{"article":{"id":20230,"heading":"ANARCHIST ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE OCT. 25-27","author":"POWER","created":"2002-10-18 00:27:45","modified":"2013-11-10 23:46:53","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:46:53","article":"<p>Join us for a great weekend in LA w\/ Hip Hop, Dance, and Rock Music w\/ 2 Great DJ's and it's all for free. Educate and EMPOWER yourself on why YOU.. Yes YOU should be against war.  <br>  <br> ENGLISH VERSION:  <br>  <br> \"In all wars the object is to protect or to seize  <br>  <br> money, property and power, and there will always be  <br>  <br> wars so long as Capital rules and oppresses people.\"  <br>  <br> - Ernst Friedrich, War Against War (1924)  <br>  <br> POWER - People Opposing War, Empires &amp; Rulers  <br>  <br> \"The Many Faces of War, An Anarchist Perspective on  <br>  <br> War\"  <br>  <br> WHEN: Friday Oct. 25 - Sunday Oct. 27  <br>  <br> WHERE: Arts in Action  <br>  <br> LOCATION: 4th floor of 1919 7th Street, Los Angeles CA Near MacArthur Park (Between Westlake St &amp; Bonnie Brae)  <br>  <br> DIRECTIONS: From 101 Freeway exit SOUTH on ALVARADO, Make a LEFT on 7th Street, and Arts in Action will be 1 light up on the LEFT HAND SIDE inside of a Building that has \"SWAP MEET\" written on it. Arts In Action is located on the 4th Floor of that Building  <br>  <br> FROM THE RED LINE STATION: Get off on Westlake\/MacArthur Park. Arts in Action space is walking distance from there.  <br>  <br> COST: FREE!  <br>  <br> CALL: 949-436-1188  <br>  <br> EMAIL: <a href=\"mailto:Socalpower@wearepower.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Socalpower@wearepower.org<\/a>  <br>  <br> WEBSITE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearepower.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.wearepower.org<\/a>  <br>  <br> Volunteers are needed, Please contact us if you are  <br>  <br> able to help out!!  <br>  <br> DOWNLOAD FLYER:  <br>  <br> FRONT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearepower.org\/front.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.wearepower.org\/front.pdf<\/a>  <br>  <br> BACK: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearepower.org\/back.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.wearepower.org\/back.pdf<\/a>  <br><br> \"Freedom is what we make of it. If we stand against  <br>  <br> repression, authority and illegitimate structures, we  <br>  <br> are expanding the domain of freedom and that's what  <br>  <br> freedom will be. That's what we create; there is  <br>  <br> nothing to define in words.\"  <br>  <br> -- Noam Chomsky  <br>  <br> The \"Many Faces of War\" conference, was created by  <br>  <br> POWER(People Opposing War, Empires and Rulers) and  <br>  <br> many other organizations, as a direct response to  <br>  <br> educate and empower people to make informed decisions  <br>  <br> about the many different war's being waged all over  <br>  <br> the world. The three-day conference is totally FREE of  <br>  <br> charge, each night of the conference we will hold a  <br>  <br> variety of musical benefit shows, all $$$ that is made  <br>  <br> will go towards groups participating in the  <br>  <br> conference, and Arts In Action.  <br>  <br> The conference is an anarchist\/anti-authoritarian  <br>  <br> perspective on war, it will focus on growing political  <br>  <br> repression due to war, racism, immigration,  <br>  <br> patriotism, community organizing, anarchist history,  <br>  <br> and the overall effect that war has on regular people,  <br>  <br> it will also be a time that we are able to come  <br>  <br> together and speak to one another on what ordinary  <br>  <br> people can do to promote an anti-war and  <br>  <br> anti-authoritarian political movement together, within  <br>  <br> their own community. We want a better world, one  <br>  <br> without hierarchy, imperialists, or empires. We want a  <br>  <br> new world, and we are hoping that through education  <br>  <br> and action we are able to achieve that common goal  <br>  <br> that binds us all together.  <br><br>  <br>  <br> CONFERENCE SCHEDULE <br><br> FRIDAY OCTOBER 25, 2002 <br><br> 7:00 - 11: 30 <br>  <br>  LIVE HIP HOP &amp; SPOKEN WORD NIGHT <br><br> BlueKey Core-Tet <br>  <br>  Jupitersciples <br>  <br> Yaoh &amp; Scott Keltic Knot <br>  <br> Over the Counter Intelligence <br>  <br> Mechanizm <br>  <br>  Maj-eye &amp; Prophetic  <br>  <br> Xololanxinxo <br>  <br> Mezsenger <br>  <br> Perceptual Klues <br>  <br> Freedom Smugglers <br><br>  <br>  <br> SATURDAY OCTOBER 26, 2002 <br><br> 10:00 &ndash; 11:30  <br>  <br> -Aspects of Environmental Destruction Due to War &ndash; Candace <br>  <br> -The Theater of Protest, Dissecting Resistance &ndash; The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest <br>  <br> -Self Defense &ndash; Gina &amp; Colin <br>  <br> -Education on ROTC\/JROTC recruitment &ndash; Mike Novick of Anti-Racist Action (ARA) and