[VTJP] Another World is Possible--Workshops

2004-05-07 Thread Ashley Smith
perialism Today: from Iraq to the FTAA, IMF and World Bank   Orin Langelle; Dawn Stanger • What Should the Left Do in the 2004 Elections?  Craig Chevrier; Chris Pearson; Ashley Smith; Arthur Foelsche • Which Way Forward for  the Labor Movement?  Andrew Tripp, Dan Clawson, George Clain, Ellen Thom

[VTJP] Amy Goodman at Socialism 2004

2004-05-06 Thread Ashley Smith
Forward Widely! Forward Widely! SOCIALISM 2004: Ideas to Change the World June 17-20th; Chicago, Illinois www.socialism2004.org What you'll find at Socialism 2004 MORE THAN 100 MEETINGS on topics ranging from Marxist theory to the politics of Hollywood. BOOKFAIRS, FILMS, entertainment and partie

[VTJP] Tired of Politics as Usual?

2004-04-30 Thread Ashley Smith
Forward Widely! Forward Widely! SOCIALISM 2004: Ideas to Change the World June 17-20th; Chicago, Illinois www.socialism2004.org What you'll find at Socialism 2004 MORE THAN 100 MEETINGS on topics ranging from Marxist theory to the politics of Hollywood. BOOKFAIRS, FILMS, entertainment and partie

[VTJP] Fwd: [v-mgj] Another World is Possible conference in Plainfield 5/14-16

2004-04-30 Thread Ashley Smith
Begin forwarded message: From: Brian Tokar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: April 30, 2004 2:46:36 PM EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [v-mgj] Another World is Possible conference in Plainfield 5/14-16 Another World Is Possible Goddard College, Plainfield, VT May 14 -16, 2004 A fo

[VTJP] Vermont Social Forum Meeting

2004-06-04 Thread Ashley Smith
Conference, it is time to launch a Vermont Social Forum. Please come to, and also advertise, the first organizing meeting on June 9 at 6:30 pm at the American Friends Service Committee Office in Montpelier. --Ashley Smith For the Another World is Possible Organizing Committee

[VTJP] Vermont Social Forum Meeting

2004-07-07 Thread Ashley Smith
Build a Vermont Social Forum! Get involved by coming to the next organizing meeting July 13th at 6pm at the Kellogg Hubbard Library board room on 135 Main Street in Montpelier • Dozens of activists from a wide variety of groups came together at the Another World is Possible (AWIP) Conference at

[VTJP] Protest Democrats Keeping Nader Off Ballot

2004-07-12 Thread Ashley Smith
Online Nader-Camejo Petition Online petition to protest Democratic Party Efforts to Keep Nader-Camejo off the ballot. http://www.PetitionOnline.com/glfn/petition.html To: Green Party Members and Supporters The following statement was issued July 13, 2004 by leaders of the Green Party th

[VTJP] Kerry Bullies Occupation Off Dems Platform

2004-07-13 Thread Ashley Smith
THE WASHINGTON TIMES July 11, 2004 Kerry heads off platform squabble From the Nation/Politics section Stephen Dinan HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's campaign headed off a showdown in the party platform yesterday over Iraq, convincing rival Dennis J. Kucinich's s

[VTJP] Nader VP Camejo Speaks in VT

2004-07-15 Thread Ashley Smith
FORWARD WIDELY! Dear Friends, Fellow Greens, and Nader for President supporters: Next Friday, July 23, Peter Camejo, independent candidate for Vice President and Ralph Nader’s running mate, will be in Vermont!  This presents yet another excellent opportunity for supporters of “third party” politi

[VTJP] Matt Gonzalez--Why Vote for Nader

2004-07-15 Thread Ashley Smith
Why Vote for Ralph Nader? By Matt Gonzalez These days it's popular, particularly in progressive circles, to attack presidential candidate Ralph Nader and his running mate, Peter Camejo. Votes for Nader would likely otherwise go to Sen. John Kerry, and so the fear is that President Bush will be re

[VTJP] Nader VP, Camejo, Speaks in Burlington

2004-07-20 Thread Ashley Smith
FORWARD WIDELY! Dear Friends, Fellow Greens, and Nader for President supporters: Next Friday, July 23, Peter Camejo, independent candidate for Vice President and Ralph Nader’s running mate, will be in Vermont!  This presents yet another excellent opportunity for supporters of “third party” politi

[VTJP] Journalists in an Age of Terror

2004-08-03 Thread Ashley Smith
Game for Oil: How the Media Missed the Context."  Dennett will also report on attending the recent 25th International Federation of Journalists Meeting in Athens. Also: Ashley Smith on his recent visit to the World Social Forum in Quito. Learn more about the National Writers Union.

