LASC workshop at the USSF: Building a Movement to Combat Increased US Militarism
The Latin America Solidarity Coalition’s Peoples Movement Assembly! More info here
Event Date: Wed, 06/23/2010 – 1:00pm – 5:30pm
Event Location: Cobo Hall: D3-19
The greatest threat to world peace in the 21st century is US militarism. Wars of aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan/Pakistan. Threats of war from Asia, Africa to Latin America. Increased military build-up in Latin America with 7 new bases in Colombia and the recommisioned Fourth Fleet patrolling the Caribbean and South America. Training foreign soldiers in schools such as the School of the Americas. The Pentagon consumes half of the US discretionary budget and equals the military spending of the rest of the world combined. The Pentagon is now one of the top polluters in the world.
Discuss building an unstoppable US movement against militarism and militarization at home and interference abroad. Bring your strategy and campaign ideas to this open discussion about how to build a permanent anti-militarism movement that transcends “specific war” anti-war movements. Discuss the military, political, and cultural changes that need to take place to end the dominance of the military-industrial complex in the United States.
submittted by Latin America Solidarity Coalition www.lasolidarity.org
