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June 3

True Crimes: The Untold Story Behind the Devastation of Iraq

Where: Town Hall, 123W 43rd St, New York NY 10036
When: 7 pm

Probe behind the headlines of the occupation of Iraq with
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Chris Hedges, journalist Laila Al-Arian, bestselling author Jeremy Scahill and Seymour Hersh as they discuss the war, the plight of Iraqi civilians and the role of private mercenaries. The event is a dual book launch for Hedges' and Al-Arian's Collateral Damage and Scahill's Blackwater (in paperback).
The conversation will be followed by audience questions and a book signing.

Town Hall, 123 W 43rd St, New York NY 10036.

3 June, 7 p.m.

$10/$15/$20

Purchase tickets at the Town Hall box office at www.the-townhall- nyc.org or 212-840-2824 or through Ticketmaster at 212-307-4100 or at www.ticketmaster.com
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Deborah Stone's Book Tour

July 7 - November 2 | Across the United States
Deborah Stone, a Nation Books author, recently published her fourth book, The Samaritan's Dilemma. Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect calls it "a brilliant and persuasive statement of the case for organized compassion—not out of sentimentality but for the viability of society and our own self regard as a decent people." Listen to her on the radio and get a copy of the book signed at a bookstore on Stone's book tour. Find the schedule here.

August 25 - 28
Jeremy Scahill covers DNC for Democracy Now!
(Democracy Now!)
Watch or listen to Institute Fellow and Nation Books author Jeremy Scahill grill lawmakers on everything from private contractors in Iraq to Afghanistan policy at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. For more information on what times the show airs and when to hear it on the radio in your city, go to the Democracy Now! website. MORE

September 13
2008 ELECTION: What's Really at Stake?
(Cooper Union Auditorium, 30 Cooper Square, NYC)
Come listen to Institute Fellows Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill (also a Nation Books author of Blackwater) speak at a benefit for The Indypendent newspaper at Cooper Union Auditorium in New York City. Additional panelists to be announced; meet the speakers at a special pre-event reception. For more information and to reserve tickets, visit indypendent.org or call (212)-221-0521. MORE


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