| Many of us here at MLN tried to prevent the Iraq war, writing to our Congressional representatives, participating in demonstrations, writing letters to the editor. A pithy slogan at that time was "No Blood for Oil." Of course, with the discovery of Saddam's huge cache of WMDs, that conspiratorial canard has been discredited.
Not.
Despite the morass that the Iraq war has become, it is unlikely to be the end of military adventurism in pursuit of black gold, Baghdad/Tehran/Caracas tea. Michael T. Klare, a preeminent authority on resource geopolitics, is coming to New Haven on Saturday, September 27th to discuss how increased competition for diminishing energy resources is re-shaping the world's economic and political landscape leading to both new opportunities and great danger. More after the jump... |
| Net proceeds from this public forum will benefit the locally-based progressive media organization Squeaky Wheel Productions, which produces Between the Lines Radio Newsmagazine (produced and broadcast locally over WPKN-FM in Bridgeport), as well as event co-sponsors the Greater New Haven Peace Council and the New Haven/Leon, Nicaragua Sister City Project. (I'm Newswire Editor for the Between the Lines Website, found at btlonline.org.) Between the Lines is syndicated to 45 radio stations in the U.S., Canada and Australia.
This public forum, dealing with one of the most pressing issues in this year's presidential election, is titled "Oil, War and the Future of American Foreign Policy," and will be held from 3:00-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Educational Center for the Arts, 55 Audubon St., corner of Audubon and Orange Streets in New Haven, CT.
The discussion will be preceded by a screening of the film documentary, Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Dependency on Foreign Petroleum based on Klare's book of the same name.
In his latest book, Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy, Klare calls for a radical re-thinking of U.S. energy policy. He warns that unless we change direction, we stand to be drawn into one oil war after another as the global hunt for diminishing world petroleum supplies accelerates. He describes the innovative policy changes at the national and international level-including the development of new energy sources and climate-friendly industrial processes-that can make a difference.
Michael T. Klare is the author of thirteen books, including Blood and Oil and Resource Wars, He's a regular contributor to Harper's, Foreign Affairs, the Los Angeles Times and defense analyst for the The Nation. Klare is director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass.
Media sponsors are the New Haven Advocate and the Fairfield Weekly. Suggested donation is $15, $5 for students. Seating is limited, advance reservations recommended. For reservations or more information, call 1-(203) 268-8446 or visit www.squeakywheel.net or www.btlonline.org |
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