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An occasional newsletter of Cambridge Forum (also online)
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Highlights
• Is This America?
• Fall forums kick off
• Heard On the Web
• Volunteer anyone?
• Join Friends of Cambridge Forum
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Is this America?
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The 2006 Cambridge Forum Fall season explores this question: Is This America?

Stresses due to economic globalization and terrorism have ushered in a contentious period of reinterpretation of our basic constitutional principles. For its 40th season Cambridge Forum examines some of the perceived threats to American ideals.

Can we find common ground in those ideals to restore respectful civic dialogue? How have everyday Americans' lives changed after four years of fighting the war on terrorism? Is the government's plan for economic recovery working? Are the nation's schools showing any signs of improvement due to legislative reforms? Our expert speakers weigh in with their answers and invite you to join the discussion. The Fall season schedule is posted here. (http://www.cambridgeforum.org/publicity/pr1.html ).

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Fall forums kick off
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All Governments Lie --- Monday, September 25
Come hear biographer Myra MacPherson discuss her new book, All Governments Lie! The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I.F. Stone with Jack Beatty, Senior Editor at The Atlantic. This first authoritative biography of the journalistic icon is also a history of journalism in the 20th century. Could a figure like Izzy Stone emerge in today's 24/7 world of blogs, cable news, and talk radio? What is his legacy for today's investigative reporters?

A special 6:30 .m. reception precedes the program at 3 Church Street in Harvard Square.

For more info about upcoming events visit our website: (http://www.cambridgeforum.org/cfweb/cfschedule.html).
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WAR AND LAW
On Thursday, September 28th, David Kennedy of Harvard Law School discusses the impact of laws and legalese on the way we think and talk about war. How does the concept of the law of war affect our sense of responsibility, as a nation making war? As soldiers on the ground? As policy-makers and diplomats in antagonistic governments?
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THE IRON CAGE
On Wednesday, October 4 come hear one of the foremost U.S. historians of the Middle East, Rhashid Khalidi discuss the story of the Palestinian struggle for statehood. Using history to provide a clear-eyed view of the current conflict, Khalidi assesses the alternatives for peace in the Middle East.
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TAKE THIS JOB AND SHIP IT
Join us October 20th to hear Senator Byron Dorgan discuss the prospects for working Americans in his new book. Is the United States still the land of opportunity? What impact have free trade policies and the growing trade deficit had on American lives and their ability to reach for the American dream?
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THE INNER LIFE OF DEMOCRACY
On October 25, historian Howard Zinn reflects on the conditions necessary to support democracy. His essay on the topic is entitled: Deepening the American Dream: Reflections on the Inner Life and Spirit of Democracy. Poet Mark Nepo engages Zinn in discussion of his ideas. ........................................................................................................................................
Lecture on Science & Technology

THE PLANETS
On November 15th, author Dava Sobel discusses her history of the planets and the fascination they hold for the human imagination in the Ron Burns Memorial Forum on Science and Technology. A 6:30 pm reception precedes the forum.
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Heard on the web
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Several recent forums are now available as webcasts on the WGBH Forum Network.
The Future of the Wild features conservation biologist Jonathan Adams. In Plan B 2.0, Lester Brown, founder of the Worldwatch Institute outlines a plan to rescue the earth. The Realm of Vanishing Cultures features an extraordinary ethnographic tour of the globe led by Wade Davis, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence.

There's more to explore at the WGBH Forum Network
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The Rose And The Briar

Cambridge Forum celebrates the history of folk music.

Greil Marcus and Sean Wilentz, editors of The Rose and the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad, discuss the place that folk ballads hold in American culture. They're joined by musician and folk music critic Scott Alarik, folklorist Millie Rahn, and Rounder Records founder Bill Nowlin in a free wheeling conversation about how songs of jilted lovers and hanging judges still manage to speak to 21st-century audiences.

CDs of The Rose and the Briar, as well as Scott Alarik's recent book, Deep Community, and Rounder cds make great holiday gifts. Send a check for $12 to Cambridge Forum, 3 Church Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 and we'll send you the cd you want. Or use your credit card and Paypal account to purchase The Rose and the Briar CDs online here.

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