THE NEXT WAR? - Iran, Oil and Crisis - Peace Action Bay Ridge - Interfaith Peace Coalition - Lecture & Film Screening

Description: Although he never held an official political title, Ayatullah Ruhullah Khomeini ruled Iran with an iron fist from the moment he set foot on Iranian soil on Feb. 1, 1979, after 14 years in exile. Thursday, September 20 7:00 P.M.

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH
7420 4th AVENUE, BAY RIDGE, BROOKLYN
(4th Ave. & 74th St. \ 77th St. stop on R)
Erik Freas - Professor of Middle East Studies

Pax Christi Metro New York invites you to its annual commemoration of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and its appeal for the abolition of all nuclear weapons. This event includes prayer, talk, and a public witness. Historian David Watt will provide a historical critique of the bombings and Leila Zand, Middle East Program Director from Fellowship of Reconciliation, will share a contemporary look at the nuclear threat with Iran. Following their presentations, there will be a short procession to Fr. Demo Square, where we will stand in silent vigil.

A panel discussion with
LARRY EVEREST
LEILA ZAND
ALI ABDI
on
U.S.-Israeli Assault on Iran:
The Growing Danger of War, the Urgency of Resistance, and the Need to Bring Forward Another Way

LEILA ZAND is the Director of Fellowship of Reconciliation's Task Force on the Middle East. She is an Iranian-American who lived in Iran during the Iran-Iraq war and the reform years of the late 1990s. As leader of delegations to Iran, she helps to create a bridge of understanding between the people of the Middle East and people of the United States.

There is growing talk about military conflict with Iran by the
US & Israel. Meanwhile, crippling sanctions have already
brought devastating hardship to the Iranian people, while leaving
the Ahmadinejad regime in place. The last thing most
Americans want is another disastrous war, but thanks to
government & media distortions, most people know very little
about Iranian history & society, including the struggle of the
Iranian people against the regime.

Come to a presentation and discussion about how we can stop
a new war from breaking out while building concrete
solidarity with the Iranian people in their fight for democracy.

Some dramatic films are a better form for learning about history than documentaries. WOMEN WITHOUT MEN is Shirin Neshat's independent film adaptation of Shahrnush Parsipur's magic realist novel. The story chronicles the intertwining lives of four Iranian women during the summer of 1953; a cataclysmic moment in Iranian history when an American led, British backed coup d'état brought down the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, and reinstalled the Shah to power.
 
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This film has been featured at Sundance and the Toronto Film Festival among others.