[VTJP] Kucinich Delegate on Democrats

2004-08-05 Thread Ashley Smith
A Kucinich delegate in Boston and the totalitarian democratic party    July 31, 2004 I have been home a bit more than a day, and I wanted to give my perspective on the convention in Boston. The first thing I want to say is that the entire convention was a sham. Perhaps I was naïve, but I went

[VTJP] Democrats Plot Against Nader

2004-08-05 Thread Ashley Smith
August 5, 2004 The Dem Plot Against Nader Florida Comes to California By TODD CHRETIEN Having spent the last month helping organize the petition drive to get Ralph Nader and Peter Camejo on the ballot in California, I'd like to make two observations and some comments. 1. There are an appalli

[VTJP] Bring the Troops Home Panel

2004-08-06 Thread Ashley Smith
--Distribute Widely! BRING OUR TROOPS HOME Wednesday, August 18, 6:30 PM Contois Auditorium, City Hall, Burlington Featuring Nancy Brown of Vermont Military Families Speak Out Michael Hoffman, veteran of Iraq war and member of Iraq Veterans Against the War Plus Sue Lucas of U.S. Labor Against W

[VTJP] Kerry Still for War!

2004-08-15 Thread Ashley Smith
> > > http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi > -0408100248aug10,1,3100827 > .story > > > CAMPAIGN 2004 > > > > Kerry: I would have backed war without WMD > > Bush touts plan for `ownership society' > Advertisement > From Tribune news services > > August 10, 2004 > > GRAND CANYON NATI

[VTJP] Nader v. Kerry on Israel

2004-08-15 Thread Ashley Smith
"The Cause of Israel is the Cause of America" By SEN. JOHN KERRY My first trip to Israel made real for me all I'd believed about Israel. I was allowed to fly an air force jet from the Ovda Airbase. It was then that Israeli insecurity about narrow borders became very real to me. In a matter of m

[VTJP] Arab Americans for Nader

2004-08-15 Thread Ashley Smith
Friends, A very important new group and site - please subscribe (info below), and help spread awareness about the importance of supporting Nader's campaign and break out of a two-party system where both parties are hopelessly pro-Israeli. The Arab-American community has been shunned by both the

[VTJP] Panel: Beat Back the Bush Agenda

2004-08-16 Thread Ashley Smith
ional Convention: Panel on how to Beat Back the Bush Agenda! Speakers: Craig Chevrier, Vermont Green Party; David Zuckerman, Progressive Party; Dawn Saunders, union representative, United Professions of Vermont; Ashley Smith, Intl. Socialist Organization. Time and Location: Tuesday, August 24 at 7

[VTJP] Fwd: [UFPJ] RNC 8/29: Endorsed? Mobilizing? Sending Buses?

2004-08-16 Thread Ashley Smith
Begin forwarded message: From: "Hany Khalil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: August 16, 2004 12:59:41 PM EDT To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [UFPJ] RNC 8/29: Endorsed? Mobilizing? Sending Buses? Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear UFPJ member group, With less than two weeks to go before what promises

[VTJP] Protest Bush! Get on the Bus!

2004-08-17 Thread Ashley Smith
The first week of September is the week of the Republican National Convention in New York City. It will prove to be a disgusting display of wealth, conservatism and right-wing power politics. This cannot go unnoticed without the Left in the US making some noise, demanding an end to the war in Ir

[VTJP] Petition to Get Nader on VT Ballot

2004-09-03 Thread Ashley Smith
ss by helping Nader to get on the ballot in VT. Contact Ashley Smith, the Vermont Nader Coordinator at 802-310-8287 or at [EMAIL PROTECTED] We already have several hundred signatures, we need one thousand, but we want to get two thousand so that Nader and Camejo have no trouble getting on the ballo

[VTJP] Vermont Social Forum Meeting

2004-09-07 Thread Ashley Smith
ittee up and running, and most importantly get our financial committee together. The work we do now is pivotal for a successful event next Fall. See you in Montpelier. --Ashley Smith Center for Economic Research and Social Change Yahoo! Groups Sp

[VTJP] Is Kerry More Open?

2004-09-16 Thread Ashley Smith
Is Kerry Really More Open than Bush to Alternative Foreign Policy Perspectives? by Stephen Zunes   Some progressive supporters of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry have argued that, despite his support for the invasion of Iraq and other neoconservative-driven foreign policies of the

[VTJP] Hold the Booyah: SportsCenter Out of the Middle East!

