Posted on 12 June 2008, by Anna
Iraq War Forum This Weekend at the CDP E-Board Meeting
The California Democratic Party’s
Progressive Caucus
Presents
Politics and Campaign Strategies in a War Economy
Norman Solomon
(author, War Made Easy; 6th AD Delegate)
in conversation with
Phyllis Bennis
(fellow, Institute for Policy Studies)
Tim Paulson
(Executive Director, San Francisco Labor Council)
Fred Pecker
(Secretary-Treasurer, ILWU Local 6, Oakland)
Saturday, JUNE 14, 2008
6:30 – 8:30pm
The Westin San Francisco Airport
Westin Ballroom
1 Old Bayshore Highway
Millbrae, CA 94030
The Iraq war is very unpopular — yet it continues unabated. Most political analysts say the war could be a huge albatross for Republicans going into the fall elections — but it’s unclear how much traction the war issue will actually have on the campaign trail. Every day the human toll increases with still more deaths, injuries and anguish in Iraq and the United States. Meanwhile the economic consequences here at home are staggering.
What are the key political dynamics of the war as an issue in this election year, and how can Democratic candidates be more effective in calling for an end to the war?
We will begin the program with a short clip from the documentary War Made Easy, narrated by Sean Penn and based on the book by Norman Solomon.
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