Peace for Palestine; Beat Back Bush

Subject: Peace for Palestine; Beat Back Bush

SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2001
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
435 W. 116th Street, at the corner of Amsterdam and 116th.
NEW YORK CITY

NORTHEAST REGIONAL SOCIALIST CONFERENCE
 Tell Bush: WE WON'T GO BACK!
 Presented by the International Socialist Organization

Join activists, organizers and others who are outraged at a conference
that seeks to put that anger and urgency against Bush into a fighting
alternative! A special panel discussion - "Unite the Fight to Beat Back
Bush" - will feature:
--Amy Goodman, host of Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now!".
 --Dennis Brutus, Poet-in-Residence at Worcester State College; activist
in anti-Apartheid and anti-globalization movements; former cell mate of
Nelson Mandela.
 --Dedrick Mohammed, from Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
 --Melissa Thornton, of Planned Parenthood, NYC.
 --Anthony Arnove, editor of Iraq Under Siege.
 --Ahmed Shawki, of the International Socialist Organization.

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DATE: MARCH 3, 2001
TIME: Registration begins at 10:30 a.m.
FEE: $5 for Registration
Your local branch of the International Socialist Organization will be
organizing rides and housing.
Call 781-551-6649 to reserve your ticket!

-- CONFERENCE SCHEDULE --
10:30 am:  REGISTRATION
11:00 am:  WHY WE NEED A SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE
2:00 pm:  WORKSHOPS:
a)  Abortion Rights Under Attack
b)  Palestinian Liberation
c)  Racism and Civil Rights
d)  Was it Right to Vote for Nader?
e)  How Can We Save the Environment
f)  Globalization and Cross-Border Solidarity
g)  Police, Prisons and the Death Penalty
h)  Recession and Class Struggle
4:00 pm: PANEL DISCUSSION: UNITE THE FIGHT TO BEAT BACK BUSH!

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SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2001
12 PM TO 9 PM
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY

FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR PALESTINE
A Conference on the History and Future
of the Palestinian Struggle for Liberation

This conference is inspired as much by the new Intifada as by the
failures of the Oslo "peace process." With the election of right-wing
extremist Ariel Sharon as Israeli prime minister, "peace" through
official channels seems all the more remote.
There is an urgent need for people in the U.S. to learn the truth about
the history and current state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. What
is this conflict really about? What will bring a just peace?
The answers to these questions can form the basis of a new movement to
stop U.S. support for Israel and build solidarity with the struggle for
Palestinian self-determination.

"Which Way Forward?"
A panel discussion on Freedom and Justice for Palestine
Guest speakers will present on the history and future of the Palestinian
struggle. 

Among the speakers are authors from Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact
of Sanctions and War:

Dr. Naseer Aruri - Professor of Political Science, University of
Massachusetts at Dartmouth

Phyllis Bennis - fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies, author, and
journalist who has written about UN and Middle East issues for almost 20
years

Anthony Arnove - editor at South End Press, and an activist and member
of the anti-sanctions Emergency Response Network

Other speakers include:

Salim Tamari - Director, Institute for Jerusalem Studies
Nadia Hijab - Former UN Consultant
Roger Normand - Director, Center for Economic and Social Rights
Joseph Massad - Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies, Columbia
University
Ahmed Shawki - Editor, International Socialist Review

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DATE: March 31, 2001
TIME: 12 pm to 9 pm
FEE: $10, $5 for students
For tickets, write to: workshop_2001@hotmail.com
Same-day registration is available, but seating cannot be guaranteed

Freedom and Justice for Palestine workshops include:

Stealing Palestine: How Israel was created
Media War Against Palestine
Intifada: Past and present
Palestinian Diaspora: What is the right of return?
Oslo: Why the peace process failed
Why the U.S. Supports Israel
Organizing a Palestine Solidarity Committee

Sponsored by: 
Al-Awda, Arab American Action Network, BMCC Arab and Muslim Clubs, City
College Arab and Muslim Clubs, Hunter College Arab and Palestinian
Clubs, International Socialist Organization, Jews Against the
Occupation, Turath-Columbian University, Vieques Support Campaign

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