---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:33:17 -0500 From: NOWAR <worker-nowar@lists.tao.ca> To: nowar@lists.tao.ca Subject: NOWAR - Showdown in Texas, Teach-ins, and More Hello, all. More information about the Showdown in Texas, which will happen this weekend. Also a correction on the location of tonight's event. On Wednesday, April 30, at 7:00 pm, there will be a teach-in on "Enhancing Democracy? Why the U.S. Military Won't Bring Democracy to the World." Speakers include UT History Professor Geoffrey Schad, speaking on Syria; Communications Professor Dana Cloud; and Rahul Mahajan of the Nowar Collective, author of the forthcoming "Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond" (http://www.sevenstories.com/Book/index.cfm?GCOI=58322100353810). Location: UT Campus, Gearing 105 (Gearing is at 24th and University. http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/gea.html). On Saturday, May 3, the Showdown in Texas commences (other related events will already be in progress -- see http://www.showdowntx.com/html/schedule.html). The Showdown rally is a demand for human security, not "homeland" security: funding for healthcare, housing, education and jobs; environmental sustainability; protection of civil liberties for citizens, immigrants and indigenous peoples, a moratorium on the death penalty, and an end to US military interventions and war at home and abroad. Starting at 11:00 am at least 6 issue marches starting in different locations (see http://www.showdowntx.com/html/schedule.html for details) will converge at the Capitol at High Noon for an opening rally. This rally will be followed by a mass march past some of the top defense industry contractors located in downtown Austin and end up back at the Capitol for a Festival of Love and Resistance. The main events are at the State Capitol: 12:00 noon. Opening rally with a large slate of national speakers, including Lucius Walker of Pastors for Peace, Medea Benjamin of Global Exchange (http://www.globalexchange.org), Cheri Honkala of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, and Rania Masri. 1:15 Military Reality March - participants will march past some of the downtown corporate and military defense contractors and back to the Capitol building. 3:00-5:00 pm - Festival of love and Resistance. More speakers, music, and a special guest star. Also poets, breakdancers, low riders, and much more. On Sunday, May 4, from 6:00-8:00pm, there will be a teach-in on "The Texas Military-Industrial Complex: Profiting from War and Occupation." This event is associated with the Showdown. Speakers will talk about Lockheed Martin, Dyncorp, the role of oil in the Military-Industrial Complex, and the connection of Texas to the occupations of Palestine and Iraq. Speakers include Rahul Mahajan of the Nowar Collective, author of the forthcoming "Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond" (http://www.sevenstories.com/Book/index.cfm?GCOI=58322100353810), Stefan Wray (http://www.iconmedia.org/mdp), and Quent Reese. Location: UT Campus, Jester Auditorium, 21st and Speedway, across Speedway from the Perry-Castaneda Library. All events are free and open to the public. Please forward where appropriate. In Solidarity, the Nowar Collective