2004-09-17 Thread Ashley Smith
> > - > > Hold the Booyah: SportsCenter Out of the Middle East! > By Dave Zirin > > Has it come to this? Did SportsCenter really > broadcasting this week from Kuwait? Are we inhaling > our nightly dose of baseball, banter and "booy

[VTJP] Building a Left Alternative

2004-10-11 Thread Ashley Smith
*Forward Widely* Building a Left Alternative to a World of War and Poverty East Coast Socialist Conference www.nesocialistconference.net Saturday, October 23 * City College * 137th St. & Convent * NYC   Featuring: Howard Zinn

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2004-10-11 Thread Ashley Smith
x27;t miss this powerful speaker for social justice! For more information contact Ashley Smith at 802-310-8287 or at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peter Miguel Camejo (64) is a financier, businessman, political activist, environmentalist, author and one of the founders of the socially responsible investing move

[VTJP] Iraq: The Case for Withdrawal

2004-10-12 Thread Ashley Smith
*** ISO Public Meeting: Iraq: The Case for Withdrawal Although many in the US agree that the invasion of Iraq was wrong, fewer agree on what to do next. The dominant argument is that since the US went, it has to stay. The idea of “you broke it, you bought it” holds the day.

[VTJP] Web Book on Lesser Evilism and the Left

2004-09-27 Thread Ashley Smith
Hi all, Is Lesser Evilism the right strategy for the left? Read the new web-book by Lance Selfa entitled The Democratic Party and the Politics of Lesser-Evilism. You can find it at www.internationalsocialist.org. --Ashley Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--

[VTJP] Ralph Nader Speaks at University of Vermont

2004-09-28 Thread Ashley Smith
need help with the following tasks: § Flyering/Postering communities and campuses § Phone Banking supporters § Media Outreach § Community Outreach § Volunteer Coordinating To Help Contact Ashley Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 802-310-8287

[VTJP] Vermont Social Forum Meeting

2004-09-28 Thread Ashley Smith
Hi all, The next meeting of the Vermont Social Forum is Tuesday at 6pm at Montpelier's Kellogg Hubbard Library. All are welcome to come. We will be voting on our mission statement and organizational structure that we will use to form the organizing committee to launch the Forum planned for Fal

[VTJP] Building a Left Alternative

2004-09-29 Thread Ashley Smith
Building a Left Alternative to a World of War and Poverty East Coast Socialist Conference www.nesocialistconference.net Saturday, October 23 * City College * 137th St. & Convent * NYC   Featuring: Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove,  Peter Camejo, Lee Wengraf, Yusef Salaam, Mike Hoffman, Jennifer R

[VTJP] New book from Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove

2004-10-04 Thread Ashley Smith
Now available online and at bookstores: Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove Voices of a People's History of the United States http://www.sevenstories.com/Book/index.cfm?GCOI=58322100666900 The long-awaited primary-source companion to A People's History of the United States. For this new book, Zinn

[VTJP] Pollina & Others to Speak at Nader Event

2004-10-04 Thread Ashley Smith
lieutenant governor, Anthony Pollina, Vermont Green Party candidate for Attorney General, Jimmy Leas, and Vermont Coordinator for Nader/Camejo 2004, Ashley Smith. Harvard Medical School professor, David Himmelstein, will also speak. He is the co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program

[VTJP] Zuckerman and others Speak at UVM Camejo Event

2004-10-18 Thread Ashley Smith
ice! This event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Ashley Smith at 802-310-8287 or at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peter Miguel Camejo (64) is a financier, businessman, political activist, environmentalist, author and one of the founders of the socially responsible investing movemen

[VTJP] Campus Anti-War Network National Conference

2004-10-19 Thread Ashley Smith
== PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY == Save the date! Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) National Conference WHEN:November 13-14 WHERE: Pace University in New York City WHO: All campus antiwar/anti-occupation committees are invited to attend and all interested antiwar individuals an

[VTJP] Cockburn on Election

2004-11-04 Thread Ashley Smith
November 3, 2004 Democrats in End Time As Republicans Gain Shattering Victory; Who to Blame This Time? By ALEXANDER COCKBURN and JEFFREY ST. CLAIR The crusade that George Bush called for in 2001 against terrorism from abroad came to fruition yesterday in a more homely context as Christians

[VTJP] How Did Bush Win? Where Do We Go From Here?

