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DESCRIPTION:Former U.S. Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, to Speak at National Conference 
 on Socialism in Los Angeles. December 6-7, 2008 on the UCLA campus. 
 Activists and progressives from across the country are gathering for a 
 two-day conference to discuss organizing and ways to fight back against 
 racism, sexism, imperialism and other issues effecting working class and 
 oppressed people.\n\nFormer U.S. Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, to Speak 
 at National Conference on Socialism in Los Angeles. December 6-7, 2008 on 
 the UCLA campus.\n\n"It is urgent that the people of the United States and 
 the world build a bridge of unity to reject the scourge of war and economic 
 colonialism, and end poverty. I will be attending and speaking at the Party 
 For Socialism and Liberation's National Conference in Los Angeles on 
 December 6-7. I hope you will be able to join me and participate in this 
 important event."  \n--Ramsey Clark\n\nThe conference will feature 
 speakers, panels, organizing strategy sessions, entertainment, and 
 discussion on topics related to the fight against capitalist exploitation, 
 war, racism, and imperialism. We'll discuss what comes next for the 
 people's movement in the wake of the 2008 elections.\n\nSocialism: The only 
 alternative to capitalism\n\nFood and gas prices are skyrocketing 
 worldwide, the environment is being destroyed, and the sharp economic 
 recession has thrown millions of workers out of their jobs and onto the 
 streets. In the United States, the richest 400 people have as much wealth 
 as 50 million households combined. The criminal occupation of Iraq is now 
 in its sixth year, having cost over a million Iraqi lives, and hundreds of 
 billions of dollars. Meanwhile, tens of millions in this country live 
 without adequate health care, housing, and public 
 transportation.\n\nWorking people worldwide are being squeezed for every 
 last penny so that Wall Street can maintain its profit margins. The 
 epidemic of police brutality, checkpoints and anti-gang injunctions are 
 intensifying as the state seeks to protect the class it serves.\n\nThis is 
 the reality of capitalism. Is this the way it has to be? No. Socialism is 
 an alternative to this irrational and increasingly barbaric system. It is a 
 system that puts human needs over private profits.\n\nConference Topics and 
 Workshops Include:\n\n* The evils of capitalism: mass layoffs\n* What's 
 driving rising food prices?\n* Why socialism is needed in the United 
 States\n* Rebuilding the workers' movement\n* Black liberation and 
 socialist struggle\n* What's next after the November elections?\n* Making 
 universal health care a reality\n* What can stop the war in Iraq?\n* Youth 
 and student organizing\n* Why is the Pentagon targeting Iran?\n* Civil 
 rights and civil liberties under attack\n* Stopping the military-industrial 
 complex\n* Global warming: capitalism vs. the planet\n* Democracy and class 
 struggle \n* Can we win affordable housing for all?\n* Immigrant rights: 
 the case for full equality\n* Renewing the women's rights struggle\n* Real 
 equality for the LGBT community\n* Why Cuba's revolution stands strong\n* 
 Venezuela's revolution in perspective\n* Latin America's shift to the 
 left\n* Stop colonialism: Puerto Rico, Philippines\n* Palestine's ongoing 
 liberation struggle\n* China and the global capitalist economy\n* Zimbabwe: 
 Imperialism's hidden interests\n* Religion and resistance: a socialist 
 view\n* The prison and police brutality epidemic\n* Building a 
 revolutionary workers' party\n\nNational Conference on Socialism in Los 
 Angeles\nDecember 6-7, 2008 on the UCLA campus\nBuild a movement to fight 
 back! Struggle for socialism!\n\nSaturday & Sunday, December 6-7\nUCLA 
 Campus\nDe Neve Plaza Auditorium\n351 Charles E. Young Dr. West\nLos 
 Angeles, CA 90024\n\nTo pre-register and for more information log on to 
 www.pslweb.org\nor call 323-810-3380\n\nFind out what socialism is, what we 
 aim for, and why socialism is the only answer to the misery created by 
 capitalism.\n\nNational "Fight Back" Conference on Socialism \nHosted by 
 the Party for Socialism and Liberation. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/11/25/18552842.php
SUMMARY:National Conference on Socialism in Los Angeles
LOCATION:UCLA Campus\nDe Neve Plaza Auditorium\n351 Charles E. Young Dr. West
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/11/25/18552842.php
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