[URPE] Iraq Labor Tour video preview now available

[mzweig at notes.cc.sunysb.edu]

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Dear Friends and Colleagues

I am pleased to report that the trailer/preview for the documentary video 
Meeting Face to Face: Iraqi Labor Leaders Tour the U.S. - June 2005 is now 
complete and available.  Please click:   Meeting Face to Face    to view 
the Web page for the documentary and see the trailer (7 minutes 17 
seconds).

In June 2005 six senior Iraqi trade union leaders toured the United States 
hosted by U.S. Labor Against the War, visiting 25 cities and speaking to 
several thousand unionists, peace activists, and others.   This 
documentary captures the energy and emotions of the tour while expressing 
the important substantive message Iraqi workers want to convey to all 
Americans : 
end the occupation of Iraq; 
oppose the privatization of Iraqi national resources; 
and support the right of all Iraqi workers to organize free and 
independent trade unions.

The documentary takes the story beyond the tour to the AFL-CIO national 
convention in July 2005 where delegates voted to support the rapid 
withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, for the first time in history 
opposing an on-going U.S. war.

Distribution:  Once the documentary is complete (expected December 1, 
2005) we will distribute it widely as a tool for education and organizing. 
 We are working with United for Peace and Justice, Code Pink, U.S. Labor 
Against the War, Educators to Stop the War, and others to bring this 
resource to the widest network we can establish.

Please give financial support  to complete the full 27-minute documentary 
so thousands more Americans can share the rich experiences of this tour. 

Anyone contributing $100 will receive a copy of the finished documentary 
as soon as it is complete. Any contribution of $500 or more will receive 
on-screen credit as well as the documentary (DVD unless VHS requested).

( The DVD will have quite a few features beyond the documentary, including 
complete footage of the July 2005 AFL-CIO convention debate leading to 
passage of an anti-war resolution, footage of the negotiations among the 
Iraqis and USLAW leaders hammering out the tour's final joint statement, 
and footage of the labor contingent in the September 24 anti-war march and 
rally in Washington DC.)

To contribute, make your check payable to "The Stony Brook Foundation" and 
indicate on it or in a cover letter that it is "for Meeting Face to Face." 
 Send to

Meeting Face to Face
Center for Study of Working Class Life
Department of Economics
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4384

All contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.


If you would like a free DVD or VHS copy of the trailer to use in a 
fundraising event for Meeting Face to Face, send an email request with the 
following information: 
 
the audience and type of event you will organize (union meeting, house 
party, peace group, etc.); 
 
the approximate date of the event; 
 
the name and address to which the DVD or video should be sent.  We will 
send a DVD unless you specify VHS format. 

Send request to address above or to <michael.zweig at stonybrook.edu>

 
Meeting Face to Face: produced by the Center for Study of Working Class 
Life; directed and edited by Jonathan Levin.




Michael Zweig
Director, Center for Study of Working Class Life
Department of Economics
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4384
631.632.7536
michael.zweig at stonybrook.edu