Students and Educators to
STOP THE WAR
Fall Conference in Los Angeles

Saturday, November 19, 2005
Manual Arts High School
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Over 550 students, educators, veterans, members of military families, and community activists gathered at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles on November 19, 2005 for this exciting and productive conference. Highlights included:
  • Iraq war veterans and members of military families who boldly called for sharp action to stop the war
  • High school and college students who gave strong and well-informed presentations in workshops and plenary sessions
  • Scathing denunciations of U.S. imperialism and its ravages in Iraq and Afghanistan, offered by John Bellamy Foster, Sonali Kolhatkar, and David Bacon and others Buy term paper Writing Service On.
  • Filmmakers who showed their amazing documentaries (some not yet released!)
  • Soldiers Speak Out
  • Sir No Sir!
  • Iraqi Labor Tour
  • Arlington West
  • Over thirty lively and well-attended workshops on topics including
  • Counter-recruitment and fights against campus complicity with the war
  • Military and veterans' issues
  • Organizing against the war budget and cuts in social services and education
  • Strategies for building, broadening, and deepening the anti-war movement
  • Links between racism, sexism, and the war
  • Anti-war pedagogy, and opposing the ideologies that support the war
  • Hip Hop Against the War
  • And much more!
  • Networking, making new friends, connecting with old friends, meeting others from the same school or campus, and committing to continue the work of
    STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS TO STOP THE WAR
    And a CALL FOR ACTION during the week of March 19, 2006
    The third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

    STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS TO STOP THE WAR

    STUDENT AND YOUTH COMMITTEE:
    Next meeting Sunday, December 18. Contact Students@stopthewarconference.org for details

    STEERING COMMITTEE:
    Contact Andy@stopthewarconference.org for information on how to get involved

    GENERAL INFORMATION:
    Contact Outreach@stopthewarconference.org

    SUPPORT THE WORK OF STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS TO STOP THE WAR:
    Please make checks payable to SESW and send to:
    2245 East Colorado #104
    PMB #239, Pasadena CA 91107

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    This conference is neither sponsored by nor is it in any way connected with the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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    We want to dedicate the conference to the memory of Joe Hill, a labor and anti-war activist and songwriter, who was executed by the State of Utah on November 19, 1915.

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