"Building a Left Alternative to a World of War and Poverty"
East Coast Socialist Conference
www.nesocialistconference.net

Saturday, October 23 * City College * 137th St. &
Convent * NYC

FEATURING:
Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove, Peter Camejo, Lee
Wengraf, Yusef Salaam, Mike Hoffman, Jennifer Roesch,
Ahmed Shawki and more...

TRAVEL FROM DC
Buses are going from DC. E-mail iso_district-AT-yahoo.com
or call 202/667-0049 if you would like to attend.

WORKSHOPS INCLUDE:
*The 2-Party Straitjacket: The Challenge of Building
Third Parties in the US

*Civil Rights in Peril: The Targeting of Arabs and
Muslims

*The Legacy of Che Guevara

*Case for Withdrawal: US Veterans Speak Out

*Is Revolution Possible in the US?

*Predator Nation: The Aims of US Imperialism Today

*How the Vietnam War was Stopped
(for full schedule: see below or visit
www.nesocialistconference.net)

WHY
As the war-turned-occupation rages on in Iraq, 1.2
million more people in the US fall into poverty, and
the racist attacks on Muslims and Arabs escalate,
millions of people in the US are looking for a way to
change the course of this country. With a half a
million taking to the streets in late August to
protest the Bush Agenda, and a majority of people who
now believe the war in Iraq should not have been
fought, it is clear that the US is a polarized
country. Although many people hope that getting Bush
out of office will provide a change, the Democratic
candidate John Kerry is promising very little. Kerry
agrees with aims of the war in Iraq and the war on
terror overall, but says that Bush has been
ineffective in carrying them out. Kerry also wants to
lower corporate taxes, opposes gay marriage and voted
for the Patriot Act.

The Anybody But Bush strategy is unfortunately
allowing mainstream politics to move further to the
right, as movements get put on hold and progressives
hold their tongues and their noses, preparing to vote
for a man they firmly disagree with on numerous
issues. In fact, the majority of Americans are far to
the left of both candidates on issues such as health
care, education funding, social security and union
rights. There has never been a more urgent time to
build a broad, democratic political left in the US
that can help re-invigorate the anti-war movement, as
well as a movement that ensures our rights and welfare
here at home.

Crucial to this process is political debate and
discussion of the questions and issues that face us in
this election year and beyond. This
conference is an effort to take up current debates
inside the movements as well as lay out a socialist
perspective on how we can fight for a fundamentally
democratic and equal society where it is not war and
greed that dominate, but instead all lives are valued
and decisions are made based on human need.

*Conference Schedule*

9:30am: Registration opens

10:30am: Opening Plenary: Resistance in the Age of
Empire

Noon: Workshop Session I
*The 2-Party Straitjacket: The Challenge of Building
Third Parties in the US
*Civil Rights in Peril: The Targeting of Arabs and
Muslims
*Hidden from History: The Fighting Tradition of
Workers in the US
*Madness of the Market: Why Capitalism Doesn’t Work
*The Legacy of Che Guevara
*Should the US Anti-War Movement support the Iraqi
Resistance?

1:45pm: Special Lunch Session
A People's History of the United States with Howard
Zinn and Anthony
Arnove

3:15pm: Workshop Session II
*Will They Bring Back the Draft?
*Capitalism, Racism and the Fight for Black Liberation
*History of the Democratic Party: Were they ever the
‘Party of the People?’
*Rebellion in Latin America: Reform and Revolution?
*Predator Nation: The Aims of US Imperialism Today
*Case for Withdrawal: US Veterans Speak Out
*Is Revolution Possible in the US?

5:15pm: Workshop Session III
*Racist Prison Sentences and the Death Penalty:
Fighting the Criminal Injustice System
*Backlash: Women and the Family Today
*Why We Need a Revolutionary Party
*Is Human Nature a Barrier to Socialism?
*How the Vietnam War was Stopped
*Under Occupation: The Struggle for Palestine

Dinner Break

8pm: Final Plenary: Building a Left Alternative
with Ahmed Shawki, Peter Camejo, and others...

10pm: Party!

City College, NAC Building, 138th St. & Convent Avenue
1/9 trains to 137th St., A/B/C/D trains to 145th
Street

$5- registration

For more info: call (202)/667-0049 or email
iso_district-AT-yahoo.com

Or visit www.nesocialistconference.net
To reserve free, on-site childcare, please call by
Sunday, October 10

Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization