[R-G] Fwd: Marxism 2004 Conference, May 6-9

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Forwarded From: Marxism 2004 <marxism at sympatico.ca>

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> PLEASE POST WIDELY.  DON'T MISS THIS CONFERENCE.
> 
> Marxism 2004
> War, Resistance, Revolution
> 
> Register now for a four day conference of over fifty talks.
> May 6-9, 2004
> 
> Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto
> 252 Bloor St. W. (at St. George subway)
> Toronto
> 
> A four day conference of over fifty talks, in English and French.
> Organized by the International Socialists
> 
> This conference is affordable.
> Register before April 9 for reduced rate.
> Billeting in Toronto and on-site childcare will be arranged if info. is
> received before April 9.
> 
> 
> Full schedule and registration info.:
> www.socialist.ca
> 
> Resistance Press Book Sale
> May 6-9,2004
> OISE
> Don¹t miss the largest socialist and progressive book sale in Toronto during
> Marxism 2004.
> 
> 
> Highlights of Marxism 2004: War, Resistance, Revolution
> 
> US Marine War Resister: Why I Said "No" to War
> Stephen Funk and Gloria Pacis. Introduced by Mazen Ja¹afar and Carolyn Egan
> 
> 7:30 PM
> Thursday, May 6
> (NOTE VENUE ­ this session only)
> Trinity-St. Paul¹s Centre
> 427 Bloor St. West (just west of Spadina subway)
> Toronto
> 
> Stephen Funk ­ US Marine War Resister. 21 year old Stephen Funk recently
> served a six month sentence in a North Carolina military brig for refusing
> to fight in the war on Iraq
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> Gloria Pacis ­ Stephen Funk¹s mother, and New York City anti-war activist
> 
> Introduced by:
> Mazen Ja¹afar  ­ Vice-President, Canadian Arab Federation ­ Toronto Chapter,
> and Co-ordinating Committee, Toronto Coalition to Stop the War
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> And Carolyn Egan ­ President, Local 8300 USWA, Member of Trade Unionists
> Against the War, and Leading Member, International Socialists
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> 
> PLUS:
> Disease, Disaster and Capitalism ­ Amir Khadir and Jesse McLaren
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> Abortion Rights: Women¹s Right to Choose ­ Cherie MacDonald and Carolyn Egan
> 
> Palestine and Israeli Occupation ­ Susan Howard-Azzeh; Sarah Karmi; Nathan
> Bender
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> Winnipeg 1919: 85 Years Since the General Strike ­ Ian Angus and Jessica
> Squires
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> Iraq: A People¹s History ­ Mostafa Koc and Pam Frache
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> George Bush and the Project for a "New American Century" ­ Abbie Bakan
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> Transgender/Transsexual Politics and Class Alliances ­ Eleanor MacDonald and
> Alex Adams
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> Imperialism Today ­ Paul Kellogg
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> Africville: Racism and Black Resistance in Nova Scotia ­ Denise Allen
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> The NDP and the Left ­ Ali Mallah and Pam Frache
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> South Africa: 10 Years Since the Fall of Apartheid ­ Ali Awali
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> Islam and the Left ­ Zafar Bangash and Ritch Whyman
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> Same Sex Marriage, Capitalism and the Family ­ Christine Beckermann
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> From Seattle to Mumbai ­ John Humphrey; Kathryn Palmateer; Ritch Whyman
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> Occupied Iraq: Voices of Resistance ­ Stephen Funk; Lucy Boghus; James Clark
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> The New Left and Quebec Politics ­ Amir Khadir; David Fennario; Benoit
> Renaud
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> Can the Working Class Still Change the World? ­ Joel Harden
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> Revolutionary Cuba: From Che to Today ­ Michelle Robidoux
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> Education and Capitalism ­ David Noble and Andrew Hodge
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> Canada¹s War Machine ­ Matthew Behrens and Ritch Whyman
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> Post 9/11 and the War on Civil Liberties ­ Frank Saptel; Chantal Sundaram
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> Latin America Rising ­ Sandra Cordero  and Ian MacDonald
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> Racism and Racial Profiling ­ Kim Koyama and Ayesha Adhami
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> 
> Programme en français:
> Le marxisme et la question nationale ­ Chantal Sundaram
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> L'impérialisme et la guerre ­ J.C. Locatelli
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> La gauche française et la question du foulard islamique ­ Faline Bobier
> 
> Capitalisme et Anti-Capitalisme de Seattle à Cancun ­  Chris Brown
> 
> La gauche québécoise et la lutte contre le gouvernement Charest ­ Benoit
> Renaud
> 
> Le trotskyisme après Trotsky ­ Peggy Ferguson
> 
> Full schedule and registration info.:
> www.socialist.ca
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