top
San Francisco
San Francisco
Indybay
Indybay
Indybay
Regions
Indybay Regions North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area California United States International Americas Haiti Iraq Palestine Afghanistan
Topics
Newswire
Features
From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature

IS REVOLUTION POSSIBLE IN THE USA?

Date:
Wednesday, May 01, 2002
Time:
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Type:
Meeting
Organizer/Author:
Mark Sweeney
Location Details:
Women's Building 3543 18th Street [between Valencia and Guererro]

Come and hear a talk and participate in a debate about the possibility of revolution in the USA. The brutality of the "war on terrorism" has become all too apparent. Civilians in Afghanistan and Palestine have been massacred by US made armaments, people in Iraq, Colombia, the Philippines and elsewhere await a similar onslaught. At home the constitution has been thrown away, along with environmental, and anti-nuclear treaties. People are being rounded up on the basis of ethnic background and held for months - without trial or prosecution. This has led many Americans to start asking questions about what they can do to make this world a better place. What is the alternative to a "war on terrorism"? Politicians speak cynically of making "realistic" reforms, while they slash social spending on health, education and welfare. Socialists have a different view of what is realistic. Socialists believe that another world is possible, one which is driven by the needs of the people not the demand for profit. But this world won't come about easily, those who currently hold power in our society have proved that they will not abandon it without a fight. And they weild a lot of force - the US has the largest military in the world. How in the face of these obstacles can a revolution in the US be possible? In a world in which 6 million children die every year of malnutrition and in a country where at least 12 percent of the people live below the poverty line, this is a crucial question. This event is sponsored by the International Socialist Organization www.internationalsocialist.org www.socialistworker.org www.isreview.org ph (415) 336 5034
Added to the calendar on Tue, Feb 3, 2004 10:24AM
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!

Donate

$110.00 donated
in the past month

Get Involved

If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.

Publish

Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.

IMC Network