http://nationalpeaceconference.org/
The United National Anti-War Conference sent out a mass email today with the following updates:
The Wall Street Occupation continues.
The Wall Street occupation is continuing despite dozens of arrests on Friday. A number of UNAC supporters have joined the occupation. You can join the occupation virtually by joining the viewers of the livestream at: http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution. Here is another video of the occupation from Stan Heller: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rfuvDr2wJQ
October 6.
UNAC is supporting the October 6 “Stop the Machine” actions in Washington, DC. Please join us. We will assemble at Freedom Plaza on October 6 and many will continue to occupy the area while conducting various protest activity. For more information: http://october2011.org/.
October 15.
UNAC calls for protest in local areas on October 15 to protest the 10th anniversary of the war on Afghanistan. Click here for a partial list of actions.
(click here to add you action to the national list)
NATO/G8 protests in Chicago.
UNAC, along with other organizations and activists, has formed a coalition to help organize protests in Chicago during the week of May 15 – 22 while NATO and G8 are holding their summit meetings. The new coalition was formed at a meeting of 163 people representing 73 different organization in Chicago on August 28 and is called Coalition Against NATO/G8 War and Poverty Agenda (CANGATE). For a report on the Chicago meeting, click here. To add your email to the new CANGATE listserve, send an email to cangate-subscribe@lists.riseup.net. To have your organization endorse the NATO/G8 protest, please click here.
Click here to hear audio of the August 28 meeting
Click here for the talk by Marilyn Levin, UNAC co-coordinator at the August 28 meeting.
Click here for Pat Hunts welcome to the meeting and Joe Iosbaker’s remarks.
UNAC Conference
The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) conference originally scheduled for November, 11- 13, 2011, has been rescheduled for March 23-25, 2012, in order to tie in to organizing efforts for building massive protests at the NATO/G-8 Summits in Chicago, May 15-22, and to have sufficient time to generate an action program for the next stage of building a mass movement for social change.
Organizations are invited to endorse this conference by clicking here. Donations are needed for bringing international speakers and to subsidize attendance of students and low income participants. Contributions will be accepted at www.UNACpeace.org.
For the initial conference flyer, click here.
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