Triangle Socialist Forum
The Triangle Socialist Forum is meeting Wednesday, the
19th, to discuss who benefits from the "War on
Terror," especially locally in the Triangle. The
meeting is at 7pm in Durham, at the Parkwood Branch
Library (5122 Revere Rd., off of Highway 54 west of
the intersection with Highway 55) in the meeting room
around the corner left from the entrance.
19th, to discuss who benefits from the "War on
Terror," especially locally in the Triangle. The
meeting is at 7pm in Durham, at the Parkwood Branch
Library (5122 Revere Rd., off of Highway 54 west of
the intersection with Highway 55) in the meeting room
around the corner left from the entrance.
The April meeting on Afghanistan will be on the 17th in the
Chapel Hill Library conference room.
Chapel Hill Library conference room.
A discussion of the May 6th primary election
candidates, national to local, will be May 1st,
location TBA.
candidates, national to local, will be May 1st,
location TBA.
There will be a forum on responses to the drought in June.
Upcoming anti-war events (Iraq, Palestine, & anti-torture)
I got this listing from a listserve.
Triangle Vigils Commemorating 5th Anniversary Iraq War: Raleigh: Saturday, March 15, 1-3 PM, State Capitol Grounds, South Lawn, www.codepink4peace.org; Durham: Saturday, March 15, Noon - 1:00 PM, Gregson and Main Streets, opposite Brightleaf Square (402-0424); Chapel Hill: Friday, March 14, 5 - 6PM, corner of Elliott Road and East Franklin Street (942-2535); Wednesday, March 19, 12:30-1:30 PM, Peace and Justice Plaza (corner of East Franklin and Henderson Streets). Join UNC students and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (929-1786)
Vigils in Support of Dr. Sami Al-Arian, Jailed Palestinian Professor
Raleigh: Saturday, March 15, 11:30 AM
Federal Building on 310 New Bern Avenue
Demonstration to Free Sami Al-Arian
Information: 919-345-8105 or 539-2051
Butner Federal Medical Center: Sunday, March 16, 1-3 PM
I-85 at Exit 189, on Service Road off NC 1103
(southwest of intersection at Exit 189, 30-minutes northeast of Durham)
Wear orange prison garb, bring large signs and banners to be seen from I-85
Information: 919-942-2535
Sami Al-Arian has been a political prisoner since February 20, 2003
Dr. Al-Arian, a Palestinian who taught computer science at the University of South Florida, has taken no water nor food since March 3, on this third hunger strike to protest a judge's decision to hold him indefinitely after he refused again to testify before a Virginia grand jury. He has lost 23 pounds. His attorney, Peter Erlinder and supporters have asked the government to deport Al-Arian before his scheduled release from prison in April.
During a six-month trial in 2005, prosecutors labeled Al-Arian a leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which the United States calls a foreign terrorist organization. The trial ended in an acquittal on some counts and a hung jury on others. Prosecutors and Al-Arian had agreed to deportation as a part of the plea deal. Erlinder declined to say where Al-Arian would be deported. In a plea bargain in April 2006, Al-Arian admitted to conspiring to aid Palestinian Islamic Jihad and was sentenced to nearly five years in prison, although he got credit for the time he had already served. Al-Arian and his attorneys said that the plea deal also exempts him from testifying before a grand jury in Alexandria, Va., which was investigating Islamic charities in northern Virginia.
His five children were all born in the U.S. and the family lived in Raleigh for a period of time. Abdulla graduated from Duke University.
Read http://www.freesamialarian.com/home.htm for more information.
You may write to Dr. Al-Arian at this address:
Dr. Sami Al-Arian (#40939-018)
FMC BUTNER
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER
P.O. BOX 1600
BUTNER, NC 27509
FMC BUTNER
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER
P.O. BOX 1600
BUTNER, NC 27509
More information:
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-dc--attacks-professor0311mar11,0,4890185.story
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-dc--attacks-professor0311mar11,0,4890185.story
Anti-torture protest
Saturday, April 12th, from 2-3pm there will be a vigil on Business Highway 70 on the outskirts of the Johnston County Airport, the location of one of "torture taxi" Aero Contractors' hangars.
Fighting union-busting, March 27th
SUPPORT THE FREIGHTLINER 5!
Solidarity meeting in Greensboro featuring F-5 speakers- March 27th
The Freightliner Five - Robert Whiteside, Allen Bradley, Franklin Torrence, Glenna Swinford and David Crisco - are members of the negotiating committee of United Auto Workers Union local 3520 in Cleveland, NC. They were fired by Freightliner in April 2007 after leading a walkout when management broke off negotiations without extending the union contract.
The five seek your support to keep up the fight as an arbitrator prepares to hear their case. These rank and file leaders of their local deserve our support as they consciously fight against the union-busting and racist tactics of their bosses. Victory for the five would mean a step forward for the US labor movement which has historically failed to organize the South.
Join us in the spirit of solidarity with these dedicated and heroic trade unionists as they seek justice. Help raise money for their defense campaign and find out what you can do to help them win their jobs back.
We have invited activists in the NC labor movement to speak on a panel with members of the Freightliner 5. Please contact iso_gso@yahoo.com if you or your group would like to endorse or with any questions.
What? Freightliner 5 solidarity meeting
Where? UNC-Greensboro campus, Petty building room 303
When? Thursday, March 27th, 7:00 pm
Solidarity meeting in Greensboro featuring F-5 speakers- March 27th
The Freightliner Five - Robert Whiteside, Allen Bradley, Franklin Torrence, Glenna Swinford and David Crisco - are members of the negotiating committee of United Auto Workers Union local 3520 in Cleveland, NC. They were fired by Freightliner in April 2007 after leading a walkout when management broke off negotiations without extending the union contract.
The five seek your support to keep up the fight as an arbitrator prepares to hear their case. These rank and file leaders of their local deserve our support as they consciously fight against the union-busting and racist tactics of their bosses. Victory for the five would mean a step forward for the US labor movement which has historically failed to organize the South.
Join us in the spirit of solidarity with these dedicated and heroic trade unionists as they seek justice. Help raise money for their defense campaign and find out what you can do to help them win their jobs back.
We have invited activists in the NC labor movement to speak on a panel with members of the Freightliner 5. Please contact iso_gso@yahoo.com if you or your group would like to endorse or with any questions.
What? Freightliner 5 solidarity meeting
Where? UNC-Greensboro campus, Petty building room 303
When? Thursday, March 27th, 7:00 pm
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International Socialist Organization (ISO) in Greensboro
Email ISO_GSO@yahoo.com for more information
Visit us online at http://www.internationalsocialist.org
In the interests of the workers' rights movement and general interest, I'm posting this notice from the ISO. It is overly sectarian and self-defeating when groups refuse to cooperate on broad issues like workers' rights or organizing anti-war demonstrations in Washington, DC. I do want to point out, though, that the ISO is pro-Trotsky, so we have some differences.
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