The Windham World Affairs Council offers great progams with highly qualified speakers throughout the year on subjects of vital importance to us. All programs are free and open to the public, and there is always an extensive question and answer session at each program. Here is what is coming up this fall...
On Friday, Octboer 6 Peter Galbraith, who served as our first ambassador to Croatia and mediated the Erdut Agreement that ended the Croatia War in 1995, is Senior Diplomatic Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation based in Washington (although he lives in West Townsend, VT), will be speaking on the current situation and possible futures in Iraq at 7:30 p.m. at World Learning's Rotch Center outside Brattleboro. Peter's book, The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End, has recently been published by Simon & Schuster. Having heard Peter speak several times, I guarantee you a very stimulating, enlightening evening.
On Tuesday, October 31, award-winning journalist Louis Uchitelle will discuss "The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences" at 7:30 p.m. a Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro.
On Wednesday, December 6, former Iranian ambassador to the US, Mansour Farhang, will discuss "America and the Middle East" at 7:00 p.m. at Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro. Farhang, who resigned his ambassadorship when efforts to negotiate the release of the Amercian hostages failed in 1980, has taught at Bennington College since 1983.
Please contact me at 603-756-9268 if you want further information about the Windham World Affairs Council or any of these programs. The Council is a great resource in the area and deserves your support. (Full disclosure requires me to let you know that I am a member of the Council board.) Chuck Bingaman
