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Vermont Says NO to War Conference at the University of Vermont, September 9 & 10 Conference brings Vermont and regional antiwar activists together in the spirit of Cindy Sheehan’s Camp Casey and in preparation for the September 24 national day of protest. Schedule of Events:
Keynote speaker Friday evening, September 9th at 7:30 pm: CC Theater UVM David Cline, National President of Veterans for Peace and on-site supporter of Iraq war mother and protestor Cindy Sheehan "From Baghdad to New Orleans to Crawford and DC: Resisting Bush's Wars at Home and Abroad"
Plenary Sessions Saturday morning, September 10th 10 am - 12 pm: CC Theater UVM "Resisting the War at Home" Victor Paredes-Military Families Speak Out and brother of conscientious objector Pablo Paredes Monique Dols-Campus Anti-War Network Jerry Colby-National Writers Union/US Labor Against War Joseph Turcotte-Iraq Veterans Against War Note: registration begins at 9:00 am Saturday morning with bagels, coffee, etc.
Saturday evening, September 10th 7:30 - 9:30 pm: Marsh Life Science Building UVM "Global Justice Against Empires" Nilda Medina-Diaz-Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Vieques, Puerto Rico Naval Base protest leader Dennis Brutus-educator, poet, former South African political prisoner jailed on Robin Island with Nelson Mandela Krishna Ahooja Patel-International President of Women's International League for Peace & Freedom Ahmed Shawki-International Socialist Review and author of forthcoming Socialism and Black Liberation Dave Cline-Vets for Peace Note: A performance by Bread & Puppet Theater will begin the evening
Workshops Saturday afternoon, September 10th 1:30 pm - 5:45 pm: CC Theater UVM Three workshop blocks (1:30-2:45; 3:00-4:15; 4:30-5:45) including:
Boycott The War And Withhold Profits From War Profiteers Presenters: Dilys Pierson, John Berkowitz
Conscientious Objection Presenter: Kevin Ramirez
Counter- Recruitment in Vermont Peace & Justice Center, Veterans for Peace, UVM Students Against War, Johnson State Anti-War Coalition
Depleted Uranium Presenter: Sunny Miller
Do You Feel a Draft? Presenters: Campus Anti-war Network
Free Palestine & Fight Anti-Arab Racism Presenter: Andrew Nelson Food Politics and Genetic Imperialism: Iraq and Beyond Presenter: Brian Tokar Ghettoizing Palestine: Israel's "Separation Wall" and Struggle for Justice in the Middle East Presenters: S’ra DeSantis, Mark Hage
Grassroots Labor Organizing Against the War Presenters: Traven Leyshon, Dawn Stanger
Haiti and the SOA: the Struggle Against US Sponsored Terrorism Presenters: Ashley Smith, Tom Luce, Palmer Legare
Homeland Security Lawsuit/ Patriot Act Presenter: Mike Cassidy
How To Build An Anti-War Network On Your Campus Presenters: Campus Anti-war Network
Impeach Bush: Why and How Presenters: Karl and Trish Novak In the Shadow of 9-11 and the Bush Doctrine: Reassessing Anarchist Organizing Strategies in North America Presenter: Cindy Milstein
Lessons of the Anti-Vietnam War Movement Presenters: Jay Moore, Jude Sargent, Will Allen, Orin Langelle
Out Now! Self Determination for Iraqis Presenter: Kathleen Brown Re-Colonization and Resistance: US Foreign Policy in a Left-Leaning Latin America Presenters: Ben Dangl, Juan Carlos Vallejo, David Palmer, Wanda Colon, Charlotte Dennett, Pete Shear Resistance Through Music and Spoken Word Presenter: Laura Simon
Resource Wars: The Origins of US Intervention in the Middle East Presenter: Charlotte Dennett
Rogue State: The Aims of US Imperialism Today Presenter: Ashley Smith
Sept. 24th Mobilization for Justice and Peace: Organizing the VT Contingent Presenters: Joseph Gainza, Debra Stoleroff
Struggle for Vieques Nilda Medina-Diaz, Wanda Colon
Take Back the Air Guard Presenters: Sandy Baird and Hal Cochran
The War at Home: The Return of the Death Penalty to Vermont Presenters: Marc Estrin, Zephyr Teachout, Nancy Welch, Rachel Lawler
War, Corporate Globalization and the Environment Presenters: Dennis Brutus, Anne Petermann, Orin Langelle
Winning the Battle of the Story: Story Based Strategies for Social Change Presenter: Doyle Canning
Women Organizers Nilda Medina-Diaz, Wanda Colon, Krishna Ahooja Patel
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