Today at 1PM ET - Genocide and Empire: Examining 7 October and the Geopolitics of the War on Palestine

 “Genocide and Empire: Examining 7 October and the Geopolitics of the War on Palestine.”

The symposium will take place on Sunday 7 January 2024, starting at 6:00 pm  UK / 7:00 pm CET / 1:00 pm EST / 10:00 am PST and will last  approximately three hours.

The  symposium will examine US and Israeli geopolitical motivations behind  the brutal onslaught of Gaza. It will also explore the possibility that  Israel allowed the 7 October 2023 attacks to happen in order to create a  pretext for its ongoing military campaign.

The symposium is hosted by the International Center for 9/11 Justice and UK Column.

If you have trouble using the video player above, you can watch can also watch the symposium on UK Column’s X page. An on-demand video will be available shortly after the conclusion of the event.

Program

Note: The times indicated below are approximate.

Introduction
6:00 to 6:05 pm GMT
Dr. Piers Robinson

Genocide and Self-Defense under International Law
6:05 to 6:35 pm GMT
Professor Richard Falk

Oil, Canals and Trade Routes: Economic Factors Underlying the Ongoing Genocide
6:35 to 7:05 pm GMT
Professor Atif Kubursi

Identifying Structural Deep Events and State Crimes Against Democracy in Real Time
7:05 to 7:25 pm GMT
Kevin Ryan

Hegemonic Panic: 7 October as a Deep Event
7:25 to 7:55 pm GMT
Dr. Aaron Good

Containing Escalation: How the Resistance axis is sabotaging US intent to escalate the conflict beyond Palestine
7:55 to 8:15 pm GMT
Vanessa Beeley

Panel Discussion
8:15 to 9:00 pm GMT
Moderated by Dr. Piers Robinson

Audience Questions

Audience  members are invited to submit questions to be addressed afterward  during the panel discussion. Questions submitted during the  presentations (prior to the panel discussion) are more likely to be  considered. Please email your question(s) to questions@ic911.org.

Speaker Bios

Professor Richard Falk is a professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University.  From 2008 to 2014, he served as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the  situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since  1967. He has published extensively, including multiple books about  international law and the United Nations.

Professor Atif Kubursi is a professor emeritus of economics at McMaster University. In 1982,  he joined the United Nations Industrial Organization as Senior  Development Officer. In 2006, he was appointed Executive Secretary of  the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia  (UN-ESCWA). He has published extensively in the areas of macroeconomics,  economic development strategies, international trade, impact analysis,  and regional planning.

Dr. Aaron Good has a PhD  in Political Science from Temple University. His dissertation, “American  Exception: Hegemony and the Tripartite State,” examined the state,  elite criminality, and US hegemony. Today, Good is host of the podcast  “American Exception,” which has produced hundreds of episodes exploring  state criminality, geopolitics, militarism, and the political economy of  empire.

Kevin Ryan has worked as a chemist and  laboratory manager for nearly thirty years. In 2006, Ryan joined the  newly formed Journal of 9/11 Studies as co-editor, a position he holds  to this day. Ryan has authored or co-authored many articles on 9/11 and  has also contributed to several books on the subject. His own book,  Another Nineteen: Investigating Legitimate 9/11 Suspects, was released  in 2013. He currently serves on the board of directors of the  International Center for 9/11 Justice.

Vanessa Beeley is an independent journalist and photographer who has worked  extensively on the ground in Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Palestine. In 2017,  she was a finalist for one of the most prestigious journalism awards,  the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism. She contributes regularly to  Mint Press News, Russia Today, UK Column, The Last American Vagabond,  Sputnik radio, 21st Century Wire, and many other independent media  outlets.

Dr. Piers Robinson is co-director of the  Organisation for Propaganda Studies, convenor of the Working Group on  Syria, Propaganda and Media, associated researcher with the Working  Group on Propaganda and the 9/11 Global “War on Terror,” member of PANDA  and BerlinGroup21, and co-editor of Propaganda in Focus. His most  recent academic appointment was Chair/Professor in Politics, Society and  Political Journalism (University of Sheffield 2016–2019). He currently  serves on the board of directors of the International Center for 9/11  Justice.