PALESTINE & US HEGEMONY 6pm 9th July 2009

Exploring the achievements of resistance and discussing shifts in US foreign policy

6pm, Thursday July 9th Conway Hall 25 Red Lion Sq, London

Speakers: HIZBULLAH REPRESENTATIVE (video link from Lebanon); HAIFA ZANGANA (on Iraq); DR AZZAM TAMIMI (on Palestine); NADINE ROSA-ROSSO (from recogniseresistance.net, on the role of the anti-imperialist movements in the West); DYAB ABOU JAHJAH (IUPFP International Director, video link from Lebanon); JOHN REES (from Stop the War, on the role of the anti-war movement);

Chair: Sukant Chandan (Chairman of the British section of the IUPFP)

Following from Obama’s historic speech in Cairo on June 5th, this meeting will discuss the following issues: * How has the Palestinian, Iraqi and Lebanese resistance impacted on US plans for world hegemony? * Is the US in strategic retreat? * What does the Obama phenomenon mean for the peoples of the South?

Organised by the British section of the International Union of Parliamentarians for Palestine http://iupfp.org/