Palo Alto May 25-26 : National Organizing Conference on Iraq

3rd National Organizing Conference on Iraq:
"Forging National Strategies"

May 25th – 26th, 2002

Palo Alto, California at Stanford University

Twelve years of bombings and sanctions have brought immense suffering, hardship and death to the Iraqi people. Well over a million Iraqis have died from the lethal combination of wartime bombings and sanctions. The real "weapon of mass destruction" that must be removed from Iraq is the sanctions!

And now the United States Government is openly proposing to launch an all-out war on Iraq. US aerial bombardment would kill thousands of civilians, as it did in Iraq in 1991 and in Afghanistan in 2001- 2002. Such a war could precipitate a collapse into an Iraqi civil war or even a regional war, with devastating consequences, including deaths into the hundreds of thousands. Another war against Iraq would be driven by U.S. oil companies' desire to control the second largest region of oil fields in the world.

Join fellow activists from over 70 organizations for two full days of networking, sharing, organizing and strategizing. Let us join our efforts to stop the drive to another racist war, and to end the needless and ongoing suffering of Iraqi children and the Iraqi people.

On-Line Registration Please register early, and indicate if you would like the host group to find accommodations for you. Details of the conference site will be announced later, check the conference page for updates, and helpful information for travelers. Click here to register now.

Travel Arrangements: You are advised to book your travel tickets early. While you will be responsible for your own transport while in the area, the local host organizations will try to assist with transportation, to and from the airport and locally, as much as possible. To help you with your planning, details of public transportation and local hotels will be posted to the conference web site. There are three airports within 35 miles of Palo Alto: San Jose Int'l (SJC) (14 miles); San Francisco Int'l (SFO): (20 miles); Oakland Int'l (OAK): (35 miles). For ride-sharing notices check or post a message to our bulletin board.

Arrival/Departure Times: The conference will begin early Saturday morning, and the decision-making portion of the agenda will conclude by 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 26th. On Monday, May 27th (Memorial Day), the Agenda Working Group (which you are welcome to join!) is planning for a possible action, or continued non-decision-making meetings. We therefore recommend that you arrive by Friday evening and set your departure time so that you can participate in the conference until at least 6 p.m. on Sunday. Details of Monday's program will be announced along with the official agenda at a later date.

To contact the Network, write to: nnewai [at] usa.com.

Or Call PPJC at: (650) 326-8837