Presumably the acutely perceptive London Observer -- "[Hitchens,] one of the most brilliant journalists of our time" -- will carry an account, unless they are too dazzled by Hitchens' luminosity to take notes.
Carl
From: Daniel Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> coool. full report requested, naturally. -----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Louis Proyect Sent: 18 August 2005 15:10 To: [email protected] Subject: Galloway to debate drink-sodden ex-Trotskyist popinjay Please forward widely! George Galloway and Christopher Hitchens Debate the Iraq War Moderated by Amy Goodman, Host of Democracy Now! Wednesday September 14th 7:00 pm Mason Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center 17 Lexington Avenue at 23rd Street 6, N, R, F to 23rd Street Tickets: $12 Available through Ticket Central or at door, day of event, if not sold out Tickets may also be purchased at Ticket Central's box office at: 416 West 42nd Street (between 9th & 10th Avenues) or from the BPAC box office at: 55 Lexington Avenue (25th Street entrance between 3rd Ave and Lexington) or online at http://www.ticketcentral.com/ or by phone: (212) 279-4200 Sponsored by: The New Press, International Socialist Review, Center for Economic Research and Social Change. Co-Sponsored by: Nation Books. George Galloway is Respect party MP for Bethnal Green and Bow in East London. He recently electrified the United States with his appearance at a Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on May 17, when he turned the proceedings into a condemnation of the war in Iraq. CNN's Wolf Blitzer described Galloway's speech in the Senate as "a blistering attack on US senators rarely heard" in Washington. His new book, out in September, is Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington (The New Press) Christopher Hitchens is a widely published polemicist and frequent radio and TV commentator. He is the author of A Long Short War, Why Orwell Matters, The Trial of Henry Kissinger, and many other books. He is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. The London Observer calls him "One of the most brilliant journalists of our time." Two years after the invasion of Iraq, Galloway and Hitchens will debate the causes and consequences of the war. Both will be signing books after the debate. This debate is part of a national tour of the United States by George Galloway, "Stand Up and Be Counted: No to War and Occupation." The tour will culminate in Washington, DC, during the anti-war protests on September 24th. For a full list of cities and events, please see the website: http://www.mrgallowaygoestowashington.com/. For more info, contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 415-607-1924. -- www.marxmail.org
