DIGGING DEEPER LXXVIII: Noam Chomsky on U.S. power in a changing world
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On Mon., Apr. 6, at 7:00 p.m., UFPPC's study circle, Digging Deeper, will examine Noam Chomsky's What We Say Goes: Converations on U.S. Power in a Changing World -- Interviews with David Barsamian (Metropolitan Books, 2007).[1] -- "In this new collection of conversations, conducted in 2006 and 2007, Noam Chomsky explores the most urgent issues: U.S. confrontations with Iran and North Korea, the deterioration of the Israel-Palestine conflict and Israel's recent invasion of Lebanon, the ongoing occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, the rise of China, the growing power of the left in Latin America, and the Democratic victory in the 2006 U.S. midterm elections. As always, Chomsky presents his ideas vividly and accessibly, with uncompromising principle and clarifying insight. -- The latest volume from a long-established, trusted partnership, What We Say Goes shows once again that no interlocutor engages with Chomsky more effectively than David Barsamian. These interviews will inspire a new generation of readers, as well as longtime Chomsky fans eater for his latest thinking on the many crises we now confront, both at home and abroad. They confirm that Comsky is an unparalleled resources for anyone seeking to understand our world today." —Book description....
DIGGING DEEPER LXXVII: The exaggeration of the terrorist threat
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On Mon., Mar. 30, at 7:00 p.m., UFPPC's study circle, Digging Deeper, will examine John Mueller's Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them (Free Press, 2006).[1] -- Booklist: "Mueller, a political science professor and national security consultant . . . examines how terrorism hypervigilance is threatening civil liberties, the economy, and lives. Mueller explores three themes: terrorist threats are overblown; we can learn from the lessons of previous international threats that they are often exaggerated; and by applying these lessons, we can create policy that reduces fear and the cost of overreaction. . . . Interesting reading on a subject that will continue to hold great political sway." ...
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....