Demonstrate Against AEIThe American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is the most influential think tank in the country. George W. Bush praised it for "doing such good work" and acknowledged that he borrowed 20 of their "brains." Richard Perle, the leading architect of this last war on Iraq, is typical of the fellows who belong to AEI, which was a prime mover of the bogus justifications for the Iraq war and is now behind the push for intervention in Iran.
Not content with merely meddling in foreign wars, AEI also has been engaged in a war on citizens here at home for decades. AEI was behind such projects as the "Bell Curve," a book that provides genetic justifications for the dismantling of welfare and affirmative action – a racist polemic disguised as scientific research. It is now promoting a book by Orriana Fallaci, a racist Italian author who calls Islam a "retrograde religion," among other slurs. AEI also has sponsored seminars to justify the underpayment of public school teachers and published papers that support the pay gap between women and men.
Come join in a protest of this racist institution, with picketing, informational leafleting of the public, speakers from all walks of life, music and puppetry, on Tuesday, July 15, from 8 to 9 a.m., at 1150 17th St. NW. For more information, send an e-mail or call 202/285-1391.
