This year's Charleston leg of the Cuba Caravan was hosted by the Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting Street.

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Press release and links to background information:

  The July meeting of the Carolina Alliance for Fair Employment will be held on Monday, July 9 at 7:00p.m. at the ILA Hall, 1142 Morrison Drive, Charleston. Historian George Hopkins will present a brief historical overview of the American labor movement's attitudes and policies toward immigrant and undocumented workers--and how and why that has changed in recent years. Attorney Marco Torres will briefly discuss pending legislation on immigration and its probable impact on undocumented workers.  Then there will be a general discussion of what the labor movement [locally, state-wide, nationally, and internationally] is doing and can do to build constructive relationships with undocumented workers as well as what political, economic, legislative, and other policies unions and progressives should consider supporting.

Congress is expected to vote today, Wednesday, June 20, on an amendment to cut funding for the School of the Americas, which was renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (SOA/ WHINSEC). Please call your representative before the end of the day and urge him to support the amendment to be introduced by Representatives Jim McGovern and John Lewis.  For information and talking points, go to SOA Watch.

Phone numbers: 

Brown, Henry E. Jr.    SC    1st    202-225-3176    
Clyburn, James E.     SC    6th    202-225-3315

BRING THE TROOPS HOME, NOW!

WHO: ThinkingPeople and YOU!
WHAT: March for Peace
WHERE: Starting at the U.S. Custom House (East Bay Street at Market Street)
WHEN: Saturday, June 23rd at 11:00am
WHY: Because we the people have the power to end this war!

The slogan of the USSF sums up the vision: “Another World Is Possible. Another U.S. Is Necessary.” 10,000 or more people will come together at the Atlanta Civic Center for many hundreds of workshops on a wide range of topics. There will be evening plenaries, a film festival, information tents and tables, cultural performances, art exhibits, poetry slams, rallies and actions, a soccer tournament, an all night carabet, parties and more.

It is truly an event not to be missed.

by Mazin Qumsiyeh

Mothers, Grandmothers, Families, and Friends march to oppose the War in Iraq
Saturday, May 12th at 11:00am
U.S. Custom House (Market and East Bay Streets)

An Open Letter to Our Movement
by Phyllis Bennis