Richard Armitage | John Berry | Beth Brooke
Kurt Campbell | Richard Danzig | John Hamre
Max Stier | Robert M. Tobias | Paul Volcker
David Walker

Invite you to join Linda Bilmes and Scott Gould for a discussion and book signing to celebrate the release of their book

THE PEOPLE FACTOR
Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service

Thursday, April 2
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Please RSVP here.

What is Capitalism Anyway, and Where did it Come From?
Who: A discussion by Mike Zmolek, PhD
When: April 9th, 2009, from 6:30-8:00 pm
Where: In the Cullen Room at the NEW 5th & K location of Busboys & Poets

As the global capitalist system plunges into its worst crisis since the Great Depression, take some time out to hear this primer on how capitalism got going in the first place. Drawing on a body of recent scholarship which seeks to trace the specific historical path by which capitalism developed out of the middle ages, D.C. resident Mike Zmolek will discuss the findings of his recently completed doctoral dissertation—15 years in the making—titled “Rethinking the Industrial Revolution.” The conclusions may surprise you, and capitalism’s early crises might seem only too familiar.

Please RSVP to Mike.

Join Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, author and activist Barbara Ehrenreich, Black Commentator's Bill Fletcher, Jr., Jeff Madrick and Nation D.C. editor Christopher Hayes in a wide-ranging and incisive conversation as they discuss the origins on the financial collapse, debate President Obama's stimulus package and consider what form economic recovery should take to ensure a more equitable future for everyone.

The event marks the publication of Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover (Nation Books) by Katrina vanden Heuvel and the editors of The Nation. The book will be available for purchase at the event, or you can order a copy by clicking here.

As this event will be televised, please be on time — the doors open at 7:15 p.m. Audience questions will be taken, and a book-signing will follow the conversation.

If you cannot make the event, check out this page for other ways you can participate.

Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life at UCSB present:

Aaron Glantz, author of "How American Lost Iraq" discusses his new book:
“The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle against America's Veterans”

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"The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle against America's Veterans" is the first book to systematically document the U.S. government's neglect of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Aaron Glantz, who reported extensively from Iraq during the first three years of this war and has been reporting on the plight of veterans ever since, offers a devastating indictment of the Bush administration for its blatant neglect of soldiers and its disingenuous reneging on their benefits.

Healing the Wounds of War: A Film Series will be held at Charlottesville Mennonite Church, 701 Monticello Ave., Charlottesville, VA 22902.

March 1 - For the Love of Tomorrow, how one woman transformed relations between Germany and France after World War II.

6:00 pm snacks
6:30 pm movie begins
Each film will be followed by a brief discussion.
Childcare: Children’s movie with Adult present
With questions call (434) 293-8306 or email at pastorcmc@embarqmail.com

You are invited to a Saturday, Feb. 21 sneak preview screening of
“Billboard from Bethlehem” Documentary Film

A 1-Hour Film Documentary featuring Former Israeli Soldiers and Former Palestinian Fighters, Followed by a Talk and Reception with Producer/Director Bruce Barrett of IWagePeace.org and former Israel Defense Forces paratrooper Elik Elhanan.

On Saturday, Feb. 21, from 2-4 p.m. Between The Lines will be screening a film documentary about former Israeli soldiers and former Palestinian fighters advocating for a nonviolent resolution to the Mideast conflict: "Combatants for Peace and the Billboard from Bethlehem."

Producer/director Bruce Barrett of IWagePeace.org and former Israel Defense Forces Sgt. Maj. Elik Elhanan will speak, followed by a Q&A and reception with light refreshments.

Book Event: Mandate for Change

Join us for a celebration of the best ideas for the Obama administration.

Three decades ago, conservative ideologues at The Heritage Foundation produced a primer on the Reagan Revolution entitled Mandate for Leadership, which offered an overarching philosophy against the role of government and in favor of markets.

Book Event: Pentagon Reform: If Not Now, When?

Come attend this panel discussion to learn how U.S. conventional wisdom on military and defense has misled the public.

Three authors of the anthology America’s Defense Meltdown: Pentagon Reform for President Obama and the New Congress will discuss the decades-long — and continuing — deterioration in U.S. defense.

You should attend if:

• You think America’s defenses are “the best in the world,”
• You do believe more money will fix what is wrong in the Pentagon,
• You assume President Obama’s new Defense Department team is sure to bring real military reform

Come and debate the issues or just to listen to why the prevailing conventional wisdom in Washington, DC has been so wrong for so long.

The authors:

Book Event: Gar Alperovitz and Marc Raskin

Join us for a conversation between two great public scholars on the key issues of our day, and celebrate new books by each of them.

In the United States, many Americans assume they have certain liberties and rights as citizens: freedom of speech, freedom of worship; the right to pursue happiness and transcend social class.

Gar Alperovitz, a professor of political economy at the University of Maryland, and Marc Raskin, co-founder of the Institute for Policy Studies, both recently co-authored books that question these assumptions. Over the past few decades, they argue, freedoms U.S. citizens take for granted have slowly eroded.

Join us for a stimulating discussion on how this happened and where we can go from here.

Book Event: Globalization on the Ground—What Bolivia Teaches Us
Join us for a discussion of the book Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia´s Challenge to Globalization

As the U.S. enters a new political era, what can we learn from one nation´s battle to define its own way forward in a globalizing world? Jim Shultz and Melissa Crane Draper of the Democracy Center in Cochabamba, Bolivia will share lessons from the book Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization. The event, co-hosted by the Institute for Policy Studies, along with Food and Water Watch and the Quixote Center, will also feature music, a slideshow, and refreshments.