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May 20

Clive Stafford Smith Testifies at an Open Hearing About the Treatment of Guantanamo Detainees

Where: Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
When: 2 pm
Listen to human rights lawyer, Nation Books author and lawyer for more than 40 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, testify before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight at an open hearing called City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay? The Mistakes of Guantanamo and the Decline of America’s Image, Part II.

The other speakers include Lt. Colonel Stephen Abraham, Mark P. Denbeaux, Esq., P. Sabin Willett, Esq. and Glenn M. Sulmasy, Esq.

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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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