DIGGING DEEPER LXXVI: The Palestinian struggle for statehood

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On Mon., Mar. 23, at 7:00 p.m., UFPPC's study circle, Digging Deeper, will examine Rashid Khalidi's The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood (Beacon, 2006). Publishers Weekly: "Historian Khalidi (Resurrecting Empire), a leading expert on the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, brings vital perspective to Palestinian attempts to achieve independence and statehood.  Admirably synthesizing the latest scholarship and concentrating on the period of the British Mandate (1920–1948) established by the League of Nations after WWI, Khalidi describes the process by which a newly arrived European Jewish minority overcame, with help from its imperial ally, the claims and rights of the native Arab majority in what became Israel and the occupied territories....

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WHAT:  Digging Deeper LXXVI: The Palestinian struggle for statehood
WHO:  Led by Terry Rothwell
WHEN:  Monday,
WHERE:  Mandolin Café, 3923 South 12th St., Tacoma, WA 98405

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United for Peace
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Study Circle:
March 23, 2009
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www.ufppc.org
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UFPPC study circle

DIGGING DEEPER LXXVI: The Palestinian struggle for statehood

On Mon., Mar. 23, Digging Deeper will examine Rashid Khalidi's The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood (Beacon, 2006). Publishers Weekly: "Historian Khalidi (Resurrecting Empire), a leading expert on the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, brings vital perspective to Palestinian attempts to achieve independence and statehood.  Admirably synthesizing the latest scholarship and concentrating on the period of the British Mandate (1920–1948) established by the League of Nations after WWI, Khalidi describes the process by which a newly arrived European Jewish minority overcame, with help from its imperial ally, the claims and rights of the native Arab majority in what became Israel and the occupied territories. 

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Since July 2004, United for Peace of Pierce County 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, resource issues, 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 and all who are interested are welcome.  For more information contact Mark Jensen (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).