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'Wars and Consequences' teach-in scheduled April 6

Tactics, costs, prisoner treatment, domestic impact

"Our Wars and Their Consequences" will be explored during a Kessel Peace Institute teach-in Tuesday, April 6.

2010-04-07
Minnesota State University, Mankato Media Relations Office news release [3/29/2010]

“Our Wars and Their Consequences” will be explored during a Kessel Peace Institute teach-in for most of the day Tuesday, April 6.

Four speakers and two films will examine the tactics, costs, prisoner treatment and domestic impact of America’s wars. The event, free and open to students, faculty, staff and the public, will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Ostrander Auditorium of Centennial Student Union.

The day’s events will include:

• Faculty member Jim Dimock, discussing the selling of wars with language, 9 a.m.
• Faculty member Barbara Carson, talking about the costs of wars in domestic poverty, 10 a.m.
• Faculty member Jackie Vieceli, discussing civil liberties, torture and the “war on terrorism,” at 11 a.m.
• A film, “Rethink Afghanistan,” at noon.
• Abby Meredith, member of the Anti-War Committee, Minneapolis, discussing anti-war activism, at 1:30 p.m.
• A film, “Taxi to the Dark Side,” exploring war detainee torture, at 3 p.m.

Minnesota State Mankato, a comprehensive, doctoral university with 14,950 students, is part of the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities system, which comprises 32 institutions across the state.

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