2004-11-04 Thread Ashley Smith
that can fend off the attacks that are sure to come under Bush’s coming reign. Come to this important discussion about these and other burning questions for our movements.   Featuring Ashley Smith: North East Organizer for the International Socialist Organization, Editorial Board Member of the

[VTJP] Why John Kerry Lost

2004-11-04 Thread Ashley Smith
SOCIALIST WORKER EDITORIAL Why John Kerry lost November 5, 2004 | Pages 1 and 3 HOW DID John Kerry blow it? George W. Bush led the country into an unpopular war--based on lies. He handed out tax breaks to the wealthy while millions of workers suffered through recession and a weak recovery. He use

[VTJP] Protest Coming Attack on Fallujah!

2004-11-05 Thread Ashley Smith
reparations to Iraq. As the great labor militant, Joe Hill, told activists of his day, "Don't Mourn, Organize!" --Ashley Smith Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocke

[VTJP] Fwd: [UFPJ] Speak Out Against Assault on Falluja!

2004-11-06 Thread Ashley Smith
Begin forwarded message: From: Leslie Cagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: November 6, 2004 10:29:29 AM EST Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UFPJ] Speak Out Against Assault on Falluja! Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACTION ALERT * UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE http://www.unitedforpeace.org | 212-868-5545

[VTJP] Fwd: [UFPJ] Falluja leaflet available now

2004-11-06 Thread Ashley Smith
Begin forwarded message: From: "L.A. Kauffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: November 6, 2004 2:27:10 PM EST To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [UFPJ] Falluja leaflet available now Dear UFPJ Member Group:   With the full-scale U.S. attack on Falluja expected at any moment, we have just posted a new l

[VTJP] Fwd: Hospital razed in Falluja

2004-11-08 Thread Ashley Smith
Published on Saturday, November 6, 2004 by the BBC US Strikes Raze Falluja Hospital   A hospital has been razed to the ground in one of the heaviest US air raids in the Iraqi city of Falluja. Witnesses said only the facade remained of the small Nazzal Emergency Hospital in the centre of the c

[VTJP] Emergency Pickets against US Attack on Fallujah

2004-11-08 Thread Ashley Smith
Hi all, The US has begun its attack on Fallujah. They have already been bombing the city for weeks. Now they are invading it. This marks the start of the Winter Offensive to suppress the growing resistance in the country against the occupation. We, the anti-war movement, must respond. Join o

[VTJP] How Did Bush Win? Where Do We Go From Here?

2004-11-13 Thread Ashley Smith
that can fend off the attacks that are sure to come under Bush’s coming reign. Come to this important discussion about these and other burning questions for our movements.   Featuring Ashley Smith: North East Organizer for the International Socialist Organization, Editorial Board Member of the

[VTJP] Toufic Haddad on Arafat

2004-11-15 Thread Ashley Smith
Socialist Worker Online Arafat and the struggle for Palestine www.socialistworker.org November 12, 2004 | Page 8 FOR DECADES, Yasser Arafat has stood at the head of the Palestinian struggle for justice. Today, he lies in a Paris hospital, with news reports suggesting he is gravely ill and may soon

[VTJP] Leahy Supports Gonzales Attorney General!

2004-11-18 Thread Ashley Smith
Hi all, The Democrats seem like they want to join the Republicans! Leahy now supports the man who approved overriding the Geneva Convention so the US could torture prisoners! Its time to build a real opposition in the US! --Ashley NY Times, November 17, 2004 Leading Democrat Senator Won't Block

[VTJP] Fwd: [CampusAntiwarNetwork] Digest Number 557

2004-11-19 Thread Ashley Smith
Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: November 18, 2004 10:39:39 PM EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CampusAntiwarNetwork] Digest Number 557 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!.

[VTJP] Support Academic Freedom at Columbia!

2004-12-02 Thread Ashley Smith
**Please forward far and wide*** Hey folks, The Ad Committee for Academic Freedom at Columbia is a coalition of students, professors, allies and community members who've come together to respond to the attacks on Columbia Professors, particularly, the MEALAC Dept and Prof. Massad. W

[VTJP] "Fight the Right" Holiday Party

2004-12-11 Thread Ashley Smith
FIGHTING THE RIGHT: A Holiday Party and Fundraiser! Also a going away party for Keith Rosenthal and Nate Moore! December 11th 602 North Avenue #3 (Across from Burlington High School) 7:30 pm With anti-war protests local (Burlington, Dec 11) and national (Washington, DC on Inauguration Day), th

