Solidarity Education Center & The Center for Labor Renewal announce:
A program for all workers and activists who want to win struggles in workplaces...in communities...on the political front...and in the global economy.
Education for Struggle: All of America's workers are under relentless attack. No region of the country has been more oppressed than the U. S. South. Today's labor movement is on the defensive and its historic failure to build power and worker solidarity in the South has continuing consequences today. We need new workplace and community strategies to build a sustaining movement for social and economic justice throughout our region.
In the past unconventional worker schools and training models have played an important role South, providing "education for struggle" for past generations of activists. A new generation of activists needs to be prepared to lead a great struggle and build solidarity today's South and beyond.
The Solidarity Education Center's regional weekend schools are designed to bring members and leaders of worker and community organizations together to explore strategies to do just that.
Topics to be covered: History of Working Class Struggle in the South Challenges to Organizing the South - Jim Crow past, etc.; Immigration & New Working Class Realities; Building Solidarity out of Diversity War & Imperialism: The Price for Workers and Communities; Healthcare for All: A Fight We Can Win!; Politics for People: Building at the Base for Real Power; Strengthening Our Fightback in Workplaces & Communities; International Labor & Global Capital: An Injury to All.
Discussion leaders include regional labor educators, strategists, and social activists.
Thursday-Sunday September 18-21, 2008, The Penn Center, St. Helena Island, SC 29920; 843-838-2432. Housing & meals included in $210 registration fee. For transportation & travel info, call 734-242-7936 or go to www.solidarityeducationcenter.org or www.centerforlaborrenewal.org.
For more information, e-mail jtuckernd@sbcglobal.net or call 314-968-5534.
Action: A Million Doors for Peace
On Saturday, September 20, thousands of volunteers across the U.S. will knock on a Million Doors for Peace. Hopefully, they will be attacked by police only in Minneapolis.
United for Peace and Justice is partnering with US Action/True Majority, Win Without War, and other organizations to make it the biggest peace action of 2008 so far.
Volunteer doorknockers will ask people to sign an antiwar petition directed to Congress. The message: End this immoral war, bring our troops home, and invest in America's future. In addition, people will be encouraged to engage in voter education work and to become active in the organized antiwar movement in their area.
In order to reach a million people in all 50 states in a single day, 25,000 volunteers are needed. Peace groups have never implemented such an elaborate communication and organizing plan before now, but as MoveOn.Org, recent political campaigns and other efforts have shown, it is a new day in political organizing. September 20 is intended as the kick off of a more organized grassroots movement for peace and social and economic justice than has existed up to know.
One way you can get involved in the 2008 elections is by joining UFPJ's national campaign to organize nonpartisan voter engagement in Congressional races. Intensive and creative bird-dogging of candidates, distribution of Congressional voter guides and report cards are some of the activities underway.
UFPJ is maintaining a daily schedule of Senators Obama and McCain's activities to ensure that the issues of war, nuclear disarmament, and the domestic costs of the war are discussed at their events.
The rest of the story and information about how to get involved is at United for Peace.
United for Peace and Justice is partnering with US Action/True Majority, Win Without War, and other organizations to make it the biggest peace action of 2008 so far.
Volunteer doorknockers will ask people to sign an antiwar petition directed to Congress. The message: End this immoral war, bring our troops home, and invest in America's future. In addition, people will be encouraged to engage in voter education work and to become active in the organized antiwar movement in their area.
In order to reach a million people in all 50 states in a single day, 25,000 volunteers are needed. Peace groups have never implemented such an elaborate communication and organizing plan before now, but as MoveOn.Org, recent political campaigns and other efforts have shown, it is a new day in political organizing. September 20 is intended as the kick off of a more organized grassroots movement for peace and social and economic justice than has existed up to know.
One way you can get involved in the 2008 elections is by joining UFPJ's national campaign to organize nonpartisan voter engagement in Congressional races. Intensive and creative bird-dogging of candidates, distribution of Congressional voter guides and report cards are some of the activities underway.
UFPJ is maintaining a daily schedule of Senators Obama and McCain's activities to ensure that the issues of war, nuclear disarmament, and the domestic costs of the war are discussed at their events.
The rest of the story and information about how to get involved is at United for Peace.
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