As our first meeting of the quarter after a several week break, the first section of our meeting will be a Political roundup discussion of recent events. A lot has happened in politics during our break -- the attempted plane bombing and the subsequent escalations and overtures to war with yemen to attacks in on CIA operatives in Afghanistan to "progress" on the senate health care bill -- Come discuss the socialist perspective on the news of the day!
2. The second half of the meeting we will discuss and vote on our Committee Structure for the winter quarter.
Recent Articles from
Analysis: Elizabeth SchulteYEMEN IN THE CROSSHAIRS
In the name of the "war on terror," the U.S. government is carrying out a covert and not-so-covert war in Yemen, with bloody results.
http://socialistworker.org/
Comment: Laura Durkay
EGYPT'S SHAMEFUL BAN ON FREEDOM MARCHERS
Activists from 43 countries came to Cairo for the Gaza Freedom March, but Egyptian authorities showed their loyalties by stopping the marchers.
http://socialistworker.org/
Statement: Gaza Freedom March
THE CAIRO DECLARATION
Participants in the Gaza Freedom March approved a statement aimed at accelerating the campaign against Israeli apartheid.http://socialistworker.org/
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Tributes to Dennis Brutus, South African activist and poet
Comment: Lee Sustar and Aisha Karim
REMEMBERING A FREEDOM FIGHTER
The movement for global justice lost an irreplaceable comrade when the South African poet and activist passed away December 26. http://socialistworker.org/
Comment: Patrick Bond
AN EMBLEM OF SOLIDARITY
Even in his last days, Dennis Brutus was fully engaged, advocating protest against those responsible for climate change and social injustice.http://socialistworker.org/
Comment: Dave Zirin
HE SHAMED THE SHAMELESS
The 1976 Olympic Games were in jeopardy, and the cause of all the tumult, according to Sports Illustrated, was a diminutive South African poet.http://socialistworker.org/
