Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women present a study seminar on Leon Trotsky's "Against Individual Terrorism." In New York and Washington DC thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of working people have lost their lives. This event is tragic. But despite the total lack of political context presented in mainstream media commentary, these events are not incomprehensible. The policies of the U.S. imperialism cause terrorism - a reaction fuelled by despair - to flourish. The introduction to Russian Revolutionary leader, Leon Trotsky's pamphlet titled Against Individual Terrorism describes terrorism as "an attempt to substitute the technical feats of a small group with a necessary social movement of the masses themselves." Socialist feminist are implacably opposed to terrorism as a strategy. We oppose terrorism as a strategy because it provides a rationale for repression at home and abroad. It is used as an excuse to fuel racism and curtail civil liberties. What the U.S. Government and its mates Howard and Beazley in Canberra will attempt to do is use the tragedy in the U.S as an excuse to clamp down on the working class and particularly the growing anti-corporate mass movement. They will crack down, but we won't back down! Debate about terrorism raged in the movement in Russia in the decades leading up to the Russian Revolution. Come to a study seminar which looks at the theoretical lessons of last century and applies them to the searing reality of the world in 2001. Sunday 30 September 11.30 am - 3.00 pm Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Road, Brunswick Study guide and pamphlet: $2 Delicious lunch served for a $6 donation Everyone is welcome to participate in this seminar Sponsored jointly by Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women, PO Box 266 West Brunswick Vic 3055. For more information call Peter on 9388-0062 or 9386-3230 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.socialism.com -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink