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Obama Wins. Where from Here? Peaceworks' Perspective

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:53:54 +0000

Hello friends,

This week we depart from our usual Updates format. We will be sending an event update with Nook News in a day or two. We do want to remind you that our Annual Dinner is this Saturday, Nov. 15. Details are at http://www.midmopeaceworks.org/events.php#258

2008 Midwest SOCIALIST Conference: Building a REVOLUTIONARY Alternative

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:04:59 +0000

****BUILDING A REVOLUTIONARY ALTERNATIVE****

November 15-16 * Chicago * DePaul University
(Munroe Hall, 2312 N. Clifton)

****2008 MIDWEST SOCIALIST CONFERENCE****

On November 15, join hundreds of socialists and activists from across the Midwest to discuss today's struggles and building a movement for revolutionary change at the 2008 Midwest Socialist Confernece.

****SESSIONS & WORKSHOPS

*Saturday Morning Plenary
Capitalism in Crisis: Building the Revolutionary Alternative

*Saturday Evening Plenary
Resisting U.S. Empire

*Saturday Workshops

Stop the Wars - Protest Oct 11

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:32:36 +0000

March, 2008 ushered in the sixth year of war and occupation “without end” on Iraq. In an act of arrogance and impunity, Congress in a bipartisan vote approved another $162 billion in funding for the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan. Stepped up threats against Iran and the increased likelihood of a U.S. troop “surge” into Afghanistan point to an imperative for action and an independent voice.

Obama, The Prince of Bait and Switch

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:38:54 +0000

On 12 July, The Times (UK) devoted two pages to Afghanistan. It was mostly a complaint about the heat. The reporter, Magnus Linklater, described in detail his discomfort and how he had needed to be sprayed with iced water. He also described the “high drama” and “meticulously practised routine” of evacuating another overheated journalist. For her US Marine rescuers, wrote Linklater, “saving a life took precedence over [their] security”.

What Will It Take to Defeat the War?

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:26:24 +0000

What Will It Take to Defeat the War?

Not Another Popular-Front “Peace
Movement,”

Mobilize the Working Class to Fight for
Power!

Break with All the Capitalist Parties – For a Revolutionary
Workers Party!

For Workers Strikes Against the War

Defeat U.S. Imperialism – Defend the Iraqi and Afghan Peoples

The following leaflet was issued by the
Internationalist Group
at the antiwar conference called by the National Assembly to End the

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May Day Strike Against the War Shuts Down All U.S. West Coast Ports

Mon, 05 May 2008 03:56:28 +0000

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All Out on May Day!

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:28:00 +0000

For Workers Strikes Against the War!
Full Citizenship Rights for All Immigrants!

All Out on May Day!

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ILWU to Shut Down West Coast Ports May 1 Demanding End to War in Iraq, Afghanistan

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:46:57 +0000

For Workers Strikes Against the War!

ILWU to Shut Down West Coast Ports May 1 Demanding End to War in Iraq, Afghanistan

In a major step for the U.S. labor movement, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has announced that it will shut down West Coast ports on May 1, to demand an immediate end to the war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Middle East. In a February 22 letter to AFL-CIO president John Sweeney, ILWU International president Robert McEllrath reported that at a recent coast-wide union meeting, “One of the resolutions adopted by caucus delegates called on longshore workers to stop work during the day shift on May 1, 2008 to express their opposition to the war in Iraq.”

This is the first time in decades that an American union has decided to undertake industrial action against a U.S. war. It is doubly important that this mobilization of labor’s power is to take place on May Day, the international workers day, which is not honored in the U.S. Moreover, the resolution voted by the ILWU delegates opposes not only the hugely unpopular war in Iraq, but also the war and occupation of Afghanistan (which Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and Republican John McCain all want to expand). The motion to shut down the ports also demands the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the entire region, including the oil sheikdoms of the strategically important Persian/Arab Gulf.

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afghanistan

Obama Wins. Where from Here? Peaceworks' Perspective

2008 Midwest SOCIALIST Conference: Building a REVOLUTIONARY Alternative

Stop the Wars - Protest Oct 11

Obama, The Prince of Bait and Switch

What Will It Take to Defeat the War?

﻿What Will It Take to Defeat the War?

Not Another Popular-Front “Peace Movement,”

Mobilize the Working Class to Fight for Power!

Break with All the Capitalist Parties – For a Revolutionary Workers Party!

For Workers Strikes Against the War

Defeat U.S. Imperialism – Defend the Iraqi and Afghan Peoples

May Day Strike Against the War Shuts Down All U.S. West Coast Ports

All Out on May Day!

ILWU to Shut Down West Coast Ports May 1 Demanding End to War in Iraq, Afghanistan

For Workers Strikes Against the War!

ILWU to Shut Down West Coast Ports May 1 Demanding End to War in Iraq, Afghanistan

What Will It Take to Defeat the War?

Not Another Popular-Front “Peace
Movement,”

Mobilize the Working Class to Fight for
Power!

Break with All the Capitalist Parties – For a Revolutionary
Workers Party!