Speaking Tour: “The Israel Lobby” with Professor John J. Mearsheimer, Sunday, February 24

Speaking Tour: “The Israel Lobby” with Professor John J. Mearsheimer, Sunday, February 24

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CJPME 2008 Speaker Series:

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“The Israel Lobby” with Professor

John J. Mearsheimer

Ottawa Feb-22 ~ Montreal

Feb-23 ~ Toronto Feb-24

Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is pleased to present Prof. Mearsheimer in the first speaking tour in Canada for one of the most controversial books of the new millennium – “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy“Prof. Mearsheimer (co-author with Stephen Walt) is on a three-city speaking tour of Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. He will speak about America’s unwavering support of Israel’s policies towards Palestine and how it has been disastrous for its own foreign policy interests. The talk to be followed by Q&A.

Prof. Mearsheimer is the co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982. He has written several books about security issues and international politics as well as many articles that have appeared in academic journals like International Security, and popular magazines like The London Review of Books. His op-ed pieces have appeared in the New York Times dealing with Bosnia, nuclear proliferation, the failure of Arab-Israeli peace efforts, and the invasion of Iraq.

This is the first event in the CJPME 2008 Speaker Series.

Ottawa – Friday, February 22, 7:00 pm

at Marion Hall, University of Ottawa (140 Louis-Pasteur)
Order tickets online or by calling 1-888-222-6608.Montreal – Saturday, February 23, 7:00 pm

at Auditorium Jean Lesage, Salle B-2285 (3200 Jean Brillant, Université de Montréal)
Order tickets online or by calling 1-888-222-6608.Toronto – Sunday, February 24, 7:00 pm

at OISE Auditorium – University of Toronto (at St. George subway)
Order tickets online or by calling 1-888-222-6608; also available at the Toronto Women’s Bookstore: 73 Harbord St. (416-922-8744).For more info on these exciting events, please see www.cjpme.ca or email cjpme@sympatico.ca.