FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EVENT: THE ROOTS OF WAR SPEAKER SERIES

MICHAEL KLARE “THE GLOBAL STRUGGLE

FOR RESOURCES”

ORGANIZERS: WMASS CHAPTER OF PROGRESSIVE

DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA.

TRAPROCK CENTER FOR PEACE AND

JUSTICE

GREENFIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE PEACE

AND JUSTICE STUDIES PROGRAM

CONTACTS: ABBIE JENKS (413) 775-1127

LES AND SUSIE PATLOVE (413) 625-9388

DATES: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 12:30-2

LOCATION: STINCHFIELD LECTURE HALL

GREENFIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Geopolitics scholar and teacher Michael Klare will address how 21^st century wars will be driven by competition over access to scarce and valuable natural resources due, on the one hand, to rising world affluence, population growth and the rise of China as a major industrial economy and, on the other hand, to the depletion of the world’s resources. Because we lack effective mechanisms for the peaceful resolution of disputes over contested resources, he forecasts that conflict is a likely outcome of such disputes.

About the Speaker

Michael Klare is the Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies,

based at Hampshire College, and the author of many books and articles on US

military policy, international security affairs, and global resource politics.

His most recent books are "Blood and Oil" (2004) and

"Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet" (2008). Professor Klare is also the narrator

of a documentary film version of his book "Blood and Oil" produced by the Media

Education Foundation.

About the Series

The Roots of War Speaker Series has as its goals:

· To examine the factors that contribute to the persistence of war and militarism and

· To explore citizen actions and initiative toward a culture of peace