Author
George King
Three MP3's, Mono, 64 kbps
Presentation: 36:46 min -- 17,240 KB
Discussion, Part One: 39:13 min -- 18,388 KB
Discussion, Part: Two: 32:01 min -- 15,009 KB
ATTENTION BROADCASTERS:
The episode markers at the beginning of each file are for archival purposes, and not intended for broadcast.
Also, there are _numerous_ swears in this file that your friendly neighborhood FCC agent might frown upon. I left them in the recording because that's what people said, but if you need to edit the files for your radio station you can find the naughty bits at the following time-points:
Presentation: 23:20 and 27:57
Discussion, Part One: 3:43, 4:47, 15:05, 34:04, 34:35, 34:42, 34:48, 34:58, 35:09, 35:16, 35:17, 35:36, 35:45, 35:55, 36:21, 36:25, 36:36, 36:40, 37:21, 38:07, 38:20, 38:30, 38:38, 38:41, 38:43, 38:53, 39:01, 39:04
Discussion, Part: Two: 6:33, 12:58, 13:00, 13:35, 13:43, 17:36, 17:51, 18:02, 18:03, 20:57, 22:34
I think that's all of them, but listen carefully for any that I may have missed.
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Life After Capitalism -- "A Breakout Discussion with Direct Action to Stop the War"
This is a recording of the presentation portion of "A Breakout Discussion with Direct Action to Stop the War". The discussion took place at the Life After Capitalism conference at the City University of New York Graduate Center, in New York City, on August 22, 2004. The discussion was a follow-up to the preceding panel discussion on organizing with networks and coalitions.
This breakout session featured several people who have worked with Direct Action to Stop the War. This is a grassroots, anti-capitalist, and anti-war network that organized some 20,000 people to shut down the city of San Francisco, California, the day after the United States invaded Iraq. Since then, the work of Direct Action to Stop the War has continued, using the network model to connect mobilizations against war with issues of police brutality, workers' rights, environmental justice, Palestine solidarity, and direct democracy.
The participants discuss some of the challenges the network has faced over the last two years. Meddle describes how the shutdown was organized in the months before the invasion. Robert discusses the violent police suppression of a demonstration on the docks of Oakland in April 2003, and larger issues of labor and longshoremen. Raeanne describes her experience of being radicalized by the shutdown protests, as well as the current preparations for the day after Election Day 2004.
In the discussion section which follows we will hear some ideas and perspectives from other activists from across the country. We will also hear from a U.S. soldier who was seriously wounded in Iraq and is looking to build connections between Iraq War veterans and the anti-war movement.
The discussion was facilitated by Sasha Wright.
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Links:
Direct Action to Stop the War -- actagainstwar.org
The Beyond Voting Campaign -- BeyondVoting.org
The People's Primary -- www.peoplesprimary.org
The League of Pissed-Off Voters -- www.indyvoter.org
smartMeme -- www.smartmeme.com
E-mail
georgekingiv at yahoo dot com