Organized By WSU Students for Justice in Palestine
Wayne State University - General Lectures (42.355182, -83.072001)
Wayne State University's Students for Justice in Palestine presents Middle East expert and Institute for Policy Studies fellow Phyllis Bennis for a talk on resisting Trump's foreign policy, specifically in Palestine/Israel, and the current and unforseen effects of the our new administation in the Holy Land. There will be a q&a session following her talk. More about Phyllis: "Fellow Phyllis Bennis directs the New Internationalism Project at IPS, working as a writer, activist and analyst on Middle East and UN issues. She is also a fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. In 2001 she helped found and remains active with the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. She works with many anti-war organizations, and writes and speaks widely across the U.S. and around the world as part of the global peace movement. She has served as an informal adviser to several top UN officials on Middle East and UN democratization issues. Phyllis has written and edited eleven books. Among them are her new Understanding ISIS & the New Global War on Terror: A Primer, the 6th updated edition of her popular Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, as well as Before & After: US Foreign Policy and the War on Terror and Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Defy U.S. Power."