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Security without Empire National Organizing Conference on Foreign Military Bases Foreign bases are expensive and the U.S. has over 700 of them worldwide. At the conference experts and activists came together to discuss the negative impact these bases have on our security, the environment, and our federal budget. Featured Conference Speakers Walden Bello – Focus on Global South Cynthia Enloe – Clark University Bruce Gagnon – Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space Joseph Gerson – American Friends Service Committee Jana Glivicka – Czech Republic, No Bases Initiative Raed Jarrar – Iraq & American Friends Service Committee John Lindsay-Poland – Fellowship of Reconciliation Zia Mian – Princeton University Lisa Natividad - Guam Miriam Pemberton - Institute for Policy Studies Suzuyo Takazato – Okinawa Wilbert van der Zeijden – International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases Ann Wright – Retired Army Reserve Colonel and Diplomat |
