{"article":{"id":14498,"heading":"POWER meeting tonight!!","author":"anon","created":"2002-01-29 18:53:43","modified":"2002-01-29 19:44:34","last_modified":"Wed, 30 Jan 2002 02:44:34","article":"

POWER! People Opposing War, Empires and Rulers!

NEXT LOS ANGELES MEETING

When: Jan 28,2002

Where: A-Occasions Long Beach Infoshop.

Located: 684 Redondo Ave, Long Beach CA

Time: 7:00 PM

Phone #: 562-434-1649



Please come w\/ your agenda items, Facilitator will be

picked at the meeting.

we are Youth, Students,workers..plain people! from all

over the Country who want to fight in this anti-war

movement, in our communities and schools from an

anti-authoritarian perspective. Our group is a

completely open group for discussion and dialogue and

is going to be building and organizing around the

anti-war\/anti US Military Occupation movement from a

non hierarchal, not patriarchal,

anti-authoritarian\/anarchist standpoint. We are

already holding meetings in Los Angeles, Oregon and

the Bay area, but would like for YOU individuals to

get involved and plug in to help start up a group on

your campus or in your community. The point of this

group is to bring people together

who oppose US military war drive and help empower

individuals and one another in doing activism and

organizing around these issues. we want to encourage

more people nationwide to get involved, hold meetings

and start organizing. We are in the process of setting

up a nationwide hotline, and web page that people can

plug into to see how meetings, and events that this

group does are going. We have a list liserver, and if

you would like to be put on that please email

Nationwide: Nationwide_power@yahoo.com<\/a>

Southern CA: SocalPower@yahoo.com<\/a>

We are dedicated on working with our Middle Eastern

brothers and sisters not just by telling them how to

organize but actually by listening and working along

with Middle Eastern cultural groups and Islamic

centers in educating ourselves and one another, and

building a strong resistance against the war and US

military occupation.

We are dedicated to do

>-Solidarity work with targeted organizations and

people of Islamic and

Middle-Eastern descent

>-Educate on the diverse cultures and histories in the

Middle East and the

Islamic world

>-Educate on U.S. militarism and imperialism in the

Middle East and around

>the world

>-Educate on the impact of U.S. militarism on life

within the U.S.especially for working-class people and

people of color

>-Solidarity work with immigrants living in the US who

are being harassed,

jailed, or in some cases deported because of their

race, religion or country

of origin

>-Challenge white supremacy and patriarchy inside and

outside our activist

movement

>-Build and support creative non-violent affinity

group projects nationwide.

>-Demand diversity and autonomy in organizing

>-Campaign against ROTC centers on campuses, and any

other War research that

goes on our local campuses

>-Mobilize students and youth of all ages to learn

more, challenge, and

confront those that support and direct the US War

Machine

>-Educate on the practice and benefits of direct

democratic and anarchistic

forms of decision-making.<\/p>\n","contact":"national_power@yahoo.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"read on","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2002\/01\/14498.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}