UNC-Chapel Hill SDS will host an event, "Report Back: A Meeting With the Iraqi Resistance." Kosta Harlan, member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, recently traveled to Italy to attend the international conference, "With the Resistance, for a Just Peace in the Middle East". The conference marks the first time that leaders of the Iraqi national resistance have been able to speak in the West. Kosta will report back on who the resistance is and why they fight; the current conditions of the U.S. occupation of Iraq; the birth and development of the Iraqi resistance; and the tasks of the U.S. antiwar movement. Q&A to follow.

In 2002, Bush named Iraq , Iran and North Korea as the ‘axis of evil’. Since then, U.S. forces have invaded and occupied Iraq and Afghanistan. The war drums continue to beat against Iran and Syria , and an attack against Iran is now seen as inevitable.

As a strong anti-imperialist state, Iran is a direct obstacle to U.S. control over the region. The U.S. government and corporate media are creating an atmosphere of mass hysteria against Iran’s nuclear energy program. This is seen daily in the media’s portrayal of democratically elected President Ahmedinejad as a “new Hitler” leading a nation of “fanatical Islamists”.

TUESDAY, MARCH 20TH -- NOON -- WALKOUT --THE PIT

On March 20th, students at UNC-Chapel Hill will join thousands of other students on 69 college campuses in walking out of class in order to mark the 4th anniversary of the war on Iraq. At noon, students will leave their classes and come together in the Pit for a short rally and march. This event will feature spoken word performances by members of the Black Student Movement as well as the musical stylings of samba group
Cackalack Thunder.

WHO: SDS, SPEAC, SAW, BSM, others
WHAT: Walkout, rally, march!
WHERE: The Pit, next to the Student Union

UNC-Chapel Hill Students for a Democratic Society stands in complete solidarity with the nine activists attacked by police on January 11, 2007, and currently standing trial for their acts of resistance. The charges against the Greensboro 9 are unjust and represent further attempts by the state to stifle and suppress a growing popular movement against the criminal war on Iraq.

The actions undertaken by the Greensboro 9, and in mid-February by six members of UNC-Chapel Hill SDS, represent a larger tactical shift taking place in the anti-war movement, a shift from symbolic protest to active resistance, that many feel is vital if we are to shut this war down.

UNC-Chapel Hill SDS is organizing a walkout, rally and march for 3/20 to protest the U.S. occupation of Iraq. More details to come soon.

Call for March 20 Student / Youth Action Against the War

The war in Iraq is entering its fourth year. Despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of citizens want the war to end, despite the fact that U.S. forces are being defeated by the Iraqi resistance, Bush recently announced plans to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq. These troops are being committed to fight and die in an unjust war based on lies and greed. Four years is four years too many. The Iraqi people want the foreign occupiers out. They know the U.S. government is not a "liberator," but whose presence means only continued violence, death, and destruction.

On Friday, February 16, 2007, six youth and students were arrested at Representative David Price's home office for speaking out against the Iraq War. Specifically, we demanded that Representative Price pledge to defund the Iraq War by voting NO on the upcoming $93 billion war supplemental. Second, we demanded that Representative Price use his power in Congress to urge others to defund the war and bring the troops home NOW! Third, we demanded that Representative Price resist any aggression against Iran, be it via sanctions or militarily.

Members of the UNC-Students for a Democratic Society have called, emailed, and met with aids in DC on January 27th to talk about defunding the war. We were told repeatedly that Representative Price's position on the upcoming supplemental vote was unclear. Additionally, members of the 4 th congressional district legislative action team that UNC-SDS organizes with, met with Representative Price himself, in Durham on January 26th to see where he stands on the defunding issue. Again, Representative Price would not directly engage the issue but only direct us to proposed soft legislation that asks the President to come up with an exit strategy or to hold contractors liable for fraud. It is important to note the Representative Price has voted for every single supplemental war funding bill thus far.

CUT OFF THE FUNDING—THERE IS A PRICE FOR WAR!

Monday, February 12th @ 6:30pm, 103 Bingham Hall

Imelda Daza-Cotes was an activist and a member of the Patriotic Union (UP) in Colombia. The UP was created through peace accords in 1984, as a leftist alternative to the two ruling parties. 4,000 UP members, activists, candidates and elected officials were assassinated by military and paramilitary forces supported by the right-wing government. Daza-Cotes was elected to office representing the Patriotic Union and fled from Colombia to protect her life. She is currently a professor of Economics in Sweden.