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CONFERENCES
A major Conference on Iran and Guatemala
A major international conference on the U.S. Sponsored
Coups in Iran (1953) and Guatemala (1954) will be held by
Northeastern Illinois University on November 13-15 on
its main campus in Chicago (Bryn Mawr and Central Park).
For more information, please visit the conference Website at
WWW.NEIU.EDU/~IranGuat or call James Moody at (773)
442-5443. To join the Conference LISTSERV,
please send a subscription request to Iran_Guatemala_Conf_L@NEIU.EDU
Please Check www.neiu.edu/~IranGuat for Schedule and other
Conference Updates.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13
9:30am-12:05pm
Panel: “Thwarting Democracy: The Events, Effects, and
Lessons of the 1953 Iranian Coup and the 1954 Guatemalan Coup”
Chair: Richard Grossman, Northeastern Illinois University
Presenters: Mark
Gasiorowski, Lousiana State University
Stephen Rabe, University of Texas at Dallas, “The Eisenhower
Administration and
the ‘Duck Test’ in Guatemala”
Cyrus Bina, University of Minnesota at Morris
12:15-1:50pm Panel: “United States Foreign Policy Motives
and Interests
in the 1953/1954 Coups”
Chair: David Leaman, Northeastern Illinois University
Presenters: Malcolm Byrne, National Security Archives at George
Washington University
Richard Grossman, Northeastern Illinois University
2:00-4:05pm Panel: “The Effects of the 1953/1954 Coups on
Politics,
Economics, and Human Rights in Iran and Guatemala”
Chair: Renny Golden, Northeastern Illinois University
Presenters: Adriana Portillo-Bartow, Where Are the Children?
Mansur Farhang, Bennington College
Fariba Zarinebaf, Northwestern University
Maricela Garcia McConnell, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee
Rights
4:15-5:30pm Panel: “Economic Aspects of the Coups: Are
There Any
Lessons for Globalization Today?”
Presenters: Cyrus Bina, University of Minnesota at Morris
José Oliva, Interfaith Workers’ Rights Center
7:00-9:00pm Keynote Address: “Histories and Lessons of the
Iran and
Guatemala Coups”
Introduction: Janet Afary, Purdue University
Keynote Speaker: Stephen Kinzer, New York Times Senior Correspondent
and co-author of Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in
Guatemala (1982) and author of All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and
The Roots of Middle East Terror (2003).
Book signing by Stephen Kinzer following talk.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14
9:10-10:50am Panel: “Personal Reflections of People Who Have
Experienced
the Coups and Repression in Iran and Guatemala”
Chair: Hamid Akbari, Northeastern Illinois University
Presenters: Dr. Saied Fatemi
Others: TBA
11:00am-1:30pm Panel: “Lessons of the Iranian and Guatemalan
Coups and
the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy”
Introduction: Russell Zanca, Northeastern Illinois University
Presenters: Raúl Molina-Mejia, Long Island University and Guatemalan
Peace and Development Network
Mansur Farhang, Bennington College
Douglass Cassel, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern
University School of Law
Geneive Abdo, Chicago Tribune
2:00-3:50pm Panel: “Resistance, History, and Literature of the
Iranian
and Guatemalan Coups”
Introduction: Vicki Román-Lagunas, Northeastern Illinois University
Presenters: Shirin Vossoughi, Graduate Student, New York University School
of Law
Mahmoud Goudarzi, Journalist, Washington D.C.
6:00-6:45pm Healing Circle: Hope and Light in the Struggle
(Organized by Dan
Creely, Shahrzad Mahootian, Renny Golden and Jade Stanley)
7:00-9:00pm Keynote Address “The Lessons and Challenges of the
1953/1954
Coups for our Current Age”
Keynote Speakers: Susanne Jonas, Professor of Latin American and Latino
Studies,
University of California at Santa Cruz and author of Centaurs and Doves:
Guatemala’s Peace Process (2000) and The Battle for Guatemala: Rebels,
Death Squads and U.S. Power (1991)
Amy Goodman, Journalist and Host of Democracy Now!
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15
9:30-11:30am Session for Guatemalan Community
Session Leaders: Carlos Gomez, Foundation for Human Rights in Guatemala
Raúl Molina-Mejia, Long Island University and Guatemalan Peace and
Development Network
9:30am-3:00pm Session for Iranian Community
Fundraisers
The following fundraisers are planned as part of "Thwarting
Democracy in
Iran and Guatemala" Conference and the Educational Scholarship at
Northeastern Illinois University called "Dr. Mossadegh Leadership
Fund
on Democracy and Human Rights."
Saturday October 25, 2003 9 PM The Heartland Cafe 7000
N. Glenwood,
Chicago. Cover is $10.00. Cash bar and live Jaz music.
For more information email: fatback@aol.com or call 773-465-8005.
Another fund raising event is planned for November 7th, 2003 at the
Rosemont Convention Center. The program starts at 7:00 PM
and costs $50.00 per person for dinner and musical entertainment.
The proceeds from this event will be used to create an educational
scholarship honoring Dr. Mossadegh at Northeastern Illinois University.
It is called "Dr. Mossadegh Leadership Fund on Democracy and Human
Rights."
Raffle: A 12 square meter Persian Carpet from Mashhad. All
proceeds from
the raffle will go towards "Dr. Mossadegh Leadership Fund on
Democracy and Human Rights."
Tickets are $25. Only 200 tickets will be sold. For more information
contact
msohaey@yahoo.com or h-akbari@neiu.edu.
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