Parkland Institute Open House And Parenti/Klein Videos

To order, please include the following information: Name: Mailing Address: Phone #: Email: #____ Michael Parenti's "Democratic Sovereignty and the Arrogance of Empire," November 15, 2003 #____ Naomi Klein's "Bomb It, Then Buy It," November 17, 2003 ______ Total X ($15 + $2 shipping) = $______ Send your order to PARKLAND INSTITUTE 11045 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, AB. T6G 2E1 Credit Card orders can be made by fax (780-492-8738) or by phone (780-492-8558). VISA or MasterCard #______________________________ Expiry Date: _______ Parkland Institute's 7th Annual Conference Challenging Empire: Citizenship, Sovereignties and Self-Determination November 15-17, 2003 Keynote presentation video: Michael Parenti Michael Parenti is a distinguished political scientist, media commentator, lecturer and one of North America's leading radical writers on the U.S. empire, democracy and the media.. He received his Ph.D. from Yale and has taught political science at a number of colleges and universities. He is the author of seventeen books including recently: The Assassination of Julius Caesar (The New Press, 2003); The Terrorism Trap (City Lights Books, 2002); Democracy for the Few (Wadsworth, seventh edition, 2002); To Kill a Nation (Verso Books, 2001); History as Mystery (City Lights Books, 1999); America Besieged (City Lights Books, 1998); Blackshirts and Reds (City Lights Books, 1997); Dirty Truths (City Lights Books, 1996); and Against Empire (City Lights Books, 1995). Some 250 articles of his have appeared in CovertAction Quarterly, Z Magazine, New Political Science, Monthly Review, The Humanist, Dollars and Sense, The Nation, and numerous other publications. He appears on radio and television talk shows to discuss current issues and ideas from his published works. Dr. Parenti's talks and commentaries are played on radio stations and cable community access stations to enthusiastic audiences in the U.S., Canada and abroad. Closing Speaker Video Naomi Klein omi Klein is an award-winning journalist and author of the international best-seller No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies. Translated into 27 languages, The New York Times called No Logo “a movement bible.” In 2000, The Guardian Newspaper short-listed it for their First Book Award, and in 2001, No Logo won the Canadian National Business Book Award, and the French Prix Médiations. Naomi Klein’s articles have appeared in numerous publications including The Guardian, The New Statesman, Newsweek International, The New York Times, The Village Voice and Ms. Magazine. She writes an internationally syndicated column for The Globe and Mail newspaper (Canada) and another for The Nation magazine (US). A collection of her work, entitled Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate was published in October 2002. Ms. Klein is a frequent media commentator and university guest lecturer. She’s a former Miliband Fellow at the London School of Economics and is presently the Freda Kirchway Fellow of the Nation Institute. Currently, Ms. Klein is writing/producing a documentary about new forms of direct democracy in Argentina. Ms. Klein lives in Toronto. www.nologo.org