Teach-in at Cal on 10 March, 2009:

Here’s the text from the Facebook group:
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This discussion will be moderated by Judith Butler, UC Berkeley Professor of Rhetoric.

Richard Falk is the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights to the occupied Palestinian territories, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University, and Member of the Editorial boards of The Nation and The Progressive.

Falk was recently denied entry into Israel while on a UN mission. One of his recent op-eds is here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-falk/understanding-the-gaza-ca_b_154777.html

Samera Esmeir is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric at UC Berkeley, an Editor of the Middle East Research and Information Project, Co-Founder of Adalah’s Review, and author of upcoming book Juridical Humanity.

Esmeir recently wrote an op-ed on The Horrors of Israel’s Peace for al-Ahram, which can be read here: http://www.merip.org/newspaper_opeds/oped012209.html

A video of a talk she recently gave at UC Berkeley is also located here:

http://btiaw.org/americas-current-impending-wars-video

Both will speak at UC Berkeley on March 10, 2009 on the current state of the so-called peace process as well as the legality of Israeli actions under international law.

****Please arrive 10-15 minutes early as we would like to start on time, to accommodate students who would like to attend the Activism Right There festival later at 7pm.**** [/DDET]

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