| Join Us! Register Now! Early Bird Registration 'til Dec. 31! Challenge the Wars of the 1% Against the 99% Abroad & at Home! Say NO! to the US/NATO/G8 War and Poverty Agenda! March 23-25, 2012 — United National Antiwar Coalition Conference Hilton Hotel, Stamford, CT—one Metro North commuter line stop from NYC To register, submit workshop proposals, or plenary resolutions go to https://www.unacpeace.org/ In the last several weeks the U.S. government made it abundantly clear that a Pentagon combat troop drawdown in Iraq means anything but peace. U.S. troops are being newly deployed in Kuwait and on ships in the Gulf. Pakistan is being demonized as a new potential target. All of Washington is beating the war drums against Iran. Obama is rushing troops and money to Africa for new and deadly proxy wars. At a conference in the Pacific, the U.S. made clear that it intended a new military escalation in that region to counter its economic rival, China. A new and massive attack on the right to protest war and austerity is under way in the U.S. A newly militarized police force is brutalizing Occupiers and the Senate is legislating the indefinite detention without trial of U.S. citizens and green-card holders alike. More than ever, we need a national assembly of all those fighting U.S./NATO/G8 wars abroad and at home, a gathering in which we all can come together to analyze, deliberate, and democratically vote up a unified action plan for the coming year. Forty educational workshops will cover in-depth issues including: US and NATO military interventions around the Globe—Afghanistan—Pakistan—Occupy Movement —the Arab Spring—the "War on Terror" in Africa—Palestine Solidarity—War on Iran--Occupy Movement—Indefinite Detention—Torture—Guantanamo—Bradley Manning—Islamophobia—Human rights and Labor Rights in South Asia--Women and War—Honduras—Colombia—Mexico—Haiti—War at Home on 99%, including the Unions, Immigrants, Muslim Americans, the Black and Latino Communities—Climate and War—Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons—Bring the War Dollars Home Now for Jobs and Education—and much more. Presenters list in formation: Leah Bolger, Vice-President, Veterans for Peace Col. Ann Wright, US Boat to Gaza participant Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space Bill McKibben, Keystone XL Pipeline protest initiator Ian Angus, founder of Climate and Capitalism Glen Ford, editor of Black Agenda Report Abayomi Azikiwe, Pan-African News Wire Clarence Thomas, Oakland International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 10 David Swanson, author of When the World Outlawed War Ana Edwards, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran Manijeh Nasrabadi, Raha Iranian Feminist Collective Simian Royanian, Women for Peace and Justice in Iran Joe Iosbaker, Coalition Against NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda (CANG8) Anthony Arnove, author with Howard Zinn of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal Cynthia McKinney, former U.S. Congresswoman Imam Malik Mujahid, founder of the Muslim Peace Coalition Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Community of Living Traditions Medea Benjamin, Code Pink Saadia Toor, author of The State of Islam: Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan Monami Maulik, Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM) Judy Bello, Hancock 38 Bernadette Ellorin, BAYAN-USA (Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Philippines) Margaret Flowers, Physicians for a National Health Program Kevin Zeese, Occupy Washington, D.C. Vijay Prashad, author, A People's History of the Third World Meredith Aby, Committee to Stop FBI Repression Nada Khader, Executive Director of the WESPAC Foundation Joan Walker, frackfreeCatskills Pam Africa, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu Jamal Jeff Mackler, Northern California United National Antiwar Coalition Teresa Gutierrez, May 1 Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights Lucy Pagoada, Honduras USA Resistencia Sara Flounders, Co-Director, International Action Center Ken Stone, Steering Committee of the Canadian Peace Alliance Joe Lombardo, Co-Chair, United National Antiwar Coalition
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