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The Cape Ann Forum seeks to engage the public in conversations about the rapidly changing social and political environment in which we live and what we can do to make it a better, safer place. We present free, public forums that bring experience and perspectives not often represented in the mainstream media and that give voice to citizens whose concerns, hopes and fears are too often lost or ignored.

Next Forum

Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy

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Michael Klare
Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies
May 11, 2008 - 7:00pm
Gloucester City Hall

The Cape Ann Forum will host author and social critic Michael Klare with a sweeping critique of U.S. energy policy drawn from his new book "Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy." Books will be available for sale and signing.  read more »

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Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World

Joseph Gerson
Director of Programs of the American Friends Service Committee in New England
March 16, 2008 - 7:00pm
Gloucester City Hall

Leading nuclear specialist and peace campaigner Joseph Gerson will speak about his recent book, Empire and the Bomb, which explains why atomic weapons were first built and used—and how the United States uses them today to preserve its global empire.  read more »

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