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World Can't Wait Youth and Student Conference July 12-16th
2008 is too late! What harm can Bush do before his term is up? He can . . . . . . bomb Iran. Appoint another Supreme Court justice. More war, more lies, more torture.
2008 is too late! What harm can Bush do before his term is up? He can . . . . . . bomb Iran. Appoint another Supreme Court justice. More war, more lies, more torture.
Enough is enough! Relying on the Democrats to stop this has not gotten us anywhere. Anger is justified, despair is not. The 70% that agree with us but are demoralized or waiting for Obama or Hillary to save us need to come into political life and start taking action. And the youth need to be at the forefront, setting off a resistance movement all throughout society.
Take part in the National World Can't Wait Youth and Student Conference this July 12-16!
The conference will be a gathering of youth from across the country for an exciting week of workshops, panels, outreach, wide-ranging discussions and film screenings. The conference will also serve as an opportunity to work with others from around the country to build a student movement on campuses and map out our plans (materials, outreach, mass mobilizations, teach-ins, concerts, etc.) for the rest of the Summer and the Fall semester.
To register or ask any questions please email: wake_the_folk_up [at] yahoo.com
or call 415-864-5153
“Mission of a Generation" 2007 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Thursday July 12
5-8pm: Registration, orientation, and opening presentation from WCW National Youth/Student Coordinators Allen Lang and Anastasia Gomes: "The Mission Of A Generation"
Friday July 13
10am-1pm Discussion: “Does the current situation hold out the potential to drive out the Bush regime in the next 18 months?”
2-4pm Workshop with Sunsara Taylor, National WCW Advisory Board, writer for Revolution newspaper: “Is the Christian Right "over"? The Recent Attacks on Abortion and the Future for Women”
5-6pm “In Conversation: Sunsara Taylor and Sureya Sayadi discuss the struggle against theocracy and for women’s equality from the U.S. to Iraqi Kurdistan.” NOTE: This workshop will be broadcast live on “Flashpoints” from the KPFA 94.1 FM studio at New College (766 Valencia St. in S.F.)
7-9pm: Workshop: Larry Everest, author of “Oil, Power, and Empire” will discuss “The looming war with Iran, the crisis in the Middle East and the urgent need for resistance.”
Saturday July 14
10am-1pm Discussion: “Wanted – A Student Movement to Drive Out the Bush Regime! -- Why and how we need to mobilize a movement on campuses to Drive out the Bush regime and repudiate the Bush agenda.”
*** 2-5pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Friendly Debate and Discussion “Strategies on Building a Youth/Student Resistance Movement to War and Empire.”
Featuring leading student organizers from World Can't Wait and other organizations
*** 6-8pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Film Screening of “War Made Easy,” a new documentary film by Norman Solomon [narrated by Sean Penn] Brings to the screen Solomon's insightful analysis of the strategies used by administrations, both Democratic and Republican, to promote their agendas for war from Vietnam to Iraq. Introduced and discussion led by Peter Phillips (Project Censored) and independent journalist Josh Wolf.
Sunday July 15
Morning sessions in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park:
8:00-9:30am: Outreach at the AIDS Walk
10am-1pm: Discussion of WCW plans for summer and fall
*** 2-4:30pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Bay Area WCW Town Hall Meeting
“How Bush and Cheney Can and Must be Driven From Office” Featuring Rev. Lennox Yearwood (Hip Hop Caucus), Sunsara Taylor (Nat’l WCW Advisory Board, writer for Revolution newspaper), Dennis Bernstein (producer/co-host KPFA "Flashpoints Investigative News Radio"), other speakers TBA.
LOCATION: Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street at Grove -- enter 30 Grove Street (only), proceed downstairs
*** 6-11pm: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (and especially the Young Folks!):
Open Mic Night: “Wake the Folk Up!” featuring DJ's, Poets, Rappers and youth theater.
Monday July 16
10am-12pm Workshop: G. I. Resistance. Guest speakers TBA
12pm-2pm Lunchtime Discussion with former political prisoner Josh Wolf: “Silencing Dissent and the War on Information.”
2-5pm Discussion: Finalizing of Plans for the Summer and Fall. Goodbyes.
http://www.worldcantwait.org
Enough is enough! Relying on the Democrats to stop this has not gotten us anywhere. Anger is justified, despair is not. The 70% that agree with us but are demoralized or waiting for Obama or Hillary to save us need to come into political life and start taking action. And the youth need to be at the forefront, setting off a resistance movement all throughout society.
Take part in the National World Can't Wait Youth and Student Conference this July 12-16!
The conference will be a gathering of youth from across the country for an exciting week of workshops, panels, outreach, wide-ranging discussions and film screenings. The conference will also serve as an opportunity to work with others from around the country to build a student movement on campuses and map out our plans (materials, outreach, mass mobilizations, teach-ins, concerts, etc.) for the rest of the Summer and the Fall semester.
