crisis

Faramarz Farbod, Reza Ghorashi, Tom O'Donnell & Fatemeh Moghadam

 The long-suffering Iranian people face dual burdens: the constant 
prospect of a bloody U.S.-led intervention, and the continued internal 
rule of the mullahs. This panel examines the motivations of both sides, 
and addresses a number of questions: What is the political-economic 
basis for the persistent hostility towards Iran by the U.S. and its 
allies: Britain, France and Germany? What is the role of their long-term 
quest for oil? What are the real issues involved in the nuclear power 
dispute? What is the political economy of the present clerical regime, 
and what are the prospects for internal social and democratic 
transformation? What is the current status of women in Iran, and how are 
policies towards women used to maintain overall social control? Our 
panelists will cut through the abundance of official misinformation on 
Iran, and seek effective ways to express our solidarity with the just 
struggles of the Iranian people.

 Faramarz Farbod taught politics in Iran for several years in the 1990s, 
and has been teaching at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA) since 
1998.Reza Ghorashi teaches at Richard Stockton College in New Jersey. He 
has published articles in both English and Farsi on international trade, 
globalization, and the Middle East.Tom O'Donnell, a nuclear physicist, 
is a lecturer at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is currently 
writing a book on The New Globalized Oil Order. He previously spent a 
decade as an industrial worker and organizer-activist in Detroit auto 
plants and on Chicago railways.Fatemeh Moghadam teaches courses on 
Economic Development, Women and Development in the Middle East, Economic 
Development in the Middle East, and International Economics. She is 
author of From Land Reform to The Revolution: The Political Economy of 
Agricultural Development in Iran (1960-1979) (Tauris Academic Studies, 
London, February 1996).

Suggested donation: $6//$10/$15
No one Turned Away
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Wednesday, May 17
7:30 pm
Co-Sponsors: NYCISPES & the School of the Americas Watch

GLOBALIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT / La GLOBALIZACION de la LEY

part of the Week of Action for Immigrant Rights
parte de la Semana de Accion para los derechos de Inmigrantes

Where/Donde: The Brecht Forum

When/Cuando:  7pm Wednesday, May 17th

What/ Que:  Explore trends, changes & implications of the globalization 
of law enforcement, from the streets of NYC to the streets of San 
Salvador.  As multinational corporate domination and the US War on 
Terror pair up, governments crack down on those they consider 
undesirable, such as unemployed youth, undocumented immigrants, and 
those who promote policies centered on people, not coorporations.
The primary topic: ILEA, the International Law Enforcement Academy 
recently opened in El Salvador.   ILEA trains police, lawyers and judges 
from across the Americas in the US government's interpretation of 
international law.
Explora las modas, cambios y implicaciones de la globalizacion de la 
aplicacion de la ley, desde las calles de NYC a las calles de San 
Salvador.  Mientras se juntan la dominacion corporativa multinacional y 
la â?oGuerra contra el Terrorismoâ?? de los EEUU, los gobiernos oprimen 
los visto como no-deseados, como jovenes sin trabajo, inmigrantes sin 
documentacion, y los que proponen una politica que sirve al pueblo, no a 
las corporaciones.

El tema principal:  ILEA, la Academia Internacional de la Aplicacion de 
la Ley, recien abierta en El Salvador.  ILEA entrena a la policia, 
abogados y juezes de todas las Americas en como interpretar y enforzar 
la ley segun la interpretacion y intereses del gobierno EEUU.

Who/ Quien:
*Burke Stansbury, Executive Director of CISPES / Director Ejecutivo de 
CISPES
*Panama Alba, long-time Bronx activist against police brutality / 
activista de las decadas en el Bronx contra la violencia policial
*Kavita Pawria, legal and policy organizer at DRUM, Desis Rising Up and 
Moving/ organizadora legal y politica de DRUM

***Also featuring a series of Activist Portraits by NYCISPES volunteer 
Helmi Hunin / Aprovecha tambien de una serie de fotos de activistas por 
Helmi Hunin, voluntaria de NYCISPES

For more info:  646-245-9931

Suggested donation: $6//$10/$15
No one Turned Away
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Friday, May 19
7:30 pm
BOOK PARTY / FORUM

Democracy For All: Restoring Immigrant Voting Rights in the U.S.

Author Ron Hayduk with Charles Barron, , Aziz Huq, Bryan Pu-Folks, 
Cheryl Wertz & Others TBA

 Voting is for citizens only, right? Not exactly. It is not widely known 
that immigrants, or noncitizens, currently vote in local elections in 
over a half dozen cities and towns in the U.S.; nor that campaigns to 
expand the franchise to noncitizens have been launched in at least a 
dozen other jurisdictions from coast to coast over the past decade. 
These practices have their roots in another little-known fact: for most 
of the country's history--from the founding until the 1920s--noncitizens 
voted in forty states and federal territories in local, state, and even 
federal elections, and also held public office such as alderman, 
coroner, and school board member. Globally, over forty countries on 
nearly every continent permit voting by noncitizens. Legal immigrants, 
or resident aliens, pay taxes, own businesses and homes, send their 
children to public schools, and can be drafted or serve in the military, 
yet proposals to grant them voting rights are often met with great 
resistance. But, in a country where "no taxation without representation" 
was once a rallying cry for revolution, such a proposition may not, 
after all, be so outlandish.

 Ron Hayduk teaches political science at the Borough of Manhattan 
Community College of the City University of New York. He is the author 
of Gatekeepers to the Franchise: Shaping Election Administration in New 
York. Hayduk has worked in government, consults to policy organizations 
and is co-founder of The Immigrant Voting Project 
(www.immigrantvoting.org). Hayduk will be join by New York City 
Councilman Charles Barron, Aziz Hug from the Brennan Center for Justice 
and Cheryl Wertz and Bryan Pu-Folks of New Immigrant Community 
Empowerment (NICE).

Suggested donation: $6//$10/$15
No one Turned Away
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Saturday, May 20
9 & 10pm
NEUES KABARETT

Jack Wright with Reuben Radding & Andrew Drury
George Haslam with Roy Campbell and Borah Bergman

 "His willingness to call his music into question and redefine the 
fundamental concepts that motivate his playing, coupled with a seemingly 
indefatigable urge to seek out new playing partners half his age, has 
made Jack Wright something of a role model for the younger generation of 
American free improvisers."
- Signal to Noise

"The real challenge for a jazz musician playing an unaccompanied solo 
concert was for Haslam a smooth path of harmonious and rhythmic 
richness, which can only be found in those who have made the journey 
between what is academic and what is new."
- La Capital, Argentina

Admission: $10.00

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