<html> <head> <style> P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body><div><b> <p>9/11 & The American Empire: Intellectuals Speak Out<br>Sunday, September 24, 2006</p></b><br>7:00 PM<br>Martin Luther King Middle School<br>1781 Rose Street<br>Berkeley, CA </div> <dir> <p align="left"><a href="http://www.communitycurrency.org/events.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.communitycurrency<wbr>.org/events.html</a></p> <p>A KPFA original event gathering scholars who confront the unspeakable: </p> <dir> <dir> <p><b>DAVID RAY GRIFFIN</b> - Professor Of Philosophy and Theology, Emeritus, Claremont Graduate University. He is the author or editor of some 30 books, including The New Pearl Harbor, Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 (2004) The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions (2005) Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11: A Call to Reflection and Action (2006) </p> <p><b>PETER DALE SCOTT</b> - former Canadian diplomat, Professor of English, Emeritus, at U.C. Berkeley. Books include: Drugs, Oil and War; The U.S. in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina, The Iran-Contra Connection, and Coming To Jakarta. Forthcoming from U.C. Press: The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America. He won the 2002 Lannan Poetry Award. </p> <p><b>RAY McGOVERN</b>, host - Army officer, CIA analyst for 27 years (from John F. Kennedy to George H. W. Bush administrations). Founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. His articles and op-eds have appeared in newspapers around the country, in Europe, on TomPaine.com, <a href="http://truthout.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Truthout.com</a>, <a href="http://commondreams.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Commondreams.org</a>, <a href="http://counterpunch.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Counterpunch.org</a> and <a href="http://antiwar.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Antiwar.com</a>. McGovern has appeared in several video documentaries-notably, Robert Greenwald's "Uncovered: The War on Iraq" and "Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror" (produced by John Pilger). He writes and speaks for the arm of Tell the Word called "Speaking Truth to Power." </p> <p><b>PETER PHILLIPS</b> - Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University, Director of Project Censored (with Bridget Thornton and Celeste Vogler), a media research organization, whose annual compilations are published by W.W. Norton. "Project Censored is one of the organizations that we should listen to, to be assured that our newspapers and our broadcasting outlets are practicing thorough and ethical journalism." - Walter Cronkite. His senior-level research assistants are Bridget Thornton and Celeste Vogler. </p> <p>- Certified Quality Engineer, B.S. in Chemistry, many years Laboratory Operations Manager and then Site Manager at Environmental Health Laboratories. On March 15, 2006 Ryan gave a lecture titled A 9/11 Whistleblower Examines the Official Conspiracy Theory in Bloomington, Indiana. This lecture was taped and broadcast. </p> <p>"We have put out this volume in the conviction that 9/11 was not only the largest and least-investigated homicide in American history but perhaps also the largest hoax, with extremely fateful consequences for human civilization as a whole. If our educational community cannot address this issue, then it risks remaining merely "academic" in the worst sense of that term." - statement of editors David Ray Griffin & Peter Dale Scott </p></dir> <p>wheelchair accessible, substantial free parking </p> <p>Details posted at <a href="http://kpfa.org/events/index.php?#729" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://kpfa.org/events/index<wbr>.php?#729</a> </p> <p>tickets: $15 advance, $20 door (available August 25 at Bay Area independent bookstores or <a href="http://www.kpfa.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.kpfa.org</a>) Bookstores (always to be supported!) - EAST BAY: Black Oak, Cody's 4th Street, DIESEL a Bookstore, Moe's Books, Pegasus (both stores), Pendragon, Walden Pond SAN FRANCISCO: Cody's, Modern Times </p> <p>Event sponsors: KPFA 94.1FM + Pacifica Radio, Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance, Interlink Publishing + Bay Area independent bookstores </p></dir></dir> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>______________________________<wbr>___________________</div> <div> </div> <div>— The whole world will rejoice when the Empire falls.</div> <div>- Judah Ben-Hur (played by Charlton Heston), in 1959 classic movie "Ben-Hur"</div> <div> </div> <div>— Traditional rulers, institutions, and ways of life have crumbled under the fatal impact of American wealth and power but they have not been replaced by new institutions and new ways of life, nor has their breakdown ushered in an era of democracy and development. </div> <div>- William F. Fulbright, The Arrogance of Power</div> <div> </div> <div>— Prove to yourself in one minute that 9-11 was an inside job. Go to "<a href="http://wtc7.net/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">wtc7.net</a>" -- go to right side to click on "Collapse Videos" – scroll down to and click on any or all 3 major network film clips of Building 7 falling. After viewing, then explain to yourself how Building 7 fell since it was not hit by any plane and had only 2 small fires visible. And, if you know of ANY reason Building 7 could have fallen other than by controlled demolition planned and prepared way in advance, please let me know. - Dan Stone</div> <div> </div> <div>Daniel Stone</div> <div><a href="mailto:justice_freedom@earthlink.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">justice_freedom@earthlink.net</a></div> <div> </div><br><br></body> </html>