pacifica forum

PACIFICA FORUM

The Forum meets most Fridays at the University of Oregon. Until the beginning of 2010, it met in the Erb Memorial Student Union. Then some student leaders said it made them feel unsafe, so the administration moved it. It currently meets at Agate Hall, 18th Avenue and Agate Street.

'Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations, 1948

The Pacifica Forum's central purpose is to provide information and perspective on the issues of war and peace, militarism and pacifism, violence and non-violence. It seeks not to persuade, but to inform and clarify, so that people can reach sound, informed conclusions on their own. The Pacifica Forum resists efforts to silence this endeavor.

Pacifica Blog and Discussion Forum

Our meetings: all are free and open to the public

Friday, February 19, 2010, 5:30 pm -- A Critical Analysis of the Holocaust Denial Industry by a Jew -- Barry Sommer -- University of Oregon, Agate Hall

Friday, February 12, 2010, 5:00 pm -- Can Myths Harm Indigenous Peoples? -- Jimmy Marr -- University of Oregon, Agate Hall

Friday, February 5, 2010, 5:00 pm -- Welcome Back to the USSR, KGB Wannabes and other Comrades -- Valdas Anelauskas -- University of Oregon, Agate Hall, 18th & Agate St

NOTE NEW TIME - Friday, January 22, 2010, 5:00 pm -- Neo-Communism and the Anti-Hate Task Force -- Billy Rojas -- AND NEW PLACE - University of Oregon, AGATE HALL

Friday January 15 3 pm. -- Symbolism of the Swastika -- A debate between Billy Rojas and Jimmy Marr -- Agate Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene

Friday, January 8, 2010, 3:00 pm -- Everything You Wanted to Know about Pacifica Forum but were Afraid to Ask -- -- University of Oregon, EMU Walnut Room

Friday, December 18, 2009, 3:00pm -- Power Laws in Highway Construction and Finance -- Orval Etter -- University of Oregon, EMU Walnut Room

Friday, December 11, 2009, 3:00 pm -- An Insider's View of America's Radical Right -- Jimmy Marr -- University of Oregon, EMU Walnut Room

Friday, December 4, 2009, 3:00 pm -- Coal Strip Mining: America's Worst Environmental Problem -- Billy Rojas -- University of Oregon, EMU Walnut Room

Friday, November 13, 2009, 3:00pm -- Free Speech for Me - But Not for Thee: The Marcusean Assault on the First Amendment -- Valdas Anelauskas -- University of Oregon, EMU Alsea Room

Friday, November 6, 2009, 3:00 pm. -- Amending the Amendment: Historical overview of Supreme Court cases affecting the First Amendment -- Valdas Anelauskas -- University of Oregon, EMU Walnut Room

Friday, October 23 2009, 3:00 pm -- Hindu Holocaust: How Islam nearly Destroyed Indian Civilization -- Billy Rojas -- University of Oregon, EMU Boardroom

Friday, October 16th, 2009, 3:00 pm -- Islam, Religion of Peace or Holy Horror? -- Barry Sommer, producer of CTV's, "Islam Today" -- University of Oregon, EMU Walnut Room