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Anti-War Teach-In by Profs for Peace & Justice
by Corey Ballantyne Friday, Jan. 24, 2003 at 2:39 PM
cjbst57@pitt.edu 412 687 3996

Large group discussion. Tables and displays. About host, Profs for Peace & Justice.

An anti-war teach-in had the WPU Ballroom fairly crowded with students and professors Friday evening (1/24/2003). The teach-in was the start of a weekend of anti-war activity in Pittsburgh which organizers term the “Regional Convergence Against War.” The event consisted of several tables and displays and a discussion which truly appeared “interactive,” as flyers advertised. At 6:15, 55 people, give or take 2-3, were packed shoulder to shoulder in one corner for the discussion. Most sat on the floor; around the periphery, some stood. Those in the innermost circle, mostly professors, were especially active speakers.

“Would it be safe for (male/female) Muslims/Arabs to visit the US?” A poster on “Egyptian Public Sentiment,” by Mark Ginsberg and Nagwa Megahed of the Institute for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh, listed this among “Frequently Asked Questions” of Egyptians. Physicians for Social Responsibility, Pittsburgh, presented a series of posters on nuclear war in history. One of these posters was about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Other tables at the teach-in represented the Pittsburgh Organizing Group, women’s issues and war, and the Socialist Equality Party.

Professors for Peace and Justice hosted the teach-in, entitled, “The Day After: Consequences of the War in Iraq.” Professors for Peace and Justice formed in January 2002 as a result of a November 2001 teach-in, said a member.

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