[statecom-discuss] Antiwar Conference, April 25-26, 2008

[gary hicks]

Hi:

At one of the last 2 Statecom meetings, we voted to rejoin the antiwar movement. We were supposed to do this through an External Relations Committee, which at present is non-functioning. 

Anyway, the conference described below, sponsored by the New England region of the United for Peace and Justice --- the nation's largest coalition around these issues--- is an event that all Green-Rainbow members should try and attend.

Gary Hicks
Alternate Delegate, Boston, Suffolk County
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 ABROAD AND AT HOME CHARTING A PATH FOR 2008
 A New England United Conference April 25-26, 2008 Tufts University – Medford, MA Friday, April 25, 7:30  – 10:00 PM
 FORUM Where We Stand Today in the Middle East and at Home:
 US Foreign Policy and Military Spending Max Elbaum, editor War Times; columnist "Washington's Wars and Occupations"; author "Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che"
 Impact on the Countries of the Middle East Stephen Zunes, Middle East editor for Foreign Policy in Focus; Professor of Politics, University of San Francisco; chair, Middle East Studies program
 The Domestic Crisis and the War TBA
 CONFERENCE AGENDA
 (9:00-9:30) WELCOME
 (9:45-11:00) EDUCATIONAL AND ISSUE WORKSHOPS 
 (11:15-12:30) PANEL
 Organizing Strategies for the Movement: 
 1. Depriving the Military of Soldiers 
 2. Pressuring or Changing Congress and the Presidency 
 3. Building a Mass Movement and Organizing Mass Actions 
 4. Broadening the Movement to end the war 
 (12:30-1:30) LUNCH
 (1:30-2:45) ACTION CAMPAIGN WORKSHOPS 
 Proposals for New England-Wide Action Campaigns for the year 2008 discussed in preparation for consideration by the Conference Plenary 
 (3:00-4:30) PLENARY
 Discuss and vote on NEU action campaigns for 2008 and form ongoing working groups 
 
 WORKSHOPS
 Morning Workshops – Educational/Issue  (tentative list)
 1. European No Bases/No US Global 
 Network Andrea Licata
 2. Lessons of the Fight Against the 
 War in Vietnam Jeff Mackler 
 3. Torture, Rendition, Human Rights NLG 
 4. Surge/Out Now Max Elbaum 
 5. Why the US Supports the Israeli 
 Occupation Stephen Zunes
 6. Immigration Crisis/War on Terror   
 7. Pakistan and Afghanistan:  
 The Looming Crisis
 8. Climate Change: No War/No Warming 
 9. History of Non-Violent Resistance 
 Afternoon Workshops – NEU Action Campaign (to date) 
 1. From Every Village Green 
 2. National Assembly/Mass Action 
 3. GI Resistance and Counter-Recruiting 
 4. People’s Campaign for the Constitution 
 $10 each day ($5 for students, seniors, unemployed) suggested donation 
 NEW ENGLAND UNITED is a coalition of peace, antiwar, and social justice activists from all six New England states that brought 10,000 people to Boston last October 27 for the largest march and rally since before the war started in 2003. NEU decided to continue our successful regional work. This conference will plan unified actions for 2008.
 Proposals for New England United action campaigns invited – see form on website.
 Go to WWW.NEWENGLANDUNITED.ORG for latest conference and registration information
 Email to: newenglandunited-request at lists.riseup.net 
 Co-Sponsored by Tufts Peace & Justice Studies Program
                  
       

       
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