"Wars are not put up for a vote. The ruling class does not
let you vote on their interests or their wars." - Joel Geier

Hear and watch Martín Sanchez, Venezuela's consul general in
Chicago, on "The Struggle for Self-Determination in Venezuela;"
and Joel Geier, Associate Editor of the International Socialist Review,
on "Resisting US Empire" at:

www.traprockpeace.org/midwest_socialism_110406.html

The gave plenary speeches at The Midwest Socialism Conference,
held at the University of Illinois at Chicago on November 4-5

250 registrants attended many workshops.

Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, former member of the Campus Antiwar
Network national Coordinating Committee, led a workshop on
imperialism to a packed room. She has spoken nationally, been
interviewed on Democracy Now! and was a voting delegate to
the London International Peace Conference in December 2005.

Audio of the complete plenary session and the workshop are
available, with video clips of the plenary and photos.

Radio stations and websites are free to replay the audio for non-profit,
non-commercial use (see website for details). Video has been posted to Youtube.

This was one of six regional conferences this fall. One conference
- in Seattle on November 19th - is upcoming. See details at
www.internationalsocialist.org/branches.html