SEP meetings in the US: Socialism and the fight against war

16 March 2016

The Socialist Equality Party is holding a series of meetings throughout the US on the statement of the ICFI “Socialism and the Fight against War.”

Fifteen years after the US launched the “war on terror,” the entire world is being dragged into an ever-expanding maelstrom of imperialist violence. The invasions and interventions organized by the US have devastated Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. NATO is engaged in a massive rearmament program in preparation for war with Russia. In East Asia, the Obama administration’s “pivot to Asia” is embroiling the entire region in the United States’ confrontation with China.

Whatever the short-term outcome, the long-term implications of the agenda being pursued by the US and the European imperialist powers leads inexorably in the direction of world war with cataclysmic consequences. The greatest danger facing the working class is that decisions are being taken behind the scenes, with masses of people largely unaware of the risks facing the world’s population.

Among working people and youth throughout the world, there is an overwhelming desire for peace. There is, as yet, however, no organized international political movement opposing the reckless politics of the imperialist pyromaniacs.

These meetings, called by the SEP and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, will review the present state of the global war drive, examine its causes and implications, and outline a political strategy for the building of a new mass, anti-war movement.

Meetings have already been held in San Diego, Northern California and Chicago, Illinois. To organize a meeting in your area, contact the SEP here.

Meeting details:

Thursday, March 17, 7:00 p.m.
Cambridge , Massachusetts
Cambridge Public Library, Central Square Branch
45 Pearl Street (Central Square T)
Speaker: SEP National Secretary Joseph Kishore

Tuesday, March 22, 7:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Panera Bread, 3800 Forbes Ave.

Wednesday, March 23, 7:00 p.m.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
University of Michigan
Michigan League Koessler Room
Speaker: Joseph Kishore

Thursday, March 24, 6:00 p.m.
Los Angeles, California
LA City College
Student Union Cub Room
Speaker: Bill Van Auken

Tuesday, March 29, 7:00 p.m.
Tampa, Florida
University of South Florida
Social Sciences Building (SOC) 37
Speaker: Niles Williamson

Wednesday, March 30, 12:30 p.m.
Monroe, Michigan
Monroe County Community College
Administrative Building, Room A173b

Thursday, April 7, 7:00 p.m.
Annandale, Virginia
Northern Virginia Community College
CA Building, Room 321

Thursday, April 7, 5:00 p.m.
Geneseo, New York
SUNY Geneseo
Bailey Hall, Room 203
Speaker: Joseph Kishore

Saturday, April 9, 3:15
New York, New York
University Settlement/Houston Street Center, Classroom 2&3
273 Bowery
D, F, J, N, R, 6 trains

Tuesday, April 12, 7:00 p.m.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Tulane University
Lavin Bernick Center, Qatar Ballroom

Wednesday, April 13, 7:00 pm
Detroit, Michigan
Wayne State University
State Hall 101

To organize a meeting in your area, contact the SEP here.