All Entries Tagged With: "Regional Conflicts"
Dec. 2 – World March for Peace and Non-Violence
An unprecedented social mobilization which aims to create consciousness of the dangerous global situation in which we are living — a situation marked by the heightened probability of nuclear conflict, a renewed arms race, and the violent military occupation of foreign territories.
Jul. 25 – North Korea and Iran – Paths Toward Peace
North Korea and Iran – Paths Toward Peace: An in-depth discussion of the conflicts and nuclear threats in North Korea and Iran and what we as health professionals can do to promote diplomatic solutions.
Jul. 21 – Chibong Hahm – “North Korea Power: Myths and Realities” Global Security Seminar
Over the past several weeks North Korea test-fired a multistage rocket, detonated a nuclear device, fired short- and medium-range missiles, sentenced a pair of American journalists to 12 years of hard labor for alleged “hostile acts,” and threatened a nuclear attack against Hawaii, all despite strong condemnation from the international community. What is motivating this latest round of North Korean provocations? What challenges do the United States and its regional partners face in deterring North Korean actions? What does RAND analysis – based on interviews with North Korean defectors and others with access to the long-secluded country’s on-the-ground reality–tell us about the current state of North Korea’s economy, internal politics, and relations with other countries and about the stability of the regime?
The Iraq War and the Health of Children
As we lead our daily lives, it is too difficult for most people to think about what is happening to children in Iraq. Though we are naturally concerned about the physical and psychological health of our own children, many of whom have been sent to fight and participate in a seemingly endless occupation, we must [...]
Jan. 13 – Mike Chinoy – “Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis” Global Security Seminar
UCLA Faculty Center Tuesday, January 13, 6pm $25 dinner/$20 with dessert RSVP to bennettramberg@aol.com by Monday, January 12, 11am January’s speaker, Former Senior CNN Diplomatic Correspondent Mike Chinoy, will talk on North Korea and the nuclear challenge. He has just authored a major book on North Korea entitled “Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North [...]
Medical Consequences of War in Iraq
On October 21, 2006, PSR-LA hosted a national conference on the effects of the Iraq war on both Iraqi citizens and their families and American troops and their families. Hundreds of people attended this important event held in the Grand Salon at UCLA’s Kerckoff Hall. Conference Topics and Speaker Presentations Conference Resources UCLA Today article [...]
Doing the Math
What $161 billion could buy. $12 billion Universal primary education $4 billion Eradication of adult illiteracy $6 billion School lunch programs for 44 poorest countries $4 billion Assistance to preschool children and pregnant women in 44 poorest countries $7 billion Reproductive health and family planning $33 billion Universal basic health care $2 billion Closing the [...]
Lobbying Against the War
The sun was shining in Washington D.C. as PSR-LA staffers, Jonathan Parfrey and Sharmeen Premjee, and I traveled by cab past the city’s monuments, museums and stately marble buildings. It was impossible not to think of Rome. But this was America’s Capital, fat with prosperity, blessed with peace and untouched by war since 1864. Other [...]
655,000 Iraq War Deaths
Watch Ideologues Slander Good Science The Huffington Post published this article on October 16, 2006 On October 10, 2006 the esteemed medical journal The Lancet released an epidemiological study concluding that 655,000 Iraqis died from war-related injury and disease from March 2003 to July 2006. This shockingly high figure has drawn attacks from the Bush [...]
Experts Assess Iraq’s Horrific Toll
On Saturday, October 21, Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles hosted a national conference at UCLA’s Kerckhoff Hall on the medical consequences of the Iraq war. Over the course of the day, more than 230 people attended this moving event that included presentations of the war’s health impacts on both Iraqi civilians and American service personnel. [...]
End the War
Congress has the power to end the war in Iraq. But Congress but will not act unless forced by public pressure. The war in Iraq has raged for three years – with no end in sight. Despite public support waning, Congress has refused to debate the war since the initial authorization in 2002. And, since 2002, Congress has given Bush over $300 [...]