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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6>Confronting Racism: From the Sports Arena to the Political Arena</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>A Public Forum</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Tuesday, September 28, 5:30 PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Greg Hall R. 319 (on Wright Street, northwest corner of the main quad)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=2>From the protests against the mis-named "Ground Zero mosque" to Glenn Beck's desecration of Martin Luther King's dream, to the passage of a draconian immigration law, SB 1070 in Arizona, it feels as though racists have been able to dominate the mainstream political debate lately. But their racism is producing something else--resistance. That resistance has</FONT> </FONT><FONT size=2>included counter-protests of thousands against the anti-Muslim bigots from New York City to Gainesville, Florida, and it has fueled a movement for immigrants' rights that stopped the worst aspects of SB 1070 dead in their tracks. That resistance has even reached Major League Baseball, where immigrants rights activists have launched a campaign to get next year's Major League Baseball game moved from Arizona because of that state's anti-immigrant stance. And here at the University of Illinois, protests against Chief Illiniwek, the racist mascot,
have drawn hundreds in the past, and stand to do the same this year. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Join socialists, immigrants' rights and other activists as we discuss the fight against racism, from Assembly Hall to Ground Zero.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Featuring:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>*</STRONG></FONT><FONT size=6><STRONG>Carlos Daniel Rosa</STRONG>, </FONT><FONT size=4>MEcHA and i-Resist Coalition</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>*</STRONG></FONT><FONT size=6><STRONG>Damian Reyes </STRONG><FONT size=4><STRONG>(</STRONG>panel moderator)</FONT>, </FONT><FONT size=4>International Socialist Organization and i-Resist Coalition</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>AND, special guest:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><FONT size=6>*Dave Zirin</FONT></STRONG>, sports columnist. </FONT><FONT size=2>Dave is the sports editor for <EM><A href="http://thenation.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank><FONT color=#0066cc>thenation.com</FONT></A></EM>, and a columnist at<EM>The Huffington Post</EM>. He has been a leading voice promoting a boycott of major league baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks for their owner Ken Kendrick's backing of politicians who support SB 1070, the draconian anti-immigrant law. He is the author of a number of books, including <EM>A People's History of Sports in the United States</EM>, <EM>Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports</EM>, and <EM>"What's My Name, Fool?": Sports and Resistance in the United States</EM>. His latest book is <EM>Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love</EM>. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization, La Colectiva, Minority Association of Future Attorneys (MAFA), and Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEcHA).</DIV></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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