On three successive Monday evenings, Oct. 13, 20, and 27, Antonia Juhasz's new book, The Tyranny of Oil (William Morrow, October 2008), will be examined at UFPPC's book discussion group.[1]  --  Antonia Juhasz holds a master's in public policy from Georgetown University and is an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Analysis and Ida Tarbell Fellow at Oil Change International.  --  She is also the author of The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time (William Morrow, 2006). --  Antonia Juhasz has served as congressional aide to two members of the United States Congress and has served as the project director of the International Forum on Globalization.   --  She has published in many newspapers, including the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times, and is a frequent television and radio commentator.  --  UFPPC is also pleased to co-sponsor an appearance by the author at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 17, at King’s Books in Tacoma (218 St. Helens Ave.).  --  In an additional appearance, Ms. Juhasz will speak on the campus of Pacific Lutheran Univ. (Philip A. Nordquist Lecture Hall, Xavier 201) on Saturday, October 18, at 7:30 p.m.  --  Digging Deeper meets Mondays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mandolin Café (3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma)....

1.

WHAT:  Digging Deeper LX: The tyranny of oil
WHO:  Led by Mark Jensen
WHEN:  Monday, October 13, 20, & 27, 2008 — 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
WHERE:  Mandolin Café, 3923 South 12th St., Tacoma, WA 98405

****************
United for Peace
of Pierce County
Study Circle:
October 6, 2008
****************
http://www.ufppc.org
****************

UFPPC study circle

DIGGING DEEPER LX: The Tyranny of Oil

In a new book entitled The Tyranny of Oil: The World’s Most Powerful Industry -- And What We Must Do to Stop It (William Morrow, October 7, 2008), Antonia Juhasz exposes an industry that thrives on secrecy: Big Oil. United for Peace of Pierce County’s Monday night book discussion group at the Mandolin Café, Digging Deeper, will spend three weeks discussing The Tyranny of Oil, on Oct. 13, 20, and 27.

The Tyranny of Oil does more than show how the oil industry hides its business dealings from policymakers, legislators, and most of all, consumers, getting what it wants through money, influence, and deception. The book also proposes a clear set of solutions, including Big Oil’s break-up. Drawing on historical research, Juhasz explores the parallels between today's companies and Standard Oil, the most powerful corporation of the early 20th century.

Antonia Juhasz holds a master's in public policy from Georgetown University as well as a degree in public policy from Brown University.  An associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Analysis, she is also Ida Tarbell Fellow at Oil Change International and the author of The Bush Agenda (William Morrow, 2006).  Antonia Juhasz has served as congressional aide to two members of the United States Congress (John Conyers of Michigan and Elijah Cummings of Maryland) and as the project director of the International Forum on Globalization.  She has published in many newspapers, including the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times, and is a frequent television and radio commentator.

UFPPC is pleased to co-sponsor an appearance by the author at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 17, at King’s Books in Tacoma (218 St. Helens Ave.). Ms. Juhasz will also speak on the campus of Pacific Lutheran Univ. (Philip A. Nordquist Lecture Hall, Xavier 201) on Saturday, October 18, at 7:30 p.m.

_____________________________________

Since July 2004, United for Peace of Pierce County (www.ufppc.org) has been conducting “Digging Deeper,” a Monday-evening book discussion group, often in the form of a study circle. Topics have included peak oil, climate change, the corporation, torture, Iran, U.S.-Iran relations, the writings of Robert Baer, Islam, American immigration policy, Barack Obama and the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Saul Alinsky’s life and writings, war and human nature, parallels between the U.S. and ancient Rome, the sustainability revolution, and the debt crisis, as well as abiding themes of war, peace, politics, and social change. Occasionally, the group has spent several weeks reading longer works, like Daniel Yergin’s The Prize or Robert Fisk’s The Great War for Civilisation.

DIGGING DEEPER meets every Monday from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mandolin Café, 3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma, WA.

Participation is free. Some copies are available for loan or purchase. For more information contact Mark Jensen (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Regular meetings of United for Peace of Pierce County are held on 1st and 3rd Thursday evenings at First United Methodist Church, 621 Tacoma Ave. S, Tacoma, WA.

****************
United for Peace
of Pierce County
Study Circle:
October 6, 2008
****************
http://www.ufppc.org
****************