Saturday March 6 Columbia University 115th & Broadway
NYC
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FEATURING

« Is Revolution Possible in the US?

« From Guantanamo to Death Row: Criminal Injustice in
America

« From Vietnam to Iraq: US Soldiers Against War

« Recovery for Who? The Wal-Martization of America

« Why the Anti-war Movement should support the Iraqi
Resistance

« No Restrictions, Access for All: How do we Defend
Abortion Rights?

« Why we have to Fight for Gay Marriage

« Anybody but Bush: The Politics of Lesser Evilism

NEW SPEAKERS ADDED:

DAVE CLINE is national president of Veterans for
Peace, a coordinator of Vietnam Veterans Against the
War, and helped to initiate the Bring Them Home Now
campaign. He will be speaking on "From Vietnam to
Iraq: US Soldiers Against War."

SHUJA GRAHAM is a former death row inmate from
California who was pardoned after his release, and was
a member of the Black Panther Party. He has just
returned from California where he was involved the
campaign that won a stay of execution for death
row prisoner Kevin Cooper. Shuja will be speaking on
"From Guantanamo to Death Row: Criminal Injustice in
America."

FAMILIES FOR FREEDOM is a network by and for
immigrants facing deportation. They seek to repeal
racist anti-immigration laws and build the power of
immigrant communities. A member of FFF will be
speaking on "No Scapegoating or Indentured Servants:
Equal Rights for Immigrants."
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Under the cover of its so-called "War on Terror," the
US government used lies and fear-mongering in order to
justify its conquest for oil and empire in Iraq.
Claiming its goal as the liberation of Iraqis, the US
is now opposing elections and using increasing
brutality to tighten its occupation of the country as
Iraqi resistance threatens its control. Here in the
US, attacks in the name of economic recovery and
homeland security have rained down on the US
population in the form of budget cuts,
layoffs and racist detentions and deportations of Arab
and Muslim immigrants.

In reaction to the Bush agenda, our society is
polarizing on almost every question from the
occupation of Iraq to gay marriage. It has grown so
polarized that pundits have take to calling America
the "50-50" nation. In the face of this polarization,
and growing opposition to Bush, the Democratic Party
has offered only tepid rhetorical opposition to Bush,
and has backed almost all of his initiatives from
massive budget cuts to the Patriot Act to the
occupation of Iraq.
Nonetheless, we have seen the beginnings of a
resistance against this rightwing political and
economic offensive. Grocery workers in Southern
California are striking for affordable health care and
decent wages. And activists around the country are
gearing up for protests this spring against the
occupation of Iraq, for abortion rights, and against
the IMF and World Bank.
As struggle from below begins to revive, political
debates, which will have a real impact on the
direction of resistance in the US, have taken center
stage. Socialist ideas have never been more
important for understanding the world, and helping to
build broad, militant and effective movements for
change. Join hundreds of socialists, activists,
students and trade unionists to discuss the pivotal
debates in the reviving opposition and how the
capitalist system itself can be challenged to create a
society based on human need, real democracy and
equality.

Resisting US Empire: Fighting for a Better World
East Coast Socialist Conference

SCHEDULE

11am OPENING FORUM:
* Is Revolution Possible in the US

12:30-1:30pm Lunch Break

1:30pm WORKSHOP SESSION I:

* No Restrictions, Access for All: How do we Defend
Abortion
Rights?

* From Guantanamo to Death Row: Criminal Injustice in
America

* Anybody but Bush: The Politics of Lesser Evilism

* Why the Anti-war Movement Should Oppose the
Occupation of Palestine

* Mad Cows and Melting Ice Caps: How Can We Save the
Environment?

* How do we Rebuild the Labor Movement?

* Capitalism: Can the System Be Fixed?

* In Defense of Leninism

3:30pm WORKSHOP SESSION II:

* Why we have to Fight for Gay Marriage

* The Rebellion Against Neoliberalism in Latin America

* Recovery for Who? The Wal-Martization of America

* From Civil Rights to Black Power: Lessons for
Fighting Racism

* From Vietnam to Iraq: US Soldiers Against War

* Why the Anti-war Movement should support the Iraqi
Resistance

* No Scapegoating or Indentured Servants: Equal Rights
for Immigrants

* Socialists in Movements: The United Front Strategy

Dinner Break

7:30PM CLOSING FORUM:

* The Struggle for Socialism: A World to Win

9pm-1am PARTY

Columbia University, Lerner Auditorium, 115th St. &
Broadway, 1/9 trains to 116th St., $5 registration

For groups that would like to reserve table space at
the conference, please contact Joe at
JCleffie-AT-gc.cuny.edu Fee is $25 per table and
includes registration fees for two people.

For more info: call (212)502-0707 or email
nyciso-AT-hotmail.com

or visit www.nesocialism.com

To reserve free, on-site childcare, please call by
Saturday, Feb. 28

sponsored by the International Socialist Organization