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Anti-War Teach-In by Profs for Peace & Justice
by Corey Ballantyne
Friday, Jan. 24, 2003 at 2:39 PM
cjbst57@pitt.edu 412 687 3996
Large group discussion. Tables and displays. About host, Profs for Peace & Justice.
An anti-war teach-in had the WPU Ballroom fairly crowded with students and professors Friday evening (1/24/2003). The teach-in was the start of a weekend of anti-war activity in Pittsburgh which organizers term the �Regional Convergence Against War.� The event consisted of several tables and displays and a discussion which truly appeared �interactive,� as flyers advertised. At 6:15, 55 people, give or take 2-3, were packed shoulder to shoulder in one corner for the discussion. Most sat on the floor; around the periphery, some stood. Those in the innermost circle, mostly professors, were especially active speakers.
�Would it be safe for (male/female) Muslims/Arabs to visit the US?� A poster on �Egyptian Public Sentiment,� by Mark Ginsberg and Nagwa Megahed of the Institute for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh, listed this among �Frequently Asked Questions� of Egyptians. Physicians for Social Responsibility, Pittsburgh, presented a series of posters on nuclear war in history. One of these posters was about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Other tables at the teach-in represented the Pittsburgh Organizing Group, women�s issues and war, and the Socialist Equality Party.
Professors for Peace and Justice hosted the teach-in, entitled, �The Day After: Consequences of the War in Iraq.� Professors for Peace and Justice formed in January 2002 as a result of a November 2001 teach-in, said a member.
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