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Father John Dear – June 11Rev, John Dear S.J. is a Jesuit priest, peace activist, organizer, lecturer, retreat leader, and author/editor of 20 books on peace and nonviolence, including his most recent, A Persistent Peace: One Man's Struggle for a Nonviolent World, published by Doubleday. Dear was recently arrested on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday while participating in a nonviolent, prayerful action at Creech Air Force Base north of Las Vegas, where he and others challenged the business of the base: readying and directing the US drone fleet. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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Ray McGovern – July 9Ray McGovern worked for 27 years and seven presidential administrations as an analyst for the CIA. Today, he is an activist who writes and lectures all over the country, speaking out against what he sees as corruption in the CIA. He asserts that the war in Iraq was manufactured and sold to the United States under false pretenses – the real reason being oil. McGovern holds degrees including an M.A. in Russian Studies from Fordham University and a certificate in Theological Studies from Georgetown University, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.
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Dr. Juan Cole – August 6Juan R. I. Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. Cole has written extensively about Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and South Asia. He has commented extensively on the Iraq War, the politics of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the increasing conflict with Iran. He has a regular column at Salon.com. Cole is President of the Global Americana Institute, a non-profit project that aims to translate important books by great Americans and about America into Arabic. He lived in various parts of the Muslim world for nearly 10 years, and continues to travel widely there. His most recent book is Engaging the Muslim World. |