[VTJP] Troops Out Now Panel 1/15

2005-01-09 Thread Ashley Smith
PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL LISTS THAT YOU BELONG TO!! End The Occupation of Iraq! Troops Out Now! A panel discussion will be held on Saturday evening, January 15, in Contois Auditorium at 7:00 PM on ending the occupation, bringing our troops home now, building the antiwar movement, and resisting t

[VTJP] New International Socialist Review

2005-01-11 Thread Ashley Smith
New International Socialist Review Out Now! ISSUE 39: JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2005 CAN HE BE STOPPED? E D I T O R I A L S Can He Be Stopped? N E W S   &   R E P O R T S Alberto A. Gonzales: Torture's Advocate PLUS:Mexico's Brewing Political Crisis; Behind Ukraine's Election Standoff;  Phony Deb

[VTJP] Zinn's Marx in Soho at UVM

2005-01-12 Thread Ashley Smith
***Forward Widely Howard Zinn's Marx is back in Burlington! On Saturday, January 29th, at 7:00 pm, the University of Vermont's English Department will be sponsoring a performance of the play Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn at th

[VTJP] Demonstrate Against Bush: Bus Info

2005-01-12 Thread Ashley Smith
GET ON THE BUS! Vermont Buses for Jan 20th Counter-Inauguration There is still room! The Peace & Justice Center is organizing TWO buses for the counter-inauguration events in D.C. (organized by A.N.S.W.E.R.) on January 20th. One bus will leave from Burlington (potentially stopping in Middlebury

[VTJP] Troops Out Now Panel

2005-01-12 Thread Ashley Smith
PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL LISTS THAT YOU BELONG TO!! End The Occupation of Iraq! Troops Out Now! A panel discussion will be held on Saturday evening, January 15, in Contois Auditorium at 7:00 PM on ending the occupation, bringing our troops home now, building the antiwar movement, and resisting t

[VTJP] VT Social Forum Meeting

2005-01-18 Thread Ashley Smith
for us to discuss and plan how we can build a better world. --Ashley Smith for the VT Social Forum Planning Committee Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public sc

[VTJP] Zinn's Marx in Honor of Will Miller

2005-01-24 Thread Ashley Smith
Howard Zinn's Marx is back in Burlington! On Saturday, January 29th, at 7:00 pm, the University of Vermont's English Department will be sponsoring a performance of the play Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn at the Music Recital Hall on the Redstone Campus (South Prospect Street). This special perf

[VTJP] Fwd: Israel's aims

2005-01-28 Thread Ashley Smith
> > January 26, 2005 > > An Iron Wall of Colonization > > Fantasies and Realities About the Prospects for Peace Between Israelis > and > Palestinians > > By SAREE MAKDISI > > The recent election of Mahmoud Abbas as the new President of the > Palestinian > Authority has renewed speculation that

[VTJP] Panel at UVM: Out Now!

2005-02-23 Thread Ashley Smith
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY! Why We Say Bring the Troops Home Now! Thursday, February 24, 7:30 pm Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building University of Vermont Featuring: Fernando Suarez del Solar, whose son was one of the first U.S. soldiers killed in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He has

[VTJP] Fwd: Fayetteville Youth and Student Contingent on March 19th

2005-02-25 Thread Ashley Smith
Begin forwarded message: From: "Monique Dols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: February 25, 2005 12:14:45 AM EST To: "CAN National" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fayetteville Youth and Student Contingent on March 19th **PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY**   WE WON’T GO: End the Occupation Now! Youth and Studen

[VTJP] Camilo Mejia Speaks Out

2005-02-25 Thread Ashley Smith
Published on Thursday, February 24, 2005 by CommonDreams.org Regaining My Humanity by Camilo Mejia   I was deployed to Iraq in April 2003 and returned home for a two-week leave in October. Going home gave me the opportunity to put my thoughts in order and to listen to what my conscience had

[VTJP] Iraq: Did Elections Bring Democracy? ***

2005-03-02 Thread Ashley Smith
> > > --- Forward Widely > > Iraq: Did Elections Bring Democracy? > > Wed. March 2nd, 7:30 pm > Lafayette 100, University Place, UVM > > If the Bush Administration’s rhetoric is to be believed, then the > “historic” day > of January 30th marked success in the U.S. campaign to bring freedom

[VTJP] Lessons from Vermont's Vote Against the War

2005-03-08 Thread Ashley Smith
Forward Widely Burlington Votes to Bring the Troops Home Now! By James Marc Leas, Colleen McLaughlin, and Ashley Smith “A town meeting revolt over the Iraq war” is what The Christian Science Monitor called Vermont’s historic votes for anti-war resolutions in 49 of 57 cities and towns

