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strike2008 Midwest Socialist Conference: Building a Revolutionary AlternativeDescription: ****BUILDING A REVOLUTIONARY ALTERNATIVE**** November 15-16 * Chicago * DePaul University ****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 Conference. ****SESSIONS & WORKSHOPS *Saturday Morning Plenary *Saturday Evening Plenary *Saturday Workshops *Sunday "Socialist School" Workshops ****SPEAKERS INCLUDE (SO FAR) SHARON SMITH author of Subterranean Fire: A History of Working Class Radicalism in the United States CAMILO MEJíA of Iraq Veterans Against the War (*for id only) ACTIVISTS form the front-lines of the struggles against the death penalty, for immigrant rights, for single-payer health care and against the war. JOE ALLEN author of Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. Lost PHIL GASPER columnist for the International Socialist Review and editor of The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document KEEANGA TAYLOR frequent contributor to Counterpunch, International Socialist Review and Socialist Worker on questions of race and class ELIZABETH SCHULTE journalist for Socialist Worker newspaper and Socialist Worker Online ADAM TURL contributor to Socialist Worker and Socialist Worker Online. DAVID WHITEHOUSE reviews editor for the International Socialist Review ****CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Saturday 9-10am Registration Sunday "Socialist School" 11am-1pm Workshops ****REGISTRATION is on a sliding scale of $15-50 (solidarity) donation ****FOR MORE INFORMATION contact your local branch of the International Socialist Organization, call 773-370-4575 or e-mail contact@internationalsocialist.org. SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION http://www.internationalsocialist.org/ Location
DePaul University, Munroe Hall 2312 N. Clifton
Chicago, ILUnited States
Time: 11/15/2008 - 9:00am - 11/16/2008 - 1:00pm Website: Contact Phone #: 773-370-4575 Contact Email: Flyer Image: 
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ILWU to Shut Down West Coast Ports May 1 Demanding End to War in Iraq, AfghanistanFor Workers Strikes Against the War! 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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