Aspen Counterpoint presents 2010 summer symposium: Conflict and Conscience. July 15, 2010. Paepcke Auditorium, Aspen, Colorado.

Diversity of perspectives rarely presented in a single forum
Bringing conscience to global conflicts by countering:

Persecution of Women

  • Lack of legal protection from abuse
  • Arranged marriage
  • Educational deprivation
  • Disenfranchisement
  • “Honor” Killings
  • Genital Mutilation

Perpetuation of Slavery

  • Human trafficking and sexual exploitation in the Persian Gulf region
  • Involuntary servitude of impoverished foreign workers in Saudi Arabia

International Complacency

  • United Nations acquiescence in human rights violations
  • Failure to thwart Iranian nuclear ambitions

Militant Islamist Strategies

  • Lawfare: Use of law as a weapon of war to undermine democracy
  • Use of petro dollars to foster state-sponsored terrorism & anti-Semitism
  • Persecution of Hindus, Christian, Sikhs & other religious minorities in Muslim nations
  • Jihadist influence on Muslim communities in Europe & the U.S.

Misrepresentation of Israel-Palestinian Conflicts

  • Distortion of historical narratives
  • Role of the US as peace broker
  • When is defense considered aggression?

Symposium Speakers

John Bolton

John Bolton

Currently Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security (2001-2005), United States Ambassador to United Nations (2005-2006)

Phyllis Chessler

Phyllis Chesler

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at City University of New York. Author of bestseller Women and Madness (1972), The Death of Feminism: What’s Next in the Struggle for Women’s Freedom (2005)

Caroline Glick

Caroline Glick

American-Israeli senior Middle East fellow at the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C., Jerusalem Post deputy managing editor and syndicated columnist, author Shackled Warrior: Israel and the Global Jihad

Charles Jacobs

Charles Jacobs

Activist/Journalist. Co-founder of Boston’s CAMERA, The David Project, The American Anti-Slavery Group; currently heads Americans for Peace and Tolerance

Khaled Abu Toameh

Khaled Abu Toameh

Journalist and documentary filmmaker who is an Arab Citizen of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza correspondent for the Jerusalem Post and New York News and World Report, and Palestinian affairs producer for NBC News.

James Woolsey

R. James Woolsey

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Clinton Administration, Under Secretary of the Navy, and founding member of the Set America Free Coalition dedicated to freeing U.S. from oil dependence.

 

Symposium Schedule

Morning Session: Human Rights & Petro Dollars

Phyllis Chesler on the violations of women’s rights in Islamic societies and why she is the only feminist of her generation and eminence to focus on these abuses.

Charles Jacobs on human rights and slavery in Sudan, and significant insights into the use of “lawfare” to manipulate our democratic institutions and basic freedoms of speech.

R. James Woolsey on the power of petro dollars in permitting human rights abuse and the national security reasons for moving away from fossil fuels

Panel Discussion

Lunch Provided by Aspen Counterpoint

Afternoon Session: Political Appeasement

John Bolton on U.N. bias and U.S. foreign policy as it impacts human rights, the Iranian nuclear threat and the path to Mideast peace.

Caroline Glick on Israel’s role in the struggle against Islamist terrorism, Israel’s security issues, and policy debates within Israel’s political system

Khaled Abu Toameh on politics and economics in the West Bank and Gaza, Hamas influence, and perspectives of Arab citizens of Israel

Panel Discussion

Closing remarks followed later by a buffet dinner with Symposium speakers for all who purchased sponsor tickets.

 

tickets and Additional Information

Aspen Counterpoint is an independent project founded by three residents of the Aspen Valley: Alan Altman, M.D., Elaine Sandler, and Judith King

We invite you to join us at the Paepcke on July 15 from 8:45am to 4pm.

Sponsorships for the Symposium are available at $350.00 per person/$500.00 per couple. Sponsorships include the cost of tickets with reserved seating at the Paepcke and an invitation to a sumptuous buffet dinner with the speakers at a private home in Aspen where the conversation will continue.

General admission tickets are $50.00. Tickets go on sale at the Wheeler Opera House Box Office June 7th.  By phone - (970) 920-5770 locally, or (866) 449-0464 toll free 9am-5pm Mon-Sun or purchase tickets in person at the box office. Tickets can be purchased online at www.aspenshowtix.com

Tickets purchased at the Paepcke on the day of the Symposium will be $55.

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