CALENDAR: Laura Carlsen to speak in Olympia on Latin America's challenge to neoliberalism, Mexico's drug war

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Laura Carlsen, whose writings on the drug war in Mexico, the North American Union, political developments in Latin America, the "Archives of Terror" and Operation Condor, and other related subjects are well-known, will be making two presentations in Olympia in the first week of March.  --  The first, on "Latin America's Challenge to Neoliberalism," will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Mon., Mar. 4, at the Olympia Center in downtown Olympia.[1]  --  The second, on "Drug Wars, Democracy, and Dependency in Mexico," will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Tues., Mar. 5, on the campus of The Evergreen State College.[2]  --  Both are free and open to the public....

CALENDAR: Robin Wright @ PLU on Thurs., Feb. 21 @ 10:30am -- called Iran 'strategic winner' of Iraq war

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Robin Wright, a media-savvy foreign policy analyst, will give a free public lecture on Thursday morning (10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon) on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University.[1]  --  The title of Wright's talk is also the title of her 2011 book, Rock the Casbah: Challenges and Solutions in the Middle East, whose paperback version came out a few months ago with a new epilogue entitled "The Morning After."  --  Her reassuring message in Rock the Casbah is that the Arab Spring is "about pluralism" (p. 11).  --  Like many mainstream analysts, Wright tends to give a wide berth to subjects that make the national security state uncomfortable -- subjects like the Iraq war, Israel, WikiLeaks, and oil....

CALENDAR: Climate solutions solidarity rally at Federal Courthouse in Tacoma -- Sun., Feb. 17 @ 3pm

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There will be rallies and demonstrations around the country on the afternoon of Sun., Feb. 17, to call for sensible climate solutions and to protest the construction of the Keystone Pipeline.  --  The demonstration in Pierce County will take place in front of Tacoma's Federal Courthouse at 3:00 p.m.[1]  --  Bring signs! ...

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  10. CALENDAR: House party in support of R74 marriage equality in Lakewood on Wed., Sept, 5 @ 5-8pm