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Environmentalists Against War Teach-In and Activist Convergence
On Saturday, October 11, Environmentalists Against War, along
with dozens
of other environmental and social justice organizations, will host
a
Teach-In and Activist Convergence entitled " The War at Home
and Abroad:
The Environmental and Social Justice Effects of War from Baghdad
to the Bay
Area."
Representative Barbara Lee and Wilson Riles, Jr. will
serve as keynote
speakers for the day-long event. The Teach-In will include informational
and strategy workshops, break-out sessions for networking, the
development
of action strategies and on-going campaigns, food and music.
The
war in Iraq (and other targets around the world) continues as
the US
government pursues a policy of "endless warfare" with
an astronomical
military budget. Meanwhile, social services, such as health care,
housing,
employment and education, suffer at home. Soldiers, civilians
and natural
resources are placed in harms way as a result of a misguided
foreign
policy. The environment at home and abroad is degraded from the
manufacture, testing and deployment of weaponry. The US is pursuing
a new
nuclear arms race and the production of weapons of mass destruction
that
will serve only to destabilize world peace. Civil liberties and
environmental protections are being eroded under the guise of
national
security.
Many organizations are addressing these issues with
in-depth research,
working strategies and campaigns. The spirit of resistance
and the ability
to define and promote alternatives to militarism lives on.
The Teach-in
and Activist Convergence will bring together many of these
groups and allow
the public to learn more and get involved.
Event Information
Date: Saturday, October 11, 9:30am-8pm
Location: St. Boniface Church, 133 Golden Gate Ave. (at Jones),
San Francisco.
Suggested Donation: $10 - $25. Students/Youth: $5. No one turned
away for
lack of funds. Includes lunch and an evening wine and cheese reception.
More details at http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/know/teach-in/index.html
Workshops
- The War Machine and Its Impacts
- Military Impacts on Iraq's Environment and Health
- Nuclear Weapons, the Militarization of Space, and the U.S.
Quest for
Global Military Dominance: War Planning and War Making from
Livermore to
Iraq
- No Blood OR Oil: The Deadly Consequences of Oil Addiction,
and What We
Can Do To Break the Petroleum Habit.
- The Erosion of Civil Liberties Under the Guise of National
Security.
- The Cost of War: The Economic and Social Justice Impacts
of the Military
Budget
For more details visit
http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/know/teach-in/ or contact
Karen
Hester at karen@hesternet.net or 510-654-6346.
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