| January 31 |
"60 YEARS AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF MAHATMA GANDHI (JAN. 30,
1948): THE RELEVANCE OF GANDHI'S PHILOSOPHY FOR TODAY'S WORLD
" with Professor Doug Allen, Philosophy |
| February 7 |
"THE LONG HAUL: BUILDING UNITY AGAINST RACIST OPPRESSION" Jarvis Tyner, Executive Vice Chair of the Communist Party USA and a founding member of the Black Radical Congress, and a leader in the struggle against racism and its relation to working class liberation |
| February 14 |
"RACISM AT UMAINE, IN MAINE, AND BEYOND" A panel of University of Maine students Gimbala Sankare, Ashley Miller, and Sandy Nesin |
| February 21 |
"YEAR OF THE RAT: CHINA-US RELATIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS"
Professor Ngo-Vinh Long, History |
| March 20 |
"5 YEARS AFTER THE INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF IRAQ:
WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
" Panel and Teach-in (Note: to be held at 7:00 p.m. in 140 Little Hall) |
| March 27 |
"A LEFTIST ANALYSIS OF ELECTIONS: WHY THE REPUBLICAN AND
DEMOCRATIC PARTIES AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS ARE OBSTACLES
TO REAL DEMOCRACY
" Bruce Gagnon, co-founder and Coordinator of the Global Network Against
Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and State Coordinator of Florida Coalition
for Peace and Justice (1983-1998)
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| April 3 |
"THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MODERN STATE OF IRAQ" Sinan Antoon, from Baghdad, received his Ph.D. from Harvard and is a faculty
member at New York University with specialization in premodern Arabo-Islamic
culture and contemporary Arab culture and politics. A widely published poet and
essayist, he coproduced and codirected the film About Baghdad, which he will show
on Apr. 4. Dr. Antoon will also deliver a lecture on Iraq on Apr. 3 at 7:00 p.m. in
140 Little Hall.
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| April 10 |
"PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS IN THE EARLY COLD WAR: LESSONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY"
Professor Nathan Godfried, History |
| April 17 |
"EMPOWERING VENEZUELA DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY
UNDER CHAVEZ: A NEW ALTERNATIVE FOR PEACEFUL CONFLICT
RESOLUTION IN THE HEMISPHERE OR THE DECLINE OF AMERICAN
HEGEMONY IN THE HEMISPHERE
" Georges Kabche and Stefano Tijerina, UMaine students from Venezuela and Colombia |
| April 24 |
"RUSSIA RESURGENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REGION AND THE WORLD" Professors James Warhola, Paul Holman, and Seth Singleton, Political Science |
Sponsored by Marxist-Socialist Studies Interdisciplinary
Minor. Co-sponsored by Maine Peace Action Committee (MPAC) and Campus Activities
and Evens, with support from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Speakers
do not necessarily present socialist or Marxist viewpoints. For additional
information, contact Professor Doug Allen, coordinator, Marxist-Socialist
Studies, The Maples, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469. Phone: 581-3860.
E-mail: douglas.allen@umit.maine.edu.
Lunch Lectures