[VTJP] Burlington Anti-War Protest, 3/20

2005-03-14 Thread Ashley Smith
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! MARCH 20TH ANTI-WAR RALLY, BURLINGTON 1:00 PM CITY HALL STEPS CHURCH STREET - BURLINGTON, VT This March 20th will mark the second anniversary of the current invasion of Iraq and the occupation continues.  Over fifteen hundred American tr

[VTJP] Fwd: Israel training to hit Iran

2005-03-14 Thread Ashley Smith
> > > CLICK HERE TO PRINT > CLOSE WINDOW > > > March 13, 2005 > > Focus: Taking aim at Iran > Uzi Mahnaimi and Tony Allen-Mills report > Israeli troops are training for an assault on Iran’s nuclear > facilities. > Will it happen and what would be the fallout? > > > Israel’s finest soldiers had

[VTJP] Anti-War Singer Jim Page

2005-03-15 Thread Ashley Smith
SPIRIT OF GUTHRIE TOUR FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 9pm Club Metronome, Main Street, Burlington, $10. Featuring: Vince Herman, Rob Wasserman, Jim Page with Very Special Guest Theresa Andersson On Tour Together For The First Time! The Spirit of Guthrie Tour will feature very special evenings of words and

[VTJP] Tariq Ali on Iraqi Resistance

2005-03-16 Thread Ashley Smith
from socialistworker.co.uk Tariq Ali on empire and those who fight it <> Tariq Ali Two years after the invasion of Iraq, writer and activist Tariq Ali spoke to Socialist Worker about US strategy in the Middle East and the growth of the Iraqi resistance to the occupation The Iraqi resistance is

[VTJP] Resolution on Depleted Uranium

2005-03-22 Thread Ashley Smith
Folks, A resolution is making it's way to the Vermont House floor concerning the use of Depleted Uranium. We testified in committee on Tuesday, and it looks as if the resolution will make it to the floor. To help in this process any folks who have representatives from their town on the

[VTJP] Join Discussion on Bush Doctrine

2005-03-27 Thread Ashley Smith
-Forward Widely- Come to a study group on the latest issue of the International Socialist Review, Vietnam: The quagmire last time, on Wednesday March 30th at 7 pm in Lafayette hall room 100 on the UVM Campus. The magazine can be picked up at either Borders or Barnes and Nobles if you do

[VTJP] Defend Counter-Recruiters at SFSU

2005-03-29 Thread Ashley Smith
*Please Forward Widely* PATRIOT ACT AT SFSU: ADMINISTRATION DEMANDS SECRET MEETINGS TO THREATEN STUDENTS On Wednesday, March 9th, students from New York to San Francisco rallied to protest military recruiters on their campuses. The students were expressing their outrage at the milit

[VTJP] End of Palestinian State

2005-03-30 Thread Ashley Smith
> > > March 27, 2005 > > E-1: the end of a viable Palestinian state > > By: Jeff Halper* > > The fatal flaw in most analyses of the Israel-Palestine conflict is the > assumption that if the Palestinians can just get a state of their own, > then > all will be fine. A state on all the Occupied Ter

[VTJP] Speak Out in honor of Will Miller

2005-03-31 Thread Ashley Smith
> > > Students, Professors, Friends, Comrades! >   > Will Miller, beloved professor, Marxist, activst, and friend, died > today after a year-long battle with cancer.  Even though he is no > longer with us, the struggle he embodied all his life continues.  > Please honor his fighting spirit by

[VTJP] For Will Miller

2005-04-01 Thread Ashley Smith
Begin forwarded message: From: Orin Langelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: March 31, 2005 7:24:44 PM EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [v-mgj] For Will Miller For our friend and comrade, Will Miller Willard M. "Will" Miller Willard M. "Will" Miller, Professor of Philosophy at the University of V

[VTJP] Anti-War Movement & Occupation

2005-04-01 Thread Ashley Smith
From www.SocialistWorker.org WHAT WE THINK Why you can’t be antiwar and pro-occupation April 1, 2005 | Page 3 TWO YEARS into the U.S. occupation of Iraq, opinion polls show that opposition to George Bush’s war for oil and empire is wider than ever. According to polls taken this month, 53 percent

[VTJP] Stan Goff "Operation (Un)Truth"

2005-04-04 Thread Ashley Smith
Operation (Un)Truth A Trojan Jackass for the Anti-War Movement By STAN GOFF Fayetteville, North Carolina "To mark the second anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq on March 19, various anti-war groups are planning to protest in Fayetteville, N.C., the home of Fort Bragg. It's not the prot

[VTJP] Can There Be A Revolution in the US?

