Phyllis Bennis doing three talks in Oregon: Portland (Oct. 20), Salem (Oct. 19), Corvallis (Oct. 17). Please help to publicize these events: Portland Phyllis Bennis Dual Occupations: Iraq and Palestine in Bush's Empire Thursday, October 20, 2005 7:00pm - 9:00pm St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church SE 12th and Pine Portland, Oregon ` Free and open to the public. Phyllis Bennis is a senior analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies and a fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She has been a writer, analyst and activist on Middle East and UN issues for many years. While working as a journalist at the United Nations during the run-up to the 1990-91 Gulf War, she began investigating U.S. domination of the UN, and stayed involved in work on Iraq sanctions and disarmament, and later U.S. war and occupation in Iraq. In 1999 Ms. Bennis accompanied a group of congressional aides to Iraq to examine the impact of U.S.-led economic sanctions on humanitarian conditions there. She later joined a speaking tour with former UN Assistant Secretary General Denis Halliday, who resigned his position as Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq to protest the impact of sanctions. In 2001 she helped found and currently co-chairs the U.S. Campaign to End Israeli Occupation, and she works closely with the anti-war coalition, United for Peace and Justice. Recent publications include: Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer (published by TARI) Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis (Interlink Publishing 2002) Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's UN (Interlink Publishing, 2000). For more information contact: Kelly Campbell, Portland Area Peace Director American Friends Service Committee 503-230-9427 kcampbell@afsc.org Co-sponsored by: American Friends Service Committee Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights Portland Peaceful Response Coalition Friends of Sabeel St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (Portland Oregon) Corvallis and Salem events: Monday, October 17, 7pm Odd Fellows Hall, 223 S.W. Second St. (in downtown Corvallis) Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Her talk is sponsored by the Institute for Peace and Justice, the Albany Peace Seekers, and the Corvallis Friends of Middle East Peace. The talk is free and open to the public. Wednesday, October 19, 7:30pm Willamette University, Salem Hudson Hall, Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center Salem Peace Lecture: "Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Are Defying U.S. Power" The 2005 Salem Peace Lecture is the 16th in a series intended to bring to the community a variety of thought-provoking lectures exploring pathways to justice, peace and harmony, both in the community and throughout the world. The series also serves as a means of memorializing and/or honoring the lives and works of those in our community who have demonstrated outstanding devotion to these most cherished goals. This year's speaker is Phyllis Bennis, a senior analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies and a fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. The annual Peace Lecture Award will be posthumously given to longtime Salem peace activist Betty Rademaker.