[Peace] How to Stop War!-public meeting

[ISO Champaign]

You are cordially invited to the International Socialist Organization's
upcoming public forum:

What:    Public lecture, "The Soldiers' Rebellion in Vietnam: Race, Class,
and Resistance"
When:   Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 7:00pm
Where:  Greg Hall, Rm. 329
Who:     Lecture by Iraq Veterans Against the War member Martin Smith, PhD
Candidate, History

Why: The soldiers' rebellion in Vietnam remains one of the hidden histories
of resistance to empire that stopped the war.  During the final years of the
U.S. ground war in Vietnam, the period from 1968 to 1973, the Armed Forces
exploded with broad defiance of orders, widespread dereliction of duty, and
outright rebellion by troops.  In the Armed Forces Journal in 1971, retired
Marine Corps Colonel and military historian sounded a dire warning of how
"our army that now remains in Vietnam is in a state approaching
collapse."  According to Heinl, there were "individual units avoiding or
having refused combat, murdering their officers and noncommissioned
officers, drug-ridden, and dispirited where not near-mutinous."  The legacy
of soldiers' rebellion should be linked to the increasing revolt by active
duty soldiers today, including that by Lt. Ehren Watada, the first officer
to refuse orders to Iraq, and the growing strength of antiwar veterans'
groups, like Iraq Veterans Against the War.  Come to this public lecture to
find out how war was stopped in the past, and how war can be stopped today.

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OAXACA
"I Have Seen the Future of the United States…And it is Mexico"

  Slideshow and Presentation By:
Reverend Mike Mulberry of Community United Church of Christ

Tuesday, February 13
7:00 P.M.
Urbana City Council Chambers, 400 S. Vine Street, U.

Rev. Mulberry recently traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico as an international
observer with Witness for Peace and to personally learn about the
roots of the current conflict.  While in Oaxaca he met with community
leaders, business leaders, human rights leaders, torture survivors,
and the United States' consulate. As part of the delegation he
participated in discussions about the role of United States' foreign
trade and economic policy in the current conflict, reasons for the
murder of U.S. journalist Brad Will, and the growth of "assemblies"
as a form of government.  Though the United States is promoting a
particular understanding of the Oaxacan conflict, come hear Rev.
Mulberry offer an alternative point of view!

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Sponsored by A.W.A.R.E. (Anti-war Anti-Racism Effort), Channing-
Murray Foundation, Illinois Disciples Foundation, International
Socialist Organization, Jobs With Justice, La Colectiva Latina, Peace
& Justice Initiative of First Mennonite Church, U-C Friend's Meeting,
U-C Independent Media Center, University YMCA

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ISO Resources:
internationalsocialist.org
socialistworker.org
isreview.org

Weekly ISO Tabling/Socialist Worker Sale
Tuesdays, 10:30am-12:30pm
UIUC Quad or Student Union Basement
stop by and pick up the latest SW!
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