Peace Coalition to tackle U.S. China relations at Nov. 16 Educational Forum

Those oblivious to U.S. provocations with China, and China’s response, would be well served by attending the Nov 16 Educational Forum of the West Suburban Peace Coalition. That is because the current bellicose U.S. policy toward China may represent the most dangerous tripwire for war between these two nuclear giants. What makes current relations so distressing is that together, China and the U.S. account for 42% of worldwide fossil fuel consumption. Unless these two economic behemoths figure out a way to cooperate on combating climate change instead of military bluster, they won’t have a very livable planet to fight over.

Our guest speaker is Duncan McFarland, an antiwar, peace and social justice activist for 7 decades. His focus is U.S. China relations which he’s acquired from numerous trips to China. Since 2001 Duncan has served on the planning group of a Boston area United for Justice with Peace affiliate opposing U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. His articles have appeared in People's World, Portside, US-China Review and the newsletter of Massachusetts Peace Action. In 2021 he edited the book ‘A China Reader’, Changemaker Publications.

The ‘U.S. China Relations’ program will be held Tuesday, November 16, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM Chicago time via Zoom. Contact Walt Zlotow, zlotow@hotmail.com for the Zoom link.

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