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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#800080>END THE WARS
ABROAD AND AT HOME: CHARTING A PATH FOR 2008<BR>A New England-Wide
Conference<BR><BR>April 25-26, 2008 Tufts
University - Medford, MA<BR><BR>Sponsored by New England United and the Tufts
Peace and Justice Studies Program<BR></FONT><BR>CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE:<BR><BR><U>Friday, April 25, 7:00 - 10:00 PM</U><BR>FORUM Pearson
Chemical Lab 104<BR>WHERE WE STAND TODAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AT HOME:</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">US Foreign Policy and Military
Spending - MAX ELBAUM, editor WarTimes; columnist :<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place>’s Wars and
Occupations</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Impact on the Countries of the
Middle East - STEPHEN ZUNES, Middle East editor for Foreign<BR>Policy in Focus;
Professor of Politics, University of San Francisco; and chair, Middle East
Studies program<BR><BR>The Domestic Crisis and the War - <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>ELLEN
FRANK, Professor of Economics, UMass-Boston; Dollars & Sense Magazine
Collective<BR><BR><U>Saturday, April 26, 8:30 AM - 4:30
PM</U><BR><BR>(8:30-9:00) REGISTRATION Barnum Hall
008<BR><BR>(9:00-9:30) WELCOME AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DAY Barnum
Hall 008<BR><BR>(9:45-11:00) EDUCATIONAL AND ISSUE WORKSHOPS Olin
Hall (see list<BR>below)<BR><BR>(11:15-12:30) PANEL - MAJOR ORGANIZING
STRATEGIES Barnum Hall 008<BR><BR>1. Cutting the Manpower supply for
illegal wars -- WAYNE SMITH (Civil<BR>Liberties Program manager, Unitarian
Universalist Service Committee;<BR>former combat medic)<BR>2. Pressuring or
Changing Congress and the Presidency -- TIM CARPENTER<BR>(Progressive Democrats
of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>)<BR>3. Building a Mass
Movement/Organizing Mass Actions -- ASHLEY SMITH<BR>(International Socialist
Organization)<BR>4. Broadening the Movement to End the War -- KIM FOLTZ (Exec.
Director,<BR>Bikes not Bombs; a founding member of Mass. Global
Action)<BR><BR>(12:30-1:30) LUNCH Campus
Center<BR><BR>(1:30-2:45) ACTION CAMPAIGN WORKSHOPS Olin Hall (See
list below)<BR>(Proposals for New England-Wide Action Campaigns for 2008
discussed in<BR>preparation for consideration by the Conference
Plenary)<BR><BR>(3:00-4:30) PLENARY Barnum Hall 008<BR>(Discuss and
vote on NEU action campaigns for 2008 and form ongoing<BR>working
groups)<BR><BR>WORKSHOPS (Olin Hall)<BR><BR>Morning: Educational and Issue
Workshops (tentative list)<BR><BR>1. European No Bases Campaign -- Andrea
Licata<BR>2. Lessons of the Fight Against the War in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Vietnam</st1:country-region></st1:place>
-- Jeff Mackler<BR>3. Torture, Rendition, Human Rights -- National Lawyers
Guild<BR>4. The "Surge"/Out Now -- Max Elbaum<BR>5. Why the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> Supports the
Israeli Occupation -- Stephen Zunes/Omar<BR><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Baddar<BR>6. Immigration
Crisis<BR>7. Climate Change: No War/No Warming<BR>8. Contributions of Nonviolent
Struggle in Movements for Justice & Peace<BR>9 The Role of Students in
Today's Anti-War Movement<BR><BR>Afternoon Workshops - NEU Action Campaigns
(tentative list)<BR><BR>1. From Every Village Green<BR>2. National Assembly/Mass
Action<BR>3. GI Resistance and Counter-Recruiting<BR>4. People's Campaign for
the Constitution<BR>5. Electoral Action<BR> <BR>Suggested Donations: $10
each day -- $5 each day for students, seniors,<BR>unemployed<BR><BR>Proposals
for New England United action campaigns and workshops are<BR>invited. Deadline
for submission is April 23 - See form on website.<BR><BR>Go to <A
href="http://www.newenglandunited.org/">www.newenglandunited.org</A> for latest
conference and registration<BR>information.<BR><BR>For written directions to
Tufts and campus maps go to <BR><A
href="http://www.tufts.edu/home/maps/?p=medford">http://www.tufts.edu/home/maps/?p=medford</A><BR><BR>Information:
Email: <A
href="mailto:NEUconferenceinfo@yahoo.com">NEUconferenceinfo@yahoo.com</A>
Phone: 617-497-5273<BR><BR>NEW ENGLAND UNITED is a coalition of peace, antiwar,
and social justice<BR>activists from all six New England states that brought
10,000 people to<BR>Boston last October 27 for the largest march and rally since
before the<BR>war started in 2003. NEU decided to continue our successful
regional<BR>work. This conference will plan unified actions for
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