If communist Vietnamese authorities find out that a representative of the democratic organization Bloc 8406 had lectured UCLA students by phone about the movement for democracy in Vietnam, he could be arrested. The anonymous representative from the Bloc 8406 party was one of four activists for democratic government in Vietnam who spoke Wednesday at the […]
Author Archives: Chris Eldredge
Journalist to discuss media in the Middle East
Khaled Abu Toameh, a journalist from a family that is half-Palestinian and half-Israeli, is slated to speak today at the UCLA School of Law about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the role of the media in shaping public perception of the situation. Abu Toameh, who was born in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, is a […]
USC professor emeritus sheds light on history of Jews in China
Years ago when a colleague asked Peter Berton, a professor emeritus of international relations at USC, to look over a few papers on Judaism in China, Berton thought to himself, “What do I know about these topics? This is not my field.” But since then, Berton said he has become drawn to the complex issue […]