POWER <br>  <br> - Art &ndash; Arts in Action  <br>  <br> - Beyond the culture of blame, punishment, and war: building peace and building anarchy - Shawn McDougal <br><br>  <br>  <br> 11:30 &ndash; 12:30  <br>  <br> Lunch &amp; Plenary <br><br>  <br>  <br> 12:30 &ndash; 2:00  <br>  <br> -Colonialism &amp; Racism &ndash; Mike Novick from Anti-Racist Action &amp; POWER <br>  <br> -The 2nd colonization of the Americas &ndash; Comite Zapatista De Los Angeles <br>  <br> -History and Prehistory of War &ndash; Ben Axiom <br>  <br> -Globalization &amp; War &ndash; Jim Araby from POWER <br>  <br> -Invest in Caring Not Killing &ndash; International Wages for House Work Campaign <br><br> 12:30 &ndash; 4:00 <br>  <br> -Challenging White Supremacy &ndash; Chris Crass, Kerry Levenberg, Amiee Fishman  <br><br> 2:00 &ndash; 2:30  <br>  <br> -Plenary <br><br> 2:30 &ndash; 4:00  <br>  <br> -Linkage between the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict &amp; the U.S. reinvasion of Iraq &ndash; Women in Black <br>  <br> -Afghanistan One Year Later &ndash; Sonali Kolhatkar from  Afghan Women&rsquo;s Mission and KPFK radio <br>  <br> -War and it&rsquo;s effect on the Indigenous People of the Americas - Lupe Lopez and Lori Gonzales of Alianza <br>  <br> Indigena <br>  <br> -Iraqi Sanctions &ndash; Leah Wells from Nuclear Age Peace Foundation &amp; Voices in the Wilderness <br>  <br> -Immigrants Know Your Rights &ndash; Los Jovenes  <br><br> 4:00 &ndash; 5:30 <br>  <br> -Plenary &amp; Discussion in Break out Groups <br><br>  <br>  <br> 5:30 &ndash; 7:00  <br>  <br> -Break <br><br> 7:00 &ndash; 11:30 <br>  <br> JUNGLE &amp; HIP HOP DANCE\/RAVE <br><br> DJ MIYUKI (LA&rsquo;s only female Japanese jungle DJ) <br>  <br> DJ SHY (LA&rsquo;s only female Korean hip hop DJ) <br><br>  <br>  <br> SUNDAY OCTOBER 27, 2002 <br><br> 11:00 &ndash; 12:30  <br>  <br> -Anarchist History Panel &ndash; Chris Crass, Matt Hart, Ericka &amp; Sam <br>  <br> - Post 9\/11 effects on Immigrants Rights &ndash; Hasan Hasan &amp; Beth from POWER <br>  <br> -The Fight for Palestine &ndash; Tamara Rettino &amp; Garrick Ruiz from International Solidarity Movement (ISM) <br>  <br> -Korean Immigrant Workers Advocate (KIWA) <br>  <br> -Street Medics &ndash; Colin <br>  <br> - Direct Action - Arts in Action <br><br> 12:30 &ndash; 1:30 <br>  <br> -Lunch \/ Plenary <br><br>  <br>  <br> 1:30 &ndash; 3:00  <br>  <br> -Amerkican History B side: White Supremacy, Violence and Genocide &ndash; MCAlienmindcontrol <br>  <br> -U.S Foreign Policy &ndash; Frank Dorrel <br>  <br> -Political Prisoners \/ Prisoners of War &ndash; Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF LA) <br>  <br> -Effects of Military &amp; War in South America &ndash; Don White From Committee in Solidarity With the People of <br>  <br> El Salvador (CISPES) <br>  <br> -War and it&rsquo;s effect on workers &amp; Unions &ndash; Jim Smith from L.A. Labor News <br>  <br> -History &amp; First Hand experience about the War in El  Salvador - Yaoh from Atlachinolli Front &amp; Cultural  Center of Anahuac <br><br> 3:00 &ndash; 5:00 <br>  <br> Panel Discussion on Anarchist Anti-War Organizing  <br><br> 5:00-7:00 <br>  <br> Outdoor activity at Macarthur Park <br><br> 7:00 &ndash; 11:30 <br>  <br> ECLECTIC MIX OF RESISTANCE MUSIC <br>  <br> LIVE PERFORMANCES BY: <br><br> Mailuna <br>  <br>  P.C.P <br>  <br>  Bambu <br>  <br> Suspect 7 <br>  <br> Sorimodum <br>  <br> Idle <br>  <br> Balagtsan Collective <br>  <br>  Cuauhtemoc <br>  <br>  Aztlan Unearthed <br><br> If you would like to be involved in this conference,  <br>  <br> help give a workshop\/suggest a workshop, or help out  <br>  <br> in any way please feel free to get in touch with us.  <br>  <br> Volunteers are needed, Please contact us if you are  <br>  <br> able to help out!! Also if you are in need of housing,  <br>  <br> please get in touch with us, and we can help you out.  <br>  <br> <a href=\"mailto:Socalpower@wearepower.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Socalpower@wearepower.org<\/a> or call 949-436-1188 or  <br>  <br> check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearepower.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.wearepower.org<\/a>  <br>  <br> Also if you are interested in tabling, or selling  <br>  <br> times (Vendors) at the conference, please email or  <br>  <br> call us  <br><br> \"...ironically, perhaps, the best organized dissenters  n the world today are anarchists, who are busily  <br>  <br> undermining capitalism while the rest of the left is  still trying to form committees.\"  <br>  <br> --Jeremy Hardy, the Guardian (UK)  <br>  <br> <\/p>\n","contact":"socalpower@wearepower.org","link":"http:\/\/www.wearepower.org","address":"http:\/\/www.wearepower.org","phone":"none","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"..","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2002\/10\/20230.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}