Coming up this Saturday, April 6th, don't miss the 2002 Midwest Regional Socialist Conference at the University of Illinois-Chicago Circle Center.
Coming up this Saturday, April 6th, don't miss the 2002 Midwest Regional Socialist Conference at the University of Illinois-Chicago Circle Center.
"A World of Poverty and War, Socialism Is the Alternative," features a dozen sessions and workshops, starting at 11am, including:
"Budget Cuts & Layoffs: Where is the Economy Headed?"
"They Are Enron: We Are Argentina! Which way forward for the Global Justice movement?"
"Confronting the Israeli Occupation: The New Intifada."
"Incarceration Nation: Race, class and the criminal injustice system"
"Marxism in the 21st Century"
& more
The conference also features the International Socialist Review National Antiwar Tour, "War and Resistance: Another World Is Possible" at 7pm, with
--Journalist Greg Palast, from the Observer of London.
--Socialist Worker columnist, and contributor to the book, Iraq Under Siege, Sharon Smith.
--Veteran Washington, D.C. civil rights activist Rev. Graylan Hagler.
--Former Chicago school board member and victim of anti-Arab racial profiling, Anna Mustafa.
Tickets are just five dollars. To arrange tickets, free on-site child care or to get more information call 312-458-9920 or e-mail
chicagosocialistconference2002 (at) hotmail.com
Tickets will be available at the event. For more information visit
www.internationalsocialist.org