National Organizing Conference on Foreign Military Bases

National Organizing Conference on Foreign Military Bases

American University, Washington, D.C.
February 27-March 2, 2009

Many of us have a new sense of hope as we think about new possibilities in the Obama years. We also understand that if we and the world are to get the changes we need, we need to learn more and step up our organizing. This certainly applies to U.S. and international efforts to close the foreign military bases that make wars from Afghanistan and Iraq to Colombia and the Philippines possible, oppress "host" nations and communities, and divert our tax dollars from addressing essential human needs.

The Project on Military Bases, a coalition of fifteen national and community-based organizations, including FOR, has organized "Security With Empire: National Organizing Conference on Military Bases", which will be held at American University, February 27- March 2. We will also be joined by leading anti-bases activists from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Europe. The conference will provide a unique opportunity to learn about the dangers, "abuses and usurpations" that come with foreign military deployments, and to join in the process of organizing to win the closure and withdrawal of these bases. Together we will:

* Share information about U.S. military bases and resistance
* Develop strategies and expand the U.S. anti-bases movement
* Raise the visibility of the U.S. and international anti-bases movements
* Apply pressure on Congress to close and reduce the number of foreign bases

Speakers will include leading U.S. peace activists, scholar (including FOR’s John Lindsay-Poland), and activist allies from the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Guam, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Okinawa, and South Africa. Twenty workshops will help participants to explore issues and campaigns more deeply and to develop new strategies.

Registration for the weekend is just $30. For detailed information and to register, click here. Please consider joining us.
email: johnlp@igc.org for more information.