[statecom-discuss] [STWC-Announce] April 25-26, END THE WARS ABROAD & AT HOME NEU CONFERENCE, Tufts Univ

Fri Apr 18 09:27:47 EDT 2008

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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:52:42 -0400
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Subject: [STWC-Announce] April 25-26,END THE WARS ABROAD & AT HOME NEU
CONFERENCE, Tufts Univ

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THE WARS ABROAD AND AT HOME: CHARTING A PATH FOR 2008 
A New England-Wide Conference 
 
April 25-26, 2008      Tufts University - Medford, MA 
 
Sponsored by New England United and the Tufts Peace and Justice Studies
Program 
 
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: 
 
Friday, April 25, 7:00 - 10:00 PM 
FORUM  Pearson Chemical Lab 104 
WHERE WE STAND TODAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AT HOME:
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US Foreign Policy and
Military Spending - MAX ELBAUM, editor WarTimes; columnist :<st1:place
 w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place>’s
Wars and Occupations
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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;
and chair, Middle East Studies program 
 
The Domestic Crisis and the War -         ELLEN
FRANK, Professor of Economics, UMass-Boston; Dollars & Sense
Magazine Collective 
 
Saturday, April 26, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM 
 
(8:30-9:00)  REGISTRATION  Barnum Hall 008 
 
(9:00-9:30)  WELCOME AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DAY  Barnum Hall 008 
 
(9:45-11:00)  EDUCATIONAL AND ISSUE WORKSHOPS  Olin Hall (see list 
below) 
 
(11:15-12:30)  PANEL - MAJOR ORGANIZING STRATEGIES  Barnum Hall 008 
 
1. Cutting the Manpower supply for illegal wars -- WAYNE SMITH (Civil 
Liberties Program manager, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee; 
former combat medic) 
2. Pressuring or Changing Congress and the Presidency -- TIM CARPENTER 
(Progressive Democrats of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
 w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>) 
3. Building a Mass Movement/Organizing Mass Actions -- ASHLEY SMITH 
(International Socialist Organization) 
4. Broadening the Movement to End the War -- KIM FOLTZ (Exec. Director, 
Bikes not Bombs; a founding member of Mass. Global Action) 
 
(12:30-1:30)  LUNCH  Campus Center 
 
(1:30-2:45)  ACTION CAMPAIGN WORKSHOPS  Olin Hall (See list below) 
(Proposals for New England-Wide Action Campaigns for 2008 discussed in 
preparation for consideration by the Conference Plenary) 
 
(3:00-4:30)  PLENARY  Barnum Hall 008 
(Discuss and vote on NEU action campaigns for 2008 and form ongoing 
working groups) 
 
WORKSHOPS  (Olin Hall) 
 
Morning: Educational and Issue Workshops (tentative list) 
 
1. European No Bases Campaign -- Andrea Licata 
2. Lessons of the Fight Against the War in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
 w:st="on">Vietnam</st1:country-region></st1:place> -- Jeff Mackler 
3. Torture, Rendition, Human Rights  -- National Lawyers Guild 
4. The "Surge"/Out Now -- Max Elbaum 
5. Why the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Supports the Israeli Occupation -- Stephen Zunes/Omar 
    Baddar 
6. Immigration Crisis 
7. Climate Change: No War/No Warming 
8. Contributions of Nonviolent Struggle in Movements for Justice &
Peace 
9 The Role of Students in Today's Anti-War Movement 
 
Afternoon Workshops - NEU Action Campaigns (tentative list) 
 
1. From Every Village Green 
2. National Assembly/Mass Action 
3. GI Resistance and Counter-Recruiting 
4. People's Campaign for the Constitution 
5. Electoral Action 
  
Suggested Donations: $10 each day -- $5 each day for students, seniors, 
unemployed 
 
Proposals for New England United action campaigns and workshops are 
invited. Deadline for submission is April 23 - See form on website. 
 
Go to <a
href="http://www.newenglandunited.org/">www.newenglandunited.org</a>
for latest conference and registration 
information. 
 
For written directions to Tufts and campus maps go to 
<a
href="http://www.tufts.edu/home/maps/?p=medford">http://www.tufts.edu/home/m
aps/?
p=medford</a> 
 
Information: Email: <a
href="mailto:NEUconferenceinfo at yahoo.com">NEUconferenceinfo at yahoo.com</a> 
Phone: 617-497-5273 
 
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.
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