2005-04-04 Thread Ashley Smith
*FORWARD WIDELY With revolutions toppling neoliberal governments all over South America -Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia- the working class is showing a possibility for real change in the world. Is it possible for the American working

[VTJP] Tariq Ali Speaks in Burlington

2005-04-06 Thread Ashley Smith
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY! AREA PEACE AND SOCIAL GROUPS INVITED TO TABLE! "Bush's Wars at Home and Abroad" Conversation with Tariq Ali author of "Bush in Babylon: The Recolonization of Iraq" and Laura Flanders, Air America Radio Host and author of "Bushwomen: How They Won the White House for The

[VTJP] Debate on Immediate Withdrawal

2005-04-09 Thread Ashley Smith
All, Listen to ex-Marine Alex Rybov, EPIC spokesperson Eric Gustafson, and the International Socialist Review's Anthony Arnove debate the question of immediate withdrawal. The debate was organized by Brooklyn Parents for Peace. Here's the link--http://traprockpeace.org/iraq_debate_06april05.

[VTJP] Arnove: Out Now!

2005-04-09 Thread Ashley Smith
ZNet | Iraq Talk to Brooklyn Parents for Peace by Anthony Arnove; April 08, 2005 We find ourselves in a remarkable situation today. A majority of people in the United States now believe the invasion of Iraq was not worth the consequences, including (as of today) the death of more than 1,530 sol

[VTJP] Tariq Ali and Laura Flanders Speak

2005-04-14 Thread Ashley Smith
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY! AREA PEACE AND SOCIAL GROUPS INVITED TO TABLE! "Bush's Wars at Home and Abroad" Conversation with Tariq Ali, author of "Bush in Babylon: The Recolonization of Iraq," and Laura Flanders, Air America Radio Host and author of "Bushwomen: How They Won the White House for T

[VTJP] Announcing Socialism 2005

2005-04-15 Thread Ashley Smith
Forward Widely Come to . . . “Socialism 2005; Build the Left Alternative” A weekend of political discussion, debate and entertainment www.socialismconference.org July1-4 in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare We live at a time when billions are spent on an increasingly unpopular w

[VTJP] Reminder: Tariq Ali and Laura Flanders Tonite

2005-04-18 Thread Ashley Smith
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY! AREA PEACE AND SOCIAL GROUPS INVITED TO TABLE! "Bush's Wars at Home and Abroad" Conversation with Tariq Ali author of "Bush in Babylon: The Recolonization of Iraq" and Laura Flanders, Air America Radio Host and author of "Bushwomen: How They Won the White House for The

[VTJP] Protest Military Recruiters!

2005-04-20 Thread Ashley Smith
***PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY*   Make our School Military Free!!! Counter Recruitment Rally, Outside the Library at noon, Wednesday April 27th.   The military openly discriminates against gays and lesbians, bars women from participating in certain military jobs, and specif

[VTJP] Celebrate May Day!

2005-04-20 Thread Ashley Smith
*PLEASE FORWARD*** Come reclaim our holiday and celebrate May Day, the world holiday for the working class! We'll celebrate with food, drinks, discussion, and readings of labor and radical history. Please bring your favorite quote,

[VTJP] Lessons of the 1960s

2005-04-21 Thread Ashley Smith
**PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY***     Lafayette 100, UVM April 28th, 8 PM.: Lessons of the 60s     The 1960s were a time of revolution all around the world. National liberation movements drove former imperial powers from their boarder, inspiring others fighting against oppression of all ki

[VTJP] What Kind of Movement?

2005-04-21 Thread Ashley Smith
From www.socialistworker.org WHAT WE THINK Attempts to limit debate only weaken antiwar organizing What kind of movement do we need? April 22, 2005 | Page 3 THE U.S. occupation of Iraq, now more than two years old, remains the defining issue in world politics. More than 100,000 Iraqi civilians a

[VTJP] Fwd: WILL MILLER Memorial Service this Sunday

2005-04-22 Thread Ashley Smith
Begin forwarded message: From: Orin Langelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: April 22, 2005 1:16:59 PM EDT To: Global Justice Ecology Project <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: WILL MILLER Memorial Service this Sunday A memorial service for Will Miller is planned for Sunday, April 24 at 2pm at the Unitaria

[VTJP] Defend Students Against Republican Attacks

2005-04-25 Thread Ashley Smith
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY > > Students at Holyoke Community College Need Your Solidarity! > > At HCC in Holyoke Massachusetts, students have been organizing since > September to build opposition to the US war on Iraq. We have been > particularly motivated by the tragic death of Jeff Lucey, HCC s

[VTJP] Defend Counter-Recruiters at SFSU

2005-04-28 Thread Ashley Smith
Dear Friends,  Below is the text for a full page ad we are running the San Francisco State University newspaper in defense of anti-military recruiter student protesters.  The text is pretty self-explanatory.  I'd really appreciate it if you could endorse the ad and forward it to any lists or in

[VTJP] Pablo Paredes Needs Your Help!

