FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MANHATTAN COLLEGE TO HOST LECTURE ON THE POWER OF NONVIOLENCE

RIVERDALE, N.Y. - Best-selling author and antinuclear activist Jonathan Schell will speak on The Power of Nonviolence Tuesday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Manhattan College's Smith Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.

Schell, who is the author of several books including The Fate of the Earth, The Time of Illusion, and The Gift of Time, will discuss the argument of his latest book, The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence and the Will of the People. In this book, Schell asks if the modern history of violence, revolution, democracy and nuclear war has any insights to offer the antiwar cause. In a review that appeared in The Boston Globe, the reviewer notes that the huge task Schell undertakes in this book is to convince readers that the era of massive violence can be brought to an end. "Violence," Schell says, "always a mark of human failure and a bringer of sorrow, has now also become dysfunctional as a political instrument. Increasingly, it destroys the ends for which it is employed, killing the user as well as his victim. It has become the path to hell on earth and the end of the earth."

Schell, who has been a guest at Manhattan College in the past, is the Harold Willens Peace Fellow at The Nation Institute where he contributes to political magazine The Nation as its peace and disarmament correspondent. In recent years, he has devoted himself professionally and personally to writing and speaking on the nuclear issue and is frequently tapped by the media for his expert commentary on the matter. He has taught at several universities including Yale, Princeton and Wesleyan and also is a regular contributor to Harper's and Foreign Affairs.

For further questions about the lecture, please contact Margaret Groarke at (718) 862-7943. If you are a member of the press and need additional information, please contact Melanie Farmer at (718) 862-7232. Manhattan College is located at West 242nd Street near Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, one mile from the Westchester County line.

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