Phyllis Bennis

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Phyllis Bennis

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Line of March

During the 1980s, Phyllis Bennis was involved in the Maoist leaning Line of March organization^[1].

Socialist Scholars Conference 1990

The Socialist Scholars Conference 1990, held September 6-8, at the Hotel Commodore, New York, included panels such as:^[2]

Developments in the USSR and Eastern Europe and their Significance for Western Europe and the US Left

• Sponsor: Frontline
• Moderator: Phyllis Bennis, Correspondent; Frontline
• Donald Sassoon, University of London
• Irwin Silber, co-editor, Frontline
• Joanne Barkan, Democratic Socialists of America

War Times

In January 2002, a group of San Francisco leftists, mainly involved with STORM or Committees of Correspondence, founded a national anti-Iraq War newspaper^[3] War Times.

Endorsers of the project included Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies.

United for Peace and Justice

In Dec 2008 Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies was voted onto the Steering Committee for United for Peace and Justice^[4]

Disarm Now! conference

In June 2010, Phyllis Bennis addressed the Disarm Now! Conference, Riverside Church, New York. (Workshop: Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East), is a fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC and of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She has written widely on Middle East and UN-related issues and her books include: Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Defy U.S. Power, and the just-released Ending the US War in Afghanistan: a Primer..^[5]

Iraq: The Legacy of the 7-Year U.S. Occupation

On Sunday, August 29th 2010. at Busboys and Poets, 5th and K Sts. NW, Washington, D.C., an event "Iraq: The Legacy of the 7-Year U.S. Occupation" was held;

Is the U.S. military really leaving Iraq or just rebranding? What is the toll of seven years of occupation on Iraqis, U.S. soldiers and our economies? What is the status of Iraqi refugees around the world? Is it still possible to hold accountable those who dragged us into the war or committed crimes such as torture? What role did Congress and the media play in facilitating the invasion/occupation? We'll also look at the role of the peace movement -- its strengths and weaknesses -- and draw key lessons to make our work for peace, including in Afghanistan, more effective.

Speakers/performers included:

• Congresswoman Donna Edwards
• Kymone Tecumseh Freeman, playwright, performer, reading Letters from Iraq
• Head-Roc, hip-hop artist
• Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies
• Raed Jarrar, Peace Action
• Manal Omar, author
• Bill Fletcher, Jr., labor leader, scholar
• Josh Stieber, Iraq Veterans Against the War
• Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK and Global Exchange
• Andy Shallal, Iraqi artist, owner Busboys and Poets
• David Swanson, author
• Gene Bruskin, U.S. Labor Against the War
• Felicia Eaves, activist

The event was sponsored by: CODEPINK, Peace Action, Institute for Policy Studies, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Global Exchange, Just Foreign Policy, Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), U.S. Labor Against the War, ANSWER, World Can’t Wait, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, War is a Crime, Rivera Project, Washington Peace Center.^[6]

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