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Owner seeks justice,
not war
By Kimberly Pasquis
On-line Forty-Niner
Marie Deary began
to see the paranoia from the effects of Sept. 11 come out
in her customers.
As owner of the 2000+ Bookstore, located at 309 Pine Ave.
in downtown Long Beach, Deary decided to take an active role
in educating the Long Beach community by coordinating a lecture
series titled "Justice Not War."
"People are paranoid because they don't know," Deary
said. "I wanted people to be able to talk about it and
not be afraid."
After the tragedy, Deary started asking her customers to make
suggestions for people they would be interested to see speak
and topics of discussion.
Deary chose professors to speak because of their influence
on students and because they have been studying and Middle
Eastern affairs and foreign policy for years.
"These people did not wake up on Sept. 11 and become
experts," Deary said.
The first installment will begin on Thursday at 7 p.m., featuring
Stephen Zunes, associate professor of politics from the University
of San Francisco. Zunes will speak on the "10 Things
to Know about the Middle East." His focus will be on
the foundations of anti-American terrorism and how the United
States can best prevent future attacks.
Zunes said he believes that people's sudden interest in foreign
policy is welcome but long overdue.
"Sept. 11 proved that we cannot pretend that the reaction
to U.S. policies overseas will not come back to haunt us,"
Zunes said.
"If the U.S. puts more emphasis on human rights, international
law and sustainable development and less attention on arms
transfers, air strikes and punitive sanctions we would be
a lot safer," he said.
Future topics include "Understanding Afghanistan"
and "10 Things about U.S. television representation of
the Middle East."
Speakers are planned for the next seven weeks on different
days of the week to facilitate the community member's busy
schedules. For more information, go to the 2000+ Bookstore
Web site at www.edunow.com.
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