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Tip: Your message to SUST-MAR must be html-free. So, BEFORE you hit SEND, please go to your "Format" pull-down menu and select "Plain text." Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________ UPCOMING TALKS IN HALIFAX & BEYOND - Free, all welcome, please circulate. 1) Bruce Gagnon, American peace activist and Coordinator of the Global Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space will be speaking on the "Blueprint for World Domination: The American Space Program and its Military Industrial Complex" Thurs. Oct. 14 7:30-9:00 PM Room 105 Weldon Law School, Dalhousie University 6061 University Ave. Free. All welcome. In his lectures, Bruce will be explaining the American missile defence program and U.S. plans to weaponize space, and develop new nuclear weapons. He will also be discussing the growing international peace movement that is countering America's destabilizing foreign and defence policies. Spend an evening with an inspiring activist! Hosted by the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies and the Halifax Peace Coalition. More details contact: centre@dal.ca NOVA SCOTIA TOUR *Bruce will also be in Wolfville on Friday, Oct. 15 speaking from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m" in BAC Room 134, Acadia University. free public lecture. Contact: Janet M Eaton [jmeaton@ns.sympatico.ca] *He will be speaking again in Sydney, Monday, Oct. 18 free public lecture in the Royal Bank Lecture Theatre, UCCB, from 7.00-8.30 p.m. contact: Tel 902 563-1626, E-mail LeeAnne_Broadhead@uccb.ca) *His last stop is Truro, Weds. Oct. 20 and he will be speaking in the evening at the Community College, free public lecture. contact: margaret sagar [margaret.sagar@ns.sympatico.ca] 2) Mel Hurtig, author, former book store owner and publisher, Officer of the Order of Canada, and one of the founders of the Council of Canadians, is giving a talk based on this new book "Rushing to Armageddon: The Shocking Truth about Canada, Missile Defence and Star Wars". Friday, Oct. 22 7:30-9:00 PM Room 105 Weldon Law School, Dalhousie University 6061 University Ave. Free. All welcome. Book selling and signing to follow lecture. Refreshments provided. Hosted by the Society for Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility (CESR) and the Halifax Peace Coalition. Free All welcome. More details contact: cesr@dal.ca 3) Scott Taylor, Esprit de Corps Journalist, War Correspondent, and Halifax Herald Columnist will be speaking on his recent horrifying ordeal in Iraq "Firsthand reports: How America is losing the peace in Iraq" and his new book "Among the Others: Encounters with the forgotten Turkmen of Iraq" Tuesday, October 26 7:30pm-9:00pm Alumni Hall University of King's College Free. All welcome. Book selling and signing to follow lecture. Organized by the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University, the School of Journalism at the University of King's College, and the Halifax Peace Coalition. More details contact: centre@dal.ca 4) Harry Glasbeek, author, former corporate and labour lawyer and law professor at York University will be speaking on his new book "WEALTH BY STEALTH: Corporate Crime, Corporate Law, and the Perversion of Democracy" Wednesday, Oct. 27 7:30-9:00 PM Room 102 Sobey Building Saint Mary's University *Harry will be speaking under a different title for this lecture "The Westray Bill: Can the New Law Really Hold Corporate Officers and Directors Criminally Liable?" and it is co-hosted by the CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety at Saint Mary's. Book selling and signing to follow lecture. Thursday, Oct. 28 12-1pm Room 105 Weldon Law School 6061 University Ave. Free. All welcome. Book selling and signing to follow lecture. Organized by Law Hour at Dalhousie University and the Society for Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility (CESR): http://is2.dal.ca/~cesr/ More info please contact Law Hour at: jpoirier@Dal.Ca Harry Glasbeek, BA, LL.B, JD, is Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar at Osgoode Hall Law School. He is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and has taught law at Monash and Melbourne universities in Australia and at the University of Western Ontario. From 1974 to 1996, he was a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. He has published over 100 articles and papers on torts, legal education, policing and racism, labour, occupational health and safety, corporations, corporate social responsibility, industrial manslaughter and corporate criminality. His latest book, his tenth, is Wealth by Stealth: Corporate Crime, Corporate Law and the Perversion of Democracy, Toronto: Between the Lines, 2003. His new book is a scathing introduction to the operations of the modern corporation. With its Canadian perspective, the book reviews corporate law and examples of corporate malfeasance, examines the issue of corporate social responsibility, and explains what must be done to curb corporate crime and irresponsibility. Harry will also address the new Westray legislation. MARITIME TOUR *Harry will also be doing a Maritime Tour and speaking at Acadia in Wolfville on Tuesday Oct. 19, UCCB in Sydney on Thursday Oct. 21, Mount Allison in Sackville NB on Monday Oct. 25, and St. Francis Xavier on Tuesday, Oct. 26, Halifax as above, Memorial University in St. John's on Oct. 29. For more details, please email tlorincz@dal.ca or phone 902-443-2423 ____________________________________________________________________________ Did a friend forward this to you? Join sust-mar yourself! Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca
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