Hello everyone, im one of the munchkins working on the

Anarchist Anti-War Conference that's going to happen

at Arts in Action on Oct 25-27. We are looking to hook

up w/ some local bands that play a variety of music

(hip hop, rock in espanol, Jazz, hardcore, punk,

spoken word, reggae, trance, house, indigenous drum

bands, acoustic, etc. etc. etc.) to invite to our

conference, and see if they would be interested in

performing. We really want to make sure that we get

local bands that represent the different styles of

music and communities that are here in so cal.

So if you are in a band, or perform solo and think

that you have something to offer to this lil

conference of ours, or if you have more questions

about this please contact socalpower@wearepower.org or

Ericka at ritaisapunk@aol.com and please describe (as

best as you can) the type of music that you do, the

name of your band, and please be sure to leave an

email and phone # where we can contact you.

Please contact us ASAP!!



Below is the announcment for the conference



"In all wars the object is to protect or to seize

money, property and power, and there will always be

wars so long as Capital rules and oppresses people."

- Ernst Friedrich, War Against War (1924)

POWER - People Opposing War, Empires and Rulers

email: Socalpower@wearepower.org

phone: 949-436-1188

site: http://www.wearepower.org

Title: “The Many Faces of War, An Anarchist

Prespective on War”

Date: October 25 -27, 2002

Location: 4th floor of 1919 7th Street, Los Angeles CA



Time/Schedule:

FRIDAY OCT 25

7:00 - Midnight: Opening Party, Hip Hop, Rap, along w/

Spoken Word

SATURDAY OCT 26:

10:00-12:00 Workshops (see below for listing of

confirmed workshops)

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-3:00 Workshops

3:30-5:30 Workshops

BREAK

7:00-Midnight Rave/Dance Party w/ DJ, Benefit Show

SUNDAY OCT 27

10:00-12:00 workshops

1:00-2:00 LUNCH

2:00-7:00 Movie showing and outdoor activity at

MacArthur Park,

children’s

events, street theater, Jazz music

8:00-Midnight Women’s Bands and eclectic music Benefit

show

CONFIRMED WORKSHOPS INCLUDE

*Most workshops will be translated into Spanish*

- ROTC/JROTC Recruitment - Mike Novick/ARA

- Amerikan history’s B side: White Supremacy, Violence

and Genocide - agent MCAlienmindcontrol

- Colonialism & Racism - Mike Novick/ARA

- Aspects of Environmental destruction due to war -

Candace

- Immigrants Know Your Rights - Los Jovenes

- U.S Foreign Policy - Frank Dorrel

- War and its effect on Unions - Jim Smith, LA Labor

Council

- Tribal History of War - Ben Axiom

- US Military Intervention in South America - Don

White/CISPES

- War and it's effect on Indigenous people of the

Americas - Alianza

Indigena

- Iranian Women’s Movement Against War - Chantel,

Maryam, Yassamin from Iranian Women’s Liberation Party

& POWER

- The Fight for Palestine - Tamara & Garrick from

International

Solidarity Movement

- Afghanistan One Year Later - Afghan Women’s

Mission/RAWA

- School of the Americas - Blase Bonpane, Office of

the Americas

- Zapatistas - Comite Zapatista De Los Angeles

- Globalization & War - POWER

- Post 9/11 effects on immigrants Rights - Hasan Hasan

- Anarchist History & War - Panel including Chris

Crass, Ericka, Matt

Hart, Sam

- Actions against war & Imperialism - Alisa POWER

- Political Prisinors/Prisinors of War - ABCF LA

- Self Defense

- Direct Action/Civil Disobedience

- Challenging White Supremacy - Kerry Levenberg, Amie

Fishman and Chris Crass

- Indian & Pakistan Conflict - Liberation Alliance

- Women’s perspective on War - POWER

- Campus Anti-War organizing - Afghan Students Union

- Iraqi Sanctions - Voices in the Wilderness & Nuclear

Age Peace

Foundation

- Plan Puebla Panama - Comite Zapatista De Los Angeles

- Border Issues

- Invest in Carring not Killing - Wages for

Houseworkers

Description:

A three day event organized as a direct response to

educate and empower people to make informed decisions

about the many different war's being waged all over

the world. Totally FREE of charge. This conference is

an anarchist perspective on the different aspects and

types of war, and how it affects us ordinary people in

our daily lives. It will focus on growing political

repression due to war, racism, immigration,

patriotism, and also to promote community organizing,

direct action/civil disobedience, and anarchist

practices. As Anarchists we do not accept and refuse

to obey the racist war's the US military has waged or

is currently waging on people all over the world. This

is a conference in which we are able to come together

and speak to one another on what ordinary people can

do to promote an anti-war and anti-authoritarian

political movement within our own communities. We want

a better world, one without hierarchy, imperialists,

or empires. We want a new world, and we are hoping

that through education and action we are able to

achieve that common goal that binds us all together.

If you would like to be involved in this conference,

Help give a workshop/suggest a workshop, or help out

In any way please feel free to get in touch with us.

Volunteers are still needed. Or if you are in need of

housing, please contact:

email: Socalpower@wearepower.org

phone: 949-436-1188

site: http://www.wearepower.org



"...Ironically, perhaps, the best organized dissenters

in the world today are anarchists, who are busily

undermining capitalism while the rest of the left is

still trying to form committees."

--Jeremy Hardy, The Guardian (UK)