***2005 Midwest Socialist Conference***

WAR, POVERTY AND RACISM: TIME FOR AN ALTERNATIVE

Sunday, Nov. 5 * Chicago, IL

THE GOVERNMENT’S criminal response to Hurricane Katrina exposed the utter racism and hypocrisy of U.S. society. Claims that the U.S. is spreading "democracy" in Iraq have unraveled. More than 100,000 Iraqis and nearly 2,000 U.S. soldiers have died in the brutal occupation of Iraq.

Millions are looking for an alternative to a system that spends billions to invade and loot another country—but fails to rescue poor and Black residents of New Orleans in the wake of a natural disaster. On September 24, hundreds of thousands gave voice to that dissent marching against the war in Washington, D.C.

Come to a day of discussion and debate about today’s struggles against injustice and war, about the history of past struggles for a better world—and how a different sort of society could be organized based on human need instead of war and corporate greed.

WORKSHOPS INCLUDE:

* U.S. Imperialism Today: Is the Bush Doctrine Finished?
* What do Socialists Mean By Revolution?
* Hidden from History: The Fighting Tradition of U.S. Workers
* Army of None: Organizing Against Military Recruitment
* Soldiers Rebellions: From Vietnam to Iraq
* Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx
* No Human Being is Illegal: The Fight for Immigrant Rights
* The Revolutionary Legacy of Che Guevera
* The Fire Last Time: Student Movements of the 1960s
* Is Socialism Against Human Nature?
* Israel: The Hijack State
* Abortion Rights: No Apologies, No Restrictions
* System Failure: Why Capitalism Doesn’t Work
* Chavez, Venezuela and the Fight for Socialism
* Introduction to the ISO
* Race and Class Exposed: How Can We Stop Oppression?
* Socialism from Below or Socialism from Above: Marxism vs. Stalinism
* Leninism: Myth and Fact
* Buy It, Read It, Sell It: How We Use Socialist Worker
* Iraq for Iraqis: Why We Defend the Right to Resist
* Leon Trotsky on "The United Front"

(preliminary schedule—workshops subject to change)

REGISTRATION BEGINS: 10AM

REGISTRATION: $5 (Suggested Donation)

WHERE:

University of Illinois-Chicago
750 S. Halsted
Chicago, IL.

OTHER INFORMATION:

Party and Reception will follow the closing plenary.

Free child-care available on request. Please notify us ahead of time about your child-care needs (age, number of children, etc.)

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

E-mail chicago_socialists (at) yahoo.com or call 773-551-5780

THE 2005 MIDWEST SOCIALIST CONFERENCE IS SPONSORED BY:
The International Socialist Organization, publisher of Socialist Worker newspaper.

SOCIALIST WORKER is available online and updated weekly:
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