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The Helena Peace Seekers will present the Wheels of Justice Tour, a grassroots campaign to "challenge and educate North Americans on the occupations of Palestine and Iraq."

The tour has been seen in 48 states since it began in August of 2003.

On Wednesday, Oct. 5, Mazin Qumsiyeh will give a presentation, "What You Won't See on Fox and CNN: The U.S. and the Struggle for a Just Peace in Israel/Palestine."

Qumsiyeh was a faculty member at Duke and Yale universities. He is on the steering committee of the U.S. Campaign to End the Occupation and the board of the Association for One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine.

The presentation will be at the Myrna Loy Center at 7 p.m.

On Thursday, Oct. 6, comedian Dave Lippman will bring his character the singing CIA agent George Shrub to the Staggering Ox from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

On Friday, Oct. 7, Qumsiyeh, Lippman and Michael Birmingham will talk on "War and Occupation in Iraq and Palestine."

Birmingham, of Dublin, Ireland, is a co-founder of the Irish Campaign to End the Sanctions on Iraq, and has spent the past 16 months in Iraq.

The presentation is at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 1700 Missoula Ave., 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

All of the events are free and open to the public. Donations for Wheels of Justice are welcome. For more information, call Jo Anne at 449-7971.

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