Following are videos of speakers from the Middle East In Crisis conference the Center held on April 25, 2026.

Jack Rasmus

Marjorie Cohn

George Bisharat

Bahman Azad

Julie Tang

Gerry Condon

Helena Cobban



Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center hosts an Educational Conference

MIDDLE EAST IN CRISIS US & ISRAELI WARS on IRAN, PALESTINE, LEBANON,
INTERNATIONAL LAW & UNITED NATIONS


TOPICS &SPEAKERS ~
HORMUZ AT THE HINGE OF HUMAN HISTORY – Helena Cobban, author and president Just World Educational

WAR ON IRAN AND DECLINE OF US HEGEMONY – Bahman Azad, Iranian American professor & president US Peace Council

COST & CONSEQUENCES – Jack Rasmus, author & economics professor, St. Mary’s College 

LAW, POWER, AND THE EMPIRE OF IMPUNITY – George Bisharat, law professor, author, and musician 

WAR ON INTERNATIONAL LAW – Marjorie Cohn, Dean of the People’s Academy of International Law  

CHINA: THREAT OR LIFELINE? – Julie Tang, former Superior Court Judge – San Francisco  

 RESISTING ILLEGAL ORDERS AND WARS – Gerry Condon, former national president of Veterans for Peace.