US students in support of Iraqi people
100 students from 26 campuses nationwide convened in NYC for the Campus Antiwar Network's 3rd annual organizing conference. On Saturday, the conference offered 11 workshops - a series of skill-building workshops followed by educational workshops that included such topics as the occupation of Palestine; resistance to occupation in Iraq; the history of ROTC and the militarization of campuses; lessons from the student movement against the Vietnam war; and a seminar on whether withdrawal from Iraq is possible.
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US students in support of Iraqi people
Traprock Peace Center
Traprock Peace Center
103A Keets Road, Deerfield, MA 01342 (413) 773-7427
www.traprockpeace.org
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Campus Antiwar Network (CAN)
http://www.campusantiwar.net/
Third Annual National Conference
100 students from 26 campuses nationwide convened in NYC for the Campus Antiwar Network's 3rd annual organizing conference. On Saturday, the conference offered 11 workshops - a series of skill-building workshops followed by educational workshops that included such topics as the occupation of Palestine; resistance to occupation in Iraq; the history of ROTC and the militarization of campuses (audio of this presentation available as mp3 - 21:55 min; 7.6 mb or RealAudio for dialups: http://www.traprockpeace.org/campus_antiwar_04.html ); lessons from the student movement against the Vietnam war; and a seminar on whether withdrawal from Iraq is possible. Presentations on the history of ROTC and the We will post the post-conference statement from CAN when it is available.
Mike Hoffman, Iraq War veteran and a founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War ( http://www.ivaw.net/ ), gave the keynote address. Mike addressed what war in Iraq is like from points of view of soldiers. It's NOT like it's presented by US mainstream media. His talk is available for download and non-profit use as an mp3 file - 13:34 minutes; 4.7 mb or as RealAudio for dialups: http://www.traprockpeace.org/campus_antiwar_04.html ).
Report from "Stop the War 2004!"
3rd National Conference of the Campus Antiwar Network (CAN)
Pace University in Downtown Manhattan, November 13-14
The Third Annual CAN conference took place this past weekend, November 13-14
at Pace University in New York City. The convergence was an important
success with thirty schools represented and just about 100 delegates
registered. The conference took place during the heat of the US’s historic
escalation against the people of Iraq, and featured the participation of
Mike Hoffman. Hoffman, the co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War spoke
about the reality of war as well as what he witnessed of the Iraqi response
to occupation. As the bodies of thousands of Iraqis continued to pile up on
the streets of Fallujah and Mosul, we met to regroup and reorient ourselves
to better oppose the barbarism and racism of occupation and war.
The serious tone of the conference was reflective of a movement in search of
direction after the difficult period of the elections. Many people shared
stories of the challenges that they faced at their campus building during
the lead-up to the elections. We debated what it meant for the antiwar
movement to overwhelmingly mobilize for Kerry, a pro-war candidate. We also
discussed the openings and opportunities for reemerging struggle since Bush’
s election, as well as how to best set up CAN structurally in order to seize
on these new opportunities.
The conference was a sober and important place for the antiwar network to
take stock of our movement’s strengths and weaknesses. We debated some of
the issues in the antiwar movement such as the issue of the war on
terrorism, the question of Palestine, and how to best support GI’s and Vets
who are beginning to resist the Iraq war. The huge success of the CAN
conference was the fact that we were able to meet only two weeks after the
election and come out more prepared to redouble our efforts and rebuild
opposition on campuses.
Full minutes for the conference along with all of the resolutions of the
conference will be sent out later this week, but here is a sense of some of
the accomplishments of the CAN conference:
- We will organize CAN contingents for the Jan 20th demonstrations against
George Bush’s inauguration.
- We formed a campus representative committee that can work in conjunction
with the newly elected Coordinating Committee to generalize our experiences
and successes in the upcoming months.
- We formed a resources committee to help bring together pamphlets, fact
sheets, art skills and flyers on our website.
- We will publish a few more pamphlets including one pamphlet by an
ex-Marine talking about what turned him against the war.
- We will deepen or work to support Vets and GI’s who are resisting the war,
and we will circulate the stories of such work and successful
demilitarization actions.
- We streamlined our points of unity, adding our opposition to the war on
terror and we changed out point of unity on Palestine. The old point of
unity read: "We stand opposed to the oppression of the Palestinian people
and the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip" The revised point reads:
"We stand opposed to the oppression of the Palestinian people and the
occupation of Palestinian land, and support the right of Palestinians to
self-determination."
- We passed resolutions opposing the colonial elections in Iraq, demanding
full college tuition for veterans, and denouncing the racism of the war on
terrorism. The full text of these resolutions will be out with the minutes
for the conference. Check the website for these updates:
www.campusantiwar.net
Monique Dols
Mid-Atlantic Representative to the CAN Coordinating Committee
November 15, 2004, 2004 - page created by Charlie Jenks
Traprock Peace Center
103A Keets Road, Woolman Hill
Deerfield, MA 01342
Phone: (413) 773-7427; Fax:(413)773-7507
Photo © 2004 Charles Jenks and Campus Antiwar
More on Campus Antiwar Network and student activism:
http://traprockpeace.org/student_activism.html
Courtesy of
Charles Jenks, attorney at law
President of the Core Group
Traprock Peace Center
103A Keets Road
Deerfield, MA 01342
413-773-1633; fax 413-773-7507
@mtdata.com
http://www.traprockpeace.org
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