Recorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on December 2, 2015.
Richard Falk is Professor Emeritus of International Law and Practice at Princeton University and Research Fellow at Orfalea Center of Global Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara. He was chair of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s Board of Directors until 2012, served as honorary vice president of the American Society of International Law, and is a member of The Nation editorial board. From 2008 – 2014 he served as special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories for the United Nations.
Author of numerous books on global issues and international law, his most recent works are Palestine: The Legitimacy Of Hope and Chaos and Counterrevolution: After The Arab Spring.
Falk talked about prospects and hopes for Palestinian self-determination, and was followed by a talk with Ali Abunimah.
This event was part of the In Pursuit of Cultural Freedom lecture series.
In this episode, he is introduced by Ali Abunimah and then gives a talk. The companion Conversation episode may be found here.
You may learn more about this event on the Lannan website; you may also listen to the audio recording of this event there.