2005-05-03 Thread Ashley Smith
PLEASE SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION AND PLEASE FORWARDDear friend,Pablo Paredes is the sailor you have heard about in the media, and he needs your help. The father of one of the first soldiers to die in Iraq had these words to say:"Pablo Paredes is a true hero and a victim of a poorly named military

[VTJP] Important! Patrick Cockburn on Iraq

2005-05-16 Thread Ashley Smith
From CounterPunch.orgMay 16, 2005The Deflation of a SuperpowerIraq is a Bloody No Man's LandBy PATRICK COCKBURN"The battlefield is a great place for liars," Stonewall Jackson once said on viewing the aftermath of a battle in the American civil war.The great general meant that the confusion of bat

[VTJP] May 20th Day of Action

2005-05-17 Thread Ashley Smith
***Forward Widely***Friday, MAY 20 The ARMY takes a one-day retreat from RECRUITINGWe SAY: GET OUT of our schools and STAY OUT!Last week, the U.S. Army announced suspension of all recruiting this Friday, May 20 to conduct an unprecedented "values stand-down" for the 7,500 senior officers and recr

[VTJP] Transcript: Galloway Blasts US War

2005-05-17 Thread Ashley Smith
 May 17, 2005 Galloway v the US Senate: transcript of statementBy Times OnlineGeorge Galloway, Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, delivered this statement to US Senators today who have accused him of corruptionGeorge Galloway after arriving in the Senate committee room to give evidence (Jonathan

[VTJP] Galloway Blasts US War

2005-05-17 Thread Ashley Smith
Galloway Addresshttp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3672646 Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VTJP/  To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]  Your use of Yahoo! Gr

[VTJP] 5/20 Protest At Army Recruiting Center

2005-05-18 Thread Ashley Smith
Forward WidelyAction at Army Recruiting Center FRIDAY MAY 20, 4:30 PMARMED FORCES RECRUITING CENTER166 Sycamore St, Williston, Next to Best Buy On May 20th the Army Stands Down, But We Stand UP! STAND UP against military recruiters in our schoolsSTAND UP for money for college, not combatS

[VTJP] Fwd: [anti-imperiaList] Defend students at SF State

2005-05-21 Thread Ashley Smith
Begin forwarded message:From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: May 21, 2005 12:21:07 AM EDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [anti-imperiaList] Defend students at SF StateReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please Forward Widely http://www.local-impact.org/ Fax Robert Corrigan to demand that the San Franci

[VTJP] Camilo Mejia on Pablo Paredes and Soldier's Resistance

2005-05-25 Thread Ashley Smith
ZNet | IraqSupporting dissent is not enoughby Camilo Mejia; May 24, 2005Just about a year a go I was tried by a special Court-Martial at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The charge: desertion with the intent to avoid hazardous duty. My case received a lot of attention from the media, mainly because I was t

[VTJP] Coalitions Call for Fall Anti-War Demos

2005-06-02 Thread Ashley Smith
from www.SocialistWorker.orgGearing up for new protestsJune 3, 2005 | Page 3SEPTMBER 24 will be a day of national mobilization against the U.S. war on Iraq. International ANSWER and United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), two national antiwar organizations, have called for demonstrations in Washingt

[VTJP] Sons Killed in Iraq, Parents Speak Out - Montpelier

2005-06-06 Thread Ashley Smith
Begin forwarded message:From: "Joseph Gainza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: June 6, 2005 5:24:17 PM EDTTo: "Alan Taplow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Carl Etnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Erica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Kathleen Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rose Lazu" <

[VTJP] Anti-Racism Workshop

2005-06-09 Thread Ashley Smith
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELYUndoing Racism Training by the People's Institute for Cultural Survivaland Beyond. June 23 (6-8pm), June 24 (9-6pm),and June 25 (9-4pm)The Undoing Racism training is intended show us that organizing skills alone are not sufficient to build the kinds of coalitions necessary fo

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