To register or ask any questions please email: wake_the_folk_up [at] yahoo.com
or call 415-864-5153
“Mission of a Generation" 2007 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Thursday July 12
5-8pm: Registration, orientation, and opening presentation from WCW National Youth/Student Coordinators Allen Lang and Anastasia Gomes: "The Mission Of A Generation"
Friday July 13
10am-1pm Discussion: “Does the current situation hold out the potential to drive out the Bush regime in the next 18 months?”
2-4pm Workshop with Sunsara Taylor, National WCW Advisory Board, writer for Revolution newspaper: “Is the Christian Right "over"? The Recent Attacks on Abortion and the Future for Women”
5-6pm “In Conversation: Sunsara Taylor and Sureya Sayadi discuss the struggle against theocracy and for women’s equality from the U.S. to Iraqi Kurdistan.” NOTE: This workshop will be broadcast live on “Flashpoints” from the KPFA 94.1 FM studio at New College (766 Valencia St. in S.F.)
7-9pm: Workshop: Larry Everest, author of “Oil, Power, and Empire” will discuss “The looming war with Iran, the crisis in the Middle East and the urgent need for resistance.”
Saturday July 14
10am-1pm Discussion: “Wanted – A Student Movement to Drive Out the Bush Regime! -- Why and how we need to mobilize a movement on campuses to Drive out the Bush regime and repudiate the Bush agenda.”
*** 2-5pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Friendly Debate and Discussion “Strategies on Building a Youth/Student Resistance Movement to War and Empire.”
Featuring leading student organizers from World Can't Wait and other organizations
*** 6-8pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Film Screening of “War Made Easy,” a new documentary film by Norman Solomon [narrated by Sean Penn] Brings to the screen Solomon's insightful analysis of the strategies used by administrations, both Democratic and Republican, to promote their agendas for war from Vietnam to Iraq. Introduced and discussion led by Peter Phillips (Project Censored) and independent journalist Josh Wolf.
Sunday July 15
Morning sessions in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park:
8:00-9:30am: Outreach at the AIDS Walk
10am-1pm: Discussion of WCW plans for summer and fall
*** 2-4:30pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Bay Area WCW Town Hall Meeting
“How Bush and Cheney Can and Must be Driven From Office” Featuring Rev. Lennox Yearwood (Hip Hop Caucus), Sunsara Taylor (Nat’l WCW Advisory Board, writer for Revolution newspaper), Dennis Bernstein (producer/co-host KPFA "Flashpoints Investigative News Radio"), other speakers TBA.
LOCATION: Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street at Grove -- enter 30 Grove Street (only), proceed downstairs
*** 6-11pm: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (and especially the Young Folks!):
Open Mic Night: “Wake the Folk Up!” featuring DJ's, Poets, Rappers and youth theater.
Monday July 16
10am-12pm Workshop: G. I. Resistance. Guest speakers TBA
12pm-2pm Lunchtime Discussion with former political prisoner Josh Wolf: “Silencing Dissent and the War on Information.”
2-5pm Discussion: Finalizing of Plans for the Summer and Fall. Goodbyes.
http://www.worldcantwait.org
For more information:
http://www.worldcantwait.org
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yeah - that's depressing. I know World Can't Wait was founded by some RCP people, but how long were the string's attached, and are they separate groups now? Are any of the big national anti-occupation groups okay? I know that it is apparently hard to achieve such levels of organization without a bunch of worker bees stuffing envelopes, collecting some money, and having relatively few arguments among the leaders. There haven't been many big marches in the past two years, even though the civil war participants and guerilla fighters targeting americans are more effective than ever.
Ahmed is a troll. He used to post as Steve and before that under a few other names. I think he is some right-winger who lives in Berkeley and works for the City of San Francisco and somehow has a lot of time to post snide comments from work. Sooner or later he will get in trouble for posting stuff from work but until then its best not to respond to him since his entire reason for posting is to get you angry.
The World Can't Wait organization is still a front group for the RCP. Once you start a movement like that, you don't just let go.
No state or party will bring about mass social change, because mass social change is contrary to their primary mission, which is to stay in power. The only way to achieve freedom, equality, and brotherhood is to create it ourselves, in the streets, on the factory floors, in the fields, behind the bookshelves, and wherever else one can talk and act freely.
Replacing Bush with Cheney, or Kerry, or Clinton, or Obama, or anyone, will only change the figurehead which we blame for the same, ongoing, systematic problems. Replacing all of them with a new Mao or Lenin, like Bob Avakian, will do nothing but change the face of power.
If you want Freedom, take it. Don't let any party or state co-opt your dreams, your hopes, your life. They all just want power for themselves.
No state or party will bring about mass social change, because mass social change is contrary to their primary mission, which is to stay in power. The only way to achieve freedom, equality, and brotherhood is to create it ourselves, in the streets, on the factory floors, in the fields, behind the bookshelves, and wherever else one can talk and act freely.
Replacing Bush with Cheney, or Kerry, or Clinton, or Obama, or anyone, will only change the figurehead which we blame for the same, ongoing, systematic problems. Replacing all of them with a new Mao or Lenin, like Bob Avakian, will do nothing but change the face of power.
If you want Freedom, take it. Don't let any party or state co-opt your dreams, your hopes, your life. They all just want power for themselves.
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