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Report on The Struggle Of Anti-War Teachers In Japan & Aginst Militarization In Schools

Date:
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Time:
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Event Type:
Meeting
Organizer/Author:
Labor Video Project
Email:
lvpsf(at)labornet.org
Phone:
(415)282-1908
Address:
P.O. Box 720027, SF 94172
Location Details:
1904 Franklin Near Broadway in Oakland

Report Back on The Struggle Of Anti-War Teachers In Japan &
The Struggle in LA Against Militarization In The Schools

Saturday 1/19/2008 10:00 AM
1904 Franklin St. near Broadway
Oakland


Free

With
Arlene Inouye, Coordinator of the Coalition Against Militarism in our Schools (CAMS)
UTLA, CTA and NEA
Speech and Language Specialist, LAUSD
Gregory Sotir, UTLA Delegate to 2008 AFT and CFT National Convention and Steering
Committee of Coalition Against Militarism In The Schools (CAMS)
English Teacher, Virgil Middle School, LAUSD
http://www.militaryfreeschools.org/


This past November 2007, Los Angeles UTLA school teachers visited Japan and
met with hundreds of Japanese teachers who are fighting against the
militarization in the schools and against repression of teachers who refuse
to sing and stand for the Kimigayo (emperor's nationalistic song). Many of
these teachers will be fired this year unless they receive international
support from around the world.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8192232362666209686
http://vpress.la.coocan.jp/nezu-english.html
They also connected the struggle against the militarization of the schools
in Japan with the fight in the United States to stop the "poverty draft", the targeted recruiting of poor
Latino, Native, Asian and Black students to fight in US wars in the Middle East.
Arlene and Gregory will report on their trip and their work to build a
movement in the schools against militarization and war.

Sponsored by
Labor Video Project
P.O. Box 720027
San Francisco, CA 94172
(415)282-1908
lvpsf(at)labornet.org

Endorsed by CAMS and Bay Area Labor Committee For Peace & Justice
Added to the calendar on Mon, Jan 14, 2008 9:53AM
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