This announcement was posted to the Courage to Resist website, September 2009
Book release benefit to support Courage to Resist and GI resistance!
Featuring: Marjorie Cohn, President of the National Lawyers Guild, Professor of Law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego with special guest TBA
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Sunday, October 25 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the First Congregational Church, 2501 Harrison St, Oakland, California (across from the new Whole Foods near Lake Merritt).
Marjorie Cohn is president of the National Lawyers Guild and a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she teaches criminal law and procedure, evidence, and international human rights law. She is author of "Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law" that "makes the case for prosecuting Bush officials with exquisite legal detail in straightforward, everyman language" (William Fisher review). Along with Kathleen Gilberd, Prof. Cohn has just published "Rules of Disengagement: The Politics and Honor of Military Dissent" which "takes the side of US service members who didn't check their conscience—and their sense of honor—at the door when they signed up" (Truthout review).
This event is a benefit for Courage to Resist in support of military war resisters. Endorsed and supported by Veterans for Peace SF Bay Area Chapter, Iraq Veterans Against the War (SF Bay Area), and American Friends Service Committee - San Francisco.
Free event, $5 donation suggested. Wheelchair accessible. Book signing will be held. For more information, contact 510-488-3559.
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