There Is No God — and He Can Prove It (tags)
There is no God, says 85-year-old author and ex-Roman Catholic Horacio Hanson — and he can prove it. That’s the claim he makes in his self-published book There Is No Creator: Religion Is a Fraud: What Now? — a title he readily admits is a deliberate in-your-face challenge to believers — and repeated when he spoke about it to the San Diego Humanist Association at the San Diego Public Library downtown on March 13. After noting that the worst insult in the Arabic language is, “May God deprive you of your religion,” Hanson launched into an hour-long presentation that made it clear that depriving his listeners — and the rest of humanity — of religion is precisely his intention.
"Palestine: Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land" -- Cal State L.A., May 26 ' (tags)
How does the media shape our perceptions of the conflict in the Holy Land? Who is presented as the antagonist or protagonist, and why?
SAVE THIS DATE: Iraq Forum at CSULA Thursday May 29, with KPFK's Sonali Kolhatkar (tags)
On Thursday, May 29 at 7:30 PM, Sonali Kolhatkar of KPFK's morning show "Uprising" will moderate a forum on Iraq and Middle East Peace with Iraqi reconstruction activist Raed Jarrar, former US diplomat Col. (Ret.) Ann Wright, and Edgar Cuevas, a member of Iraqi Veterans Against the War. Col. Wright will also be selling copies of her book, "Dissent: Voices of Conscience," about government insiders who have risked their careers to oppose the Iraq War. At 7:30 PM, 3rd floor Golden Eagle ballroom, CSULA.
"Beyond Global Climate Change" -- talk at CSULA, Nov. 28 (tags)
A plant biologist looks at ways we can all help with the global warming situation. This event is part of the nationwide Focus The Nation effort.
Focus The Nation: Global Warming Talk at CSULA (tags)
As part of the nationwide "Focus The Nation" effort, which will include over 800 high schools and colleges, Cal State L.A. will begin a series of events on Global Warming with a talk by plant biologist Dr. John Gamon.
"Does God Exist?" - Devil's Advocate Debate at CSULA (tags)
Not so much a religious war as a discussion between a former minister who no longer believes in God, and a scientist who argues against a purely materialist view of the universe.
Siler talk on Strategic Nuclear Weapons Proliferation (tags)
At CSULA, Thursday 3/2/06.
TUESDAY: "War on Terrorism and the Constitution" (CORRECTED PHONE #) (tags)
Associate Professor Scott Bowman will speak about executive power and individual rights in the post-9/11 era.
Talk at CSULA: War on Terror and Individual Rights (tags)
Professor Bowman will talk about executive power and individual rights in the War on Terror.
TUESDAY! "Cuba: The Dream and the Drama" - with music by Cumbeley and the Xochis (tags)
Follow two Latin bands to a talk about Cuba!
Cuba: The Dream and the Drama - CSULA, 5/17 (tags)
Not just another talk about Cuba's last 45 years of history, but also a musical salsa parade!
TOMORROW! "Social Change in Venezuela" (Musical Parade and Talk at Cal State L.A (tags)
Come to CSULA this Monday for a Venezuelan musical parade followed by a lecture on recent developments!
TOMORROW! Cal State L.A. workshop: "Avoiding Dangerous Relationships" (tags)
Can you recognize the danger signs? Do you know how to get out?
CSULA Workshop: "Avoiding Dangerous Relationships" (Nov. 1) (tags)
Can you recognize the danger signs? Do you know how to get out?
"Imagined Pasts: National Identity in the Dominican Republic" (at CSULA) (tags)
Under the Trujillo dictatorship, a glorious and partly imaginary Indian past was exalted, while Blacks were ignored.
Reminder! This Tuesday, lecture at CSULA. "Secret Identities: Negritude in Argentina& (tags)
Most think of Argentina in the 19th century as a predominantly "white" cultural space. A new book investigates the hidden roots of Argentine culture.
"Secret Identities" (lecture at CSULA on the black roots of Agentine culture) (tags)
Most think of Argentina in the 19th century as a predominantly "white" cultural space. A new book investigates the hidden roots of Argentine culture.
Humanism and freethought at CSULA (tags)
Lois Lyons will talk about rationality vs. superstition.
Humanist talk on Freethought at CSULA (tags)
A speaker from the Humanist Association will talk about the benefits of rational, free thought.
TOMORROW! Palestinian and Jewish Women's Perspectives, at Cal State L.A. (tags)
4:30 PM, April 14th.
PALESTINIAN AND JEWISH WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVES, CAL STATE L.A., APRIL 14! (tags)
Please save the date!
Palestinian and Jewish Women's Perspectives: a talk at Cal State LA, April 14 (tags)
A Palestinian woman and a Jewish woman will share their perspectives on the current plight of the Palestinian people.
FINAL REMINDER! A debate: Is the Bush Administration attacking the Constitution? (tags)
Final reminder: TOMORROW, at Cal State L.A., a Muslim student and an Arab-American defense attorney debate an FBI spokesman and a Pepperdine professor
(re-post because of "No Data" error box) Next week: Arab/Muslims vs. FBI (tags)
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Don't miss it! Next week: arab and Muslim citizens vs. the FBI and the Federalist Society (tags)
A Muslim student and an Arab-American defense lawyer square off against an FBI spokesman and a lawyer from Pepperdine, over the Constitution and the Bush Administration. At Cal State L.A.
SAVE THE DATE! Debate on post-9/11 civil liberties (re-post) (tags)
Arab and Muslim citizens vs. the FBI and the Federalist Society!
Save the date! Debate on post-9/11 civil liberties (tags)
Muslim Americans confront the FBI in a forum at Cal State L.A.