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The New Face of U.S. Imperialist Wars

Session 1:

1.71

Sat 10:00am - 11:50am

 

Massive antiwar sentiment in the US and throughout the world has made it difficult for the US to conduct wars today as they did in Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan. People do not want to see another quagmire with US military boots on the ground. As a result, the US has turned towards militarized drones, special operations forces and the use of US allies, proxies and right-wing forces to push its imperialist agenda in country after country. This is the case in Syria, Africa, Venezuela and with its intervention in Ukraine. The panel will discuss the mechanisms that the US uses to make this happen and the response needed from the antiwar movement today.

 

United National Antiwar Coalition

Chair/Facilitator:  Marilyn Levin, UNAC National Co-Coordinator


Speakers/Co-Facilitators:

	Abayomi Azikiwe is the editor of the Pan-African News Wire. He is the co-founder of the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality and the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice and a member of the UNAC administrative committee.
	Bernadette Ellorin is the current Chairperson of the US Chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, or BAYAN USA, an alliance of 18 Filipino-American organizations fighting for genuine sovereignty, peace and democracy in the Philippines as well as the rights and welfare of Filipinos in the US and the diaspora. Bernadette is a member of the UNAC administrative committee
	William Camacaro, is a Member of the Bolivarian Circle of New York “Alberto Lovera” and an expert on Venezuela.
	Jeff Mackler is a member of the UNAC administrative committee. Mackler has been an antiwar leader for many years. He is the West Coast Coordinator of the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee and the director of the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. He is an author of several books and pamphlets on Imperialism, War and other topics
	Sara Flounders is the author of “War Without Victory: The Pentagon’s Achilles Heel." She is the Co-Director of International Action Center, a member of the administrative committee of United National Antiwar coalition, and organizer of many past major antiwar mobilizations