[Peace] Fwd: Tomorrow: Confronting Racism; TODAY: Emergency protest against FBI raids on activists!

[Karen Medina]

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 * TODAY, 4:30 PM--Protest FBI raids against social justice activists
* Today, 5:00 International Socialist meeting
* Today, 6:30pm-8:30pm, *Hunger Symposium*, in the CityView Meeting Center
at the Illinois Terminal, 45 E. University Ave., Champaign. This event is
free and open to the public.
* Tu. Sept. 28, 1pm -- AWARE on the Air is being taped.
* Tu. Sept. 28, 5:30 PM--*Panel Discussion: Confronting Racism from the
Sports Arena to the Political Arena*
* Sa. Oct. 2, 2-4pm, AWARE's monthly peace demonstration, Neil St and Main
St., Champaign
* Su. Oct. 3, 4:30 planning meeting for those who are going to the peace
demonstration in Chicago (October 16)
* Sa. Oct. 9, noon--Unity March: Fight for justice in the Champaign-Urbana
community (thanks to the folks at CUCPJ for passing this along).
* Sa. Oct. 9, 2 PM--*The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx: A Day of
Discussion *(note: The time of this event has been moved to 2 PM so that
folks can attend the annual Unity March. We encourage folks to attend both
events!)
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* Sa. Oct. 16, Chicago peace demonstration

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 *Confronting Racism: From the Sports Arena to the Political Arena*
*A Public Forum*
Tuesday, September 28, 5:30 PM
Greg Hall R. 319 (on Wright Street, northwest corner of the main quad)

>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 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.

Join socialists, immigrants' rights and other activists as we discuss the
fight against racism, from Assembly Hall to Ground Zero.

Featuring:
****Carlos Daniel Rosa*, MEcHA and i-Resist Coalition
****Damian Reyes **(*panel moderator), International Socialist Organization
and i-Resist Coalition

AND, special guest:

**Dave Zirin*, sports columnist. Dave is the sports editor for *
thenation.com*, and a columnist at*The Huffington Post*. 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 *A People's History of Sports in the United
States*, *Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of
Sports*, and *"What's My Name, Fool?": Sports and Resistance in the United
States*. His latest book is *Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We
Love*.

Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization, La Colectiva,
Minority Association of Future Attorneys (MAFA), and Movimiento Estudiantil
Chicano de Aztlan (MEcHA).

To co-sponsor, or for more information, email iso.champaign at gmail.com or
call 415-713-6260. For more on Dave Zirin, visit www.edgeofsports.com.
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*The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx: A Day of Discussion*
Saturday, Oct. 9, 2 PM-7 PM
Greg Hall R. 215
810 S. Wright St. (northwest corner of the main quad)

"Philosophers have merely interpreted the world...The point, however, is to
change it"--Karl Marx

Come discuss an alternative to a world of war, poverty and oppression. Help
understand the world, in order to get involved in changing it.

Session I: 2 PM-3:30 PM--The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx

Session II: 3:45 PM-5:15 PM-- Why Capitalism Fails: Marxism and the Theory
of Economic Crisis

Session III: 5:30 PM-7 PM--Marxism and Political Organization

For more info, contact iso.champaign at gmail.com or call 415-713-6260.
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 *URGENT ALERT: please repost widely!*

*Protest the 9/24 FBI raids -- and the larger assault on our right to
dissent.*
*4:30 PM, Monday, 9/27/10*
*FBI headquarters in Champaign*
2117 W Park Court
Champaign, IL 61821-2986
(West of Mattis, just west of the Snucks shopping center)

We denounce the Federal Bureau of Investigation harassment of anti-war
and solidarity activists. The FBI raided seven houses and an office in
Chicago and Minneapolis on Friday, September 24, 2010. The FBI handed
subpoenas to testify before a federal grand jury to eleven activists
in Illinois, Minnesota, and Michigan. The FBI also attempted to
intimidate activists in California and North Carolina.

This suppression of civil rights is aimed at those who dedicate their
time and energy to supporting the struggles of the Palestinian and
Colombian peoples against U.S. funded occupation and war. The FBI has
indicated that the grand jury is investigating the activists for
possible material support of terrorism charges.

The activists involved have done nothing wrong and are refusing to be
pulled into conversations with the FBI about their political views or
organizing against war and occupation. The activists are involved with
many groups, including: the Twin Cities Anti-War Committee, the
Palestine Solidarity Group, the Colombia Action Network, Students for
a Democratic Society, and Freedom Road Socialist Organization. These
activists came together with many others to organize the 2008 anti-war
marches on the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

We ask people of conscience to join us in fighting this political
repression, as we continue working to build the movements against US
war and occupation.

Take Action:

Call the U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at 202-353-1555 or write an
email to: AskDOJ at usdoj.gov
<http://us.mc431.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=AskDOJ@usdoj.gov> .

Demand:

**Stop the repression against anti-war and international solidarity
activists.

**Immediately return all confiscated materials: computers, cell
phones, papers, documents, etc.

**End the grand jury proceedings against anti-war activists.

In Solidarity, the Anti-War Committee – www.antiwarcommittee.org
<http://www.antiwarcommittee.org/>

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The following is a list of the 19 planned protests that we have heard
of so far, and the list is growing. Please participate in the one
nearest you, or if there is not one in your city, organize one and let
us know at <
http://us.mc431.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=iacenter@iacenter.org>
iacenter at iacenter.org so we can publicize it and add it to the list:
Please be in touch with the Minnesota Anti-War Committee -
<http://www.antiwarcommittee.org/> www.antiwarcommittee.org

Monday 9/27:

Minneapolis, MN - 4:30, FBI Office Monday, 111 Washington Ave. S.

