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# More talk about war, election
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/more-talk-about-war-election/
- Published: 2004-10-11T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:16:36.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Pico, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Need to know more about the presidential election and the war? A free lecture entitled “The War in Iraq & the Presidential Election” will be given by author and scholar Chalmers Johnson at 11:15 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 12 in the Santa Monica College Concert Hall, 1900 Pico Blvd.

The lecture is the second in SMC’s fall literary series, co-sponsored by the SMC Associates, a private organization that funds speakers and special programs at the college, and the SMC English department.

Chalmers is a longtime fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, president of the Japan Policy Institute, UC San Diego emeritus professor of political science, former chair of UC Berkeley’s Center for Chinese Studies, and a frequent contributor to The Nation magazine and the Los Angeles Times.

His most recent book, “The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy and the End of the Republic,” explores contemporary militarism and its roots, which go deep into U.S. history.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 11, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101104.pdf?ref=smdp.com)