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Joseph Gerson Thursday, May 3, 7:00 p.m. Peace Center Old Brick, bottom floor Clinton and Market streets, Iowa City Thursday evening May 3, at 7:00 p.m., PEACE Iowa will host Joseph Gerson. author of the recent bookEmpire and the Bomb: How the US Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World.Gerson?s appearance at PEACE Iowa is part of a speaking and book tour sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee. Gerson, AFSC program director in New England, has been working on nuclear issues for many years and works regularly with the Hibakusha of Japan. His work is current and explores the tensions between the US and Iran. ?Kate Hudson of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament describes Gerson as combining ?the rigor of a scholar and the heart of a lifelong activist.? Daniel Ellsberg notes, "Gerson has uncovered the radioactive vein in our secret foreign policy. He helps us understand why the likelihood of nuclear war is greater now than before the fall of the Berlin wall." ? For more information about Gerson or his speaking/book tour: Kathleen McQuillen, American Friends Service Committee, 515- 274-4851, ext: 22
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