[NYTr] Norman Finkelstein, 11/27; Clark Kissinger, Roberto Lovato, Michael Smith, 11/29 - NYC

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Two Upcoming Events of Interest to TOPLAB Friends and Associates

Sponsored by the Brecht Forum

For more information contact the Brecht Forum at (212) 242-4201 or
info at brechtforum.org or http://www.brechtforum.org

1. Israel and Palestine, a talk by Norman Finkelstein, Tuesday, November
27, 2008 at 7:30 pm (at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square
South, NYC)

2. Bricks in the Wall: How a US Police State Is Being Built, a panel
discussion with Clark Kissinger, Roberto Lovato, Michael Smith and
others TBA, Thursday, November 29 at 7:30 pm (at the Brecht Forum, 451
West Street, NYC)

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Details:

Tuesday, November 27 at 7:30 pm

Israel and Palestine

a talk by Norman Finkelstein

Embattled professor and penetrating analyst of the Middle East, Norman
Finkelstein will examine the roots of the conflict between Israel and
Palestine and the prospects for peace.

Finkelstein is the author of several books, including Image and Reality
in the Israel/Palestine Conflict, The Holocaust Industry and, most
recently, Beyond Chutzpah.

Suggested donation--sliding scale: $6-$15
Free to Brecht Forum subscribers

This talk will take place at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington
Square South, New York City. (Washington Square South is the same as
Fourth Street. Subway: IND Eighth Avenue A, C or E, and IND Sixth
Avenue B, D, F or V trains to West Fourth Street, or IRT Seventh Avenue
local 1 train to Christopher Street/Sheridan Square; walk east on
Fourth Street to Judson Church. BMT Broadway R or W trains to Eighth
Street, walk down Broadway to Fourth Street, walk west on Fourth Street
to Judson Church; New Jersey PATH trains to Ninth Street, walk down
Sixth Avenue to Fourth Street, walk east on Fourth Street to Judson
Church)

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Thursday, November 29 at 7:30 pm

Bricks in the Wall: How a US Police State Is Being Built

a panel discussion with Clark Kissinger, Roberto Lovato, Michael Smith
and others TBA

Our panel will discuss the near completion since 911 of the
infrastructure for a police state in the United States--including its
legal and ideological apparatus.

Suggested donation--sliding scale: $6-$15
Free to Brecht Forum subscribers

This talk will take place at the Brecht Forum, 451 West Street, New York
City. (West Street is the same as the West Side Highway. The Brecht
Forum is between Bank and Bethune Streets, 1-1/2 blocks above West
Eleventh Street. Travel directions: IND Eighth Avenue A, C, or E train
to 14 Street or BMT Canarsie L train to 8 Avenue (take a few minutes to
look at "Life Underground", Tom Otterness' series of whimsical bronze
sculptures scattered throughout both sections of the station); walk
down 8 Avenue to Bank Street, turn right, walk west to West Street,
turn right. IRT Seventh Avenue 1, 2, or 3 train to 14 Street; get off
at south end of station, walk west on 12 Street to 8 Avenue, left to
Bank Street, turn right, walk west to West Street, turn right. New
Jersey PATH train to Christopher Street; walk north on Greenwich Street
to Bank Street, left to West Street, turn right. #8 bus to West Street;
walk up West Street to 451. #11, #14A or #20 bus to Abingdon Square;
walk west on Bank Street to West Street, turn right. #14D bus to 8
Avenue and 14 Street, walk down 8 Avenue to Bank Street, turn right,
walk west to West Street, turn right.)

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