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DESCRIPTION:A Call for Better Priorities\nSince 2003 U.S. Labor Against the War has 
 been a force for activism, combining the two vital themes of labor advocacy 
 and opposition to the war. While springing up around the Iraq war, its 
 leaders surely must see no reason for halting its efforts in the face of 
 the continuing war in Afghanistan (and to a lesser extent Pakistan) and the 
 threat of war on Iran. USLAW has, with many other organizations, long made 
 the connection between excessive spending on war efforts and pleading 
 poverty and too-high deficits for peacetime job creation. \n\nUSLAW's 
 co-founder and national coordinator, Michael Eisenscher, took that 
 connection one more step when in 2010 he also founded the Bay Area Campaign 
 for New Priorities - an affiliate of the New Priorities Network. The 
 Oakland-based Eisenscher will be the special guest of Peace Action of San 
 Mateo County at its next meeting, on Monday, May 21.\n\nEisenscher's talk, 
 entitled "Militarism, War and the Economic Crisis - Three Reasons to 
 Occupy", will feature a power-point presentation entitled "War and Taxes", 
 which is divided into three segments. The first describes the impact of the 
 economic crisis on workers, and growing inequality. The second shows the 
 impact of the wars and military spending. The third presents a summary of 
 the Budget for All issued by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and the 
 case for demanding new budgetary, political, social and economic 
 priorities. The rest of the presentation provides information about the 
 Campaign for New Priorities.\n\nMichael Eisenscher is a veteran trade union 
 activist, labor educator, organizer and writer. In 2009 he led a delegation 
 of trade unionists and members of Iraq Veterans Against the War to Iraq for 
 the first international labor conference ever held there. Along with his 
 work in USLAW and the Campaign, he also teaches a political economy course 
 in the Laney College Labor Studies Program. \nThe UU is wheelchair 
 accessible.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/11/18713307.php
SUMMARY:Eisenscher of U.S. Labor Against the War to Speak on New Priorities
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez\nSan Mateo, CA 
 94401\n\nhttp://www.uusanmateo.org/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/11/18713307.php
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