Chicago, IL - 4:30 FBI Office, 2111 W. Roosevelt, Chicago

Kalamazoo, MI - 4:30 Federal Building, 410 W Michigan Ave

Salt Lake City, Utah - 9 AM at Federal Building

Durham, NC - 12 noon Federal Building, 323 E Chapel Hill St

Buffalo, NY- 4:30 pm at FBI Building - Corner of So. Elmwood Ave. & Niagara
St.

Gainesville, FL - Monday, 4:30 PM at FBI Building


Tuesday 9/28:

NYC, NY - 4:30 to 6pm Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza,

Newark, NJ - 5 to 6pm Federal Building Broad Street

Philadelphia, PA - 4:30pm Federal Building, 6th & Market,

Washington DC - 4:30 – 5:30 FBI Building, 935 Pennsylvania Ave NW.

Boston, MA - 5 pm, JFK Federal Building

Detroit, MI - 4:30 pm McNamara Federal Building, Michigan Ave. at Cass

Raleigh, NC - 9 am. Federal Building, 310 New Bern Ave

Asheville, NC - 5 pm Federal Building,

Atlanta, GA - Noon, FBI Building

Los Angeles, CA - 5 pm, Downtown Federal Building, 300 N Los Angeles St

Tucson, AZ - 5 pm Federal Building


Wednesday 9/29:

Albany, NY - 5 to 6 pm Federal Building

Chicago Press Conference Protests FBI Raids

To view on YouTube, click here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-ugQusghXw
 Local action is sponsored by Anti-War Anti-Racist Effort (AWARE) and the
International Socialist Organization (list in formation).

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7th ANNUAL UNITY MARCH !: Sowing the Seeds of Empowerment
Saturday, Oct. 9, noon
 906 W. Vine St., Champaign

Join us on the 1-Year anniversary of Kiwane Carrington's death to:
*RECLAIM your neighborhood
*RESTORE the relationships in your community
*REMEMBER the life of Kiwane Carrington

Join us in a march for education, adequate wages, health care, political
involvement, family responsibility, respect for self & others, food
security.
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http://socialistworker.org/2010/09/27/uiuc-students-protest-trustees

    Activist News <http://socialistworker.org/department/Activist-News>

UIUC students protest trustees

By Ben Rothschild | September 27, 2010

URBANA, Ill.--Students and campus workers at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) organized to confront the Board of Trustees during
its September 23 meeting on the state university system's flagship campus.

The day of protest culminated in a student demonstration during the
afternoon public comment session that effectively shut down the trustees'
meeting.

The trustees met behind closed doors throughout the day, deciding on a
budget for fiscal 2011 that is expected to contain further cuts in classes
and student services--even though the board hiked tuition over the summer by
a 9.5 percent, pushing base tuition at UIUC to $10,386 per year.

Only at 3 p.m. was the meeting opened up for public comment--and even then,
the trustees chose a small room, so only half the graduate and undergraduate
students who mobilized to confront the board were allowed in, with the rest
forced to watch from an overflow room.

Those students who got to address the board spoke passionately about tuition
rates, a drop in minority enrollment and the need for tuition waiver
security for graduate students. Speakers requested responses from the board,
specifically asking for a tuition freeze.

When board members refused to answer any questions, students broke into
chants of "Whose university? Our university!" and "What do we want? Tuition
freeze! When do we want it? Now!" Within 15 seconds, board members started
leaving the room. As they exited, the students who had not been allowed into
the session lined the halls, wearing white bandanas over their faces with
their demands written on them.

Earlier in the day, about 150 people attended a noontime rally organized by
campus unions and student groups to speak out about the crisis for students
and workers at UIUC. In the morning, members of the Graduate Employees
Organization (GEO) and Service Employees International Union, which both
represent workers on campus, held a 50-person picket as board members
arrived for their meeting.

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THE BOARD of Trustees meeting took place as leaders of the U of I system
have come under criticism for mistreating university employees, mismanaging
the system's resources and failing its students.

For example, one prime concern of students is the fact that diversity has
decreased at UIUC. Project 500, a university initiative that emerged from
the student struggles of the late 1960s, sets a goal of recruiting 500 Black
and Latino students into each freshmen class. Last year, for the first time
in 40 years, the university failed to meet this goal.

Last November, members of GEO went on a two-day strike that centered
importantly on winning a commitment from the administration on tuition
waivers, which are vital for most teaching assistants and graduate
assistants to continue attending UIUC. The strike won widespread student
support, with huge protests on the quad. Because of the determination of GEO
members and the support of the wider community, the administration gave in
on the union's demands for tuition waiver security, wages and health care
benefits.

In the year since, administration and trustees have come under fire for a
long list of shady practices. The best-known was a scandal over
admissions--members of the Board of Trustees, the chancellor, the president
and many state politicians were part of a scheme in unqualified applicants
were accepted on the basis of political clout. Several trustees, plus the
president and chancellor, stepped down over the controversy.

Nevertheless, the heads of the U of I system still treat each other like
royalty. In May--on the very day that the university hiked tuition--the
system's new president, Michael Hogan, got a $170,000 salary increase,
bringing his total annual compensation to $620,000. Last March, the
administration doled out a $273,500 retirement bonus package for the
chancellor of the Springfield campus, Richard Ringeisen.

Then there's Joseph White, the corrupt former president who had to resign
because of the admissions scandal. He's still on the payroll at U of I--paid
$350,000 a year. White is is teaching a course on "business ethics." The
list goes on and on. The administration also tried to use $100,000 in
student fees to build a sculpture of retired President Stanley Ikenberry.
After the *Chicago Tribune* started investigating, the university changed
its mind.

By taking a stand when the trustees met, students sent a clear message that
they won't tolerate this mismanagement of public education.


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